Things to do in Pomerania
152 attractions in Pomerania, including European Solidarity Centre, Słowiński National Park and St Mary's Church in Gdańsk.
All attractions (152)
Museums
European Solidarity Centre
Gdańsk
The European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk (Europejskie Centrum Solidarności, ECS; sometimes spelled European Solidarity Center) is a museum and cultural centre dedicated to Solidarity – the trade union born in the Gdańsk Shipyard in 1980 th…
120–180 min
National parks
Słowiński National Park
Smołdzino
Słowiński National Park (say "swo-VEEN-skee") on Poland's Baltic coast is famous for something you would not expect this far north: a field of moving sand dunes that drifts across the forest between the sea and two huge coastal lakes. It l…
180–300 min
Churches & monasteries
St Mary's Church in Gdańsk
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…
45–60 min Free entry
Lakes
Lake Łebsko
Łeba
Lake Łebsko ("WEP-sko") is the largest lake in Pomerania and the third largest in Poland, a shallow, wind-whipped expanse of water just behind the famous moving dunes of Słowiński National Park, between the resort of Łeba and the village o…
120–300 min
Hidden gemCastles
Bytów Castle
Bytów
Bytów was one of the last castles built by the Teutonic Knights — and one of the first in this part of Europe designed from the outset for firearms. Its three round towers with gun loops, completed by 1399, are regarded as the earliest kno…
Hidden gemTechnical monuments
Hel Lighthouse
Hel
Hel Lighthouse is a slim, octagonal red-brick tower standing in the pine forest at the very end of the Hel Peninsula (say it like "hell"), a 35 km sand spit on Poland's Baltic coast north of Gdańsk. At 41.5 m, it still guides ships into Gd…
Hidden gemLandmarks
Forest Opera in Sopot
Sopot
In the Oliwa Forest, on the edge of Sopot, lies one of the largest open-air amphitheatres in Europe. The Forest Opera in Sopot has more than 5,000 seats, excellent acoustics and over a century of history: before the war it was called the "…
Hidden gemCastles
Gniew Castle
Gniew
The brick quadrangle above the point where the Wierzyca flows into the Vistula is one of the mightiest castles the Teutonic Knights built on the river's left bank. Gniew Castle was built from 1290 over about 40 years, and in the 17th centu…
Hidden gemTechnical monuments
Czołpino Lighthouse
Smołdzino
Czołpino Lighthouse (say "chow-PEE-no") is a red-brick tower from 1875 standing on a forested dune inside Słowiński National Park, on Poland's central Baltic coast. Unlike most Polish lighthouses it is far from any town – you reach it by a…
Hidden gemCoast
Pier in Sopot
Sopot
Sopot Pier (Molo w Sopocie; say "SOH-pot") is the signature landmark of Poland's Baltic coast. The wooden promenade is 511.5 meters long, with 458 meters stretching out over the Gulf of Gdańsk, and its story began in 1827. Walking to the e…
Hidden gemCastles
Kwidzyn Castle
Kwidzyn
Kwidzyn Castle (say "KVEE-dzin") is a 14th-century Gothic stronghold of the Pomesanian cathedral chapter in northern Poland, built by the same brick-Gothic tradition as the Teutonic Knights' famous Malbork Castle. Together with the adjoini…
Hidden gemLandscape parks
Coastal Landscape Park
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…
Free entry
Hidden gemLandscape parks
Słupia Valley Landscape Park
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…
Free entry
Hidden gemLandmarks
Ołowianka
Gdańsk
Ołowianka Island (pronounced roughly "oh-woh-VYAN-kah") is a small island on the Motława River in the center of Gdańsk, directly across from the medieval Crane and the Long Embankment. In a compact area it packs the rebuilt granaries of th…
Hidden gemCoast
Rewa Spit (Cypel Rewski)
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…
Free entry
Hidden gemMuseums
Kościerzyna Railway Museum
Kościerzyna
In a locomotive shed from 1929 and on the tracks around it stands the largest collection of rail vehicles in northern Poland – about 45 items of rolling stock, from a 1915 steam engine to the prototype of a Polish diesel locomotive. The Ko…
Hidden gemOld towns & squares
St. Mary's Street
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…
Free entry
Hidden gemMountains & peaks
Złota Góra Viewpoint in Brodnica Górna
gmina Kartuzy
From the terrace on Złota Góra ("Golden Hill") you can see two Kashubian lakes at once – Wielkie Brodno and Ostrzyckie – and on a clear day also the Szymbark Hills with Wieżyca, the highest point in Pomerania. Every year around the turn of…
Zoos
Seal Sanctuary in Hel
Hel
The Hel Seal Sanctuary (Fokarium, roughly "foh-KAH-ryoom") is a small seal center at the tip of the Hel Peninsula on Poland's Baltic coast, run by the University of Gdańsk Marine Station. Here you can watch Baltic grey seals up close and l…
Churches & monasteries
Collegiate Church of the Assumption in Kartuzy
Kartuzy
Above the main entrance of Kartuzy's collegiate church an angel with a scythe swings back and forth: it is the pendulum of a clock built into the organ gallery, and the whole church is covered by a roof shaped like a coffin lid. Both carry…
Museums
Fisheries Museum
Hel
The Fisheries Museum in Hel is a branch of Poland's National Maritime Museum, set in the oldest building in town: a Gothic brick church from the 15th century right by the harbor on the Hel Peninsula, north of Gdańsk. Inside are traditional…
Other
Avenue of Sports Stars in Władysławowo
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…
20–30 min Free entry
Thermal baths & water parks
Aquapark Sopot
Sopot
The water in Sopot's aquapark does not come from the mains. Since 10 September 2016 it has been drawn from the park's own 116.4 m deep well, tapping an Oligocene aquifer, and in the pools it is around 32°C. Aquapark Sopot in the Kamienny P…
Churches & monasteries
Oliwa Cathedral and Oliwa Park
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.…
Free entry