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Great Arsenal
Ul Piwna terminates at the Great Arsenal, an architectural gem. The work of Antonius van Opbergen, it was built at the beginning of the 17th century and, like most of Gdańsk’s architecture, clearly shows the influence of the Low Countries. The main eastern facade, framed within two
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Croissant Museum
Located in a historic townhouse on the main square, this institution is devoted to the sweet St Martins croissants peculiar to Poznań. In four sessions each day (at 11.10am, 12.30pm, 1.45pm and 3pm) visitors are told about the croissants history, and can take part in making a batch
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Kórnik Arboretum
Behind Kórniks castle is this large, English-style park known as the Arboretum, which was laid out during the castle’s reconstruction and stocked with exotic species of trees and shrubs from Europe’s leading nurseries. Today the Arboretum is run by a scientific research institute a
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Citadel
North of the New Town, the Citadel is a massive 19th-century fortress overlooking the Vistula, built by the Russian tsar to intimidate Warsaw following the November Insurrection of 1830. It served as a notorious political prison for years and nowadays is used by the military. The h
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Copernicus Science Centre
For a kid-friendly attraction, try this over-the-top, fully interactive, push-the-buttons-and-see-what-happens science museum. There are too many attractions to list here, but all branches of science are represented. Most exhibits are suited for kids 12 to 18 years old, though ther
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Szymanowski Museum
About 500m south of the centre, the Szymanowski Museum highlights the life and work of the early-modern Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937). Though he’s practically unknown outside Poland, Szymanowski is considered the country’s second-greatest composer after Chopin. The
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Kluki Skansen
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 located skansen, an open-air museum of traditional architecture. It’s modest but authentic, comprising original in situ buildin
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Rotary Bridge
Giżycko’s working rotary bridge was built in 1889 and is the only one of its kind in the country. Despite weighing more than 100 tonnes, it can be turned by one person, and is opened six times daily to allow boats through, closing to traffic for between 20 minutes and 1½ hours each
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Bełżec Memorial
This subdued memorial and museum bears witness to the 400,000 to 600,000 Jews who were murdered here in 1942 by the Nazis as part of their ‘Operation Reinhard’, the Germans secret plan to eliminate the Jewish population of occupied Poland. There were only three known survivors from
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Church of the Holy Redeemer
Built from 1901 to 1911, this elegant place of worship borrows from both the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Demolished by the German occupiers during WWII, the church was rebuilt after the war – though the communist authorities werent happy with its prominence, and withheld permi
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Ethnographic Museum
Provides a good introduction to the country’s rural heart via its small but fine assembly of Polish folk art and crafts – but its the portrait shots of indigenous people from around the world steal the show.
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Corpus Christi Church
In the northeastern corner of Plac Wolnica and founded in 1340, this was the first church in Kazimierz and for a long time the town’s parish church. Its interior has been almost totally fitted out with Baroque furnishings, including the huge high altar, extraordinary massive carved
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Liban Quarry
This former limestone quarry was used by the occupying Germans during WWII as a labour camp. It was later employed extensively in the film Schindlers List as a stand-in for the Płaszów concentration camp. These days its abandoned, overgrown and more than a little bit creepy, but a
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Manggha Centre of Japanese Art & Technology
This museum is the brainchild of Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, who donated the Kyoto Prize money he received in 1987 to fund a permanent home for the National Museums extensive collection of Japanese art, ceramics and scrolls. The bulk of the collection is made up of several
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Museum of Sea Fishery
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 boats, amber and a few fish in tanks. On the top floor youll discover a new exhibition on the history of Świnoujście using old po
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Ghetto Heroes Monument
In a shady park just behind the Museum of the History of Polish Jews , this stern memorial commemorates the thousands who lost their lives in the ill-fated Ghetto Uprising of 1943. In the northwest corner of the park is Skwer Willy Brandta (Willy Brandt Sq), with another memorial m
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Jewish Historical Institute
Just behind a blue skyscraper, this institute houses a library and paintings, sculptures, and old religious objects related to Jewish culture. However, it’s the exhibition on the Warsaw Ghetto that sticks with you when you leave. Black-and-white photos and 40 minutes of original fi
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Granaries
The extraordinary row of crumbling granaries was built along the length of the town’s waterfront to provide storage and protect the town from invaders. Begun in the 14th century, they were gradually rebuilt and extended until the 18th century, and some were later turned into housin
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Lublin Village Museum
The well-designed skansen, 5km west of the centre on the Warsaw road, covers an undulating terrain of 25 hectares. Appearing as a traditional village of numerous buildings with fully equipped interiors, there is a fine manor house, a windmill, an Orthodox church and a carved timber
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Radziwiłł Palace
This neoclassical palace is guarded by stone lions and an equestrian statue of Prince Józef Poniatowski. The prince was the nephew of the last Polish king, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and commander in chief of the Polish army of the Duchy of Warsaw, created by Napoleon. The Warsa
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