#DRINK
World’s best hot chocolate… at least according to Varsovians
Polish winters are tough! You deserve a treat, especially if you’re after a day of sight-seeing! Ask anyone here and you’ll learn that the best chocolate is made by Wedel company here in Warsaw, Poland. The company was founded back in the first half of 19th century and is famous for many other products including Ptasie Mleczko chocolate-covered marshmallows, mieszanka wedlowska candy mix and Delicje szampańskie cookies.
To have a real hot chocolate drink (and not just cocoa), head for the imperial-style cafe in the former chocolate factory, located smack in the city center. 12 PLN gets you a cup of chocolatey bliss. Have a window seat to admire snow-covered Warsaw. Smacznego/bon appetit!
Where: Pijalnia czekolady E.Wedel (Wedel chocolate-drinking shop and cafe), ul. Szpitalna 8a
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/rkx3p
When: 8AM to 10PM on weekdays, 10AM to 10 PM Saturday,
How much: 12 PLN for a cup of most chocolates or 3 chocolate shots
Details: https://www.wedelpijalnie.pl/pl/o-nas (in Polish)
#MUSEUMS
Chopin Museum
If you are interested in learning more about the life and work of one of the best composers in the world, you can’t miss this modern museum. Opened only in 2010 (for the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth) is an amazing journey through Frederic Chopin’s early days in Żelazowa Wola and Warsaw and his great career in Paris. Multilingual audioguides will help you follow the exhibition without getting lost. Tuesday is when you don’t pay the entrance fee!
Where: Muzeum Chopina (Chopin Museum)
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/GnkGy
When: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-8pm.
How much: Free on Tuesdays. Otherwise 11 zł (ISIC card) / 13 zł (reduced) / 22 zł (normal).
Details: chopin.museum/en
#EXHIBITION
In 1947, a study tour from the US visited Warsaw and other Polish cities to see the rebuilding process taking place all around the country. One of the participants was Henry Cobb, architecture student who went on to become head of Architecture Department at Harvard University. Cobb’s impressive color photographs of post-war Warsaw render the scale of Warsaw’s destruction in a much more powerful way than any black&white images. Definitely a must!
The exhibition is open until April 30th
Where: Dom Spotkań z Historią (History Meeting House), ul. Karowa 20
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/dqOml
When: 10 AM to 8 PM Tuesday to Friday, 11 AM to 8 PM Saturday&Sunday
How much: free admission
Details: https://www.dsh.waw.pl/en/3_134
And don’t forget to come to our free, guided walking tour of Warsaw! Everyday! Click “Orange Umbrella Free Tour Warsaw” on the left for more details.
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