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Radom Village Museum
One of the most popular outings is the short hop to this outdoor folklore museum about 8km from the centre. Furnished interiors showcase styles from the whole region. City bus 14 or 17 will get you within a few hundred metres of the entrance. Returning to Radom, turn left back onto
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Museum of Applied Arts
Housed within Poznań’s castle (which looks more like a palace), this museum’s collection includes furniture, gold and silverware, glass, ceramics, weapons, clocks, watches and sundials from Europe and the Far East. At the time of research it was undergoing major renovations, but it
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Old Orangery
West of the Palace on the Water in Łazienki Park, this elegant structure was completed in 1788 and sheltered exotic trees in the winter. Its now the home of a gallery featuring an impressive selection of sculpture collected from across Europe by King Stanisław August Poniatowski; a
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Niedzica Castle Museum
The castle is home to a museum on the buildings and regions history. Theres not a tremendous amount to see – some period costumes, furnishings, hunting trophies, a chapel from the late 14th century and collections on the archaeology and history of the Spisz region – but there are f
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Muzeum PRL
This museum and exhibition space launched in 2015 and focuses on the communist history of Nowa Huta and of Poland in general. Rotating exhibitions highlight various aspects of life under communism, with plenty of local tie-ins to life in Nowa Huta. The setting is perfect in the Soc
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Subcarpathian Museum
Just opposite the Craft Museum and around 200m north of the Rynek is this regional history museum, housed in the 15th-century former Bishops’ Palace. The museum has interesting historical, archaeological and art sections on this mountainous region. The highlight, however, is an ext
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Monument to Nicolaus Copernicus
Tribute to the great astronomer Mikołaj Kopernik (1473–1543), better known outside Poland as Nicolaus Copernicus, who proved conclusively that the earth revolves around the sun. The Latin inscription on one side translates as A grateful nation honours Mikołaj Kopernik, and the Poli
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Sopot Museum
At the southern end of the beachfront in a grand old villa, the Sopot Museum showcases 19th-century furniture and fittings, including some enormous, ornately carved wardrobes. Other displays include old sepia photos and maps of German Zoppot and other Baltic resorts. The building,
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Barbican
The most intriguing remnant of the medieval fortifications, the Barbican is a powerful, circular brick bastion adorned with seven turrets. There are 130 loopholes in its 3m-thick walls. This curious piece of defensive art was built around 1498 as an additional protection of the Flo
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Łańcut Synagogue
Just outside the park surrounding the castle is the impressive former synagogue, built in the 1760s. It has retained much of its original Rococo decoration and some liturgical items are on display. Its been closed off and on over the years for reconstruction, but most of the work n
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St Catherines Church
One of the most monumental churches in the city, and possibly the one that has best retained its original Gothic shape, St Catherine’s was founded in 1363 and completed 35 years later, though its planned towers were never built. The lofty and spacious whitewashed interior boasts th
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Janowiec Museum
Situated within Janowiec Castle, this museum has a few rooms given over to temporary exhibitions and contemporary art, as well as a viewing platform offering a wide perspective of the castle and the surrounding countryside. In the park beside the castle is a manor house from the 17
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Collegiate Church
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 contains a dozen Baroque altars, Renaissance stucco decoration on the naves vault, and aisles with original Gothic features. Note th
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Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace
Quaint Kanonicza is the perfect street to put a palace and fill it with age-old paintings and sculpture. This newish branch of the National Museum contains two exhibits of religious artwork. The Art of Old Poland (12th to18th centuries) includes loads of Gothic paintings, altar pie
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City Art Gallery
City Art Gallery , housed in a fairytale 1903 Art Nouveau villa that once belonged to German industrialist Leopold Kindermann. While the building itself lacks colour, it’s well worth a look for its attractive flower motifs, tree-trunk columns and wrought-iron work. Contemporary wor
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Ludwik Zamenhof Centre
Across the narrow Biała River from the Branicki Palace, this cultural centre dedicated to the creator of Esperanto hosts a range of art exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and performing arts events. Its interesting permanent exhibition, The Bialystok of Young Zamenhof, brings to life
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Malta Park Railway
East of Ostrów Tumski on the far bank of the river, beyond the Rondo Śródka intersection, you’ll find the western terminus of this tourist railway. It runs miniature trains along the shoreline of the 70-hectare artificial Lake Malta (Jezioro Maltańskie), a favourite summer spot for
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Green Gate
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 gate and was supposed to be the residence of the kings. But they never stayed in what turned out to be a cold and uncomfortable lod
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Castle Hill
Grudziądz once had a 13th-century castle that stood sentinel high above the Vistula. The remains of this, essentially the 30m Klimek Tower and the results of an archaeological dig, have become the towns latest attraction following extensive renovation work. Climb to the top of the
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Isaac Synagogue
Near the southwestern edge of the Remuh Cemetery is Kraków’s largest synagogue, completed in 1644. In the wake of WWII, it was finally returned to the Jewish community in 1989. Inside you can see the remains of the original stuccowork and wall-painting decoration. The synagogue was
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