Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Viewpoints
Boguszów-Gorce
Dzikowiec Wielki (836 m) in the Stone Mountains (Góry Kamienne) now has two observation towers, and the difference between them shows how viewpoints have changed. The older wooden one from 2014 resembles a hunter's high seat. The new one,…
Viewpoints
Wałbrzych
For years Borowa was a summit with no view – and an underrated one too: the neighbouring Chełmiec was included in the Crown of Polish Mountains because, when it was measured, the instruments had been placed on a tower. Only a correction sh…
Viewpoints
Jugów
Kalenica (964 m) is the third-highest peak of the Owl Mountains (Góry Sowie), after Wielka Sowa (1,015 m) and Mała Sowa (972 m). Its summit is forested, so the views come only from a steel observation tower from the 1930s, one of the symbo…
Viewpoints
Szczawno-Zdrój
Spa guests in Szczawno-Zdrój were already climbing Gediminas Hill for the view in 1823, when the resort doctor August Zemplin had a wooden pavilion built on the summit. The old tower collapsed at the end of the 20th century, and in 2022 a…
Nature
Złotoryja
About 15.5 million years ago a volcano was active on the edge of today's Złotoryja. The cone is long gone, but its vent remains, and quarry walls have sliced through it like a knife. As a result, Wilcza Góra, also called Wilkołak, offers a…
Monuments & mounds
Wrocław
Wrocław is home to about 1,040 bronze dwarfs: by cash machines, on window sills, under street lamps and at office doors. The thousandth figure was unveiled in September 2025 – and this whole little population has a surprisingly serious ori…
Landmarks
Wrocław
Piasek Island in Wrocław (say "PYAH-sek," meaning "sand") is a small island in the Oder River between the Old Town and Cathedral Island, and it lies on the city's most scenic walking route. It's dominated by the Gothic Church of the Virgin…
Other
Wrocław
Słodowa Island is a small, green island in the Oder right next to the Old Town, where students sit on the grass on warm evenings and the riverside offers a view of the Baroque main building of the University of Wrocław. It looks like a pla…
Viewpoints
Szklarska Poręba
On regional road 358 between Szklarska Poręba and Świeradów-Zdrój, the road at 775 m above sea level doubles back almost 180 degrees over about 440 m. Death Bend has an ominous name, but today people come here mainly for the view: from bel…
Lakes
gmina Stronie Śląskie
At around 525 m above sea level, in the Morawka valley between the Śnieżnik Massif and the Bialskie Mountains, lies one of the highest artificial reservoirs in Poland. The Stara Morawa reservoir covers only 5.5 ha, but in summer it has a l…
Technical monuments
Karpacz
The Łomnica tumbles down from Śnieżka so steeply that in its upper course it drops an average of 72 metres for every kilometre – and in heavy rain it turns into a destructive torrent full of boulders and trees. The granite dam in Karpacz,…
Technical monuments
Międzygórze
For most of the year there is no lake behind this dam, just a meadow and a stream. The stone wall in the lower part of Międzygórze closes a dry flood-control reservoir that fills only during major floods. When it does, it is quite a sight…