Warsaw University Library Garden
Irena Bajerska, a landscape architect, designed the Warsaw University Library roof garden, which opened in 2002. The property is 1 hectare in size and offers stunning views of the Vistula River and Warsaw. The planting has symbolic themes and is lush on a 300-mm layer of soil. Green walls and large wall tepees with mathematical formulas, musical scores, and famous quotations in various alphabets adorn the library building. It's a great example of how publicly accessible greenspace can be created on the roof.
Rooftops have traditionally been the domain of chimney sweeps, superheroes, and Santa, but a visit to the Warsaw University Library (BUW) building will quickly change your mind. The bizarre, oxidized green building is topped off by one of Warsaw's best-kept secrets: a two-level rooftop garden covering an entire hectare, complete with bridges, streams, pathways, sculptures, and plant life. There's even a fishpond (that's probably a duck you've seen doing laps) and a stone fountain tucked among the oak trees and Japanese spires.
The garden and viewing platforms, designed by Irena Bajerska and opened in 2002, provide panoramic views of lower Warsaw, including the river, the Copernicus Centre, and across the river to the PGE National Stadium in Praga. Take a picnic and sit among the groups of students taking a break from studying (or napping) at the library below. If you want to get down on one knee and ooze some serious schmooze, this is easily one of the best places in town.
Google rating: 4.8/5
Address: Dobra 56/66, 00-312 Warszawa, Poland
Phone: +48 22 552 51 78
Website: https://www.buw.uw.edu.pl/o-nas/budynek-i-ogrod/
