PL: Palace of Culture and Science

The Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki) dominates the silhouette of Warsaw. It was constructed in 1952-1955 and ‘given’ by Stalin as a not returnable gift of friendship. At 231 m it is still the tallest structure in Poland.

For its construction a number of 40 million bricks was used and its room space is over 80.000 m3 but the resident’s of Warsaw don’t seem to particularly thrilled about the most prevalent structure on their city’s skyline.