Warsaw/Praga Południe

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For other places with the same name, see Praga (disambiguation).

Praga Południe [1] is a district of Warsaw. It is quite diverse: while Gocław and Gocławek are relatively new residential areas built in the 1960s and 1970s, Kamionek and Grochów have a history on par with other settlements that then formed Warsaw, like Ujazdów and Mokotów, Saska Kępa is a prestigious mansionesque area that is home to many embassies and Olszynka Grochowska is mostly a forest.

[edit] Get in

Praga Południe in highlighted in dark red.
Praga Południe in highlighted in dark red.
  • Main streets parallel to Vistula: ul. Grochowska; Wał Miedzeszyński
  • Main streets perpendicular to Vistula: ul. Ostrobramska and al. Stanów Zjednoczonych (United States Avenue) - collectively referred to as Trasa Łazienkowska; al. Waszyngtona (Washington Avenue); Trasa Siekierkowska

[edit] Get around

Location of bus termini in Praga Południe, Rembertów, Wawer and Wesoła
Location of bus termini in Praga Południe, Rembertów, Wawer and Wesoła

[edit][add listing] See

  • Skaryszewski Park (Park Skaryszewski or Park im. Ignacego Paderewskiego, but nobody says so)
  • Barriers of Grochów (Rogatki Grochowskie) ul. Grochowska. Used for collecting the toll for entering the city.
  • Monument to the builders of the Brześć Road ul. Grochowska. Built in 1825, it was the first monument in Poland to honor anonymous workers (instead of famous national heroes).
  • Saska Kępa
  • The forest in Olszynka Grochowska, which was an important battlefield during the November Uprising.

[edit][add listing] Do

[edit] Cinemas

  • Cinema City ul. Ostrobramska 75, tel. +48 22 611 75 11 (CH Promenada)

[edit] Sports

[edit] Swimming

  • Wodnik ul. Abrahama 10, tel. +48 22 673 82 00

[edit][add listing] Buy

  • CH Promenada ul. Ostrobramska 75 [2]. Shopping mall.
  • Alma [3] delicatessen in Promenada
  • Russian Market, Dziesięciolecia Stadium (near Rondo Waszyngtona), [4]. In the beginning of the 1990s, hordes of people from the former Soviet Union came here to sell literally everything they had. Nowadays it's mostly about cheap Asian clothing, sometimes counterfeit, and most of the sellers are Vietnamese. From time to time, some CDs or DVDs can also be seen there - they're counterfeit too. Rumors are abound that crazy weapons (like an AK-47) can be purchased here. If you know who and how to approach it, you can find an AK-47 supplier, although, the black market value is 8,000 zł. edit

  • Géant ul. Jubilerska 1/3. Hypermarket.

[edit][add listing] Eat

[edit] Mid-range

  • Several restaurants and bars in CH Promenada.

[edit] Splurge

  • Dom Polski ul. Francuska 11. Polish.
  • Santorini ul. Egipska 7. Greek.

[edit][add listing] Drink

  • Herbaciarnia na, ul. Francuskiej 12, ☎ +48 (0/22) 617 46 16 (+48 502 066 447, , fax: +48 (0/22) 617 46 16), [5]. A cozy little place where that serves a wide variety of teas. About 10 - 15 PLN for a small kettle of tea.  edit

[edit] Clubs

  • M25 ul. Mińska 25 (also an occasional theather)

[edit][add listing] Sleep

  • Ibis Warszawa Ostrobramska, ul. Ostrobramska 36, ☎ +48 (0/22) 515 78 00.  edit

[edit] Contact

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