Warsaw
Warsaw is Poland's capital and largest city. Warsaw is a bustling metropolis and one of the European Union's fastest-developing capitals and the Union's ninth most populous urban centre. Wikivoyage
Population 1,862,402 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Poland
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guideWithin a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
May, August, September
The Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (Polish: Memoriał Kamili Skolimowskiej), also known as the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, is an annual track and field meeting held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland in summer, organized by the Kamila Skolimowska…
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Orange Warsaw Festival
May
Orange Warsaw Festival is a Polish annual music festival. As of 2026, it has been held seventeen times since its inception in 2008.
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Jewish Culture Festival – The Singer's Warsaw
August
Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw – "Singer's Warsaw" is an annual celebration of Jewish culture that has been held in Warsaw since 2004. The Festival includes Jewish (both Hebrew and Yiddish) theater, music, films, exhibits and expositions.
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Warsaw Autumn
September
Warsaw Autumn (Polish: Warszawska Jesień) is the largest Polish festival of contemporary music. It was established in 1956 by composers Tadeusz Baird and Kazimierz Serocki, and is administered by the Polish Composers' Union.
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Warsaw Film Festival
October
Warsaw Film Festival (Polish: Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy; WFF), also known as Warsaw International Film Festival, is an annual international film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland.
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Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Warsaw); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.