Warsaw Zoo
Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie
A century-old city zoo on the Vistula's east bank. The Żabiński Villa on the grounds tells the true story of the zoo director and his wife who hid Jews during the Second World War.
The Warsaw Zoo was founded in 1928. It covers about 40 hectares on the east bank of the Vistula in the Praga district. It has an elephant house, a hippo house, bird enclosures and an aquarium, and it keeps about 500 species. During the Second World War, zoo director Jan Żabiński and his wife Antonina used the zoo as cover to hide about 300 Jews who had escaped from the ghetto. Their story was adapted into the film 'The Zookeeper's Wife.' The Żabiński Villa on the grounds is now a memorial museum, which can only be visited on a guided tour. The zoo is open all year. In summer it is open roughly from 9:00 to 18:00, and it closes earlier in winter. Tickets cost about 40 zł. It is about a 15-minute walk from the Old Town over the Gdański Bridge, or take a tram to Park Praski stop.
Opening hours
Summer 09:00–18:00; winter approx. 09:00–15:30
Nearby sights
- Multimedia Fountain Park
- St. John's Archcathedral
- Royal Castle & Castle Square
- Old Town Market Square
- St. Anne's Church & Viewing Terrace
- Warsaw Barbican & City Walls
- New Town & Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
- University of Warsaw Library Roof Garden