Red Corner: Warsaw

Warsaw is probably my least favorite capital in Eastern Europe. Nonetheless, it still has much to offer and plenty of reason to visit.

John Bordsen of The Charlotte Observer must have been wondering about this himself when he did a Q & A session with Brendan Ian Burke, editor of the English language newspaper, The Warsaw Voice. Only 35 years old, Burke has lived in Warsaw for the last five of them.

The Q & A format is rather simple and straightforward, but as a result, very revealing about what the city of Warsaw has to offer. Along the way we learn that Burke compares Warsaw to Philadelphia, claims it has more to do in the evening hours than Boston (where Burke lived prior) and that sushi is the stylish food of the moment.

I’m certainly not in a big rush to jet off to Warsaw for some Polish sushi, but the article did win me over a little bit. It’s been a few years since I’ve visited and apparently the city has gotten much better.