Warsaw · District guide

Wola

Warsaw's large western district, from the towers at Rondo Daszyńskiego out along Wolska Street to Fort Wola and the Insurgents Cemetery. The numbers follow the guide's three walking routes.

Wola district map Map of Warsaw's Wola district with its official boundary, main roads, railways, parks and cemeteries, and 20 numbered sights grouped by walking route. WOLA ŻOLIBORZ ŚRÓDMIEŚCIE BEMOWO OCHOTA WŁOCHY Koło Ulrychów Młynów Mirów Czyste Odolany Powązki Wolska Górczewska al. Solidarności al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia al. Jana Pawła II Okopowa Kasprzaka Połczyńska Powązkowska Obozowa M M M M M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Warsaw · Wola shaded 05001 km N Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Route A · Industry, markets and skyline

  1. 1Hala Mirowska & Hala GwardiiPlac Mirowski, just over the line in Śródmieście
  2. 2Fabryka NorblinaŻelazna 51/53
  3. 3Browary WarszawskieGrzybowska / Krochmalna
  4. 4Plac Europejski & Warsaw SpirePlac Europejski
  5. 5Warsaw Uprising MuseumGrzybowska 79

Ghetto traces

  1. 6Waliców 11 & 14Ghetto wall and ruined tenement
  2. 7Footbridge of MemoryChłodna / Żelazna
  3. 8St Charles Borromeo ChurchChłodna 21

Route B · Wartime Wola on Wolska

  1. 9Wola Massacre Monumental. Solidarności / Leszno
  2. 10St Adalbert's ChurchWolska 76
  3. 11St Lawrence's Church & Fort WolaWolska / Redutowa
  4. 12Orthodox Cemetery & St John ClimacusWolska 138/140
  5. 13Warsaw Insurgents CemeteryWolska 174/176

Route C · Cemeteries, Koło and parks

  1. 14Old Powązki CemeteryPowązkowska 14
  2. 15Okopowa Jewish CemeteryOkopowa 49/51
  3. 16Park MoczydłoNext to the Koło estates
  4. 17Park Edwarda SzymańskiegoElekcyjna / Wolska

Also worth a stop

  1. 18Warsaw Gasworks MuseumKasprzaka 25
  2. 19Museum of WolaSrebrna 12
  3. 20Park SowińskiegoWolska / Elekcyjna

The purple line is Wola's official district boundary. Its eastern edge follows al. Jana Pawła II, so the Mirów market halls (1) stand just over the line in Śródmieście, though they belong to historic Mirów.

MMetro line M2 crosses the district: Rondo Daszyńskiego, Płocka, Młynów, Księcia Janusza and Ulrychów.

Streets, railways, parks, cemeteries and boundaries from OpenStreetMap, October 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.