Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Viewpoints
Malbork
Even at the design stage, Malbork's 1905 water tower was meant to echo the medieval architecture of the Teutonic Knights' town. This Gothic Revival brick tower on Słowiański Square is about 30 m tall. Since its restoration it has been a fr…
Museums
Sopot
Please note (as of October 2026): the Sopot Museum in Claaszen Villa is being renovated. Work is due to finish at the end of 2026, and until then the collections are not on display – events and outdoor exhibitions take place elsewhere in t…
Castles
Słupsk
The pale building with a slender tower above the Słupia river is the last residence of the Griffin dynasty that you can visit today as a museum. The castle was built in 1507 under Duke Bogislaw X, and a few steps away, in the White Granary…
Castles
Człuchów
Looking at the red tower above the lake, it is hard to guess that Człuchów once had the second-largest castle of the Teutonic Order – only Malbork was bigger. Of the fortress where Konrad von Wallenrode and other knights resided, the main…
Castles
Malbork
Malbork Castle (pronounced roughly "MAHL-bork") in northern Poland is the largest castle in the world by land area and the former capital of the Teutonic Knights, a crusading order that ruled much of the Baltic coast in the Middle Ages. It…
Landmarks
Gdańsk
People walking inside wooden wheels about 6 metres across once lifted cargo 27 metres into the air here – the Crane on the Motława was a medieval harbour crane and a city gate at the same time. The National Maritime Museum calls it the lar…