Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
43 places
Waliszewo
**The Innkeeper of Waliszewo** is a stop on the County of Gniezno Myths and Legends Trail, commemorating the story of the former Red Inn. Before 1840, an inn called Waliszewek is said to have stood at a crossroads near Waliszewo. Today the…
Kraków
**Krakus Mound** in Kraków’s Podgórze district is the city’s oldest and one of its most mysterious mounds. It stands on Lasota Hill, is about 16 metres high and, according to legend, marks the grave of Prince Krak, the city’s founder. Its…
Kraków
**Kościuszko Mound in Kraków** is one of the city’s best-known viewpoints. It was raised between 1820 and 1823 on St Bronisława Hill as a monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko. It rises about 34 metres above the hill, and its earth includes soil…
Kraków
**Wanda Mound in Kraków** stands in Nowa Huta, by Ujastek Street. This modest mound, about 14 metres high, is one of the city’s oldest and probably dates from the early Middle Ages. Legend says it is the grave of Wanda, daughter of Prince…
Kraków
**Piłsudski Mound in Kraków** stands on Sowiniec, in the heart of Wolski Forest. It is about 35 metres high and the largest of Kraków’s mounds. Raised between 1934 and 1937 to commemorate Józef Piłsudski, it contains soil from battlefields…
Kraków
At the foot of Wawel Hill, along the Vistula boulevards, stands the bronze Wawel Dragon by Bronisław Chromy, placed on a huge boulder in **1970**. Every few minutes the figure breathes real fire — the gas-fuelled flame can even be triggere…
Wenecja
Over the Brda river, between Mostowa Street and the Jerzy Sulima-Kamiński Bridge, a figure with a balancing pole hovers above the water. This is **“Crossing the River”**, popularly known as the Rope Walker — a sculpture that has become a s…
Turzańsk
Arkadiusz Andrejkow’s Silent Memorial is a cycle of more than one hundred paintings on wooden barns, sheds and cottages. The artist from Sanok transfers people from old family photographs onto timber, turning rural buildings into an open-a…
Sopot
The Hewelion the Lion Trail is a family-friendly city game and an unusual way to explore Gdańsk. Bronze figures of the friendly lion stand at different points around the city, with each character referring to its location. Hewelion echoes…
Łódź
The Gallery of Great Citizens of Łódź is a group of six outdoor monuments along Piotrkowska Street. This free route commemorates people and stories connected with the city’s cultural and industrial history. It is not an enclosed museum: th…
Bohoniki
In Podlachia, some 3 km from Bohoniki, stands a glacial erratic commemorating the Tatar family of Mucha — the last trace of the Tatars who lived in the village of Malawicze Górne. The boulder was placed there in **2006** by Arsłan Mucha, a…
Kraków
On Kraków’s Main Square, at the junction of St Anne and Wiślna streets, lies a monumental bronze head with empty eye sockets and leather straps. This is **Eros Bendato** by Igor Mitoraj, a sculpture that has become one of the most recognis…
Będzin
St Dorothy’s Hill, popularly known as Dorotka, rises in Będzin’s Grodziec district. The hill is **382 m above sea level** and makes a good short walk away from city traffic. A historic church of St Dorothy, built in 1635, stands at the top…
Kraków
**Kraków’s mounds** form a distinctive open-air route through the city’s history. Five different sites — Krakus, Wanda, Kościuszko, Piłsudski and John Paul II Mounds — combine legends, historical memory and views over Kraków. ## Five diffe…
Przemyśl
**Tatar Mound in Przemyśl** stands on Zniesienie Hill, at about 352 metres above sea level, and is one of the city’s best viewpoints. Its origins are uncertain. A legend describes it as the grave of a fallen Tatar khan, while other interpr…
Piekary Śląskie
**The Liberation Mound in Piekary Śląskie** is the city’s highest point and a monument to Upper Silesia’s history. It was raised between 1932 and 1937 to commemorate King John III Sobieski’s march towards Vienna and the return of part of S…
Chałupki
At the crossing of Zabełkowska and Wiejska streets in Rudyszwałd, right by the border with Zabełków, stands a stone penitential cross — a monument to an old practice that today is recalled mainly by such stones. The exact year of its creat…
Żywiec
In the castle park in Żywiec, right next to the palace, a woman sits on a bench with a scarf bearing the Habsburg coat of arms in her hand. This is Archduchess **Alice Habsburg** — a Swede by birth who became a Pole by choice and, during W…
Kraków
By the Planty gardens, a few hundred metres from Wawel Castle (Podzamcze street), stands a bench with the figures of two eminent mathematicians — **Stefan Banach** and **Otton Nikodym**. It commemorates a chance meeting of **1916** from wh…
Wiślica
On the Busko-Zdrój promenade, in front of the cultural centre that bears his name, a man with a guitar sits on a bench shaped like a griffin's neck. This is **Wojciech Belon** — a singer and poet of the Ponidzie region, co-founder of Wolna…
Częstochowa
On the representative Alley of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the very centre of Częstochowa, a doctor sits on a bench — a book and a stethoscope lie beside him. This is a monument to **Dr Władysław Biegański**, the man who at the turn of the…
Siewierz
In a corner of the Siewierz market square, in the shade of the fountain with the Siewierz Maidens, two gentlemen sit on a bronze bench — **Stanisław Hadyna** and **Zdzisław Pyzik**, creators of the song „Od Siewierza jechał wóz" („A Cart W…
Tykocin
At the corner of Farna and Dworna streets, right by the market square in Łomża, sits a woman in a huge hat — **Hanka Bielicka**, an actress who, though born far from these parts, spent her childhood and youth in Łomża. ## A Łomża woman by…
Sulejówek
A few steps from the Milusin villa, where Józef Piłsudski lived in **1923–1926**, stands a bronze bench titled "A History Lesson". The monument was unveiled on **10 June 2010** on Piłsudski Avenue, in the very centre of Sulejówek — a town…