Kannattaako käydä Bazar Różyckiego
ul. Ząbkowska, Bazar na Kole
ul. Obozowa 99, Russian Market, Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Rondo Waszyngtona?
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Bazar Różyckiego
ul. Ząbkowska. Once regarded as Warsaw’s premier bazaar, the compact Bazar Różyckiego has seen its popularity wane since 1989. Black market trade once thrived under Nazi and communist governments, nowadays the historic 102-year-old market is a ghostly image of its former self. Once considered the place for cardigans, firearms and spurious goods, it’s now a mildly depressing look into working class Warsaw life.
Bazar na Kole
ul. Obozowa 99. Quality flea market held each weekend from dawn till 14:00. Attracting buyers and sellers from across the country this is exactly the place if you’ve ever wanted to own a Prussian helmet or set of palace doors from India (yours for 16,000zł). The Russian market, with it’s plastic shoes and Bulgarian DVDs pales in comparison. What else can you find? We’ve spotted pre-war posters advertising Polish toothpaste, early 19th century postcards, prewar bathroom fixtures and grandfather clocks. Vinyl records go for as little as 1zł. You’ll even find the occasional celeb looking for something wacky to fill their top-floor penthouse with. The traders themselves are a set of curious characters, and watching these veterans at work is one reason alone to visit. While early morning is the best time to snap up the rare finds, the closing Sunday at 13:00 is the time to hit to try and get the last minute bargains. The golden rule is to haggle at all times. Paying the asking price means overpaying.
Russian Market, Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Rondo Waszyngtona
Built in the 1950s on WWII rubble, Stadion Dziesięciolecia now serves as Warsaw’s most eccentric attraction, and is a must for anthropologists and anyone interested in counterfeit slippers. Dubbed the Russian Market, the decrepit stadium and its immediate surrounds became the focus of thousands of traders the moment communism collapsed. Operating from dawn and winding down in the early afternoon, it is home to over 12,000 traders, making it the largest outdoor market in Europe. Hidden amongst the Hugo Bass handbags and nightvision goggles there are plenty of bargains to be had. Contraband cigarettes retail for as little as 3zł, while Russian ladies peddle bottles of dirt-cheap vodka - not always of trustworthy origin. On the far end, a whole colony of Vietnamese and other Asian traders run their clothes stores. We didn’t notice any assault rifles for sale, but all that means is that we didn’t look hard enough. Keep your eyes peeled and you could become the owner of a statue of Hitler, or a collection of Stalin and Lenin busts. Until recently, piles of well-pirated CDs (10zł) and DVDs (30zł) were on show, only occasionally covered up when a policeman ambled by, but those carefree days are gone. Poland is on it’s way to becoming a well-behaved European country, so most of those traders have lost their stands. However, it’s still a very profitable business, so they now stand around whispering to passers-by and looking very edgy about the many policemen milling around. You can get a clandestine peek of what’s under their coat if you’re interested. The market has become a legend in its own, and in spite of the many pickpockets (you have been warned) and dubious characters, it’s a cultural experience that cannot be missed. Visit it while you can; plans are in the pipeline to turf the entrepreneurs out and turn the site into a glittering stadium with works to begin later this year.
ul. Ząbkowska, Bazar na Kole
ul. Obozowa 99, Russian Market, Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Rondo Waszyngtona?
*********************************************
Bazar Różyckiego
ul. Ząbkowska. Once regarded as Warsaw’s premier bazaar, the compact Bazar Różyckiego has seen its popularity wane since 1989. Black market trade once thrived under Nazi and communist governments, nowadays the historic 102-year-old market is a ghostly image of its former self. Once considered the place for cardigans, firearms and spurious goods, it’s now a mildly depressing look into working class Warsaw life.
Bazar na Kole
ul. Obozowa 99. Quality flea market held each weekend from dawn till 14:00. Attracting buyers and sellers from across the country this is exactly the place if you’ve ever wanted to own a Prussian helmet or set of palace doors from India (yours for 16,000zł). The Russian market, with it’s plastic shoes and Bulgarian DVDs pales in comparison. What else can you find? We’ve spotted pre-war posters advertising Polish toothpaste, early 19th century postcards, prewar bathroom fixtures and grandfather clocks. Vinyl records go for as little as 1zł. You’ll even find the occasional celeb looking for something wacky to fill their top-floor penthouse with. The traders themselves are a set of curious characters, and watching these veterans at work is one reason alone to visit. While early morning is the best time to snap up the rare finds, the closing Sunday at 13:00 is the time to hit to try and get the last minute bargains. The golden rule is to haggle at all times. Paying the asking price means overpaying.
Russian Market, Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Rondo Waszyngtona
Built in the 1950s on WWII rubble, Stadion Dziesięciolecia now serves as Warsaw’s most eccentric attraction, and is a must for anthropologists and anyone interested in counterfeit slippers. Dubbed the Russian Market, the decrepit stadium and its immediate surrounds became the focus of thousands of traders the moment communism collapsed. Operating from dawn and winding down in the early afternoon, it is home to over 12,000 traders, making it the largest outdoor market in Europe. Hidden amongst the Hugo Bass handbags and nightvision goggles there are plenty of bargains to be had. Contraband cigarettes retail for as little as 3zł, while Russian ladies peddle bottles of dirt-cheap vodka - not always of trustworthy origin. On the far end, a whole colony of Vietnamese and other Asian traders run their clothes stores. We didn’t notice any assault rifles for sale, but all that means is that we didn’t look hard enough. Keep your eyes peeled and you could become the owner of a statue of Hitler, or a collection of Stalin and Lenin busts. Until recently, piles of well-pirated CDs (10zł) and DVDs (30zł) were on show, only occasionally covered up when a policeman ambled by, but those carefree days are gone. Poland is on it’s way to becoming a well-behaved European country, so most of those traders have lost their stands. However, it’s still a very profitable business, so they now stand around whispering to passers-by and looking very edgy about the many policemen milling around. You can get a clandestine peek of what’s under their coat if you’re interested. The market has become a legend in its own, and in spite of the many pickpockets (you have been warned) and dubious characters, it’s a cultural experience that cannot be missed. Visit it while you can; plans are in the pipeline to turf the entrepreneurs out and turn the site into a glittering stadium with works to begin later this year.
