The "Other" category holds 111 places that do not fit any of the main groups: walks of fame, boulevards and promenades, unusual gates, castle parks, fairs and festivals. What they share is that they are usually free and take a quarter to half an hour – a good addition to a city walk.
Philadelphia Boulevard in Toruń is a two-kilometre promenade along the Vistula beside the Old Town walls, rebuilt in 2022–2024. In Międzyzdroje the Avenue of Stars has more than 200 bronze handprints of actors and artists, and in Władysławowo the Alley of Sports Stars has more than 160 stars of athletes, from Irena Szewińska to Jerzy Kukuczka. The Castle Park in Żywiec covers 26 hectares, with an 18th-century Chinese House on an island and a 400-year-old oak. By Lake Lednica stands the Fish Gate – a 36-metre steel gate in the shape of a fish, linked to the Lednica 2000 gatherings. In Katowice you can take a free walk from the modernist Superjednostka and the "Corncobs" to the glass towers.
Most places like these are in the Silesian region (more than 30) and Lesser Poland (more than 20), followed by Lower Silesia. Kraków and Katowice lead among cities.
In practice: most of these places are open around the clock and need no ticket. Fairs and festivals only take place on set dates – check them on the attraction page before you go. The seaside walks of fame are most pleasant outside the peak season, when the promenades are less crowded.
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Toruń
Philadelphia Boulevard (Bulwar Filadelfijski) is roughly 2 km of Vistula riverfront at the foot of Toruń's Old Town: Gothic walls, gates and granaries on one side, the broad river on the other. This is the best place to take in the panoram…
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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…
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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…
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Żywiec
Żywiec's Castle Park covers 26 hectares of historic greenery around the Old Castle and the Habsburg palace, a few minutes' walk from the Market Square. More than 5,000 old trees grow here, and by the canal stands the 18th-century Chinese H…
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Imiołki
A steel fish 36 m long and 9 m wide stands on a grassy hill above Lake Lednica. This is the Gate of the Third Millennium, built in 1997 on the initiative of the Dominican Father Jan Góra – and walking beneath it is the climax of every Ledn…
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Katowice
At the western end of Mickiewicza Street stand two silver-and-gold office towers that in 1981 were the tallest buildings in Poland outside Warsaw. The Stalexport Towers were designed by an architect from Belgrade and built by a Swedish fir…
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Kraków
Céline Dion, the Scorpions, Krzysztof Krawczyk and the TV detective Lieutenant Borewicz all share the same stretch of riverside path below Wawel Hill. Kraków's Avenue of Stars (Aleja Gwiazd) is a row of brass stars set into the paving of t…
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Żywiec
Żywiec's Castle Park covers 26 hectares of historic greenery around the Old Castle and the Habsburg palace, a few minutes' walk from the Market Square. More than 5,000 old trees grow here, and by the canal stands the 18th-century Chinese H…
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Kraków
Just a few steps from the bustle of the Main Market Square lies St Mary's Square – an intimate square around St Mary's Basilica where, until the early 19th century, the dead were buried. Pale paving now marks the area of the old cemetery,…
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Smerek
Smerek is the westernmost summit of the Połonina Wetlińska ridge and one of the most recognisable peaks in the Bieszczady Mountains: a grassy dome 1,222 m high (some maps give 1,223 m) rising above the villages of Smerek and Wetlina. Its o…
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gmina Żary
Construction of this tower began on 1 April 1914, the 99th anniversary of Otto von Bismarck's birth, and it was never finished. The Bismarck Tower in Żary (German Bismarckturm Sorau; Żary was the German town of Sorau until 1945) stands in…
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Katowice
At the western end of Mickiewicza Street stand two silver-and-gold office towers that in 1981 were the tallest buildings in Poland outside Warsaw. The Stalexport Towers were designed by an architect from Belgrade and built by a Swedish fir…
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Białystok
Right next to Kościuszko Market Square, a stretch of pavement in Białystok turns into a guide to the history of Polish blues. The slabs of Blues Alley (Aleja Bluesa) carry the names of people who played, recorded and championed the genre –…
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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…
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Busko-Zdrój
