What to Do in Warsaw When It Rains
Twelve ideas for an autumn evening indoors, from a half-price museum to karaoke, pinball and stand-up in English.
In autumn it gets dark earlier every week, and the rain likes to start exactly when someone suggests a walk. Then the sofa usually wins. We collected places that are open in the evening, are indoors, and work for two to four people.
We checked each one on its own website on 28 September. Things from our first guide (climbing, ceramics at Alike, the sauna on the water, board games with cats, jazz at Jassmine) are not repeated here, but they work just as well in the rain.
Something to see
The National Museum on Friday after 17:00
Al. Jerozolimskie 3, Śródmieście
On Fridays the museum is open until 20:00, and from 17:00 every ticket is half price: the Adolph Menzel exhibition is 17.50 zł instead of 35, the permanent galleries 15 zł instead of 30. The Menzel exhibition runs until 13 December. Children, pupils and students up to 26 pay 1 zł, but only at the ticket desk. A good start to an evening in the centre, before someone suggests dinner.
When: Friday 10:00-20:00, ticket desk until 19:15.
Modern art after 18:00
Museum of Modern Art (MSN), Marszałkowska 103, Śródmieście
MSN gets cheaper in the evening: after 18:00 a ticket is 25 zł instead of 40, reduced 15 zł. Galeria A on the ground floor is always free, and the building has its own cinema, KINOMUZEUM, tickets 25 zł.
When: Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday 11:00-19:00, Friday until 20:00, Sunday until 18:00. Closed on 15 October.
Three cinemas for a wet evening
Kino Muranów, Kinoteka, Iluzjon
At Kino Muranów (Andersa 5) the new "Lalka" (The Doll) is showing in English-friendly screenings, with Polish and English subtitles, on 6 and 8 October at 17:00. On Wednesday 21 October at 20:30 the documentary "Kino Muranów" also shows with English subtitles. The program changes every Friday, so more dates may be added. A good choice if someone in the group is still learning Polish. Tickets from 20 zł on Mondays to 30 zł on Friday evenings and at weekends.
Kinoteka sits inside the Palace of Culture. On Mondays every regular screening there is 18 zł, on Wednesdays 19 zł, and from Monday to Friday one "film of the day", a different one each day, is 15 zł. Iluzjon, at Narbutta 50a in Mokotów, shows old films from the National Film Archive for 18 zł, or 15 zł for students.
Something to do together
Zagrywki
Nowy Świat 4a, Śródmieście
Crazy golf, shuffleboard, darts, and karaoke rooms for 6 to 12 people. For a rainy evening for four this is probably the easiest choice, because nobody needs to be good at anything. Crazy golf is 31 zł per person (Monday to Thursday), an hour of darts for four is 116 to 156 zł. An hour of karaoke is 139 zł on Wednesdays, 179 zł on other days and 229 zł on Fridays and Saturdays.
When: Monday 16:00-24:00, Tuesday-Thursday until 1:00, Friday until 3:00, Saturday 12:00-3:00, Sunday until 24:00. Over-18s only after 18:00. Book online.
Pinball Station
Kolejowa 8A, Wola
A pinball museum where you can play everything. You pay once, 69 zł (students 59 zł), and play as long as you like. Open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
When: Monday-Thursday 12:00-22:00, Friday 12:00-24:00, Saturday 11:00-24:00, Sunday 11:00-22:00.
Painting ceramics at Create Cafe
Żelazna 27, Wola
You pick a ready-made mug or plate and paint it; they glaze and fire it, and you collect it five days later. From 105 zł, a mug or plate 115-125 zł. Anyone who does not paint pays a 60 zł café fee, and drinks are extra. Tables are booked for two hours; book early at weekends.
When: Tuesday-Thursday 12:00-20:00, Friday 12:00-21:00, Saturday 11:00-21:00, Sunday 11:00-20:00, closed on Mondays.
A pool and a sauna until 22:00
Wodny Park Warszawianka, Merliniego 4, Mokotów
Since everyone is going to get wet anyway. The pools are open every day until 22:00 and the sauna area from 11:00 to 22:00. You pay for time, with ten minutes to change: an hour in the pool is 36 zł on weekdays and 38 zł at weekends, pool and saunas 50 or 61 zł.
Something to listen to, and laugh at
English Stand-Up Comedy Night
Kino Amondo, Żurawia 20, Śródmieście
Comedy Tuesday: ten comedians, five minutes each, adult themes. If someone in your group doesn't speak Polish yet, this is an evening where everyone laughs. Tickets 30 zł online.
When: every Tuesday, doors 19:30, show 20:00.
Pub Quiz in the Brewery Cellars
Food Hall Browary, Haberbuscha i Schielego 2, Wola
The quiz takes an hour and a half to two hours, in the old brewery's lagering cellars. Teams have no minimum and no maximum size. Entry is 20 zł, and you book a table by email with the Food Hall. Get there half an hour early.
When: Wednesdays at 19:00: 7 and 14 October.
For one particular evening
Adults' Evening at the Copernicus Science Centre
Centrum Nauki Kopernik, Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20, Powiśle
Once a month Kopernik is for adults only. October's evening is called "Meandry świadomości" (Meanders of consciousness): exhibitions, labs, two talks, planetarium shows and a Tesla-coil show every half hour. The Tesla show at 21:30 and the Robot Theatre at 20:00 are in English. Tickets are 55 zł, bought online.
When: Thursday 22 October, 19:00-22:00. The planetarium show needs a wristband, and there are 139 seats.
"Power Play" Theatre Night with English Surtitles
TR Warszawa, Marszałkowska 8, Śródmieście
A play by Samara Hersch, 75 minutes, for ages 12 and up, with English surtitles. Afterwards there is a talk with the cast and the creators. Tickets 70 zł, reduced 50 zł.
When: Saturday 17 October, 19:00 (with the talk afterwards), and Sunday 18 October, 12:00.
On Friday 30 October at 19:00 TR also plays "Orfeusz" (Orpheus), directed by Anna Smolar, with English surtitles: 2 hours 10 minutes, tickets 120 zł, reduced 90 zł.
Plan B
If none of this works out, there is always a food hall, where everyone picks something different and nobody has to agree on a cuisine. Hala Koszyki at Koszykowa 63 is open until 1:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. The food hall at Elektrownia Powiśle, Dobra 42, is open until 23:00 from Friday to Sunday, with a DJ at the Centrala bar on Fridays and Saturdays.
We found nothing checked on the Praga side of the river. If you have your own rainy-evening place there, write to us and we will add it.
Checked on these pages
Everything checked on 28 September 2026 on the places' own pages (first on 25 September).
- National Museum: mnw.art.pl, the Menzel exhibition.
- MSN: artmuseum.pl.
- Kino Muranów: English-friendly screenings, "Lalka", tickets. Kinoteka: prices. Iluzjon: tickets.
- Zagrywki: activities and prices, karaoke.
- Pinball Station: opening hours.
- Create Cafe: createcafe.eu.
- Wodny Park Warszawianka: hours, prices.
- Comedy Tuesday.
- Pub quiz: pubquiz.pl.
- Kopernik: adults' evenings, opening hours.
- TR Warszawa: "Power Play", "Orfeusz".
- Elektrownia Powiśle: food hall and bars.
Some dates in this guide may have passed. Check the organiser’s page before you go.
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