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Piechowice
Two rocky bowls carved by glaciers beneath the main ridge of the Karkonosze, with cliffs, gullies and snow that lingers well into spring — Śnieżne Kotły (the Snowy Cirques) form the most alpine landscape in the Polish Sudetes. On their rim…
Waterfalls
Piechowice
Szklarka Waterfall (SHKLAR-ka) is the second-highest waterfall in the Polish Karkonosze, or Giant Mountains, and one of the easiest to reach. A short, flat path through beech woods leads from a parking lot on national road 3 to a viewing p…
Amusement parks
Piechowice
A three-metre ant, a five-metre caterpillar and a butterfly that died out in the Sudetes in the 19th century — at GIGANTEI in Piechowice, insects have grown to giant size. This family theme park combines the legend of the Mountain Spirit w…
Technical monuments
Piechowice
At the Julia glassworks in Piechowice, crystal is still made by hand: glassmakers blow and shape molten glass at the furnaces, and cutters decorate the finished pieces. Visitors walk through the production hall with a guide and watch the w…
Palaces
Piechowice
This Baroque palace on the Kamienna river was both a residence and a linen bleachery: on the ground floor, cloth belonging to Jelenia Góra merchants was soaked in vats, then spread on the meadows to dry. According to the owners, King Frede…