Warsaw Hyperlapse – On a Bike

If Warsaw is on your bucket list or you are visiting Poland in the near future, take a look at this remarkable hyperlapse.  Youtube creator MrTiuro got on his bike and, well, the rest is here for you to see.  He starts in the Old Town district, journeys through it and then ends up in the new commercial hub in Warsaw’s Wola district.

You can’t really get a more honest  view of a city than driving (or in this case, cycling) through it.  Warsaw truly has a dual identity.  First, the old town charms with its cobblestone streets and oozes history.  It is difficult to believe that most of it was painstakingly rebuilt after World War II. Then, we reach the skyscrapers of the modern city – impressive.  However, Warsaw did get its first true skyscraper in 1955 with the completion of the Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki), a towering building that remains one of the city’s most recognisable landmarks – and you will see that too in the video below.

I don’t want you to divert your eyes from the buildings, but when I ran through the video a second time, there was one thing that really struck me (I live in London, which looks filthy by comparison).  That is, the streets are spotless.  Absolutely spotless.  I couldn’t spot that many bins for public use (although I did see some in the video), so I have to assume one of two things – or maybe it's both of them!  Either the Poles are a fastidiously tidy people who highly disapprove of littering or the City Cleaning Authority (Zarząd Oczyszczania Miasta, ZOM) is one of the best in the world.  Or both.  Regardless, enjoy this whirlwind tour through the streets of the city of Warsaw. Who knows, maybe in a short time, you will be ambling through them yourself.