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Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
The PoznaĆ Fara (parish church, pronounced FAH-rah), formally the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Stanislaus, is one of the finest Baroque churches in Poland. It stands on GoĆÄbia Street, a two-minute walâŠ
Fortifications
PoznaĆ
Citadel Park (Park Cytadela, "tsi-tah-DEH-lah") in PoznaĆ is the city's largest park â about 100 hectares of green hilltop just north of the center, built on the ruins of Fort Winiary, a huge 19th-century Prussian fortress. It's where locaâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
The Cathedral Lock is a nearly 200-year-old piece of the Prussian PoznaĆ Fortress on the River Cybina, right next to OstrĂłw Tumski, the cathedral island. This former fortified weir, now linked by a glass footbridge to the Gate of PoznaĆ heâŠ
Historic sites
PoznaĆ
The Cemetery of Distinguished Greater Poland Citizens (Cmentarz ZasĆuĆŒonych Wielkopolan) on St. Adalbert's Hill is PoznaĆ's oldest surviving cemetery and one of the most atmospheric corners of the city center. On a leafy slope of ivy, oldâŠ
Fortifications
PoznaĆ
In the 14th century PoznaĆ was one of the most heavily fortified towns in Poland: a brick wall about 1.7 km long and up to 11 metres high, reinforced by around 35 towers spaced every 35â45 metres. Only fragments survive, but they make a goâŠ
Nature
PoznaĆ
The Szklarka Valley is a wooded corner of eastern PoznaĆ right next to the New Zoo, where a stream flows towards the Cybina River and Lake Malta. The valley's best-known feature was the timber treetop walk â but since 31 December 2025 theâŠ
Lakes
PoznaĆ
Lake Kierskie (roughly "KYER-skyeh"), usually just called Kiekrz ("kyeksh") by locals, is the largest body of water in PoznaĆ and one of the biggest lakes in the Wielkopolska region. This long glacial lake on the city's western edge is PozâŠ
Lakes
PoznaĆ
Lake Malta in PoznaĆ (Jezioro MaltaĆskie, yeh-ZHOH-roh mal-TAHN-skyeh; locals just say "Malta") is a man-made lake on the Cybina River and the city's favorite outdoor playground. A roughly 5.6 km loop path circles the water, and around itâŠ
Lakes
PoznaĆ
Lake RusaĆka (roughly "roo-SOW-kah") is a wooded reservoir on the western edge of central PoznaĆ, about 4 km from the Old Market Square. Locals come here to swim in summer and to walk, run and cycle the lakeshore loop the rest of the year.âŠ
Lakes
PoznaĆ
Lake StrzeszyĆskie, known to locals as Strzeszynek, is a glacial lake on the north-western edge of PoznaĆ, about 10 km from the centre. It is ringed by woodland, has a municipal bathing beach in summer, and can be walked around on forest pâŠ
Nature
PoznaĆ
In late winter the slopes of the former palace park in Radojewo, on the northern edge of PoznaĆ, turn yellow with winter aconites â plants that once escaped here from the palace garden. A few weeks later the woodland floor turns purple andâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
The Franciscan Church in PoznaĆ, officially the Church of St. Anthony of Padua with its Conventual Franciscan friary, stands on FranciszkaĆska Street at the foot of PrzemysĆ Hill, a two-minute walk from the Old Market Square. Behind its moâŠ
Churches & monasteries
PoznaĆ
In Krzesiny, on the south-eastern edge of PoznaĆ, stands a church that looks as if it had been shipped in from northern Norway. The steep roofs, dark weatherboarding and intricate little tower are not Scandinavian, though: the building wasâŠ
Other
PoznaĆ
On the blank wall of a corner house on Rynek ĆrĂłdecki stands a little street that isn't really there: a green cottage with a butcher in the doorway, a trumpeter perched on a red roof and a black cat creeping along the ridge. The three-dimeâŠ
Gardens
PoznaĆ
In western PoznaĆ, in the district that took its name from it â Ogrody, "Gardens" â about 22 hectares of plant collections from around the world spread out. The Adam Mickiewicz University Botanical Garden is both a research institution andâŠ
Old towns & squares
PoznaĆ
OstrĂłw Tumski (say "OSS-troof TOOM-skee"), PoznaĆ's Cathedral Island, is where the story of Poland began. On this island between the Warta and Cybina rivers stood the stronghold of Mieszko I, the first historical ruler of Poland; here theâŠ
Gardens
PoznaĆ
In the SoĆacz district, between Wielkopolska Avenue and the Bogdanka valley, lies a park best known for its avenue of silver maples. Adam Wodziczko Park covers more than 7 hectares and has over 2,000 trees of 54 species, and its patron wasâŠ
Landscape parks
PoznaĆ
Every day at noon a narrow-gauge steam locomotive in Rataje Park puffs out clouds of smoke and sounds its whistle â though it never leaves. It is the party piece of the Ćroda County Railway open-air museum, set in the heart of PoznaĆ's secâŠ
Landscape parks
PoznaĆ
In the 1950s a parachute tower more than 30 m high loomed over the SoĆacz ponds â and until 1956 the park was even named after Stalin. It is hard to picture today: SoĆacz Park is a calm, English-style landscape park in the Bogdanka valley,âŠ
Nature
PoznaĆ
Where clay was dug for almost a century to make bricks for a growing PoznaĆ, reeds now reflect in still water and terns circle above the ponds. Szachty â or simply Glinianki, "the clay pits" â are around 40 ponds in the Junikowo Stream valâŠ
Landscape parks
PoznaĆ
A park in PoznaĆ's Ćazarz district once had a statue of a US president sculpted by Gutzon Borglum â the same artist who carved the presidents' faces into Mount Rushmore. The Germans destroyed the statue, but Wilson Park still tells an inteâŠ
Monuments & mounds
PoznaĆ
The PoznaĆ June 1956 Monument, known locally as the PoznaĆ Crosses (PoznaĆskie KrzyĆŒe), stands on Adam Mickiewicz Square in the city's Imperial District, next to the Imperial Castle. Two joined steel crosses, 19.5 m and 21 m tall and boundâŠ
Landmarks
PoznaĆ
PoznaĆ Town Hall (Ratusz, say "RAH-toosh") on the Old Market Square is one of the finest Renaissance town halls in Central Europe and the symbol of the city. Every day at noon two mechanical billy goats pop out above the clock and butt heaâŠ
Nature
PoznaĆ
Between the housing blocks of PiÄ tkowo and the new estates of Naramowice lies the small PiÄ tkowo Wood, and inside it one of the smallest nature reserves in PoznaĆ. Ć»urawiniec covers just 1.67 ha and protects a peat bog in a glacial trough.âŠ