Pearls of Warsaw 2025 Competition

We invite you to participate in the fifth edition of the Pearls of Warsaw competition! This is a poll for the most interesting, original walking routes around the capital. What interesting places would you like to show tourists from Poland and abroad? Fill out the form below and help us promote the Warsaw you love! Prizes sponsored by our partner, the Warsaw Tourist Organization, await the authors of the ten most interesting entries. This year, awards from the Warsaw Greenery Authority will also be presented for nature trails – the Green Pearl (urban greenery) and the Blue Pearl (water areas).    

 

Key Information:

Task
  • Show us your Warsaw! Let this be your own unique perspective on the city, one you'd like to share with tourists.
  • Propose a trail consisting of a maximum of 5 attractions – places of historical, natural, aesthetic or cultural interest.
  • Describe your route. (2000 characters including spaces)
  • Add photos that best illustrate your route. Show which places are Warsaw's gems.
Deadlines
  • We are waiting for applications until August 24, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
  • August 25-28, 2025 – deliberations of the Competition Committee, selection of 10 Finalist routes.
  • August 29, 2025 – Finalists' route form published on the competition website. Voting will begin.
  • September 5, 2025 at 12:00 noon – closing of voting via the form.
  • The Competition Winners will be announced and the awards will be presented during a press event in early September; a report from the awards ceremony will be published online on the social media profiles of the Organizer and Partners.
  • September – October 2025 – production of 3 commercials featuring the Competition Winners (places 1-3). If the commercials cannot be produced within the aforementioned timeframe, another convenient date will be agreed upon with the Winner.
How will we choose the winners?
  • From all the entries, the competition jury will select 10 Finalists, and their routes will be presented on the official Warsaw tourist portal go2warsaw.pl. The jury will evaluate the author's creativity and the tourist attractiveness of the route.
  • Then, anyone who visits our competition page will be able to vote for their favorite trail.
  • Everyone will be able to cast only one vote for their favorite trail during the voting period.

Source: Warsaw Tourism Office – https://go2warsaw.pl/konkurs-perelki-warszawy-2025/