On the promenade of the Spa Park in Busko-Zdrój, between the main façade of the old Bathhouse (today the Marconi Sanatorium) and the fountain, a row of commemorative slabs is set into the paving. Each carries a bronze "Little Sun" bearing…
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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…
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Imiołki
A steel fish 36 m long and 9 m wide stands on a grassy hill above Lake Lednica. This is the Gate of the Third Millennium, built in 1997 on the initiative of the Dominican Father Jan Góra – and walking beneath it is the climax of every Ledn…
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Stary Sącz
Next to the wall of the Poor Clares' convent in Stary Sącz stands a carved wooden gateway you would hardly expect in a small town in southern Poland. It is a Székely gate – the traditional gate of the Székelys (Szeklers), a Hungarian-speak…
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Toruń
Philadelphia Boulevard (Bulwar Filadelfijski) is roughly 2 km of Vistula riverfront at the foot of Toruń's Old Town: Gothic walls, gates and granaries on one side, the broad river on the other. This is the best place to take in the panoram…
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Elbląg
From the riverside quay below Elbląg's Old Town you can sail in two directions: south onto the Elbląg Canal, where boats overcome almost 100 m of height difference by riding on rail carriages over dry land, or north across the Vistula Lago…
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Bydgoszcz
The Brda River Boulevards (Bulwary nad Brdą) in Bydgoszcz are a riverside promenade of about 5 km (3 miles) running through the heart of the city. Along the way you pass half-timbered granaries, Mill Island, the Opera Nova and the famous s…
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Kraków
The Vistula Boulevards (Bulwary Wiślane, roughly "bool-VAH-ri veesh-LAH-neh") are Kraków's historic riverside embankments, now the city's favorite place to stroll, cycle and picnic with Wawel Castle as the backdrop. They line both banks of…
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Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz looks its best from the Brda river, and the easiest way to see it from there is aboard Słonecznik, the electric boat of the Bydgoszcz Water Tram. Cruises leave from Rybi Rynek (Fish Market Square) in the Old Town and take about a…
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Pleśna
The Local Produce Centre in Rzuchowa was built on the site of an old carriage house beside the manor barn, at the heart of one of the most extensive surviving manor-and-park estates in the Małopolska region. It is run by farmers from the G…
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Lublin
The Centre for the Meeting of Cultures (Centrum Spotkania Kultur, CSK) is Lublin's largest arts venue and one of the most striking modern buildings in eastern Poland. Visitors come mainly for its free rooftop viewing terraces, a green roof…
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Jerzmanowice
Chochołowy Dwór is a hotel and restaurant in Jerzmanowice, on national road 94 between Kraków and Olkusz, about 15 km from Kraków. The building and its interiors are styled on the manor houses of the local gentry. Ojców National Park and t…
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Białowieża
The Białowieski Express looks like a little train, but it runs on tarmac: a road-going locomotive pulling a covered carriage that takes up to 30 people on a tour of Białowieża village and the edge of the primeval forest. The highlight is t…
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Szczyrk
The Żylica Riverside Promenade (Deptak nad Żylicą) is a walking and cycling path that follows the mountain river through the centre of Szczyrk – from the Town Hall at ul. Beskidzka 4, past St James's Square and the amphitheatre, to the Ska…
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Krynica-Zdrój
The Krynica-Zdrój promenade (KRIH-nee-tsah ZDROOY) is the elegant main walk of one of Poland's most famous mountain spa towns. It combines the pedestrian Leona Nowotarskiego Avenue with the Dietl Boulevards running along the Kryniczanka st…
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Ruda Sułowska
The Carp Days in the Barycz Valley (Dni Karpia w Dolinie Baryczy, say: DNEE KAR-pya) are an autumn food and nature festival in western Poland, built around one of Europe's largest complexes of fish ponds. Rather than a single event, it is…
Usually not – the walks of fame, boulevards, the Fish Gate and the Szekler Gate in Stary Sącz are all open without a ticket. Individual events and side attractions may charge.
Usually 15 to 30 minutes. They work well as part of a longer city walk or as a stop on a road trip.
In the Silesian region (more than 30) and Lesser Poland (more than 20). Kraków and Katowice have the most of any city.
Updated: · Opening hours and prices can change — check the attraction page before you go.