Ochota Guide: Quiet Streets, Big Parks and One Unusual Hill

The City of Warsaw calls Ochota one of the oldest and most beautiful districts of Warsaw: it covers 972 hectares and has over 80,000 inhabitants. It is also one of the quietest central districts - a place to see how Warsaw actually lives.

Szczesliwicki Park

The district's green heart is Szczesliwicki Park, a large landscaped park with a small lake and a ski-slope hill - the closest thing to winter sports inside the city.

The Uprising Mound

On the northern edge of Ochota rises the Warsaw Uprising Mound, one of the largest memorial mounds in Poland, built over the years from the rubble of the destroyed city and crowned with a panorama over the centre.

Everyday Warsaw

Ochota's streets around Plac Narutowicza hold some of the city's most lived-in pre-war fabric, and its western edge borders the Pole Mokotowskie park shared with Mokotow and Wola.

Visiting

Trams along Aleje Jerozolimskie and Grójecka street cross the district; Warsaw Ochota station serves suburban trains. The district pairs with a walk through Pole Mokotowskie.