Bar Studio

About this place Bar Studio

Bar Studio occupies a ground-floor space inside the Palace of Culture and Science — Warsaw's most famous and controversial building, the Stalin-era skyscraper that dominates the city's skyline and was given to Poland by the Soviet Union in 1955. The bar has been a cultural institution in its own right since the 1990s, programming film events, art openings, concerts, and regular LGBTQ+ nights that draw a young, culturally engaged crowd. The combination of the building's extraordinary architectural drama and the inclusive atmosphere of the bar creates an experience that is genuinely unique in European gay travel — this is not a purpose-built gay bar but a cultural venue with an LGBTQ+ community at its social core. Regular queer nights at Bar Studio draw from the Warsaw arts and activist scene alongside the broader LGBTQ+ community. Check the programme; a regular gay night here is one of Warsaw's more memorable evenings.