Like much of Warsaw, the Old Town is a soulless place. Old Town is a reconstruction of what previously stood before World War II, albeit a fraction of the original surface area. Only the main central area of the Old Town was rebuilt, and it lacks energy. It's just a tourist attraction essentially in the middle of a city which greatly lacks energy to begin with. I've never actually seen a city of so many millions feel so downtrodden and bland. Contrasted to Gdansk or Krakow, Warsaw barely has a pulse. Compared to the not so distant Baroque Vilnius, it fails miserably. It is what it is. The Old Town can be visited in a short period of time, and hour or less by foot to see most of it. It's important to rebuild which was lost, and it must be praised as good policy.












