Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
43 places
gmina Ełk
By the Ełk river, between John Paul II Square and Lake Ełk, stretches the Nicolaus Copernicus Educational Park — and within it, next to a model of the Solar System, stands a bench with the figure of Poland's most famous astronomer. The par…
Goczałkowice-Zdrój
On the market square of Pszczyna, right next to the castle where she lived for years, a bronze Princess Daisy has sat down on a bench. The monument to Mary Theresa Olivia Hochberg von Pless was unveiled in **May 2009**; it is the work of P…
Siedlce
On Piłsudski street in Siedlce, in front of the seat of the Municipal Public Library, Stefan Żeromski has sat down on a bench. The monument was unveiled in **2011**, on the occasion of the reopening of the modernised library; its author is…
gmina Żary
On the market square of Żary, by the fountain and the town hall, sits a Baroque composer with a violin in hand. The bench of **Georg Philipp Telemann** was erected here in **2010**, the year of the celebrations of Żary's **750th anniversar…
Strzelno
Along the road from Kruszwica to Sompolno, not far from the Ślesin market square, stands one of the few triumphal arches in Poland. Locals call it **Napoleon's Gate**: it was erected in **1811** in honour of the Emperor of the French, who…
Żywiec
Above Radziechowy, on the ridge separating the Żywiec Basin from the main range of the Silesian Beskids, rises Matyska hill (609 m above sea level). On its summit, known as the Golgota Beskidów (Calvary of the Beskids), stands the **Millen…
Częstochowa
At Żwirki i Wigury Street in Olsztyn near Częstochowa, arrivals are greeted by a **7-metre wooden Guardian Angel** — a sculpture by local artist Jan Wewiór, today one of the most recognisable signs of this Jura village. ## Why an angel? Th…
Nowy Sącz
On the meadows of Stary Sącz stands an altar that was meant to be temporary — and that is precisely why it survived. It was built for June **1999**, when the town was visited by John Paul II, who on **16 June** presided over the solemn **c…
Sandomierz
On the steep Zamkowa street, at the junction with Żydowska street, between the Sandomierz market square and the castle, stands a monument impossible to pass indifferently: a **ring about a metre in diameter** set with a huge eye of striped…
Żyrowa
Above the stone amphitheatre, on a limestone slope opposite the sanctuary of St. Anne, stands the Monument of the Uprising Act — a work by Xawery Dunikowski, unveiled on 19 June 1955 before crowds filling the amphitheatre walls. It is the…
Wenecja
Nagi książę pędzący konno ze strzałą w plecach — ten nietypowy pomnik przypomina o jednym z najbardziej dramatycznych wydarzeń średniowiecznej Polski.
gmina Łubowo
W głębi Lasów Czerniejewskich, zaledwie kilkadziesiąt metrów od leśnego traktu, stoi biały pomnik zwieńczony krzyżem. Nie prowadzi do niego reprezentacyjna aleja, nie ma tu tłumów ani kasy biletowej. Jest las, cisza i miejsce, w którym **3…
Tarnowskie Góry
Bearded miners with a lamp in hand have been appearing across Tarnowskie Góry since 2013. The gwarek statues were unveiled year after year, and by December 2024 **twelve** of them stood in public spaces, from the market square to distant d…
Zabrze
Several cat figures have taken up residence in the public spaces of Ruda Śląska. The first one arrived in September **2014** on Jan Paweł II square in Nowy Bytom, right by the city hall. Later ones went to Wirek, next to the library, and t…
Łódź
On the square of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity at Ogrodowa Street in Łódź, between Manufaktura and the Izrael Poznański Palace, a 3.5-metre WOŚP Heart has stood since **July 2022**. The polished steel sculpture works like a gian…
Warszawa
In the middle of the Old Town Market Square, in a round basin on a granite pedestal, stands the Mermaid with a sword raised to strike and a shield in her left hand — the symbol of Warsaw that has appeared in the city's coat of arms for ove…
gmina Dubeninki
In the Podlaskie village of Bolcie, in the municipality of Wiżajny — around **7 km** from Żytkiejmy and **40 km** from Gołdap — the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Russia meet. This is one of the most north-easterly corners of the country…
Koniaków
On the edge of Jaworzynka, in the hamlet of Trzycatek near Koniaków and Istebna, the borders of three countries — Poland, Czechia and Slovakia — have met since **1 January 1993**. The tripoint came into being after the split of Czechoslova…
Wrocław
The smallest inhabitants of Wrocław have their own trail, a mobile app and a crowd of fans: dwarf figurines have been appearing in the city since **2001** and today there are nearly **1000** of them. They stand on streets and pavements, cl…