Fascinating place that feels like a throwback to the Iron Curtain days, with fur-coat wearing, sharp-eyed merchants selling everything from gas masks and old Soviet coins to bootlegged pornographic DVDs. There is also plenty of, ahem, knock-down vodka and cigarettes on offer, but not to the naked eye. And whatever you do, don’t try to take any photographs. Stalin may be long dead, but paranoia is still alive and well in certain parts of his old domain.
Location: Stadion Dziesięciolecia.
Getting there: Number 12 tram from Srodmiescie Station.
Updates
Well - it was one of the most fascinating and unique places in Warsaw. But unfortunately it closed down for good last September to make way for the new National Stadium. There are still a few stalls in areas below the stadium - but it isn't what it used to be, and will soon be gone forever.
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