Toruń
The Dog & Umbrella statue can be found on the Rynek. The dog is Filus who starred in a famous long-running Polish comic strip.
Must-see attractions in Poland
Toruń
This small art gallery has changing displays of contemporary art, providing some contrast to the Gothic frenzy outside.
Toruń
One of Toruń's most photographed buildings is the crooked tower, whose top and bottom is out of kilter by 1.5m.
Church of the Assumption of Our Blessed Mary
Łódź
A Catholic church with tall red-brick steeples. Used to store the belongings of Łódź Jews killed during WWII.
Warmia & Masuria
The High Gate, the historic gateway to the Old Town, is the only remainder of the 14th-century city walls.
Gdańsk
One of the grandest gates on the Gdańsk waterfront, the St Mary's Gate dates to the 15th century.
Kraków
This graceful, park-like avenue runs through the centre of the Nowa Huta workers' housing estate.
Mazovia & Podlasie
Completed in 1846, this church was laid out in Byzantine style with a central cupola.
Wielkopolska
This church was rebuilt in the 18th century and remodelled in baroque style.
Kraków
This imposing monument celebrates the epic 1410 Battle of Grunwald, when a joint army of Poles and Lithuanians defeated the Teutonic Knights. This statue…
Carpathian Mountains
Military buffs will want to see the remnants of Austria-Hungary’s Przemyśl Fortress surrounding the town. As these were mostly earth ramparts, however,…
Eastern Kraków
Possibly the oddest branch of the Kraków Historical Museum, the permanent exhibition here tells the story of the Fowler Brotherhood of Kraków, a medieval…
Katowice
In May 1940 popular British novelist PG Wodehouse, creator of the masterful valet Jeeves and his hapless employer Bertie Wooster, was captured by the…
Kraków
This abandoned limestone quarry was used by the occupying Germans during WWII as a labour camp. It was later employed extensively in the film Schindler's…
Carpathian Mountains
The remains of Nowy Sącz's royal castle, built by Kazimierz III Wielki in the 1350s, stand in pleasant parklands just south of the confluence of the…
Carpathian Mountains
This scary-looking cement bunker was built by the USSR in 1939 as part of the Molotov Line, along its then-border with Nazi Germany. It saw intense…
Podgórze
This largely forgotten burial ground dates from the late 18th century and was once Podgórze's most prestigious cemetery. The Germans destroyed much of it…
Carpathian Mountains
Dating back to the 15th century, and once occupied by a prominent councillor, this handsome townhouse is fronted by Ionic columns and a decorated portal…
Kraków
Nowa Huta's socialist-realistic architectural aesthetic extends to the area's main theatre, which was built in 1955. Early shows may have been dedicated…
Carpathian Mountains
The more important of two synagogues that survived WWII (four existed previously), the New Synagogue was built in the early 20th century. It was used as a…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Sometimes erroneously known as the 'powder tower', this tower is a 15th-century survivor from the original city walls. It's currently for sale if you're…
Gdańsk
Installed in an unusual granary, this small collection is really only interesting for those with a passion for 19th- and early-20th-century fishing and…
Wrocław
This memorial marks the site of the New Synagogue, built in 1872. It was the country's second-largest synagogue, until it was torched on Kristallnacht (9…
Toruń
A few medieval granaries have survived at the western end of the city's riverfront defences, most now occupied by hotel rooms.
Silesia
The most distinctive of the town's towers, the round Kłodzko Gate Tower guards the southwestern approach to the Old Town.
Gdańsk
Blocking the river end of ul Św Ducha, this hefty Gothic gate is the least grand of Gdańsk's medieval gates.
