LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The Sopot Pier – the pier in the city of Sopot, built as a pleasure pier and as a mooring point for cruise boats, first opened in 1827, regarded as the longest wooden pier in Europe. The wooden pier is 511,5 m, stretching into the sea from the middle of Sopot […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The history of the Seaside Promenade began in the 1920s when work began, and continued into the 1930s when the promenade took on its current form. Today the promenade is around 1500 metres long and runs from the city beach up to Redłowo. The local government decided to make the promenade […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS Czersk’s main tourist attraction is its medieval castle, which is situated about one km from River Vistula. The castle was originally built in the 13th century but its present structure dates back to the 14th – 16th centuries. The castle ruins include three towers and their connecting walls. From the […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The former seat of the Warmia bishops and the capital of the region, Lidzbark Warmiński’s pride is the bishops’ castle. One part of it called przedzamcze contains a baroque palace. Through the bridge over the moat visitors enter the Gothic, well-preserved castle from the 14th century. Its chapel has sumptuous […]
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LOCATION One of the most beautiful lighthouses of the Baltic Sea (geographical position 54°24’28”N, 18°39’50”E) this 90-feet-tall structure built in 1893 is the twin of the Cleveland, Ohio, Main Lighthouse (today no longer standing). photo source: ATTRACTIONS Situated at the entrance of the harbour of Gdańsk, the Nowy Port Lighthouse combined three distinct functions: that […]
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LOCATION Visiting Bory Tucholskie National Park (2:00 h) Pakotulsko – Sąpolno – 24 km (5-6 h) Return to rural tourism homestead photo source: ATTRACTIONS Visiting Slowinski National Park: 1. Moving dunes, nature paths, museum rocket launcher, the possibility of cycling, melex, tourist train, boat trip on the Łebsko lake, etc. 2. Guided […]
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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 […]
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 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 […]
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