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Stary Imielin, Warsaw — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Stary Imielin, also called West Ursynów, is a high-rise part of Warsaw holding the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology.
About Stary Imielin
Where to stay in Stary Imielin
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
High-rise blocks make up most addresses. Stary Imielin was built as housing, and the rooms available in it are flats rather than hotel stock, which suits anyone whose reason for coming is an appointment at the Southern Hospital or one of the research institutes. The Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology and the Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine sit within the same area, which is what makes this corner of Ursynów a practical base rather than a scenic one.
West Ursynów is the other name for it.
About Stary Imielin
What are the main landmarks in Stary Imielin?
No monument is listed here. The buildings that matter are medical, beginning with the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, whose grounds sit among the high-rise blocks of Stary Imielin. The Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine and the Southern Hospital complete the group, and the three of them give the area its working character.
Nothing older is on the register.
What is the history of Stary Imielin?
Two names, one area. Stary Imielin carries a second name, West Ursynów, and the record gives no founding year for either, which leaves the high-rise building and the medical institutions as the whole of what can be said about how the place took shape. The Southern Hospital, the Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine and the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology are the institutions the area is described by, all of them inside Warsaw.
Beyond the hospital campuses, Stary Imielin is residential.
Where is Stary Imielin?
Stary Imielin fills a high-rise stretch of the Ursynów district in Warsaw, with several medical institutions set among the towers.
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Updated September 2026