The Muranów and Wola neighborhoods, like many areas in Poland, have a dark past. In the 1930s, the area housed the bulk of Warsaw's Jewish population. By late 1940, the Nazis (who occupied Poland ...

One of Warsaw's most popular thoroughfares is Krakowskie Przedmiescie, or Krakow Suburb Street. This street was once the start of a route that connected Warsaw with Kraków (hence the name).

Although officially less important than Warsaw, Krakow is widely recognised as the spiritual capital of Poland (indeed, it was the actual capital until Warsaw pinched the title in 1596).