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Sijainti Bazar Staroci na Kole w Warszawie
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Warsaw "Russian" Open Market To Close
The Market will close after 30 June 2007.
Polish Radio External Service
*'Stadion Dziesieciolecia' *
25.06.2007
*One of the most fascinating places in Poland’’s capital is across the Vistula river in the part of the Warsaw most guidebooks ignore, or even dismiss as too dangerous. The Stadion Dziesieciolecia, or the Tenth Anniversary Stadium is a left-over piece of architecture from Poland's recent past. Its outdoor market, one of the largest of it's kind, is a special universe of sellers from all over the world. But its days are numbered. Poland's surprise win on the bid to host the 2012 European Football Championships means a brand new sports complex will be built on the site. And after June 30th 2007, the market will close forever. *
Amy Drozdowska presents this obituary for a place that bears some of the last living traces of Poland's communist past, along with a brazen mix of innocent exchange and underground economy.
Just across Warsaw's Poniatowski Bridge where few tourists dare to tread, is a place where Nigerians and Vietnamese speak Polish, clothes of all kinds are comically cheap, and an underground of economy of CDs, DVDs, and cigarettes thrives pretty much out in the open.
Designed by three Polish architects and completed in 1955, the Stadion Dziesięêciolecia –– meaning 10th Anniversary Stadium - was built to celebrate the anniversary of the first decade of Communist rule and the end of World War II. It's in fact built largely built from rubble left by the war. In its heyday, it was Poland's national stadium, and host to a variety of Communist Party festivals and international sports events. It accommodated as many as 100,000 spectators.
But in the early eighties, technical problems and safety concerns led to the stadium's abandonment and subsequent disrepair.
After 1989 and the collapse of communism, the stadium transformed into an arena of capitalism
All those manning the stalls may speak Polish, but a great deal of them are from far outside Poland's borders.
In fact, because most of the sellers came from Poland’’s near east, this place was for years known as the Russian market –– and the perfect place to pick up Soviet souvenirs. Everything from hammer-and-sickle pins to Kalashnikov rifles. These days, it’’s more a place to pick up pirated CDs and counterfeit designer clothes. And vendors from Africa and Asia outnumber the Ukrainians, Belarussians, and Russians.
Their preparations begin early.
From the long lanes leading into the stadium to the top-most tier, stall after stall is crammed with goods of all kinds. Varsovians and visitors alike crowd inside for some of the best deals in town.
And though high-end new malls with names like "The Golden Teraces" keep cropping up on Warsaw's cityscape, it's still markets like these that offer goods at prices actually within an average Pole's budget.
Seekers of coats, athletic jerseys, underwear, and cosmetics come away happy. You can find perfumes claiming all kinds of designer names, as well as kitchenware and utensils.
The market does have its dark underbelly, though not so dark as it used to be. Polish police have cracked down on the stadium in the past. Between 1995 and 2001, thousands of vendors were prosecuted and millions of CDs, video tapes and DVDs were confiscated.
After the last day of June 2007, the 10th Anniversary Stadium will be closed for good. A large, fancy new sports complex will return the site to its original purpose, in preparation for Poland's role as co-host of the 2012 European Football Championships.
But not everyone is cheering. The Stadium's vendors –– the vast majority of them struggling immigrants –– will have to find somewhere else to set up shop and support their lives in Poland. Shoppers will have to go elsewhere to find deals –– which for some means simply finding the things they need at prices they can afford.
But in the meantime, visitors to the Stadium's outdoor market can marvel at a dilapidated monument to socialist values, ponder whether or not those designer perfumes are for real, and maybe even pluck up the courage to ask one of those furtive-looking men about his DVDs.
Asuessani aikoinani Varsovassa käväisin tuolla Pragan kaupunginosan markkinahumussa. Tarjolla oli piraattilevyjä, yhden koon T-paitoja ja mitä ilmeisemmin omistajan tietämättä "kierrätettyä" tavaraa. Paikalliset kaverit pyöritteli päätään ja ihmetteli, miksi ihmeessä sinne menin.
Kyseessä on siis entinen jalkapallostadion, joten tilaa, kauppiaita ja myytävää on pilvin pimein. Jos koet tarvitsevasi esim. piraattituotteita, mene ihmeessä. Illalla eivät suositelleet tuolla "tois pual jokkee" liikuttavan. Samalla seudulla on myös eläintarha, hmmm, eipä jäänyt sekään mieleen minään erikoisena kokemuksena.
Jos olet menossa Varsovaan lomareissulle, suosittelen käyttämään aikaa esimerkiksi upeissa puistoissa ja palatseissa. Ja shoppaa vaikka tuolla:
http://www.galeriamokotow.pl/