The Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Zydowski) on Okopowa Street should be on everyone's itinerary when they visit Warsaw. I am quite cross with myself because it has taken me five years to actually go and visit the cemetery. There are so many things to see and do in Warsaw that I keep missing this attraction and move on to something else. Last weekend I made up my mind I was going to take a walk on a crisp, sunny Sunday to take some pictures of the cemetery and to see just what was behind that metal door. Okopowa is a very long street that will lead you to Arkadia Shopping Centre eventually. If you don't know the address of the cemetery you can easily miss it as it ...  Read the complete review

Before posting this review, I thought I'd let the dust settle following the recent tragic plane crash involving Polish political and military figures, so as not to make it look too much of a depressing country! The fact is that a couple of weeks ago, in the first warm days of the year I decided to do a bit of exploring and head to two cemeteries I'd been long-meaning to check out. The first one was the city based Okopowa Jewish Cemetery, a mere 1km from my flat but a place I'd never actually been inside. I opened the iron door as it had just been closed by a large tour group and I looked at the entrance window, as I had recalled being told that entrance is ...  Read the complete review