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The Palace of Culture
and Science. Found slap, bang in the center of Warsaw the Palace was and
remains an unwelcome and oft resented "gift" from Stalin and
his Soviet cronies. Completed in 1955, after three years of toil, it
served essentially as a reminder for Varsovians that Big Brother was
indeed watching them. Even to this day it remains the largest and
tallest building in Poland. Standing 231 meters high it now serves as a
great point of orientation for bumbling tourists. The revamped elevators
take only 20 seconds to transport you to the viewing platform (entrance
fee)
where you can enjoy commanding views of the traffic. The viewing
platform, on the 30th floor, also houses (erratic) interactive maps, a
slide show and the occasional exhibition. The world's highest tower
clock (160m) was also recently unveiled and can apparently be seen from
5km away. With a capacity of over 817,000m3 and over 3,000 rooms the
palace also houses museums, theatres, offices, and a cinema.
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