Wola

The area to the west of , consisting of the districts of Wola, Ochota and Żoliborz, contains many parts of the historic core of , .
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  • Type: Suburb with 150,000 residents
  • Description: district of Warsaw, Poland
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Warsaw Rising Museum and Warszawa Zachodnia station.

Museum
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The , in the Wola district of , , is dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The institution of the museum was established in 1983, but no construction work took place for many years.

Railway station
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Warszawa Zachodnia, in English Warsaw West, is a railway and long-distance bus station in , Poland on the border of and Wola districts. The railway station is the western terminus of the Warsaw Cross-City Line.

Museum
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is a museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of Jews in Poland. The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old and New Town and Śródmieście.

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The Old Town and New Town are the two oldest parts of . Administratively, they are neighbourhoods in the district of . The Old Town is comparatively small to the old towns of many other European cities, as during the time of its development Warsaw was a small town of mostly local importance and not yet the capital of Poland.

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is the central district of , the capital of . It hosts the most tourist attractions, cultural institutions, and restaurants, and is the hub of the city's nightlife.

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is the central and historic core of right bank , . is composed of two districts, Północ and Południe, which are separated from each other by the railway tracks.

Wola

Latitude
52.2362° or 52° 14′ 11″ north
Longitude
20.9548° or 20° 57′ 17″ east
Population
150,000
Elevation
105 metres (344 feet)
Open location code
9G426XP3+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 361071224
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
755330
Wiki­data ID
Q1020136
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Wola” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վոլյա”
  • Belarusian: “Воля”
  • Catalan: “Wola”
  • Cebuano: “Wola”
  • Chinese: “沃拉區”
  • Czech: “Wola”
  • Dutch: “Wola”
  • Esperanto: “Wola”
  • Estonian: “Wola”
  • French: “Wola”
  • Georgian: “ვოლია”
  • German: “Wola”
  • Greek: “Βόλα”
  • Hebrew: “וולה (ורשה)”
  • Hebrew: “וולה (רובע)”
  • Hebrew: “וולה”
  • Hebrew: “ורשה/וולה”
  • Italian: “Wola”
  • Japanese: “ヴォラ”
  • Japanese: “ボラ (ワルシャワ)”
  • Korean: “볼라”
  • Polish: “Dzielnica Wola”
  • Polish: “Warszawa Wola”
  • Polish: “Wola, Warszawa”
  • Polish: “Wola”
  • Portuguese: “Wola”
  • Russian: “Воля”
  • Serbian: “Вола”
  • Slovak: “Wola”
  • Slovenian: “Wola”
  • Spanish: “Wola”
  • Swedish: “Wola”
  • Turkish: “Wola”
  • Ukrainian: “Воля”
  • Vietnamese: “Wola”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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