Carpathian Mountains
This museum has traditional folk costumes and old woodcarvings from the region on permanent display. Expect clothes worn on traditional holidays, musical…
Must-see attractions in Poland
Sudetes Mountains
Opposite the spa park and back from the main street, this small museum with interesting displays of historical toys is a good place to while away a wet…
Silesia
This attractive civic building, built in 1604 to house Nysa's official weights and measures, is a survivor of both the Napoleonic and Red armies; it…
Warsaw
Completed in 1639, St Hyacinth's was founded by the Dominican Order and adjoins Warsaw's largest monastery. Its architecture is a mixture of Renaissance…
Warsaw
This wooden home seems like it has been parachuted into the city from the countryside. It was originally built in the 1880s and sits at an odd angle to…
Garrison Church of St Casimir the Prince
Katowice
A functionalist concrete-and-brick affair with lovely art deco interiors, it was built between 1930 and 1933 (the year before the skyscraper opposite,…
Warsaw
An area landmark, this red-brick Catholic church, consecrated in 1903, was within the Warsaw Ghetto. Germans used its tower as an observation point and a…
Małopolska
The local brewery is owned by national giant Perła. It makes popular Czech-style Zwierzyniec lager. Tours of the brewery, which is right on the lake,…
Warsaw
This 18th-century palace served as the official residence of Marshal Józef Piłsudski (from 1926 to 1935) and Polish presidents from 1945 to 1952 and 1989…
Sopot
Funded by the town of Sopot, this glitzy but little-visited art gallery within the Dom Zdrojowy (Spa House) has changing exhibitions of mostly Polish art …
Gdańsk
This gate was built around 1450 while the city was still under the Teutonic order, as shown by the original city coat of arms consisting of two crosses…
Kraków
Two blocks north of Plac Centralny, the Nowa Huta Museum is more like a glorified tourist office, but there is a small, well-curated exhibit space…
Warsaw
Fortunately this church, notable for its neoclassical-style facade, escaped the ravages of war and contains 18th-century fittings, including a high altar…
Gdańsk
The SS Sołdek is a museum ship moored in front of the granaries. Once you’re on board and past the fairly dull introductory video, you can test the limits…
Warsaw
Destroyed during WWII, this church was rebuilt to its original early-19th-century design inspired by the Pantheon in Rome. Inside, look to the left of the…
Łódź
The administrative heart of the Jewish ghetto, where the Gestapo and Mordechai Chaim Rumkowsi, the Jewish elder in charge of the ghetto, had their offices…
Silesia
Dating to the late 13th century, this Gothic cathedral just north of the Rynek features 73m-high towers and mostly baroque interior furnishing. The lovely…
Małopolska
The only 18th-century wooden mansion still standing in Kielce and considered one of the city's architectural treasures. Today it serves as the…
Table Mountains National Park Ecocentre
Sudetes Mountains
This enthusiastically run centre brings the ecology of the Góry Stołowe National Park to life through a variety of interesting displays and a film that…
Podgórze
This fortress was built by the Austrians in the 1850s to defend the city's strategic bridge over the Vistula. The interior is closed to visitors, but you…
Warsaw
A selfie with the city's mermaid symbol is a must. This version of the fishy-tailed, battle-ready girl, designed by Ludwika Nitschowa in 1939 and a…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
A five-minute walk south along the riverbank is the Elbląg Museum. Occupying two large buildings, the museum has sections on archaeology and the town’s…
Teutonic Knights' Castle Ruins
Toruń
East of the remnants of the Old Town walls are the ruins of the Teutonic Castle, destroyed in 1454 by angry townsfolk protesting against the knights'…
The Great Masurian Lakes
With its squat, square tower, the Gothic church looks like the town’s second fortress from a distance. Its interior has furnishings and decoration dating…
Warmia & Masuria
Ostróda's blocky red-brick castle was built by the Teutonic Knights in the late 13th century and now houses the town's museum, worth a look if you are…
Łódź
A 15-minute guided tour (in Polish, every 30 minutes) leads through a short section of old brick-lined sewer tunnel from 1926 beneath Plac Wolności, with…
Sudetes Mountains
This tower on the north side of the Old Town was part of the medieval fortified city walls. You can climb it to take in the view – ask in the nearby…
Kraków
Art gallery that works on behalf of disabled artists and visitors. The gallery hosts regular exhibitions and maintains helpful information on its website…
Kraków
This spot at the end of Grodzka has been a place of worship since the 14th century, and possibly even centuries before that. Now it's part of the…
Carpathian Mountains
The 'new' Jewish cemetery dates from the 19th century. It was devastated during WWII, but some 300 tombstones have been preserved. It's located at the…
Warsaw
This grand neoclassical structure, designed by Antonio Corazzi in the 1820s, lends Plac Bankowy some architectural heft. It houses the city administration…
Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art
Gdańsk & Pomerania
The main building of Słupsk’s gallery specialises in short-term exhibits of Polish and international artists. Over 30 exhibitions take place here a year…
Silesia
Now part of the University of Opole, this church is a relic of a former monastery and also spent time as a hospital. It's an interesting mix of…
Cathedral of SS Vincent and James
Wrocław
The Gothic Cathedral of SS Vincent and James was originally a Romanesque basilica, founded in the early 13th century. The largest church in the city, it's…
Sudetes Mountains
This 18th-century civic headquarters sits on the remains of several predecessors, most of which were victims of disastrous fires. Look for the stone…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
The high tower at the southwestern corner of the defensive walls is the former cathedral belfry, which can be ascended for cracking views of Cathedral…
Carpathian Mountains
About 1km south of the Rynek, along ul Tuchowska, lies the weathered timber Church of the Holy Trinity, built from 1597. It has a naive, charming rustic…
Gdańsk
The high, octagonal tower rising in front of the market hall is a remnant of the medieval fortifications and dates from around 1400. Today it houses what…
Małopolska
The main parish church, the Church of St John the Baptist, was founded by Kazimierz III Wielki in 1360 and altered by numerous people up to the present…
Warsaw
Occupying the former Bersohn and Bauman Children’s Hospital, completed in 1878, this museum devoted to the tragic history of the Warsaw Ghetto is…
