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Stare Bielany, Warsaw — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Stare Bielany is a Warsaw neighbourhood on the Bielany side, with the Hala AWF and the Gmach główny among its landmarks.
About Stare Bielany
Where to stay in Stare Bielany
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Sports halls, yes; hotel rooms, no. The neighbourhood reads as institutional rather than commercial, and the buildings that carry its name, the Hala AWF, the Gmach główny, the Pływalnia and the Wielka Hala Ćwiczeń, are training halls, so most visitors book elsewhere in Warsaw and travel out to Bielany instead. Anyone here for the Kościół św. Zygmunta w Warszawie or the Nasz Dom orphanage is already in the right part of Bielany.
About Stare Bielany
What are the main landmarks in Stare Bielany?
The Hala AWF heads the list. Around it stand the Gmach główny, the Pływalnia with its library and water tower, the Wielka Hala Ćwiczeń and the Stołówka, along with three gymnasium halls recorded separately as Sala gimnastyczna I, Sala gimnastyczna II and Sala gimnastyczna III. Two teaching hostels, Internat nauczycielski III and Internat nauczycielski IV, are entered as staff housing.
Religious and social buildings complete the set: the Nasz Dom orphanage in Warsaw-Bielany and the Kościół św. Zygmunta w Warszawie.
What is the history of Stare Bielany?
No founding year is recorded for Stare Bielany, so what stands for its past is the building list, and that list leans heavily towards a single cluster of sports and teaching halls. The Gmach główny, the Wielka Hala Ćwiczeń, the Pływalnia and the Stołówka were entered together with the hostels Internat nauczycielski III and Internat nauczycielski IV. Older institutions sit beside them.
The Nasz Dom orphanage carries the Warsaw-Bielany name in its own entry.
Where is Stare Bielany?
Stare Bielany forms part of Bielany, in Warsaw, and its landmark list gathers the Pływalnia, the Stołówka and the Wielka Hala Ćwiczeń.
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Updated September 2026