Warsaw

Warsaw, the capital of Poland reborn from the ruins of the Second World War, was the European Capital of Sport 2008. That year the city's president received the commemorative plaque from Stuttgart, the outgoing capital. Sport in the Polish capital revolves around historic clubs such as Legia Warsaw and an intense athletics scene whose emblematic event is the Warsaw Marathon. A few years after the title, the city completed its great infrastructure leap with the National Stadium, opened in 2011 and a venue for Euro 2012 matches, confirming the sporting projection that the 2008 title had helped drive.