Mazovia & Podlasie
Protects an unusual stretch of the Narew River that's nicknamed the 'Polish Amazon', where the river splits into dozens of channels that spread out across…
Must-see attractions in Mazovia & Podlasie
Łódź
This huge – and hugely impressive – shopping mall deserves to be listed as a tourist attraction in its own right. It's within a massive complex of red…
Mazovia & Podlasie
This museum is spread over several tiny floors within the 15th-century brick tower of the town hall in the middle of the market square. It presents…
Mazovia & Podlasie
The picturesque remnants of this 13th-century Gothic castle are courtesy of a major flood of the Vistula in 1532, when half the castle and part of the…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Before WWII, central Białystok had 60 synagogues serving a population of over 40,000 Jews, or about half of the city's population. Only three synagogue…
Mazovia & Podlasie
This historic mosque was built by Muslim Tatars who settled here at the end of the 17th century, and is one of only two surviving in Poland (the other is…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Museum housed in a 17th-century missionary college designed by Dutch architect Tylman van Gameren; its highlight is the former priests' chapel, with its…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Białystok's focal point, the much-rebuilt Rynek is an odd trapezoidal shape. Important buildings from the city's past have been reconstructed here,…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Rebuilt after WWII and modelled on the 1745 original, the town hall houses this museum. It features a modest collection of Polish paintings on the ground…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Standing opposite the synagogue, this small structure dates to 1772. It houses an annex of the Tykocin Museum and is where you buy tickets. The permanent…
Łódź
This industrial museum within the Manufaktura complex shows Łódź factories at their productive best, when they made goods to be sold rather than served as…
Białowieża National Park
Located in the modern visitors centre and hotel, this museum features exhibitions relating to the park's flora and fauna (mostly forest scenes with…
Mazovia & Podlasie
The Muslim cemetery is located in a patch of thick woodland 100m east of the mosque. The recent gravestones are Christian in style, showing the extent of…
Łódź
This gallery in the Manufaktura complex houses the city's impressive collection of experimental and avant-garde works from the 20th and 21st centuries…
Mazovia & Podlasie
This vibrant cultural centre dedicated to the creator of Esperanto hosts a range of art exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and performing arts events. Its…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Prior to WWII there were 9000 Jews living in and around Płock. Most were killed by the Nazi Germans. Among their legacies is this small synagogue building…
Mazovia & Podlasie
This grand neo-Gothic brick cathedral dates from 1905. It's attached to a late-Renaissance parish church (1627) with a fascinating interior and an 18th…
Mazovia & Podlasie
The old market square is dominated by this attractive building at its northwest end. From atop the town hall, a trumpeter plays at noon and 6pm each day…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Watch the Vistula laze by from one of Europe's longest river piers (358m). Part of the vast postindustrial rehabilitation of the riverfront, this glassy…
Museum of the History of Medicine & Pharmacy
Mazovia & Podlasie
Housed within the Branicki Palace, this museum features historical medical exhibits and has a couple of rooms meant to evoke the lost beauty of the old…
Mazovia & Podlasie
This large museum has exhibitions on the flora and fauna to be found in the park and lake. It's near a public beach and pier with fine views of the…
Łódź
Dig deeper into Łódź' industrial past at this museum located in Ludwig Geyer's gorgeous White Factory (Biała Fabryka), the city's oldest textile mill,…
Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit
Mazovia & Podlasie
Begun in the early 1980s, this monumental building is Poland's largest Orthodox church. The huge central onion-shaped dome is topped with a large cross …
Mazovia & Podlasie
At the northern end of the market square is this church, erected in the 1440s. It underwent the usual architectural makeover every few centuries, and…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Augustów's regional museum is housed in two locations. The most interesting collection is dedicated to the history of the Augustów Canal and is housed in…
Mazovia & Podlasie
The proud two-towered silhouette of this church dominates the town from its northern end. It dates from the 1610s, but the facade was thoroughly…
Łódź
The original branch of the city's art museum is three blocks west of ul Piotrkowska, housed in the impressive palace that was once home to Maurycy…
Mazovia & Podlasie
At the southern end of the market square stands the castle, looking more like a palace nowadays. It was built in the late 14th century as an abode for…
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…
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…
Mazovia & Podlasie
The city's zoo has a picturesque wooded setting above the river and is home to the country's biggest collection of reptiles. Kids love the petting area;…
Regional Museum (Ethnographic Exhibition)
Mazovia & Podlasie
A section of Augustów's regional museum, several blocks from the Rynek, featuring a small ethnographic exhibition. You'll find it on the upper floor of…
Mazovia & Podlasie
Near Łowicz's grand cathedral is this similarly impressive church. It's a baroque marvel when you can get access. If it's during a service, stay quietly…
Łódź
One of the most feared buildings in the ghetto during WWII, the German police tortured Jews here to find out where they had hid their valuables.
Mazovia & Podlasie
Once attached to a monastery, this medieval church received a glamorous baroque makeover in the early 18th century. It's often closed.
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.
Mazovia & Podlasie
Completed in 1846, this church was laid out in Byzantine style with a central cupola.
