A rather dubious attraction, but even out of this the Poles managed to make a lure for tourists. There are no horrors there, as one might imagine from the name. On the contrary, it is a modern, well-kept observation deck overlooking the right bank of the Vistula. However, a couple of centuries ago there was an unbearable stench here, and heaps of waste lay all around. It was a huge dump where all the city's garbage was brought, from the Middle Ages up until the 18th century.
A very picturesque little street, Dawna, starts from the observation deck and is considered the shortest in Warsaw. But before taking a walk along it, stop by the Teacher Monument. It is made in the form of an ancient Greek athlete pushing a large boulder upward. Without a special explanation, it is even hard to guess what the teacher has to do with it. As it turns out, this sculpture personifies "Sisyphean labor," equally thankless and hard. Remember, the gods punished him by making him push a stone up a mountain, only for it to keep rolling back down? So it was precisely with this labor that the sculptor compared the work of a teacher. However, there is room for debate here, because all of Sisyphus's efforts were futile, while teachers sometimes manage to raise geniuses.
