Emerald Spiral
"Warsaw’s eastern suburb, Praga, has long been regarded as off-limits to Western visitors. Often painted as the bastion of tower blocks and the criminal underclass. The area is actually enjoying a snail-like renaissance, and as such offers visitors a combination of strange sights and sounds. While it is an enjoyable and recommended daytrip, do remember that this is not Old Town; huge zoom lenses and video cameras will attract unwanted attention, quite possibly worse.
Although in a sorry state of disrepair, much of Praga survived the war. Nowadays, to walk around the bullet-scarred tenement houses found by the riverside is to immerse yourself in pre-war Praga. The oldest surviving residential building in the district can be found on (H-1) ul. Targowa 50/52. Built in 1819, it once housed a Jewish elementary school and bears a Hebrew inscription dating from 1934. Be warned, the nearby ul. Brzeska is reputed to be Warsaw’s most dangerous street." We had no trouble at all (during daylight).
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