Warsaw

It is the Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery. Spanning a bit over 33 hectares and containing upwards of 250,000 graves, it stands as the largest Jewish cemetery in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. There is a remarkable void in the landscape of the capital, where pre-war Warsaw is mainly unaltered and where moss, carved stone, and deep silence all serve as direct windows into the past.

The Silent Forest of Okopowa: Exploring Europe’s Largest Jewish Cemetery

Warsaw (category)
12 min read
03/09/202621/09/2026

One year after Chopin's death, Ludwika Jędrzejewicz took his heart back to Poland in a jar of alcohol, probably cognac, as it was used at the time to preserve organs. His sister hid the precious package during the trip and avoided agents and border officers. She successfully smuggled Chopin's heart to Warsaw, where it was put in a small monument inside the Church of the Holy Cross.

Chopin’s Heart inside the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw

Poland (category), Warsaw (category)
5 min read
13/09/202104/11/2024

Most people are aware of David Bowie’s relationship with Berlin due to his Berlin trilogy. But it’s not everybody that knows about David Bowie's Warsaw story. This is the story I want to tell you since Fotostrasse visited Warsaw and discovered a lot about why and how the polish capital stuck with Bowie. It stuck enough to have its name on a song from of his best albums.

David Bowie’s Warsaw: How Warszawa Came to Be

Warsaw (category)
8 min read
27/10/201628/03/2024

The Neon Muzeum, with a Z, is a museum dedicated to the preservation and documentation of Poland’s cold war era neon signs and they do this really well. As you walk the hallways of this small museum, you will see a lot of neon signs and learn a lot about where they were, how they were used and how did they manage to get to the Neon Museum.

Our Visit to the Neon Museum in Warsaw

Poland (category), Warsaw (category)
5 min read
21/06/201621/12/2023