Today, the Polish capital is in the forefront of European cities with the greatest number of modern skyscrapers. The first, 138-meter Intraco I building was already built in 1975 on Stawki Street. At the turn of the eighties and nineties construction of a 170-meter Marriott Hotel, which lasted for many years, was finally ended as well as that of the 120-meter Blue Skyscraper at Bankowy Square. At the end of the nineties FIM Tower and Ilmet buildings were constructed. The actual record, however, was the year 1999, which saw the completion of the construction of three high-rise buildings - Millennium Plaza, Warsaw Financial Centre and the 208-meter Warsaw Trade Tower - currently the third in height building in the capital. Warsaw Trade Tower was deposed from second place relatively recently, after the opening in May 2016 the 220-meter skyscraper Warsaw Spire. Both office buildings are standing, moreover, in close proximity to Warsaw's Wola district, close to the Towarowa Street. Palace of Culture and Science still occupies the top spot on the list of tallest buildings in Warsaw.

Warsaw Modern architecture is not limited to tall skyscrapers. In 2007, an unusual retail, office and entertainment centre Złote Tarasy was completed, located in the immediate vicinity of Central Station. The area of the old, dingy car parks was taken over by an innovative complex; eye-catching thanks to its characteristic, transparent gilded dome with an area of 10,200 square meters and weighing approximately 1,400 tons. Inside the multi-level Złote Tarasy there are, among others, shops, restaurants, a cinema and office space.

Whoever thinks that modern Warsaw pertains only to big business and trade, is proven wrong. On the contrary, signs of progress can also be seen in the fields of science and culture. In 1999 a new building of the Warsaw University Library (BUW) was ceremoniously opened, located in Powiśle on Dobra Steet. Warsaw BUW is an example of a modern open space with an area of 64 thousand square metres, which is meant not only for students, but also other lovers of books. On the roof of the library a botanical garden is located, where you can admire the magnificent panorama of Warsaw. In the basement there are retail outlets and a bowling alley.

Five years after the library, Warsaw finally received its first modern museum facility. We are talking about the Warsaw Uprising Museum opened in 2004, located at the site of the former tram depot on Grzybowska Street. The raw, brick building gives off unique vibes, and audio-visual materials used in the expositions delight with their ingenuity. Promoting science through multimedia was an idea which the Warsaw authorities reached for several times in subsequent years, as evidenced by the opened in 2010 Kopernik Science Centre on Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie.

The last few years - especially the period after 2007, when Poland was awarded the organization of the UEFA European Football Championship – were a time of increased investment in sports infrastructure. In 2011 the new stadium of Legia Warsaw was opened - erected in place of the old facility, built in 1930. The real achievement in the field of sport architecture turned out to be the new national stadium. Built from 2008, in the site of the former Stadion Dziesięciolecia (which for many years served as a bazaar, not a sports facility), the stadium was completed in January 2012, half a year before the start of the EURO. The stadium with its luminous, white and red facade to this day is considered one of the nicest football facilities in the world.

The examples mentioned above are of course only a small fraction of the fact that clearly shows the great progress made by Warsaw in the last twenty years. Warsaw modernity is not only expressed in shapes of buildings but also in a number of other investments, including communication, such as the progressive construction of the underground (first stage of the second line was completed in 2015), building more bridges in Warsaw (the last of which opened in 2012), the development of new airport terminals at the Chopin airport (2006-2015). Modern Warsaw is still being created, becoming a model European metropolis