#FOOD
Regional Polish Flavors
Are you curious to find out what’s all the fuss with Polish cottage cheese about? Do you want to try regional Polish dishes and buy some quality sausage to take back home? Then this place is for you – lunch sets at 25 PLN (or less) on weekdays include soup, main dish and kompot (boiled fruit drink), while the Pascha cheesecake deserves the maximum number of Michelin stars. Yummy!
Where: Specjały Regionalne (Regional Specialties)
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When: 11AM-12AM daily, from 1 PM on New Year’s Day
How much: most dishes cost around 30 PLN, set lunch menu for up to 25PLN on weekdays
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#EXHIBITION
Friends in art
Robert Maciejuk and Honza Zamojski’s “Above and Below” exhibition is a culmination of their long-time friendship and artistic collaboration, which has seen a joint book project, Vases, and two exhibitions of Maciejuk’s art curated by Zamojski at Galeria Starter. The exhibition presents mostly new works, never previously shown in public, ranging from large-format drawings and oil paintings, through forms in space, to an artist’s book created in collaboration with the art critic Andrzej Kostołowski. In formal terms, the works vary widely but recurring motifs bind the multi-element installation into a cohesive whole. This is a kind of critical dialogue with tradition but also a friendly discussion between two long-time artistic collaborators. (Text: zacheta.art.pl)
Where: Zachęta National Art Gallery
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When: until 16 February, Tue-Sun 12pm-8pm, from 2 PM on New Year’s Day
How much: 15 zł (10 zł reduced), free of charge on Thursdays
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#MUSEUM
Darkness and beauty
Recently reorganised, the National Museum of Warsaw exhibits an array of works of art dating from ancient Egypt times to 21st century. You can admire there Polish classics like Matejko (don’t miss his immense ‘Battle of Grunwald’!), Malczewski or Wyspiański. But what truly fascinates us there is the section of European medieval religious art (one of the biggest in the world). This part of the exposition has been just re-opened after the renovation. We still remember how impressive it was for us when we were kids-2.5 meters tall wooden crucifixes, with all the details of the suffering Christ presented right in our faces…long corridors with silent, mysterious yet beautiful Madonnas and dozens of angels starring at us all the way..both amazing and frightening a bit it was then. Who said that museums are boring?
Where: Muzeum Narodowe (The National Museum)
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When: Tuesdays through Sundays 10am-6pm, except Thursdays 10am-9pm –
How much: free on Tuesdays, 10-15 zł other days (for permanent exhibitions)
Details: click here
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