We begin our walk near the entrance to the Royal Arsenal, the headquarters of the State Archeological Museum. The Arsenal buildings were erected on Dluga Street between 1638 and 1643 by the initiative of King Wladyslaw IV. They formed a complex surrounding a rectangular courtyard. To the north was the main building, the so-called Cekhauz the Great, where weapons, armor, cannons, ammunition and ashes were stored.

Before World War II, Nalewki Street was the vibrant heart of Jewish Warsaw. Nearby, on Tłomackie Street, was the Great Synagogue, right next door - the Central Judaic Library. Krasinski Park was visited in large numbers by Jewish families. At the exit of Nalewki Street, in the Simmons Passage, the Makabi sports club was headquartered, where Jozef Klotz, who scored the first goal for the Polish national soccer team, played. The Jewish community constituted more than 29% of Warsaw's population, and although Jews inhabited an area of the entire city, the so-called Northern Quarter was the informal center of the capital's Jewish life.