The Silent Unseen Paratroopers of the Home Army Park, also simply known as the Silent Unseen Park, is an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

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. It is located in the neighbourhood of

Natolin Natolin is a neighbourhood and a City Information System area located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is a predominantly mid-rise multifamily residential area, with a smaller presence of low-rise single-family housing in ...

, within the district of

Ursynów Ursynów () is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland. It has an area of 43.79 km2 (16.88 sq mi), and in 2023, it was inhabited by 149,775 people, making it the 5th most populous and 3rd largest district of the city. Located in its western ...

, between Perkalowa Street, Belgradzka Strewt, Moczydłowska Street, and Gminna Street. The park was established in 2016.

Name

The park is named after the Silent Unseen, the elite special-operations paratroopers of the

Home Army The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...

of Poland during the

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

History

The park was established on 24 May 2016. It included the Three Peaks Hill, an artificial hill made in the 1970s. Around the year 2000, there was built a

dual slalom Dual slalom is a mountain bike racing discipline similar to Four-cross, 4X racing. It consists of two racers racing two almost identical tracks next to each other down a slope. The courses are usually short, one run lasting about 30 seconds. I ...

bike racing track, and in the following years were also added

four-cross Four-cross (4X), also called mountain-cross, not to be confused with fourcross, is a relatively new style of mountain bike racing where four bikers race downhill on a prepared, BMX-like track, simply trying to get down first. These bikes are ge ...

and

dirt jumping Dirt jumping is the practice of riding bikes over jumps made of dirt or soil and becoming airborne. Dirt jumping evolved alongside BMX racing and is similar to BMX or mountain bike racing in that the rider jumps off of mounds of dirt, usually pe ...

track amenities.Mariusz Prządak: ''Sekrety Ursynowa''. Łódź: Księży Młyn, 2021, p. 121−122. ISBN 978-83-7729-444-4. (in Polish) In 2015, were added the beginners track and in 2018, the

pump track A pump track is a purpose-built Track cycling, track for cycling. It has a circuit of rollers, banked turns and features designed to be ridden completely by riders "pumping"—generating momentum by up and down body movements, instead of pedaling ...

. There were hosted numerous

mountain bike racing Mountain bike racing (shortened MTB or ATB racing) is the competitive cycle sport discipline of mountain biking held on off-road terrain. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised the discipline relatively late in 1990, when it sanctione ...

events.

Characteristics

The park is located in the neighbourhood of

, within the district of

, between Perkalowa Street, Belgradzka Strewt, Moczydłowska Street, and Gminna Street. It has the total area of around 17.82. The park includes the Three Peaks Hill, an artificial hill with the peak height of 133.9 m. It includes numerous

tracks for

, and

. There are organised numerous

events In the park, near Gminna Street are located two Scots pines, that have the statues of the

natural monument A natural monument is a natural or cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities, or cultural significance. They can be natural geological and geographical features such as w ...

s. It is also the location of the annual history picnic dedicated to the Silent Unseen soldiers.

Notes

References

{{Ursynów Parks in Warsaw 2016 establishments in Poland Buildings and structures completed in 2016 Parks established in the 2010s Ursynów