Things to Do in Warsaw

There are two main options. The viewing terrace of the Palace of Culture and Science is open daily from 10:00 to 20:00 according to the Palace’s own website (hours can change on holidays and during events). The Highline at the top of the Varso Tower opened in September 2025 and is our most-reviewed offer. Both are booked as entry tickets.

No. The centre was destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt in the following years from paintings, photographs and plans. UNESCO listed it in 1980 as an example of near-total reconstruction. It is still worth a walk, and a guided tour explains what you are looking at.

Yes, by fast train with pickup, but it is a very long day: Kraków is roughly 300 km away and the two best-reviewed tours list 16 and 17 hours. Auschwitz is much closer to Kraków, so if you can spend a night there, book the camp from Kraków instead.

The POLIN Museum and the Warsaw Rising Museum are closed on Tuesdays according to their official calendars. Opening hours and free days change, so check the museum’s website before you plan your day.

Not in the city: the metro, trams and ride-hailing apps cover it. For Żelazowa Wola, Treblinka or the Białowieża forest a guided tour with pickup is the simplest option, because public transport to these places is slow.

It has no coast and no mountains, and the Old Town is a reconstruction rather than a medieval original. For the sea the nearest option is Gdańsk, and for the Tatra mountains Zakopane, both far from the capital. What Warsaw does have is Chopin, the Vistula in summer and a dense modern history.