Housing estate "Friendship"

Remember the tall building, like the ones seen in Gotham City, I've posted one post before? Good. Here'a little story.

Sixty years ago, president of Poland was asked by russian president - what do you want as a gift? Tube system, bunch of block houses with few thousands of flats, for the city that was in rubble? Or the tall building, symbol of Russia?

Few thoughts - who cares about the tube? How needs to move around? No, thanks (First line was completed... This year. 60 years later). Houses? We'll build them on our own - 20 years later. So yes - we'll take the skyscraper.

Fine.

Every single bit of it was brought from Russia. Every stone. All of the builders were from deep Russia - they couldn't contact with the locals, they had thier own food - but they needed to stay somewhere. So they brought wood from Siberia, so they could build thier own homes. And here the story starts.

It was build very quickly - with amazingly tough and hard wood. It was build as barracks for the builders - it was supposed to last for five years or so. They still serve well.

To the slightly different public.

University of Warsaw students. PhD students. Doctors. Professors. They all live here.
Single rooms for students. Mutual bathroom for 15 rooms on the corridor. Mutual kitchen. Yes, there is running water. Absolutely iconic and amazing place. Close to the centre of the town, very green and very quiet. Really worth visiting.