Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Churches & monasteries
Gdańsk
Locals call it the "Crown of Gdańsk". St Mary's Basilica, built in stages over more than 150 years (1346–1502), is the third-largest brick church in the world by volume, and its massive 82-metre tower rises above the rooftops of the Main T…
Landscape parks
Władysławowo
The Coastal Landscape Park (Nadmorski Park Krajobrazowy) protects the most varied stretch of Poland's Baltic coast, north of Gdańsk: the whole Hel Peninsula, the cliffs at Rozewie and Jastrzębia Góra, coastal peat bogs and the shallow Puck…
Hidden gemLandscape parks
gmina Czarna Dąbrówka
In the early 20th century engineers shortened the Słupia: a 13-kilometre canal through Lake Głębokie cuts off a 26-kilometre bend of the river and gives the power station at Gałąźnia Mała a head of 38.5 metres. The Słupia Valley Landscape…
Hidden gemCoast
Rewa
From the beach in Rewa you can walk straight out to sea: a narrow strip of sand runs about one kilometre into the water, with a different bay on each side. The Kashubians call it Szpërk; visitors simply call it the Rewa Spit. Beyond its ti…
Hidden gemOld towns & squares
Gdańsk
Mariacka Street (St Mary's Street) in Gdańsk is the most atmospheric lane in the Main Town: cobbled, car-free and lined with stone terraces, gargoyle drainpipes and amber workshops. It runs about 185 m from St Mary's Basilica down to St Ma…
Other
Władysławowo
The Avenue of Sports Stars in Władysławowo is a promenade almost directly in front of the gate of the Central Sports Centre in Cetniewo, where since 2000 bronze stars bearing the names of athletes, coaches and journalists have been set int…
Churches & monasteries
Gdańsk
Oliwa Cathedral in Gdańsk (Archikatedra Oliwska, pronounced roughly "oh-LEE-vah") is a former Cistercian abbey church, the longest church in Poland and home to a famous Rococo organ whose carved angels and stars actually move as it plays.…
Landmarks
Malbork
Of the entire ring of Malbork's medieval town walls, only two gates survive: St Mary's Gate and the Potters' Gate. Both are Gothic towers from the second half of the 14th century that came through sieges, fires, the French and the fighting…
Coast
Gdynia
The Seaside Boulevard (Bulwar Nadmorski) in Gdynia is a promenade of about 1.5 km (1 mile) along the Bay of Gdańsk, running from the city-center beach to the beach at Redłowo beneath the wooded slopes of Kamienna Góra hill. It is one of th…
Coast
Rewa
In the waters of Puck Bay near Rewa and Osłonino lie the remains of several ships, which divers call the Cmentarzysko Wraków (Shipwreck Graveyard). The best known is the wreck of the "Helena" – a wooden coastal sailing vessel that sank in…
Coast
Hel
The Hel Headland is the sandy tip of the Hel Peninsula (say it like "hell"), the spot where a 35 km sand spit north of Gdańsk finally runs out and the open Baltic meets the Bay of Gdańsk. Since 2013 a stone cairn called the Kashubian Mound…
Technical monuments
Gdańsk
A red-brick building with a 50-metre clock tower is the first thing most people see when they arrive in Gdańsk by train. Gdańsk Główny station, built in 1894–1900, is one of the city's best-known landmarks, and in front of its entrance sta…
Monuments & mounds
Gdańsk
The Hewelion lion figures in Gdańsk are a free city trail of small bronze lions hidden around the Baltic port city, from the historic Main Town to the beach, the zoo and even the airport. Each lion wears a different costume – sailor, pilot…
Landmarks
Gdańsk
The Neptune Fountain (Fontanna Neptuna) in Gdańsk is the city's best-known landmark: a bronze statue of the Roman sea god, trident raised, standing on Long Market (Długi Targ) in front of the Artus Court since the 1630s. It sums up the sto…
Viewpoints
Pelplin
On a hill just outside Pelplin stands a 33-metre steel cross, clad in shiny metal that reflects the landscape of the Kociewie region. The height is no accident – it symbolises the years of Jesus's life. Here, on 6 June 1999, Pope John Paul…
Viewpoints
Tuchomie
On a hill in Piaszno, in the Tuchomie district south-west of Bytów, stands a wooden viewing tower built not by the local authority but by a local farmer. Leman's Hill rises to 220 m above sea level and the tower is 20 m tall – from the pla…
Coast
Jastarnia
Góra Libek – officially Lubek – is a wooded dune between Kuźnica and Jastarnia on the Hel Peninsula. It rises a mere 12.5 m above sea level, yet it is the highest point on this stretch of the peninsula. Its name preserves the story of a sh…
Other
Gdańsk
St. Dominic's Fair in Gdańsk (Jarmark św. Dominika) is Poland's largest open-air trade and cultural festival: every summer, for more than three weeks, the streets of Gdańsk's historic Main Town fill with stalls, stages and food stands. Wit…
Lakes
Przywidz
People from Gdańsk were already coming to Lake Przywidzkie Wielkie for their holidays a century ago. In the days of the Free City of Danzig, the village of Przywidz – then called Mariensee – was promoted as a "Luftkurort", a fresh-air reso…
Viewpoints
Gdynia
Kamienna Góra ("ka-MYEN-na GOO-ra," Stone Hill) is a wooded hill right above central Gdynia and the seaside boulevard, with the city's most popular viewpoint. From the terrace beneath a tall cross you look out over the port, the marina, th…
Historic sites
Brusy
In a pine forest near the Kashubian village of Leśno, stone circles rise out of the ground, and on one burial mound stands a boulder whose outline suggests a human figure. This is a cemetery used by several cultures for more than a thousan…
Historic sites
Sulęczyno
In a pine forest by Lake Długie, about 1.5 km south of the village of Węsiory in Kashubia, lies a burial ground with stone circles, barrows and standing stones almost two thousand years old. It was founded in the 70s–80s AD, and archaeolog…
Landscape parks
Reskowo
Kashubian Landscape Park (Kaszubski Park Krajobrazowy, roughly "kah-SHOOB-skee PAHRK krah-yo-brah-ZOH-vee") is the heart of the Kashubian Lake District in northern Poland: 34 lakes larger than 10 hectares, including Lake Raduńskie Górne an…
Nature
Gdynia
The Orłowo Cliff (Klif Orłowski, roughly "kleef or-WOV-skee") in Gdynia is one of the most striking natural sights on Poland's Baltic coast: a steep, crumbling wall of glacial clay that drops straight into the Bay of Gdańsk. It sits on the…