“I ain’t got no time for no monkey business. Dedo Deddy” – Freddie Mercury (Living On My Own).
When you start living in a city, everything around you is taken for granted. You don’t waken up and backpack your own city then write about it. But actually you can, and you should, so I did. I enjoy being a tourist everyday – remember the only place you are not a tourist in is the hostpital ward, room or house you were born in! Here in August 2024, I backpacked through Warszawa for about 4-5 days with Trevor Warman, the Nomadic Backpacker. The result was some truly off the scale backpacking to places most tourists didn’t know about and skipped completely.
“The show must go on” – Queen (Eponymous).
Dziwaczne Odkrycia: How To Visit Freddie Mercury Street In Warszawa
“We are the champions, my friends. And we’ll keep on fighting till the end” – Queen (We Are the Champions).
Instead of doing the regular, common, popular sights for tourists, Trevor and I decided to do some truly off the wall stuff. I suddenly realised that after living in Warszawa for 7 years, I had yet to visit Osiedle Przyjaźń, Freddie Mercury Street and Przyczółek Grochowski, The Longest Housing Block In Warszawa!! Trevor of course didn’t hesitate to join me on these wacaday jaunts and we loved it. Within days of our tours, he had already written loads about Poland, here are some of his excellent articles, including the first decent travel blog post ever about Osiedle Przyjaźń and a classic on Nowa Huta!
“A built-in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy” – Queen (Killer Queen).
I have also blogged about backpacking Przyczółek Grochowski, Visiting The Wooden Houses Of Osiedle Przyjaźń In Bemowo, Warszawa just after Trevor. Now it was Mercury time – Queen!
“Pull the trigger now she’s dead” – Queen.
About Freddie Mercury Street In Warszawa
Warszawa is the first European capital city to name a street after the Queen singer Freddie Mercury! Due to Polish declination, it is known as Aleja Freddiego Mercury’ego, which means The Avenue of Freddie Mercury. It was first unveiled back in 2019. Weirdly, I hadn’t been there before, but now was the time. Freddie Mercury is of course a stage name and he wasn’t English or born in the UK. His real name is Farrokh Bulsara and he was born on the 5th September 1946 in Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar, modern day Tanzania…
“Mama….oooo….ooo….oooh” – Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody).
(By Denis Bourez from France – Madame Tussauds, LondonUploaded by SunOfErat, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30316871)
“But I’m ready, yes, I’m ready for you. I’m standing on my own two feet” – Queen (Another One Bites the Dust).
How To Get To Freddie Mercury Street In Warszawa
To get here, it’s easy enough. As you can see below Freddie Mercury Street is close to the canals, close to Legia Warszawa football stadium and close to the famous Royal Łazienki Park. Trevor and I got off a bus at the stop Legia Stadion. You can get any bus that stops at either Rozbrat, Legia Stadion, Torwar or Agrykola. There are no trams, trains or metro stations within a 20 minute walk, so bus or walking is the best option. We arrived by bus and left by walking through the walk. Just follow the map below and cross the canal and into the park and you will find Freddie Mercury Street.
Freddie Mercury Street Warsaw
“I take a step outside and I breathe the air and I slam the door and I’m on my way” – Queen (Leaving Home Ain’t Easy).
Backpacking Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
First of all we passed the football stadium and had a quick look around. I have been to over 100 Legia Warszawa matches down the years and believe it or not, this was my first time to visit Freddie Mercury Street! We cross the below canal – Kanał Piaseczyński.
Passing the Legia Warszawa Stadion again
Across the canal – Kanał Piaseczyński
Across the canal – Kanał Piaseczyński
Past that canal, we took a left into the small park and there it was, on the right hand side! Freddie Mercury Street. Trevor backpacked it first and spotted it first! It’s to the right of us both below there, the canal is on the left.
“You can be anything you want to be. Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be” – Queen (Innuendo).
Trevor backpacking the park to Freddie Mercury Street
Me backpacking the park to Freddie Mercury Street
We turn onto the street and grab our photos by the signpost.
The start of Freddie Mercury Street
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
Now that we are here, we decide to walk the whole way down Freddie Mercury Street, right to the end. It’s a short street with no houses on it – when we get to the other end, there is a second street sign so naturally we selfied them both. Notingly, three other tourists did turn up when we were there too! I hope you will all come and see it too.
“Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?” – Queen.
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
Dziwaczne Odkrycia: How To Visit Freddie Mercury Street In Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
How to visit Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa
And that was that. Trevor and I headed on our merry way. Thanks to Freddie Mercury and rest in peace. Freddie died of AIDS on the 24th November 1991 in Kensington, London, England. He was only 45.
“Laughter ringing in the darkness, people drinking for days gone by” – Queen (You and I).
Here is a video I made a Freddie Mercury Street in Warszawa:
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