Capital and the largest city of Poland (1.7 million citizens, agglomeration: over 3 million), key political, economic, academic and cultural centre of the country, situated by significant European transport routes (from Baltic countries to the south of Europe, from Berlin to Moscow). Seat of the Parliament, President and Government of the Republic of Poland, as well as of the largest Polish university (University of Warsaw), National Bank of Poland and Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Devastated during war and rebuilt, today once again in its history the city goes through dynamic changes – from grey communist city it is transforming into metropolis vibrant with life, full of cinemas, clubs, theatres, museums, restaurants and cafés. Thanks to completed within recent years and implemented currently great infrastructural and cultural projects (such as Copernicus Science Centre, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the History of the Polish Jews, Polish History Museum) the city has now a chance to join the league of most important European capitals.
