Ul Nowy Świat

Lonely Planet review

Running from the junction of ul Świętokrzyska and ul Krakowskie Przedmieście to Al Jerozolimskie, Ul Nowy Świat , or New World St, is the busiest street in Warsaw outside the Old Town, but here it's generally Poles who make up the masses.

It's long been the city's fashionable shopping street, and is lined with restaurants, shops and cafés. Most of the buildings date from post-WWII, but the restoration here was so complete that the predominant architecture style is 19th-century neoclassical. Aside from shopping, eating and drinking, the best thing to do here (and its side alleys ul Foksal and ul Chmielna) is find a comfy seat and watch the parade of Poles.