Worth a Detour
Praga
The gritty district across the river that the war spared, with prewar courtyards, street art and a museum of old neon signs.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid for the museums
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Ząbkowska, 03-735 WarsawDirections
- Getting There
- Metro line 2 to Dworzec Wileński, or a tram across the Vistula.
Why Go
Praga's old tenements, with shrines in their courtyards, show what much of Warsaw looked like before 1939. Old factories now hold studios and bars, and the Neon Museum keeps the glowing signs of the communist era.
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