Kercelego Square in Warsaw, Former market square in Warsaw, Poland

Kercelego Square, also known as Kercelak, was a market square in the Wola district of Warsaw. It operated as a trading ground from 1867 to 1947, with wooden stalls arranged in rows and a small L-shaped market hall added in 1926.

The market opened in 1867 on land donated by Józef Kercel, after stalls from Grzybowski Square were moved there. It was destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising and finally closed in 1947 when the W-Z route was built through the area.

The name Kercelak comes from the Warsaw habit of shortening long names, and it stuck in local speech. The market became part of the folklore of western Warsaw, inspiring characters in Stefan Wiechecki's newspaper columns.

The square no longer exists, so there is nothing left to visit on the original site. The name now belongs to a road junction at Okopowa Street and Solidarności Avenue, which you can pass through but not explore as a market.

During the German occupation, one of the most unusual items sold at the market was clothing lice, bought by German soldiers to avoid forced quarantine. The name Kercelak now refers to a roundabout that was never actually built as a circle.