Tripto Guide
Things to do in Olsztynek
5 places. The best places, landmarks and ideas for exploring the region. Open a place to see all details.
Museums
Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek
Olsztynek
The Museum of Folk Architecture — Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek is a large open-air museum presenting the traditional countryside of Warmia, Masuria, Powiśle and Lithuania Minor. Across 77 hectares, around 80 large and small rural buildin…
Churches & monasteries
Former Evangelical Church in Olsztynek
Olsztynek
By the market square in Olsztynek stands one of the town’s oldest brick-and-stone buildings: a former Evangelical church probably erected around 1350. The single-nave church was built on a rectangular plan measuring about 31 × 11 m. The lo…
Lakes
Lake Pluszne near Olsztynek
Olsztynek
Lake Pluszne, also known as Pluszne Wielkie, lies in the Olsztyn Lake District between Warmia and Masuria, near Olsztynek. The village of Pluski on the eastern shore is the most convenient base for planning time by the water. The large, fo…
Old towns & squares
Market Square in Olsztyn
Olsztynek
The central square of the Old Town is ringed by town houses from the **17th to 19th centuries**, some of them with arcaded loggias and sgraffito decoration. In the middle stands the Old Town Hall, built in **1623–1624**, while the oldest s…
Castles
Teutonic Castle in Olsztynek
Olsztynek
Above the town of Olsztynek stands a 14th-century Teutonic castle, erected in **1350–1366** on the orders of the Ostróda komtur Gunther von Hohenstein. The stronghold survived wars and fires in fairly good shape and today — unusually — hou…