Although reduced to rubble during World War II, Poland's capital has since undergone a pheonix-like resurrection.

The historic centre of this riverside city has been lovingly restored to its pre-war glory (it's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and sits juxtaposed against modern skyscrapers and grey, box-like Eastern European apartment blocks. 

Since the fall of Communism, Warsaw has again reinvented itself as a modern, cosmopolitan business centre that can hold its own beside other European capitals.