Warsaw - A Different Kind of City

I must say, though very quietly, that I don't like Warsaw. The people here seem unhappy. Not a lot of smiling goes on & nearly all have a sad or angry look on their faces. I perceive more than a small trace of hopelessness left over from times gone by.
Warsaw was almost completely destroyed by Hitler in WW2. His intention was to leave not one building left standing after the Warsaw Uprising. He just about achieved his objective. Warsaw had to be rebuilt from scratch. Even the buildings in the ‘old town’ are fairly new. The city is not a pretty place. It feels a bit soulless.
I toured the palace which has be rebuilt after being burned down & raided by the Nazis. Several of the churches I wandered in to had tributes & memorials to war heroes & victims plastered over their walls. It feels like the city is still mourning its losses. And, after what they have been through here, it’s completely understandable.