Swietojanska Street, Warsaw

Swietojanska Street (St John's Street, former Grodzka Street) is one of the most representative streets of the Old Town. Overshadowed by the huge building of St John's Cathedral and the neighboring Jesuit Church of Our Lady the Merciful, it's always crowded with street merchants, clowns, showmen of all sorts and, of course, tourists. Two narrow, secluded passages in between tall tenement houses lead to the parallel Piwna (Beer) Street. While walking trough those passages you may peep into quiet backyards with their small-town-like life.