Kamień Milowy
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Ready-made walk · Warsaw

Squares of the New Capital

11 stops · ~2 hr 25 min · 9.1 km

Urban Architecture

Read Warsaw through its squares, roundabouts, metro junctions, and monumental postwar planning. This city-centre walk contrasts historic civic spaces with transport hubs and the dramatic scale of the Palace of Culture district.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Stop 1: Centrum

    ~3 min here

  2. Kamień Milowy
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    Stop 2: Kamień Milowy

    ~3 min here

    Kamień Milowy is Warsaw’s national zero-kilometre marker: this granite pillar beside Dmowski Roundabout supplies the starting reference for distances shown on Polish road signs.

  3. Plac Zbawiciela
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    Stop 3: Plac Zbawiciela

    ~3 min here

  4. Plac Defilad
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    Stop 4: Plac Defilad

    ~3 min here

    Plac Defilad, the immense square beside the Palace of Culture and Science, covers roughly one hundred and forty-seven thousand square metres and ranks as Europe’s largest city square.

  5. Janusz Korczak
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    Stop 5: Janusz Korczak

    ~3 min here

    Here, the memorial honors Janusz Korczak, the Warsaw physician and educator who wrote for children under a name adopted from Henryk Goldszmit.

  6. Stop 6: Świętokrzyska

    ~3 min here

  7. Plac Teatralny
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    Stop 7: Plac Teatralny

    ~3 min here

    Plac Teatralny is a major square in Warsaw’s Śródmieście district, extending from the Great Theatre toward Senatorska Street.

  8. Plac Bankowy
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    Stop 8: Plac Bankowy

    ~3 min here

    Plac Bankowy is a historic square in Warsaw.

  9. Plac Grzybowski
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    Stop 9: Plac Grzybowski

    ~3 min here

  10. Stop 10: Rondo ONZ

    ~3 min here

  11. Stop 11: Rondo Daszyńskiego

    ~3 min here

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