Literary and Film Walk around Mariensztat

We invite you to Mariensztat – Warsaw’s first housing estate built after World War II on the site of the prewar Mariensztat, which had been completely destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising. We will tell the history of this place through the lens of literature and film.

• who praised the “little flat on Mariensztat”
• where Felek Zdankiewicz used to prowl
• who ate tripe “Under Retman”
• what was Janusz Głowacki’s bane
• where the author of “Strachy” spent her childhood
• what Leopold Tyrmand did in Mariensztat
• how Apolonia Chałupiec became Pola Negri

There will be both more and less known names, book titles and, above all, stories, quotes and anecdotes.

We invite you on 22 March 2026 (Sunday), starting at 12:00, at the corner of Krakowskie Przedmieście and Bednarska. The walk will last about 1.5 hours.

Organizer – Stowarzyszenie Salon Literacki

The walk will be led by Dorota Ryst – poet, cultural animator, long involved in tracing literary paths in Warsaw (and beyond).

The walk is not ticketed; if someone feels the guide deserves a tip, it will be much appreciated.