Photos: Scotch Mist, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Panek, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Diliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo credits
Photos: Scotch Mist, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Panek, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Diliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
POLIN and the streets of the former ghetto
Your local guide
Katarzyna Michalska
View profile
Highlights
- A museum built on the former ghetto site
- A surviving fragment of the ghetto wall
- A memorial mound over a wartime bunker
- Modern housing over a hidden history
- Warsaw's Jewish history, carefully told
About this tour
This session follows the POLIN Museum out to a surviving fragment of the ghetto wall and the memorial mound at Mila 18. You see the museum building itself, then tangible traces of the ghetto that survive among the modern housing built over the site. It is a careful, factual look at a history that is easy to miss walking through the area today.
We begin at the museum with a short sound check, then move to the wall fragment and finally the memorial mound, pausing at each to explain what stood there before the war. I keep the tone factual throughout and take questions as we go. A written list of sources follows afterwards.
It suits anyone with a serious interest in Jewish history in Poland rather than a general sightseeing session. It also pairs well with the shorter history call for further context.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
-
Welcome and sound check 6 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Warsaw before heading out.
-
POLIN Museum exterior 17 min
The camera opens outside the museum, built on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto, and I explain the thousand years of history it covers before focusing on the twentieth century.
-
Ghetto Wall fragment 17 min
We move to a surviving fragment of the ghetto wall nearby, and I explain how little of the original structure remains visible today.
-
Mila 18 memorial mound 17 min
From the memorial mound marking a wartime bunker, the camera looks across the modern housing built over the site, and I explain what stood here before.
-
Your questions 11 min
Time to ask anything about Warsaw: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
-
A short list to keep 5 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Żurek (sour rye soup) and Śródmieście, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Warsaw time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 9 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Warsaw, showing you POLIN Museum exterior and Ghetto Wall fragment live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need to know the history already?
No background needed. The guide explains everything as it comes up.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet; the link comes with your booking. I walk Warsaw live with my phone.
Times shown in Warsaw time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
Reviews
No reviews yet. Reviews appear here after travellers have completed this tour.
How reviews work
Only travellers who booked and paid through Locals Guide and whose tour took place can leave a review, within 60 days of the tour. Every review is marked "Verified booking". We check reviews before they appear and publish positive and negative ones alike; we remove only reviews that break our rules (insults, personal data, unrelated content). Guides cannot pay for, edit or hide reviews, and ratings are the plain average of all published reviews.
Next: Mon 2 Nov · 9 seats left From 26,00 €
Book