One of the most infamous districts of Warsaw - happened to be my home :)
Targówek is one big "blokowisko", I guess in the west called a "project"
. As most of my generation we grew up in those, 2,3-room apartments with bath and kitchen with a wonderful view on other 3-bedms-bath-kitchens.
Surrounded by high project buildings, old architecture crumbles uninhibited and forgotten.... ... while the tall weeds get their half-a-decade makeover ...
To get away from it all you can kill some time at local Tesco, with the wide range of polish cuisine - flaki, kurczak z rozna, golonka z gryczana or choose from wide range of price-oriented fashion items.
Many locals, my fellow neighbors and ex-schoolmates prefer to spend their free time on "działkas" - small garden quarters that somehow people came across owning throughout 80-ties. Działkas" are famous for the spontaneously staring fires, late night police raids and free cherries you can pick in season from your next-door grandma's "działka". Besides that it is great place to spend time with your buddies drinking "Biedronka's" cheap beer or hang out on the heat distribution pipes.
Welcome to Targowek ! I hate Biedronka !
