LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS In 990, the then 1000-year old town Uppåkrais believed to have been moved to Lund’s location. The distance is only some five kilometers, but Lund is located on a hill, and on the other side of a rivulet-ford, giving the new site considerable defence advantages compared to Uppåkra, that is situated […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The southern part of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea is dominated by a vast limestone plateau. Human beings have lived here for some five thousand years and adapted their way of life to the physical constraints of the island. As a consequence, the landscape is unique, with abundant […]
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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 Cathedral Hill in Frombork is one of the highest class monuments. Many times destructed and reconstructed, it retained the basic elements of the Middle Age architectural conception. The exceptional importance of this place is raised by the historical traditions and the person of Nicolaus Copernicus. Many of the gathered monuments […]
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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 Transportation to Poland, Kolobrzeg. photo source: ATTRACTIONS Thewaters of the Parsęta River are the habitats of rare or dying fish species (eg lamprotips, certa), as well as attractive for angling (salmon, brown trout). The Parsęta river is a paradise for ornithologists (over 180 species). You can observe here numerous species of birds, […]
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