SHOPPING

Since Kasia told us about a few of the shopping centers in Warsaw, we wanted to tell you about a few of our closest malls.  Those I am mentioning are the most common for us to visit.

Strømmen storsenter
Strømmen storsenter is one of Norway’s  biggest malls, which is located in Strømmen (Lillestrøm). A few shops you can find there are for example Moods of Norway, United colours of Benetton, MAC, BikBok, New Yorker, Lush etc. They also have a lot of resaurants and café’s. If you want to know more about Strømmen  Storsenter, you can visit this link. à http://www.strommenstorsenter.no/butikker-og-virksomheter/

 

 

Jessheim storsenter

Jessheim Storsenter is located in Jessheim. I think this is the most known for us. It also has  a lot of shops, but it is not as big as Strømmen Storsenter.   It is about 30 minutes from Årnes. Some of the shops are H&M, BikBok, Enklere liv (easier llife), GinaTricot, Vera Moda, ONLY, Jack and Jones, Lindex, Cubus, TGR etc. There is also a lot of restaurants here too.
à http://www.jessheimstorsenter.no/

- Wedel and Keiana

SHOPPING!

Hello everyone!

I'm gonna tell you something about Warsaw shopping centers.
The most popular one is Złote Tarasy (Golden Terraces). It's in the center of Warsaw (next to the Warszawa Centralna railway station). There's a cinema and shops like Topshop, New Look, H&M, River Island, Zara, Mango, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius and many more.




Another very popular shopping center is Galeria Centrum. It's also in the center of Warsaw (near the Palace of Culture and Science). You can find there shops like Empik, Reserved, H&M, C&A, Zara, TK Maxx and many more.





The last shopping center I'm gonna tell you about is Arkadia. It's the largest shopping complex in Central Europe (as of 2007). It has 287,000 square metres of space including 230 shops (H&M, C&A, River Island, Adidas NEO, Kappahl, Empik, Zara and many more), 25 restaurants and a cinema.




Kate :)

Our projects!

So, I (Keiana), Julie, Kasia and Milena have decided that we wanted to do our project together! We are  making a videodiary, where we are  filming the exchange, what we do, where we visit  and so on. I've been really excited about what the  other groups have planned as  their projects, so I asked them.

Sophie and Sandra and their partners are filming around, but mostly they are focusing on polish and norwegian food.

Othilie and her partner are also filming, where the theme is communication.

Ida and Ane are also filming, the film will have interviews with their partners and maybe the  teachers.

Wendela and her partner are  making a poweroint about the differences in an ordinary weekday.

Milan and Oskar are having about the theme nature.

Magnus and his partner Wiktor are talking about having the theme culture.

Kim and Igor are  having a powerpoint about the invation in norway and Pland.

Simen and Jakub are having a powerpoint about world war 2.

Henrik and his partner are having the theme hunting.

The Royal Baths

AMAZING AND MAGIC PLACE

• The museum of Royal Baths 
• The summer-seat of Stanisław August Poniatowski

Big park with gorgeous garden and such a beautiful architecture.

 There is the Łazienki palace which was the king's seat. Now it's a museum with many monuments in. 

The best place to relax. 

There is also the Old Orangery which is the building where in the past there were Orange trees which were decorating the Royal Baths. 

I recommend the Royal Baths especially unless there is cold weather... 

 Kinga

The Warsaw Rising Museum
It was opened on the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of fighting in Warsaw. The Museum is a tribute of Warsaw’s residents to those who fought and died for independent Poland and its free capital. The exhibition depicts fighting and everyday life during the Rising, keeping occupation terror in the background. Complexity of the international situation at the time of the Rising is portrayed, including the post-war years of the Communist regime and the fate of Insurgents in the People’s Republic of Poland (PRL). With the total area of more than 3000 m2, 800 exhibition items, approximately 1500 photographs, films and sound recordings, history of the days preceding the Rising is told. Visitors are guided through the subsequent stages of the Rising until the time when the Insurgents left Warsaw. Their further fate is also portrayed.

The second part of the permanent exhibition, opened in May of 2006 in Hall B, presents the story of Allied airdrops. Its highlight is a replica of a Liberator B-24J bomber. Much of the exhibition has been devoted to the Germans and their allies, showing their actions in Warsaw as documented in official texts from the time of the Rising and in private notes. The stories of eye witnesses of the August and September 1944 events are played in Hall B. These recordings came from the audiovisual Spoken History Archive at the Warsaw Rising Museum. A movie theatre shows films about the Rising on a panoramic screen. At the mezzanine gallery various temporary exhibition are displayed. The Museum tower is a special attraction with a view of the Freedom Park and the city of Warsaw.





http://www.1944.pl/en/

Kraków suburb

Krakow suburb avenue this is one of the most representative and the best known street in Warsaw. This road is surrounded by historic places, churches, monuments, old houses, restaurants and cafes. I think that for many peoples this place is magical and climatic. The starting point of the street is a  Nicholas Copernicus monument, at the end  the street turns into the 'Nowy Świat'. The most important places and monuments are: 

 

Nicolaus Copernicus Mnument

Carmelite Church

Tyszkiewicz Palace

 Univeristy of Warsaw

 Hotel Bristol

Presidiental Palace 

 

St. Anne's Chutch

Hotel Europejski

Potocki Palace

Holly Cross Church

Visitationist Church

Kazimierz Palace

The Warsaw Old Town is the oldest part of the capital city. It is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Warsaw.

The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, rich in restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, the Barbican and St. John's Cathedral.

The Old Town was established in the 13th century. Initially surrounded by an earthwork rampart, prior to 1339 it was fortified with brick city walls. The town originally grew up around the castle of the Dukes of Mazovia that later became the Royal Castle. The Market Square (Rynek Starego Miasta) was laid out sometime in the late 13th or early 14th century, along the main road linking the castle with the New Town to the north.

During the Invasion of Poland (1939), much of the district was badly damaged by the German Luftwaffe, which targeted the city's residential areas and historic landmarks in a campaign of terror bombing.After the war, it turned out that 85% of the old city was destroyed.

After World War II, the Old Town was meticulously rebuilt.As many of the original bricks were reused as possible. The rubble was sifted for reusable decorative elements, which were reinserted into their original places. Bernardo Bellotto's 18th-century vedute, as well as pre-World-War II architecture students' drawings, were used as essential sources in the reconstruction effort.

Warsaw on Canaletto's picture in 18 century.

Warsaw's Old Town has been placed on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites as "an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century.