Tiny facts of Great Cities – 19. WARSAW
- Warsaw has over 12000 concerts and performances per year which is about over 30 per day.
- 14 % of Warsaw is covered by woods, there are 88 parks in Warsaw.
- Warsaw is the capital city of Poland and produces more than 15% of Poland’s national income.
- there are 71 museums in Warsaw, and most of them are free for one day of the week.
- The beauty of Warsaw city was so much that it was once called the Paris of the North. But world war II destroyed 90 % of the city,
- After the city was rebuilt it was nicknamed as Phoenix as it had literally risen again from the ashes.
- There are almost 1500 public buses, and about 850 trams in the city. Almost one million people travel in them
- Warsaw is supposed to have less than 3 % unemployment, which is the lowest in the world.
- Marie Curie, the Nobel winner for her research on radioactivity was actually from Warsaw, before she moved to Paris.
- Lazienki park in Warsaw hosts concerts by the famous composer Chopin, twice every ear. One in spring and One in Summer.
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