Things to do in West Pomerania
99 attractions in West Pomerania, including Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las), Wolin National Park and Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin.
All attractions (99)
Nature
Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las)
gmina Gryfino
More than fifty pine trees turn sharply sideways just above the ground, run almost horizontally for a while and then shoot straight up again. The Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las) near Gryfino was planted in the 1930s, and nobody knows for sure…
30–60 min Free entry
National parks
Wolin National Park
miedzyzdroje
Wolin National Park (Woliński Park Narodowy; "voh-LEEN-skee") protects the central-western part of Wolin Island on Poland's Baltic coast: towering sea cliffs, beech forests on glacial hills, quiet lakes and the reed-filled delta of the Świ…
180–360 min
Castles
Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin
Szczecin
For centuries the Griffin dynasty, the dukes of Pomerania, held court on this hill above the Oder; later Swedish governors ruled from here, and the future Empress Catherine the Great grew up within its walls. The Castle of the Pomeranian D…
Hidden gemChurches & monasteries
Church Ruins in Trzęsacz
Trzęsacz
When the brick Church of St Nicholas was built in Trzęsacz around 1400, it stood in the middle of the village, about 1.8–2 km from the sea. Over the following centuries the Baltic undercut the cliff and took the land metre by metre. Today…
Hidden gemTechnical monuments
Kołobrzeg Lighthouse
Kołobrzeg
Kołobrzeg Lighthouse (roughly "ko-WOB-zheg") is a 26-meter red-brick tower built on top of an 18th-century fort right at the harbor entrance of this Baltic spa town. It is one of the easiest things to do in Kołobrzeg: you walk straight off…
Hidden gemMuseums
Museum of Polish Arms
Kołobrzeg
The Museum of Polish Arms in Kołobrzeg (pronounced roughly “koh-WOB-zhek”) is one of Poland's leading military history museums and one of the top things to do in this Baltic spa town. Its main branch in the town center combines a chronolog…
Hidden gemChurches & monasteries
St Mary's Collegiate Church in Stargard
Stargard
Locals often call it the cathedral, although it has always been a parish church. The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Queen of the World, in Stargard is one of the most important Gothic churches on the Baltic: it is 77.5 m long, its nave is m…
Hidden gemLakes
Kamień Lagoon
Kamień Pomorski
From the waterfront in Kamień Pomorski you look out over flat water, reed beds and a green island – and in the shallows off that island lies a granite giant carried here from Sweden by an ice sheet. Kamień Lagoon (Zalew Kamieński) is a wid…
60–180 min Free entry
Coast
Międzyzdroje Pier
Międzyzdroje
The Międzyzdroje Pier is a reinforced-concrete jetty 395 m long, reaching from the beach on Wolin Island far into the Pomeranian Bay. It is the longest concrete pier in Poland and also a marine landing stage: excursion boats moor at its fa…
Landmarks
Kołobrzeg Town Hall
Kołobrzeg
With its battlements, corner towers and red-brick walls it looks like a small castle, yet it was built from the start as the seat of the town council. Kołobrzeg Town Hall was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the most celebrated archite…
Old towns & squares
Rynek Sienny in Szczecin
Szczecin
Rynek Sienny – the Hay Market (roughly "RIH-nek SHYEN-nih") – is the oldest market square in Szczecin and the heart of its rebuilt Old Town. The square is dominated by the brick Gothic Old Town Hall with its lacy, stepped gable, and surrou…
Free entry
Museums
Centre of Slavs and Vikings in Wolin
Wolin
Every year in early August hundreds of re-enactors from across Europe arrive on a small island in the Dziwna river to spend a few days living like the people of early medieval Wolin. For the rest of the season the Centre of Slavs and Vikin…
Other
Avenue of Stars in Międzyzdroje
Międzyzdroje
The Walk of Fame in Międzyzdroje (say "myen-dzih-ZDRO-yeh"), known in Polish as Aleja Gwiazd, is Poland's answer to Hollywood's famous sidewalk: more than 200 bronze handprints of Polish actors, musicians and directors set into the seaside…
20–30 min Free entry
Amusement parks
Baltic Miniature Park in Międzyzdroje
Międzyzdroje
The Baltic Miniature Park at ul. Nowomyśliwska 98 in Międzyzdroje takes you around the Baltic Sea in 45 minutes. Models of monuments and lighthouses from nine countries are built at a scale of 1:25 and placed according to their real locati…
45–90 min
Fortifications
Kaszana Tower in Trzebiatów
Trzebiatów
One night, as troops from neighbouring Gryfice prepared to storm Trzebiatów, a guard on the tower dropped a bowl of hot porridge straight onto the head of one of the attackers. The scalded man's scream roused the defenders and the town was…
Landmarks
Lontowa Tower in Kołobrzeg
Kołobrzeg
Lontowa Tower on ul. Dubois is the only part of Kołobrzeg's medieval fortifications to survive intact. The Gothic brick tower is almost 18 metres high and stands in the town centre, by the former Prussian Square (today Słowiański Square).…
Churches & monasteries
St. James Cathedral, Szczecin
Szczecin
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Szczecin (pronounced roughly "SHCHEH-cheen") is the city's mother church and one of the great brick Gothic landmarks of the Baltic coast. Its spire rises just over 110 meters (361 ft), making it the s…
Churches & monasteries
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kołobrzeg
Kołobrzeg
The Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Kołobrzeg (say "koh-WOH-bzheg") is the Baltic resort town's greatest monument: a five-aisled Gothic brick church whose massive tower block rises over the old town. Inside are rare medieval tre…
Free entry
Landmarks
Harbour Gate, Szczecin
Szczecin
The Harbour Gate (Brama Portowa) is a Baroque fortress gate that now stands alone in the middle of one of Szczecin's busiest squares. The city's official tourism portal calls it the most impressive Baroque fortress gate in West Pomerania.…
Free entry
Cities & towns
Piastowski Boulevard in Szczecin
Szczecin
Before 1945 it was the main riverside street of the Old Town, where cargo was unloaded from ships. Today Piastowski Boulevard (Bulwar Piastowski), also known as the Sailors' Avenue (Aleja Żeglarzy), is the lower level of Szczecin's Oder wa…
Free entry
Museums
Dialogue Centre Przełomy (Breakthroughs)
Szczecin
The Dialogue Centre Przełomy (roughly "psheh-WOH-mih", meaning "Breakthroughs") is an underground branch of the National Museum in Szczecin, hidden beneath Solidarity Square. It tells the story of postwar Szczecin – from the moment German…
Historic sites
Szczecin Central Cemetery
Szczecin
Szczecin Central Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Poland and the third largest in Europe, after those in Hamburg and Manchester. Its more than 172 hectares (425 acres) form a vast landscaped park with tree-lined avenues, fountains, stre…
Free entry
Nature
Bolesław and Warcisław Oaks near Bagicz
Bagicz
The Bolesław and Warcisław oaks near Bagicz (BAH-geetch) are two of the most famous trees on Poland's Baltic coast – giant pedunculate oaks in the Kołobrzeg Forest, about 15 km (9 miles) southeast of the resort town of Kołobrzeg. Bolesław…
Free entry
Nature
Eastern Ecopark and Solne Bagno Salt Marsh (Kołobrzeg)
Kołobrzeg
The Eastern Ecopark (Ekopark Wschodni) in Kołobrzeg is a protected stretch of coastal peat bogs between the town's spa district and the suburb of Podczele, crossed by one of the prettiest cycle paths on the Polish Baltic coast. At its hear…
Free entry