LOCATION Kashubia, located in the western part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the drainage area of the Łeba and Radunia Rivers, are the stronghold of traditional religiousness of one of the indigenous groups of Pomerania inhabitants. Wejherowo with a baroque Calvary and Sianowo with St Mary’s Sanctuary are the spiritual capitals of the region. Lębork […]
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LOCATION In the Middle Ages the Lower Vistula River used to separate already Christian Pomerania from the land of Pagan Prussia. The political intention to convert them into Christianity resulted in the establishment of the State of the Teutonic Order in this place in the 13th century. The Teutonic Knights implemented their Christianising mission on […]
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LOCATION The area adjacent to the Vistula Lagoon from the south is a part of Holy Warmia, a land which used to belong to the bishops of Warmia, and is nowadays referred to as Lower Powiśle, the territories managed from Elbląg which competed with Gdansk in time of the Republic of Poland. The area was […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Kashubian lakes are a part of the Kashubian Lake District – part of the Eastern Lake District, the northernmost of all Pomeranian lake districts. It is a land of vast forests, rolling meadows, scenic villages and ravines strewn with rocks. Picturesque lakes with little islands and peninsulas are countless. The region’s biggest asset besides […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Elbląg Canal, located in northern Poland in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, runs southward from Lake Drużno, connected by the river Elbląg to the Vistula Lagoon, to the river Drwęca and lake Jeziorak. An outstanding trip, photo source: UNIQUE CRUISE It is one of the two sites in the world where ships can sail over grass […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Rising somewhere in Kashubian Lake District peat moor and flowing between moraines and flatlands – Słupia River truly deserves the accolade “unique”. With a length of only 138 kilometres Słupia stands out with its diverse character. In its upper course it almost feels like a mountain river with fast flow, stony bed and rapid […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION It is a 20,000-square-mile (52,000-square-km) area immediately to the south of the Baltic coastal plains and extends 180 miles (290 km) eastward from the lower Vistula River to the borders with Lithuania and Belarus. It lies within the provinces of Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Podlaskie. There are more than 2,000 lakes. photo source: The Masurian Lakeland […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION The park is located in the north-west of Poland, at a place where the Lubuskie, Zachodniopomorskie and Wielkopolskie Voivodeships meet. The entire length of the river amounts to 185,9 km. The geographical location is 53°43′10″N 16°08′57″E. SCENIC CHARACTER Over 80 percent of its area is covered with forests – the great and monumental Drawa Forest […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION Słupsk on the Słupia River is located 18 km from the Baltic Sea and about 50 km from Bytów, 50 km from Darłowo, 50 km from Lębork. Former seat of Pomeranian dukes. The city can be reached by car, train and by bus. 54°27′57″N 17°01′45″E Castle complex in Słupsk, photo source: SCENIC CHARACTER The […]
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LOCATION The capital and the largest city of the province West Pomeranian, located on the Oder and the Dąbie Lake. The city is just a few kilometers from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. Szczecin can be reached by car, public transport by bus or train, as well as by plane (airport – Szczecin Goleniów). The city is […]
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