With its gorgeous Old Town, beautiful palaces and stunning and diverse architecture, Warsaw is a photographer’s playground. Play around with angles and lighting as you attempt to snap that perfect Insta-worthy shot. We’ve gone ahead and done the hard work for you, here’s another guide to photo-worthy spots in Warsaw :
Wilanow Palace
Wilanow Palace stands as one of Warsaw’s most important landmarks, and serves as a remnant of pre-occupation Poland that stood since the 17th century, withstanding the test of time. With its unique and eye-catching yellow exterior, Poland’s Little Versailles is full of countless photo spots to discover. The Palace’s beautiful Baroque architecture and decorations is surrounded by expansive summer gardens with rich vegetation and sinuous paths. In winter, Wilanów turns into a Royal Garden of Light. Stroll through the gardens and encounter beautiful figures from the distant past, animals and plants with fanciful shapes.
The Palace is great for panorama shots from both sides, but the best photos can be taken by foregrounding one of the many statues behind the Palace, leaving the Palace itself to serve as the background. This will offer you a different perspective of the place, instead of simply focusing on the architecture.
Hala Koszyki
Reopened in 2016 after an extensive redesign, Warsaw’s historic indoor market has become one of the city’s top culinary addresses among both locals and tourists. Based in a repurposed 20th century market hall, this street food bazaar is stacked with a wide variety of both local and international options from sushi and tapas bars to craft-beer stations and artisan chocolate shops. THE place to be in Warsaw, this is the perfect excuse to stop by for lunch and capture the perfect, aesthetically-pleasing photograph after.
To fully capture the glory of this space, head straight to the first-floor terrace. Position your shot to capture the beautiful wrought iron roof structure set against the painstakingly restored, gorgeous red brick interior.
Street Murals
Warsaw a city gleaming with gorgeous graffiti and eye-catching painted walls. Loaded with relevant messages and subliminal meaning, the gargantuan works that have been splashed onto the sides of buildings are transforming the city, and nowhere more so than the gritty side streets of Praga. These powerful works of art reference everything from history and politics to current affairs and Polish cultural heritage and are an intangible part of Warsaw’s heritage.
You can find the mural, Playground, at Stalowa 51. The work of Ernest Zacharevic, the mural aims to draw attention to Warsaw’s lack of urban planning and distinct lack of play areas for children. Also popular are Warsaw Fight Club (Srodkowa 17), Eastern Warsaw (Strzelecka 26) and the Floating Castle at 12 Miska. Warsaw’s street art reminds us to look up, and to listen to the stories these once barren walls tell. Explore Warsaw with your camera in hand and keep your eyes peeled for new street art popping up all over the city!
Łazienki Park
The city’s green lung, the incomparable Łazienki Park is Warsaw’s largest park, covering 74 hectares of space. One of the jewels in Poland’s crown, this beautiful park includes manicured gardens, an ornamental lake, wooded glades and strutting peacocks. Among the many beautiful palaces and villas to explore in the park, the most stunning is the Palace on the Isle, a beautiful 17th century Baroque style palace. Located in the middle of an artificial island, this photogenic palace is surrounded by a lake and green space. Another popular attraction for photographs is the scenic Chinese garden, opened in 2014. With no shortage of photo opportunities in this beautiful park, ensure your camera has full charge as you explore to your heart’s content.
The best place to take a photo of the Palace on the Isle is from the bridge to the south of the Palace. To get there, walk along the western side of the river down towards the bridge. From there, by making use of the lake, you will get the perfect symmetrical reflection of the Palace on the lake.
The New Town
Through the narrow cobblestone streets and fairytale-like Barbican in the Old Town, the New Town is one of Warsaw’s true unsung glories. Considerably quieter than the touristy Old Town, the homely New Town is just as beautiful and colourful, and is definitely worth a visit. Among the six historic churches clustered in the New Town, the beautiful Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and St. Kazimierz Church, are particularly notable. Other popular photography sites include the Zabytkowa Studnia, a monument of a lady with a spear and a unicorn, and the Warsaw Theatre. Traverse the photogenic street connecting the Old and New Towns and capture Warsaw’s beauty through your camera lens.
One of the most beautiful buildings in the New Town is located at the intersection between the Mostowa street and Brzozowa street. The combination of its beautiful blue tiles decor that are an uncommon sight in Warsaw, the green rolling hills, and the Gothic style Church of the Holy Spirit in the background, makes for a beautiful shot.
