{"id":2816,"date":"2019-06-17T12:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/?page_id=2816"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:30:39","slug":"warsaw-in-a-nutshell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/before-you-arrive\/warsaw-in-a-nutshell\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw in a nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">The University of Warsaw has its seat in the capital of Poland, one of the most dynamically-developing cities in Europe. Warsaw is steadily climbing the international rankings of the world\u2019s most attractive urban areas. Not only is Warsaw a political, economic, social and cultural centre, it is also an undisputed leader in Polish higher education and science. According to QS Best Student Cities 2018, Warsaw is 53<sup>rd\u00a0<\/sup>best city in the world. It receives a very high score in the affordability category \u2013 within the top five of the entire index \u2013 thanks to its combination of low living costs and reasonable tuition fees.<\/p>\n<h2>Warsaw \u2013 facts and figures<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>history: the capital of Poland since 1596<\/li>\n<li>location: Central Poland (Masovian Voivodeship)<\/li>\n<li>population: 1.8 million inhabitants<\/li>\n<li>area: 517 km\u00b2<\/li>\n<li>districts: 18<\/li>\n<li>academic life: 15 public Higher Education Institutions, 240,000 students<\/li>\n<li>15.9 million tourists per year<\/li>\n<li>120 hotels and youth hostels<\/li>\n<li>175 cinemas, theatres, music venues, museums, art galleries<\/li>\n<li>80 parks<\/li>\n<li>270 bus and tram lines, 2 metro lines, 4 SKM lines (Urban Rapid Railway)<\/li>\n<li>450 kilometres of cycle paths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Official websites and social media of Warsaw and recommended links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.um.warszawa.pl\/en\">City of Warsaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warsaw\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WarszawaEN\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarsaw\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fall_in_love_with_warsaw\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warsawtour.pl\/en\">Tourist Portal of Warsaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studyinwarsaw.pl\/en\/\">Study in Warsaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ztm.waw.pl\/index.php?l=2\">Public transport in Warsaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.veturilo.waw.pl\/\">Veturilo \u2013 city bikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/warszawa.jakdojade.pl\/?locale=en\">Route Planner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warsawinsider.pl\/\">Monthly Magazine \u201cWarsaw Insider\u201d <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Maps of Warsaw<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapa.um.warszawa.pl\/mapaApp1\/mapa?service=fast_mapa&amp;L=en&amp;X=7502805.127594725&amp;Y=5788955.369500488&amp;S=2&amp;O=0&amp;T=0&amp;komunikat=off\">Plan of Warsaw<\/a> (Historical Map, Warsaw Today, Cycling)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mapa-welcome-point.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UW in Warsaw (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Warsaw has its seat in the capital of Poland, one of the most dynamically-developing cities in Europe. Warsaw is steadily climbing the international rankings of the world\u2019s most attractive urban areas. Not only is Warsaw a political, economic, social and cultural centre, it is also an undisputed leader in Polish higher education&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/before-you-arrive\/warsaw-in-a-nutshell\/\">Continue Reading<span> Warsaw in a nutshell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2816","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2816"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15912,"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2816\/revisions\/15912"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/welcome.uw.edu.pl\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}