Mermaids, Trams and Stalin’s Gift to Warszawa [J1 E3]

Having arrived in Poland’s capital city – Warszawa – I first head out to do some tramspotting. Later, I find out what Stalin’s gift to the city (Palace of Culture and Science) is all about and search for the Mermaid – oh yes, the city is actually full of mermaids. There is a nice legend to explain the city’s fascination with mermaids and you can listen to it towards the end of the episode.

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0:00 Intro and titles
1:05 Konstal 105N2k/2000 № 2126 + № 2127 (built in 2001)
1:23 Konstal 105Na № 1184 + № 1185 (built in 1986) // Gdański Bridge (1959)
1:37 Konstal 116Na/1 № 3023 (built in 1999) // Gdański Bridge (1959)
1:58 Konstal 105Na № 1230 + № 1229 (built in 1988)
2:21 Pesa 134N “Jazz” № 3826 (built in 2015)
2:41 Pesa 128N “Jazz” № 3633 (built in 2015)
3:11 Suburban art
4:56 Konstal 105Na № 1326 + № 1325 (built in 1990) // FPS 123N № 2156 + № 2157 (built in 2007)
5:11 Solaris Urbino 18 № 5443 (built in 2015)
5:21 Pesa 120Na “Swing” № 3273 (built in 2013) // Konstal 105Na № 1246 + № 1245 (built in 1988)
5:39 Springtime has arrived…
6:34 Warszawa city centre
7:31 Views of the Palace of Culture and Science (1955) [Pałac Kultury i Nauki]
8:18 Walking to the Palace of Culture and Science (1955)
10:50 Inside the Palace of Culture and Science (1955)
14:30 Observation deck of the Palace of Culture and Science
16:51 “PGE Narodowy” stadium – formerly National Stadium (2011)
17:07 Observations about the Palace of Culture and Science
18:23 Arriving in the Old Town
18:49 Puzzling tram announcement
19:39 Walking through a stylish passage
20:17 First escalators in Poland were opened here in 1949 – current ones are from 2005
20:41 Continuing to a terrace
20:53 Terrace overlooking aleja „Solidarności”
21:56 Royal Palace (officially and incorrectly – Royal Castle) rebuilt in 1984
22:06 plac Zamkowy
22:17 Statue of Sigismund III Vasa – king of Poland and Sweden (1644) // Rycerska Tower
22:29 Large clock // Statue of Jan Kiliński – a commander of Warsaw Uprising of 1794 (made in 1935)
22:41 Archcathedral Basilica of St John
23:04 (ulica) Świętojańska
23:16 rynek Starego Miasta // “Mermaid” (copy of original – made in 2008)
23:46 Street lanterns // (ulica) Mostowa – (ulica) Brzozowa – (ulica) Bugaj
24:04 (the) Barbican // Section of the City Wall
24:22 (ulica) Freta // Façade detail on ulica Krzywe Koło
24:34 (ulica) Jezuicka // Church bell, made in 1646, on ulica Kanonia // (ulica) Dziekania
24:52 “Strongman” (1908) // View from Góra Gnojna Terrace over Wisła River and Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge (1949)
25:04 (ulica) Celna // “Mazowia” (1966)
25:20 Reconstruction of the Lower Palace Garden // Courtyard between ulica Krzywe Koło and ulica Brzozowa
25:31 About the weather
25:56 Story Time – About the Mermaid
28:17 Afterword
28:44 Rondo Daszyńskiego Metro Station
30:16 rondo Ignacego Daszyńskiego

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