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Giżycko
Boyen Fortress in Giżycko (say "gee-ZHITS-ko") is a vast 19th-century Prussian fort in the heart of Poland's Masurian Lake District, about 250–280 km north-east of Warsaw. Built to guard a narrow strip of land between two lakes, it still h…
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Giżycko
Five minutes' walk from Giżycko station is the town's largest yacht and passenger harbour. Ekomarina sits on the northern shore of Lake Niegocin, which covers more than 2,600 ha and is almost 40 metres deep, and has berths for 238 vessels.…
Lakes
Giżycko
Niegocin is the lake on which Giżycko stands: from the town beach and concrete pier to the marinas at Wilkasy, more than 26 km² of water stretch out, crossed by the main sailing route of the Great Masurian Lakes. From here boats head north…
Technical monuments
Giżycko
The swing bridge in Giżycko (say "gee-ZHITS-ko") is a working piece of 19th-century engineering in the center of this lakeside town in north-eastern Poland. Built in 1898 over the Łuczański Canal, its roughly 100-ton steel span still turns…
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Giżycko
Boat trips with Żegluga Mazurska (roughly "zheh-GLOO-gah mah-ZOOR-skah") are the easiest way to see Poland's Great Masurian Lakes from the water without hiring a boat yourself. The company's white passenger ships sail from Giżycko, Mikołaj…
Nature
Giżycko
In the heart of the Borecka Forest, between Giżycko and Olecko, lies the Borki reserve – the central and best-preserved part of one of the most valuable forests of the Masurian Lake District. It is a realm of oak–hornbeam–lime woodland and…
Technical monuments
Giżycko
For 96 years this brick tower at ul. Warszawska 37 supplied Giżycko with water; today people drink coffee at the top with a view of Lake Niegocin and Boyen Fortress. The Gothic Revival structure of 1900 is regarded as the tallest building…
Castles
Giżycko
By the canal linking lakes Niegocin and Kisajno stands a small brick house with Renaissance gables – all that remains of the Teutonic Knights' castle in Giżycko. Over six centuries it served as the seat of the Order's procurators, a ducal…