Grand Ammjays Fairview Inn

The Warsaw Carnival is the 1st festival of the year to be celebrated in the city. A complex range of events and parties are held all over the capital in the days leading in to Ash Wednesday. As much eating, alcohol and music as one person can handle are consumed. Later in March, Warsaw celebrates the Drowning of Marzanna. This is a very entertaining folk party, based on ancient pagan beliefs. These dictated that in order to ward off malign spirits, banish the cold weather conditions and bring in a hotter climate a Marzanna doll is thrown on the fire and then was drowned. This doll is said to be a hag with malicious intentions. Before Easter, in the days between the end of March and start of April, the Ludwig wagon Beethoven Easter Festival is celebrated. This event remembers the great composer, who is respected as a genius around the globe to this day. A classical extravaganzas is hosted, where the best musicians and conductors perform.

The Nazis forcibly entered the city shortly after the start of World War Two. The inhabitants tried to revolt twice in subsequent years, but these were both in vain, leading to the deaths of over 500,000. 1943 was the year of the Warsaw Ghetto Rebellion, when the Fascists laid siege to what remained of the Jewish population. After a month the Ghetto was razed, along with a lot of the city such as the Royal Castle. In 1944 the Warsaw Rebellion happened when the Polish Home Army, planning to gain freedom for the city, resisted against the Nazis. So called Soviet liberators were approaching, but the civilians did not trust them as they were co-conspirators with the Nazis when they initially entered the country.

In June, the Mozart Festival is held. To celebrate, over twenty concerts of Mozart's works are performed at the Warsaw Chamber Opera. This opera house stands alone in hosting all the composer's operatic works. Later on in the month, Midsummer's Eve ( Slaska - Noc Swietojanska ) is marked through Warsaw with a Midsummer Market serving warming drink and food. Complimentary gigs are held where the big crowds dance to their hearts' content, together with standard costume competitions. Children wear floral crowns and an enormous floral wreath is placed in the Vistula Stream. In the evening a pyrotechnics display is held and concerts are hosted.

After the War ended, Warsaw was no longer the glorious city it had been, but the indomitable Polish spirit lived on. The city was instantly sent into regeneration mode by the Stalinist regime, who built many plain grey flat blocks in the burbs and restored many places of worship, palaces, roads and museums. One of the reminders of this time is the great Palace of Culture ( palac kultury ), which to this day is the tallest building in the city. UNESCO added the Old City to its World Heritage list as it was now the key home of the last remaining pre-war monuments and buildings. In 2004, when Poland turned into a member of the ECU, Warsaw fast became a centre of excellence for tourism and commerce.

You know it's Yuletide in Poland's capital city when the Warsaw Yuletide Fair kicks off in the Old City. Here, quaint market stalls selling all kind of goods, from gifts to souvenirs, sweet treats and savory foods to local delicacies. All round the district there is a distinct Xmas vibe. This is thanks to the smell of mulled wine and other festive foods hanging in the air, and the twinkling fairy lights that illuminate the streets once the sun goes down. A giant Christmas tree is erected in Zamkowy Square for everyone to enjoy, whether they live here or are visiting to soak up the festive atmosphere.