Warsaw

Opened 1901, Paderewski was a co-owner. The café is an institution.

Nineteenth-century shell, contemporary Polish art collection inside.

The former Prudential tower — Warsaw's first skyscraper, now a hotel.

A thousand years of Polish Jewish history, told without shortcuts. Allow half a day.

Free open-air piano recitals under the Chopin monument, Sunday afternoons in summer.

Salvaged cold-war neon signs, humming again in a former factory.

Rebuilt brick by brick from Canaletto's paintings after 1945.

Stalin's gift, 30th-floor terrace. The one view that excludes the building itself.

Baroque royal residence that survived the war largely intact.

Midsummer wreaths on the river, concerts on both banks.

Ten days of international competition, accredited by the FIAPF.

Illuminated garden trail through the winter park.