Warsaw, WOW

[mrnyc]

very surprizing considering how destroyed it was - there are plenty of modern florishes.

[LSyd]

thanks for the replies

Originally Posted by mSeattle

Very impressive. Were you 'tracking' in #83/84?

actually no. there was some "tracking" with 93 but that was the best one.

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[thomas_zul]

Originally Posted by Thundertubs

What would you say is the most intact large city in Poland? Or the one that suffered the least damage during the war?

Originally Posted by Kingofthehill

Fantastic thread! Warsaw looks a bit distressed, but is obviously a very strong and resilient city. Gotta love all the "kamienices" (Art-Nouveau Polish townhouses).

Krakow, the most-popular and arguably most-attractive of the Polish cities, emerged from WW2 relatively unscathed (hence its tourist nature).

Like KotH said - Krakow. It is also most popular for typical tourists which seek for traditional polish architecture, vibe and things like that. And of course Krakow was once upon a time a capital. It should definitely be on a "must-visit" list of places when you're visiting middle-east Europe. In reference to townhouse/s we call "kamienica/kamienice" you should check out city of Lodz (written without three polish letter's 'cause you probably couldn't see them). It has a lot of them but unfortunately most are in poor conditions. But there are still lots of great buildings in better and better (over time) condition - red brick beauties such as Manufaktura or lofty Scheiblera. There are palaces like Izrael Poznanski's one. And art paintings/murals on the grey walls of those kamienices. I highly recommend this city if you're bored of traditional tourists destination places

[Tweenk]

Toruń and Zamość were also never destroyed. The first has an entirely intact Gothic old town, the second is a planned Rennaissance town. Malbork (near Gdańsk) has a giant Teutonic fortress, though it is partially reconstructed after war damage. All three of those are UNESCO sites.