#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), it 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)
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When: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-8pm.
How much: Free on Tuesdays. Otherwise 11 zł (ISIC card) / 13 zł (reduced) / 22 zł (normal).
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#STREET ART
See some of the best Polish sticker art
Vlepnet is sticker artists’ mecca – they organize exhibitions and workshops and are in the large part responsible for making vlepki a valid means of artistic expression. See the exhibit that celebrates a decade’s worth work of vlepnet, for free, too!
Where: Dom Kultury V9 (V9 Culture House), ul. Hoża 9 (entrance from the courtyard)
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When: 12PM-8PM Tuesday to Sunday
How much: free admission
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#CONCERT/PARTY
Hear the soul of young Polish jazz artists
Grażyna Sobocińska, Rafał Różalski and Michal Załęska became friends at the Frederic Chopin University of Music and decided to start playing together. They participated in a multitude of jam sessions before deciding to play as a trio in early 2013. Expect to hear renditions of standards, pop songs as well as some original compositions from their upcoming album – all with a tinge of soul. And stay for the kitch afterparty to see for yourself that not all Polish music is good…
Where: Tygmont music club, Mazowiecka 6/8
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When: concert – 7PM, party – 9PM
How much: 10 PLN
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