2009 edition of Spartacus

Last year's edition of the comprehensive gay guide contains several inaccuracies about Warsaw gay bars and clubs.

The inaccuracies are, alphabetically: Bizzariusz is not gay · Fantom has no dancefloor (it has darkrooms and a sauna) · Lodi Dodi serves no food (but it has darkrooms) · M25 is not a gay disco open every weekend (it opens occasionally and is gay friendly only) · Pink Shops are not gay (they are regular sex shops) · Rasko has chaged location · Utopia has no strip shows and serves no food at night · Wild Club has changed location. See our gay guide for all the details.

Warsaw is a top destination for 2009

Lonely Planet's Best in Travel guide for 2009 lists Warsaw as one of Top Ten Cities.

Warsaw has been appreciated for the speed of changes, numerous interesting places preserved in spite of the turbulent history, cultural life (particularly right-bank Praga becoming the new artistic heart of the city), quality hostels, good and affordable cuisine, and grandiose architecture of the early socialism era. As the city is gradually becoming more and more modern, the authors advise to come to Warsaw before office skyscrapers take place of some of the attractions. Best in Travel 2009 selection includes also, alphabetically: Antwerp, Beirut, Chicago, Glasgow, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, and Zurich.

Euro Pride 2010 in Warsaw

This year in July Warsaw will host Europride, the biggest LGBT pride event on the continent.

On this occasion, the National Museum is planning to open in July 2010 an exhibition of homoerotic art. Interestingly, for decades the park behind the Museum has been one of the most popular cruising areas in Warsaw (see our gay guide for details). Questions concerning organisation of Euro Pride 2010 can be answered directly by the organiser, Fundacja Równości, by telephone (+48 22) 216 95 52, fax (+48 22) 497 18 75 or e-mail baczkowski@rownosc.org.

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Welcome to the most popular gay guide to Warsaw :-)

Our guide to Warsaw gay bars and clubs has been created by local gay people who go out regularly, this is why our information is up to date and reliable. We don't get paid for advertising, so we can be objective and criticise (oh, we do a lot). And we are not associated with the organiser of Euro Pride so we can list all gay bars, clubs and saunas in Warsaw - not only the Pride sponsors - literally from A to Z.

You might think that Poland is a very conservative country. Not really. The National Museum announced an exhibition of homoerotic art opening this summer. Two years ago Poles chose in a popular vote a gay writer and his partner as a "couple of the year", the award ceremony was broadcast live by public television. When mayor of Warsaw said no to gay pride in 2005, he lost in the court. The first country in the world to decriminalise homosexual acts was Poland, in 1934.

Why visit Warsaw? This year in July Warsaw will host Euro Pride, the biggest gay and lesbian event on the continent. The city is a gay scene for over 5 million people in the area. There are over 20 gay and gay friendly bars, clubs, saunas, and threre are two gay beaches on the river banks. If you like sightseeing, Warsaw was one of the 2009 top travel destinations worldwide according to Lonely Planet. And if you like it green and quiet the city offers 36 parks, thousands hectares of forests including a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve are just outside the city limits.

If you have Skype, you can easily text us - just click the button below. We will answer your question as soon as we get it. But before you text us, we recommend our detailed Warsaw gay guide with a clickable map and club reviews. You may also find our brief tourism section helpful.