Służewiec Przemysłowy

Trinity Park III, the headquarters of Polish branch of Ringier Axel Springer Media, located as 49 Domaniewska Street.

The neighbourhood consists of residential apartments and office buildings. The neighbourhood contains one of the largest complexes of office buildings in Poland, with 83 office buildings within its boundaries in 2019.[1][2] Many of them include headquarters of the branches of many multinational corporations.[3][4] Among them are: Saatchi & Saatchi,[5] Starcom,[6] Filmweb,[7] IQVIA,[8] LuxMed,[9] Abbott Laboratories,[10] Polska Grupa Prasowa,[11] Ringier Axel Springer,[12] Plus,[13] National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, National Appeals Chamber, Panasonic,[14] Institute of National Remembrance, Groupe Renault,[15] AstraZeneca,[16] DNB ASA,[17] T-Mobile Polska,[18] Mondelez,[19] and Toyota Bank Polska.[20] The embassy of Cuba is also located in the neighbourhood.[21]

According to estimates, commutes to the area of office buildings in Służewiec and the western portion of the nearby Ksawerów average between 80 and 100 thousand employees, with 87% of employees of these corporations aged between 20 and 39 years. The largest age group (39%) is between 26 and 30 years.[4] The huge number of people commuting to and from the area every day, together with local road systems not designed for a such number of vehicles, causes massive traffic congestion, as well as lack of parking spaces. Many potential employees cite difficulties in commuting as the main reason for turning down offers to work in the area.[22][23]

In Służewiec is located Westfield Mokotów, one of the biggest shopping centres in the city.[24]

The street signs in Służewiec, with the names of Tolkiena and Gandalfa Streets.

The area of the complex of the office buildings within Służewiec and the western portion of the nearby Ksawerów is colloquially referred to as Mordor, and Mordor in Domaniewska. Its boundaries are commonly accepted to be Cybernetyki, Domaniewska, Marynarska, and Wołoska Streets.[3][25][26]

The name was given to the area, due to terrible traffic congestion present in the area, in reference to Mordor, a fictional location, and personification of evil, from the 1954–1955 fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien.[3] The name had been popularized by Facebook fan page titled Mordor na Domaniewskiej (translation from Polish: Mordor in Domaniewska), established in 2013, by one of the employees from the area. In 2018, the fansite had gained 100 000 followers, and by February 2022, it has over 170 000.[27][28][29] In the city is also published magazine Głos Mordoru (translation from Polish: The Voice of Mordor), addressed to the employees of the corporations from the area.[30]

There were several attempts to make Mordor the officially recognized name of the area. In 2015, its supporters hung a street sign with name Mordor in the area; however, authorities quickly removed the sign.[31] In 2018, the local inhabitants had proposed via the participatory budgeting, the recognition of the name, which was not approved.[32] Since 2015, the name is accepted in the search of Google Maps.[33]

On 12 December 2020, following the petition of local inhabitants, two small streets in the neighbourhood of Służewiec were named in reference to Mordor. One of them is J. R. R. Tolkiena Street,[lower-alpha 3] named after J. R. R. Tolkien, and which goes perpendicularly to the south from Suwak Street. The other is Gandalfa Street,[lower-alpha 4] named after Gandalf, one of main characters from Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and which goes perpendicularly to the north from Konstruktorska Street. Both roads meet in their middle, forming a crossing. They were originally intended to be named Pirytowa and Tytanowa Streets; however, the local council people decided to name them in reference to Tolkien, following the petitioning of the local population.[34][35][36]