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Traces of the Warsaw Ghetto
Self-guided
A walk of remembrance: the ghetto wall at Sienna 55, the Nożyk Synagogue, POLIN, the Ghetto Heroes Monument and Umschlagplatz.
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Our take
- Half a day
- A walk of remembrance
- Address
- Muranów, Warsaw
- Nearest metro
- Rondo ONZ 03
150 m · 2 min walk
More distances - Website
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About Traces of the Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Tourism Office’s walk “Traces of the Warsaw Ghetto” starts at the surviving wall fragment at Sienna 55 and passes POLIN to end at Umschlagplatz, where from 22 July 1942 transports of Jews left for Treblinka. Walk it quietly, and allow time for POLIN.
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What’s nearby
Distances from Traces of the Warsaw Ghetto are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 14 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest metro and tram stops
- Rondo ONZ 03Tram150 m2 min walk
- Rondo ONZ 08Tram200 m3 min walk
- Rondo ONZM2250 m3 min walk
Key sights
- Palace of Culture500 mWalk 6 minCycle 2 minCar or taxi 6 min
- POLIN2.1 kmWalk 26 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Royal Castle2.2 kmWalk 27 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Old Town Market Place2.3 kmWalk 29 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Royal Łazienki3.1 kmWalk 39 minCycle 13 minCar or taxi 13 min
- Warsaw Chopin Airport7.8 kmCycle 33 minCar or taxi 26 min
- Wilanów Palace9.7 kmCycle 41 minCar or taxi 31 min
Main railway stations
- Warszawa Centralna400 mWalk 5 minCycle 2 minCar or taxi 6 min
- Warszawa Wschodnia4.3 kmCycle 18 minCar or taxi 17 min
Location
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Read next
SightsPOLIN Museum of the History of Polish JewsThe museum of a thousand years of Polish Jewish history, on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto, facing the Ghetto Heroes Monument.SightsMonument to the Ghetto HeroesThe monument to the fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in the square in front of POLIN.SightsUmschlagplatzThe memorial at the place from which, from 22 July 1942, Jews were deported from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp.