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Café Adria

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Adria w Warszawie przed 1939
Adria w Warszawie przed 1939

Café Adria was an entertainment complex and nightclub in Warsaw, which included an American bar, café, dance hall, restaurant and winter garden. It started operating in 1930 and during the 1930s it was also used as a location for filmmaking. It continued to operate during the Second World War, but this was for the German occupying forces who requisitioned it. It became a base for the Polish Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising, where it was damaged by bombardment.

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Café Adria
Stanisława Moniuszki, Warsaw Midtown

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Stanisława Moniuszki 8
00-009 Warsaw, Midtown
Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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