Jewish heritage
POLIN Museum
A powerful museum covering a thousand years of Jewish life in Poland.
Mordechaja Anielewicza ul. 6 · 6 min drive from the center · 3.5 km · 2.2 mi
Photo: Wojciech Kryński · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons
Poland
Warsaw
4 shuls (2 Chabad) · 6 kosher · 119 hotels on our map
Photo: Scotch Mist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
POLIN MuseumNożyk SynagogueOld Town WarsawRoyal CastleŁazienki ParkWarsaw Uprising MuseumJewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street
About
A rebuilt capital full of history. Warsaw has the prewar Nożyk synagogue with daily minyanim, Chabad and kosher restaurants and shops, and the excellent POLIN museum of Polish-Jewish history.
Good to know: only 4 shuls and 6 kosher places are on our map here so far, and the real number is likely higher. Before you book, check with the local Chabad (search Chabad Warsaw) and look up kosher on Google Maps.
Renting a car: To drive in Poland, Americans need an International Driving Permit together with their US license; the license alone is not accepted, and the permit can't be issued once you're in Poland (US Embassy Poland). AAA issues it for $20 plus a photo, online or at a branch. Only AAA and AATA are authorized to issue it in the US. It is valid for one year; the "10-year" permits sold online are not accepted (USA.gov warns that many such sites are scams).Source: pl.usembassy.gov · aaa.com · usa.gov, checked Nov 2026 · tip from ivelt
Kosher products in Polish shops: Koszerna Polska keeps the kosher product list under Rabbi Michael Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi of Poland, with an English version.Source: koszernapolska.pl, checked Nov 2026 · tip from ivelt
Shabbos food: Chabad of Warsaw. What each one offers, how to order and the hechsher to ask about are in Travel Info ›
Best time to goMay–Sept; winters are cold and gray.
Local time
Before you goPlaces come from OpenStreetMap and can change. Call ahead for minyan and Shabbos meals, and check the hechsher yourself.
Top attractions
Things to do in Warsaw
Jewish heritage
Nożyk Synagogue
The only prewar synagogue in Warsaw to survive the war, still in daily use.
Twarda 6 · 4 min drive from the center · 1.9 km · 1.2 mi
Photo: Adrian Grycuk · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons
Landmark
Old Town Warsaw
The historic center, carefully rebuilt after the war, with a lively market square.
9 min drive from the center · 5.3 km · 3.3 mi
Photo: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Landmark
Royal Castle
Royal apartments and paintings in the castle at the edge of the Old Town.
8 min drive from the center · 4.3 km · 2.7 mi
Photo: Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Łazienki Park
A large park with a palace on the water and peacocks on the lawns.
9 min drive from the center · 4.1 km · 2.5 mi
Photo: Marek and Ewa Wojciechowscy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Museum
Warsaw Uprising Museum
Interactive museum about the 1944 uprising against the German occupation.
Grzybowska 79 · 5 min drive from the center · 2.8 km · 1.7 mi
Photo: Adrian Grycuk · CC BY 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons
Jewish heritage
Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street
One of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe, with graves of great rabbis and writers.
Ul. Okopowa 49/51, 01-063 Warszawa · 8 min drive from the center · 4.7 km · 2.9 mi
Photo: Jolanta Dyr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Where to stay
Hotels by walk or drive to minyan
Walking and driving time from each hotel to the nearest shul and kosher food. Tap a hotel for its map, phone numbers and directions.
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Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3 at about 80 m a minute. Driving times are road routes without traffic (OpenStreetMap routing); where a route is missing we show “≈”, straight line × 1.4 at city speed. No prices or ratings here; each hotel links to Google Maps reviews and a Booking.com search.
Minyan
Shuls & Chabad
Chabad houses first. Call ahead for minyan times.
7 shuls, Chabad houses and kosher places in this city were added or completed by hand from Chabad, kashrut-agency and community websites (checked November 2026). Each one links to its source.
Not every shul is on the map yet: search synagogues on Google Maps. Denomination is shown only where it is mapped. Something wrong? Report a correction.
Food
Kosher food
Each card names its hechsher and the agency, vaad or Chabad list it comes from. Places marked “Tagged kosher on OpenStreetMap” have no hechsher source yet. We don’t certify anything: always check the hechsher yourself.
Search kosher on Google Maps for places not on our map yet.
מקומות הקדושים
Holy sites nearby
Kevarim of tzaddikim within 150 km, measured in a straight line.
רבי חיים הלוי סולובייצ'יק מבריסקRav Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk (Reb Chaim Brisker)Warsaw · 21 Av · 3 kmהנצי״ב מוולוז'ין, רבי נפתלי צבי יהודה ברליןThe Netziv, Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin of VolozhinWarsaw · 28 Av · 3 kmרבי אלימלך שפירא מגרודז'יסקRebbe Elimelech Shapira of GrodziskGrodzisk Mazowiecki · 1 Nissan · 29 kmהחידושי הרי״ם, רבי יצחק מאיר אלתר מגורThe Chiddushei HaRim, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, first Gerer RebbeGóra Kalwaria · 23 Adar · 30 kmהשפת אמת, רבי יהודה אריה לייב אלתר מגורThe Sfas Emes, Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter of GerGóra Kalwaria · 5 Shevat · 30 kmרבי יעקב דוד קאליש מאמשינובRebbe Yaakov Dovid Kalish of AmshinovMszczonów · 4 Kislev · 44 km
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