Gdańsk & Pomerania
If you’re keen on stuffed sea life, you’ll be delighted by the static displays of albatrosses, sharks and seals, along with fishing paraphernalia, model…
Must-see attractions in Gdańsk & Pomerania
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Behind the baroque Town Hall on Darłowo’s Rynek rises this massive brick church. Originally dating from the 1320s it has preserved its Gothic shape well…
Gdańsk
According to legend, the Neptune Fountain, next to the Town Hall, once gushed forth with the trademark Gdańsk liqueur, Goldwasser. As the story goes, it…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
The Cathedral Hill complex (Wzgórze Katedralne) is today the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum. It covers several sights within the fortified complex, each…
Museum of Technology & Transport
Szczecin
This surprisingly good museum 2.5km north of the centre has a fascinating collection of vehicles, mostly of Polish origin – interesting as today Poland…
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers
Gdańsk
Just in front of the former shipyard gates, the striking Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers commemorates those killed in the riots of 1970. Unveiled…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Housed in an Empire-style merchant’s house called the Braunschweig Palace, the sister institution to the Polish Arms Museum has a neatly presented…
Gdańsk
Długi Targ is flanked from the east by the Green Gate, marking the end of the Royal Way. It was built in the 1560s on the site of a medieval defensive…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Just off the Rynek, this massive, Gothic church was commissioned by the Teutonic Knights in the late 13th century. The magnificent interior is crammed…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Slavophiles should make a beeline for this surprisingly good and delightfully old-school three-storey museum, south of the train station near the tracks…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
The cathedral attached to the castle is the familiar Gothic brick blockbuster, which has a suitably defensive appearance thanks to its 19th-century tower…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
One blast from the past amid the evolving rebuild of the Old Town is this sturdy, red-brick island of true oldness, noted for its 95m-high, carefully…
Sopot
In a wooded hilly area of the town stands the Opera Leśna, an amphitheatre that seats 5000 people and is host to the prestigious August International…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
The Baltic's highest lighthouse rises 64.8m into the northern sky on the opposite side of the channel to the main town. Dating from 1857, there are 308…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
The building opposite the castle gate is the 14th-century mill, an annex to the museum. Its three floors focus on the folk customs of Pomerania with…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Just off the beach in the centre of town is the Fokarium, where Baltic grey seals can be seen in captivity. The three large pools are home to half a dozen…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Set on the southwestern shore of Lake Łebsko, the tiny isolated hamlet of Kluki was the last holdout of Slovincian culture, now showcased in the centrally…
Sopot
At the southern end of the beachfront in a grand old villa, the Sopot Museum showcases 19th-century furniture and fittings, including some enormous,…
Toruń
The impressive Gothic House of the Esken family, set behind the cathedral, was converted into a granary in the 19th century. It contains city history…
Toruń
Not to be confused with the commercial Gingerbread Museum across town, this branch of the Toruń Regional Museum is housed in a former gingerbread factory…
Toruń
Toruń’s third great Gothic structure in the Old Town (after the Town Hall and Cathedral) is St Mary’s Church, erected by the Franciscans at the end of the…
Gdańsk
The 1618 Golden House, designed by Johan Voigt, has the richest facade in the city. In the friezes between storeys are 12 elaborately carved scenes…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
A few buildings in the centre retain their historical significance, the most impressive of which is this early-18th-century church. Most of the narrow…
Gdańsk
This museum is dedicated to all things amber and the craft of designing and creating amber jewellery. It's located in the Foregate, a former prison and…
Toruń
Learn about the history of Toruń gingerbread and create a spicy concoction of your own under the enlightened instruction of a mock-medieval gingerbread…
Toruń
While it's not clear if Copernicus was actually born here, this branch of the Regional Museum is dedicated to the famed astronomer's life and works. More…
Gdańsk
Lined by the city’s grandest facades, the Royal Way was the route along which the Polish kings traditionally paraded during their periodic visits. Of the…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Kołobrzeg's Amber Museum displays several kilos of prehistoric tree sap in a gleaming white, 21st-century space. It's not a patch on the Malbork or Gdańsk…
Toruń
The House Under the Star is a chunk of madly stuccoed architectural confectionery embellishing the Main Square. Inside you’ll discover an outpost of the…
Toruń
The thatched cottages in parkland to the north of the city centre aren’t relics from some former age, but belong to this undervisited museum of rural life…
Sopot
At the end of Monte Cassino, beyond Plac Zdrojowy, is the famous Molo, Europe’s longest wooden pier, built in 1928 and jutting 515m out into the Bay of…
Gdańsk
This London Eye–style big wheel was installed as part of the clean up of Ołowianka Island and is a welcome addition to this part of the city. The ride…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
About 16km long and 71 sq km in area, Lake Łebsko is the biggest in Pomerania and the third largest in Poland, after Śniardwy and Mamry in Masuria. It’s…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Fans of red brick and stained glass should check out this chunky Gothic church with its vibrantly coloured, postwar windows and oddly painted vaulting…
Gdańsk
This historic 18th-century residence features ornate furniture. As you pass beyond the kitchen, take a minute to browse the family tree and history of the…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Ustka's main attraction is the dune-backed beach. None of the town is visible from the sand, giving it a wild feel, unless it's carpeted with…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
The elaborate Renaissance-Gothic town hall has an impressive main tower, which can be ascended for a full Słupsk panorama.
Gdańsk
Gdańsk’s former Lenin Shipyard is a key fragment of 20th-century European history. It was here that the first major cracks in Eastern Europe’s communist…
Gdańsk
The Old Town Hall was once the seat of the Old Town council. A well-proportioned Renaissance building crowned with a high central tower typical of its…
Cathedral Basilica of St James
Szczecin
Head downhill from the city centre to explore Szczecin’s 12th-century cathedral, partially destroyed by Red Army shells in 1945 and reconstructed in 1972…
