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Combining the old and the new—Polish Army Museum
Buro Happold and WXCA have worked together on the Polish Army Museum, which links the history of the whole country with the contemporary urban context.
The museum covers 32 hectares of the Warsaw Citadel, which is a hilltop fortress. Together with several others, such as the KatyńMuseum and the soon-to-be-built
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The Hungarian startup market faces a series of challenges and misguided responses
Warsaw is not Budapest. Not in old buildings and historical beauty, certainly, but not in the startup sector, either. The Polish startup sector is the most developed in the Central and Eastern European region, while Hungarian startups are underperforming in a regional comparison. Although the Hungarian startup ecosystem has shown
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Discover the very best murals in Warsaw
The large murals feature animals and people, as well as funny and serious topics.
The murals include an image that was painted in a day, composed of several thousand tangled strands merging to form a bird perched on a cobra, one that depics statuesque figures of classical art in direct
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Vote for the best new buildings of Warsaw!
Until May 21, the public can vote for the best new buildings in Warsaw.
This year, a total of seventeen projects in six categories (public, public space, commercial, regeneration, residential, architectural events) have been selected by a jury of experts from several architectural institutions.
You can vote for the best
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A hair salon with raw aesthetics | TEN Salon
The superiority of the perfect, glamorous beauty salon is in the past, and a more real, rustic concept is taking hold, showing that beauty can be redefined. This is the philosophy of TEN Salon in Warsaw, and this time it is reflected in the interiors, with the help of interior
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Contemporary and classical coexistence in an art lover’s home in Warsaw
Interior designer Magdalenę Romanowską transformed an apartment in a late 19th-century tenement house into the home of her graphic designer client, furnishing it with design classics and making it truly unique with objects and special artworks collected on her travels.
At first glance, it’s clear that the owner of
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Downtown romance in the spirit of slowness | Dash Interiors
Warsaw’s Mokotów quarter is one of the hippest parts of the city, popular mainly for its green spaces. This is where Natalia and Krzysiek made their home, looking for an apartment with an interior that would stand the test of time.
Designers Daria Wachowicz and Martyna Kupis of Dash
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The most fascinating metro stations in Eastern Europe | TOP5
The invention of the subway has significantly accelerated people’s lives since the 19th century. It is essentially an underground railway that runs on a fixed track. The advantage is that there are no obstacles in the way, so you can get to your destination many times faster. But have
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Postmodern reinvented—a unique office building in the heart of Warsaw
Modern office space, original design, attention to environmental and social factors, openness to people, and a great location in the center of Warsaw. All this is combined in HOP, a postmodern office building from the 1990s, now modernized by Warsaw-based Syrena Real Estate.
Originally built in 1996, HOP (formerly Aktyn)
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A café like no other | Bawić Bawialnia
In today’s article, we visit the heart of Warsaw to discover a café where the whole family can have a good time. Take a look inside!
The two owners, Patrycja and Bartosz, wanted to create a place where children and adults alike could immerse themselves in the joy of
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New photos from Warsaw Ghetto Uprising published
Never-before-seen photographs of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 have been released—from an attic.
The photographs were taken by Zbigniew Leszek Grzywaczewski, then in his early twenties. His photos, some of which have been published before, are the only ones not taken from the German side during the uprising.
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Streets named after Tolkien and Gandalf in Warsaw
Commonly known as Mordor, a sub-section of Warsaw has seen two of its streets officially christened ulica Gandalfa and ulica Tolkiena.
The neighborhood where these streets are located has around 100,000 workers a day and has become famous for its soul-crushing office culture—which is why workers have started
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Warsaw’s iconic building reimagined in the style of world-famous architects
Polish artist Jacek Jabłoński used artificial intelligence to see what the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw would look like if it had been designed by Zaha Hadid or Frank Gehry.
The Palace of Culture and Science is a controversial yet iconic building in the Polish capital, built between
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Fabryka Norblina—Warsaw’s coolest place
A guardian of values and history, a sustainable, conceptual brownfield project—this is the Norblin Factory, or Fabryka Norblina in Polish. Hype&Hyper brings you the story of Warsaw’s newest attraction, a space full of adventure.
Adventurous history
The history of the factory began at the end of the
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Warsaw’s Browary receives award for best urban regeneration
Browary Warszawskie, in the Polish capital of Warsaw, has been named the world’s best in the urban regeneration category of the MAPIC awards.
Work on Browary, which began in 2016 and finished last year, covered almost four and a half hectares and involved the rehabilitation of a former brewery
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Warsaw bookstores treasured by locals | TOP 5
They work independently, approach their job creatively, and actively promote the love of reading among Poles. They are key figures in Warsaw’s cultural life, who mustn’t be overlooked. Introducing 5 bookstores that attract both local and foreign readers.
Tajfuny | Chmielna 12, 00-020 Warsaw
The publisher aims to introduce
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Foster + Partners to design Warsaw’s new airport
Foster + Partners has won a competition to design the Polish airport Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK).
Construction on the 3,000-hectare site between Warsaw and Łódź is expected to start next year, with completion scheduled for 2028. By then, CPK will replace the current Chopin as the Polish capital’s central
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From Tokyo to Warsaw—Japanese UNIQLO opens a pop-up store in Poland
With simple lines, affordable prices, and good quality, you’ll find all the basics you need to build a wardrobe. That’s the secret behind UNIQLO, Japan’s best-known clothing brand, operating more than 2,400 stores worldwide.
Walking along Marszałkowska Street in the Polish capital, it’s hard to
Warsaw among the top 10 vegan-friendly cities again in 2022
Warsaw has once again been listed as one of the ten most vegan-friendly cities in the world by HappyCow, in a report ranking the world’s plant-based restaurants.
Warsaw has snatched the 9th place in the ranking, published since 2019, behind London, Berlin, New York, Melbourne, Singapore, Los Angeles, Bangkok,
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EU’s tallest building inaugurated in Warsaw
The 310-meter-tall Varso Tower, designed by British architectural studio Foster + Partners, is now the European Union’s tallest building.
The skyscraper, which houses offices, restaurants, retail facilities and a sky garden, has overtaken 259-meter-tall Commerzbank Tower built in Frankfurt in 1997.
The building is located in the center of the
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Fresh zine selection from the post-Soviet region | TOP5
In the last few years, the zine culture has become widespread in Hungary, that is, the production of art magazines with photographs or illustrations, mainly based on visual content and mostly characterized by creative freedom. You could say that it can be anything: it often revolves around a constructed concept—
Art and function—the award-winning concept by Robert Majkut Design
Founded in 1996, Robert Majkut Design is a creative studio that has evolved from simple architectural, graphic, and product design and branding assignments to the realization of larger architectural projects. Many innovative ideas are associated with the studio, which produces high-quality work with a distinctive aesthetic sensibility that can be