City
Warsaw
Capital of Poland
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Royal Castle; the Old Town skyline; Palace of Culture and Science; Warsaw; Vistula River; Świętokrzyski Bridge; Warsaw Escarpment; Baroque/Classicism
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic elevated viewpoint from the eastern bank of the Vistula (Praga riverbank near the beach or zoo), looking southwest across the river toward the Old Town and downtown skyline, showing the wild riverbanks in the foreground, the Royal Castle and St. John's Cathedral in the middle-ground, and the Palace of Culture and modern towers in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the wild riverbank willow forests along the eastern Vistula, the royal parks (Łazienki, Saxon Garden), and the green escarpment slopes.
- Guarded against
- Avoid confusing Warsaw with Krakow (no Wawel Castle hill); Warsaw's defining feature is its high river escarpment and the contrast between historic Stare Miasto and soaring modern skyscrapers.
Population1,702,139Wikidata: 1,753,977
Coordinates52.23°N, 21.01°E
Elevation118 m
Area517 km²
Time zoneEurope/WarsawUTC+1
Solar noon11:36clock runs 0.4 h behind the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Warsaw and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Waitangi, New Zealand — 1,590 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Vilnius | LT | 393 km |
| Minsk | BY | 476 km |
| Berlin | DE | 517 km |
| Prague | CZ | 517 km |
| Bratislava | SK | 532 km |
| Pest | HU | 544 km |
| Budapest | HU | 545 km |
| Vienna | AT | 555 km |
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- San Diego US
- Seoul KR
- Sofia BG
- Taipei TW
- Tbilisi GE
- Toronto CA
- Vienna AT
- Vilnius LT
- Zagreb HR
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