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Warsaw Uprising Tour

Warsaw Uprising Tour

Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland

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Hello wonderful surfers and all good people! Try to imagine this beautiful, green and modern capital city 72 years ago, August the 1st 1944, 5:00 pm. Polish resistance Home Army (Armia Krajowa) starts the major World War II operation to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The Uprising is timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces. Thousands of young people are ready to give their life for freedom. Almost one million people struggles to survive. Soldiers try to infiltrate the enemy forces crawling through the sewage channels. The city will never be the same again, will they prevail against the enemy or not. Besides the atrocities of war and hopeless fight of citizens against the regular army, we will discover everyday life during the 63 days of Warsaw Uprising. Couples get married, poets write their poems, children sing. This tour explores the most significant Warsaw Uprising venues around the city center (Śródmieście) and the Old Town (Stare Miasto), where every street and every single building has its own story to tell. It is a perfect chance to get acquainted to one of the most important events that has influenced the city itself and its inhabitants ever after. The tour will start at Plac Powstańców Warszawy, near Świętokrzyska m1/m2 subway station, in front of the monument, exactly at the place shown below: https://www.google.pl/maps/@52.2358074,21.0130446,3a,75y,5.21h,82.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP1eLrTE-zurA4nigFBVm7g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 How to contact your tour guide: https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2001905375 or https://www.facebook.com/franekimono or +48795121427 After the tour we can go to a cafe nearby to discuss some further details and relax together :) Please keep in my mind that the tour is free, but if you're satisfied, then tips afterwards are appreciated. See you!

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9 going
Marcus H.
GoingSingapore, Singapore
Mirosław C.
GoingWarsaw, Mazovia, Poland
Amy C.
GoingLondon, England, United Kingdom

Organizers

Franciszek P.
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland


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@francis23801342Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland

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Warsaw Uprising Tour

Warsaw Uprising Tour

Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Free to attend

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland

About

Hello wonderful surfers and all good people! Try to imagine this beautiful, green and modern capital city 72 years ago, August the 1st 1944, 5:00 pm. Polish resistance Home Army (Armia Krajowa) starts the major World War II operation to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The Uprising is timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces. Thousands of young people are ready to give their life for freedom. Almost one million people struggles to survive. Soldiers try to infiltrate the enemy forces crawling through the sewage channels. The city will never be the same again, will they prevail against the enemy or not. Besides the atrocities of war and hopeless fight of citizens against the regular army, we will discover everyday life during the 63 days of Warsaw Uprising. Couples get married, poets write their poems, children sing. This tour explores the most significant Warsaw Uprising venues around the city center (Śródmieście) and the Old Town (Stare Miasto), where every street and every single building has its own story to tell. It is a perfect chance to get acquainted to one of the most important events that has influenced the city itself and its inhabitants ever after. The tour will start at Plac Powstańców Warszawy, near Świętokrzyska m1/m2 subway station, in front of the monument, exactly at the place shown below: https://www.google.pl/maps/@52.2358074,21.0130446,3a,75y,5.21h,82.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP1eLrTE-zurA4nigFBVm7g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 How to contact your tour guide: https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2001905375 or https://www.facebook.com/franekimono or +48795121427 After the tour we can go to a cafe nearby to discuss some further details and relax together :) Please keep in my mind that the tour is free, but if you're satisfied, then tips afterwards are appreciated. See you!

Attending

9 going
Marcus H.
GoingSingapore, Singapore
Mirosław C.
GoingWarsaw, Mazovia, Poland
Amy C.
GoingLondon, England, United Kingdom

Organizers

Franciszek P.
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland


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Franciszek P.

@francis23801342Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland

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