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(Photo: Piotr Jakubowski/Courtesy of Grupa Warszawa)

 Illustration by Murphy Lippincott

 Warsaw Emo dance parties, Champagne and hot dogs.

By Jess Holl Published Oct 21, 2015

 A night out with Bartłomiej

 Kraciuk, owner of Zorza, Weles, and 

other nightspots.

“When we opened our club Warszawa

Powisle, in 2009, there was a small

group of people who went out, and I

knew most of them. But as the Polish

economy started to do well, people

 began traveling, coming back with

ideas, and sort of re-created the

experience of nightlife in other

countries. Start an evening walking

down Oleandrów in Sródmiescie,

 where you can snack on Belgian fries

at Okienko (Polna 22; 606-816-012).

 As this place got popular, other like-

minded shops and bars have started

opening here. At 5 p.m., Mod

(Oleandrów 8; 570-205-746) switches

from serving doughnuts to French-

 Asian cuisine — try the homemade

ramen — until midnight. And there’s punk beer shop Małe Piwo (Oleandrów 4;

691-060-520), which doubles as a low-key bar. Then head to Oleandrów 3

(Oleandrów 3; 508-316-974), which has these weathered brick and plaster walls and

serves mostly beer, Champagne, and hot dogs. In the winter, locals will pick one

place to stay all night: Many people park it at Zamieszanie (Nowy Swiat 6/12),

located in the former Polish United Workers’ Party headquarters; it has cocktails on

tap. Be sure to check if something’s going on at barStudio (Plac Defilad 1; 603-

 300-835). Owner Grzegorz Lewandowski’s parties are the kind of happenings where

much of Warsaw’s avant-garde was born. He has a great talent for finding rising

stars. They’ll throw these cool overintellectualized parties, like the saddest disco in

town, where I’ve seen people actually cry on Friday night.”

 Where he’d crash: “Within stumbling distance of all these places is Autor

Rooms (from $92; autorrooms.pl), a boutique hotel with four beautiful rooms

furnished with all-Polish design, located in a classy prewar building.”

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