Private Tour: Warsaw Communism Tour by retro minibus

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Stop At: Stacja Muranow, ul. Gen. Wladyslawa Andersa 13, Warsaw 00-159 Poland

The Muranów district was build just after the war on the rubble of a densely built-up and vibrant Jewish district of Warsaw. Muranów is today a souvenir of the architecture and ideology of socialist realism.

The Venetian origin of the Muranów name is a bitter irony of history, because the word "ghetto" was used for the first time in Venice in 1516.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, Warsaw 00-110 Poland

The Palace of Culture and Science is the undisputed symbol of Warsaw. The Palace was built in 1952-1955 as a gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland.

Varsovians still commonly use nicknames to refer to the Palace, notably "Beijing", "clown", "nightmarish dream of a drunk confectioner", "Stalin's syringe", "small but stylish". Other less common names include "the Elephant in Lacy Underwear", "Russian wedding cake", or even "Stalin's dick".

The permanent residents of the Palace are cats that live in the basement. Animals have their guardian who cares about them. In the highest part of the Palace, peregrine falcons live, which just below the spire, have their nest erected. They have been there since 1998. A pair of falcons have young children there. In the Internet users' competition, the young falcons were given the names: Bazyl, Orion and Wawa. A little lower in towers at the height of the 15th floor, the kestrels found their asylum. And on the level of the 6th floor, on the roof of the Studio Theater, among the melliferous bushes, there is an apiary of urban bees.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Plac Konstytucji, plac Konstytucji, Warsaw 00-001 Poland

The Square was constructed in the initial post-war years as the main element of social realist urban project. Together with the Palace of Culture and Science, it was the main architectural social realist investment of Warsaw in 1949-1956. Its name comes from the Stalinist constitution adopted in communist Poland.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Praga Polnoc, ul.Zabkowska, Warsaw Poland

Praga is one of the oldest districts in Warsaw. Through the centuries, Warsaw's right-bank was an independent town. In 1648 it was granted municipal rights by the king Władysław IV Vasa. It was joined to Warsaw at the end of 18th century. In 1945 it was divided into Praga-North and Praga-South.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Zabkowska Street, Zabkowska, Warsaw Poland

Ząbkowska Street is one of the oldest streets in Warsaw.

Koneser district. After the war, Koneser was one of the largest producers of vodka - the main export product and its own currency in communist Poland.

Events, food, fashion, design, art and unique urban space. This is a new modern Koneser. The historic vodka factory in the heart of Old Praga returns to the map of the capital in an energetic, lifelike version.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Banking and Financial Centre Nowy Świat, Nowy Świat 6/12, 00-400 Warszawa, Poland

Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party was the central ruling body of the Polish United Workers' Party, the dominant political party in the People's Republic of Poland (1948-1990).

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Plac Marszalka Jozefa Pilsudskiego, Warsaw Poland

Marshal Józef Piłsudski Square (formerly Saski Square and Adolf-Hitler-Platz and Victory Square) - monumental, extensive square with symbolic, historical and architectural value. The patron of the square is Marshal Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935), independence activist, head of state, commander-in-chief of the army and marshal of Poland.

Duration: 30 minutes