Kraków
Nobody knows the exact origins of the 16m-high mound that towers over Podgórze. According to legend, it was the burial site of the city's founder, Krakus…
Must-see attractions in Poland
Poznań
Located off the southeastern corner of the Rynek, inside the 16th-century Górka Palace. Before going in, stop and have a look at the fine Renaissance…
Łódź
This industrial museum within the Manufaktura complex shows Łódź factories at their productive best, when they made goods to be sold rather than served as…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
Set on the southwestern shore of Lake Łebsko, the tiny isolated hamlet of Kluki was the last holdout of Slovincian culture, now showcased in the centrally…
Carpathian Mountains
The immense Bernardine Monastery, which contains impressive 16th- and 17th-century paintings in its cloister, serves as the spiritual centre of Kalwaria…
Kraków
This mound-based memorial was erected in honour of Marshal Józef Piłsudski after his death in 1935; it was formed from soil taken from WWI Polish battle…
Białowieża National Park
Located in the modern visitors centre and hotel, this museum features exhibitions relating to the park's flora and fauna (mostly forest scenes with…
Field Cathedral of the Polish Army
Warsaw
One of Warsaw's most interesting churches is this traditional place of worship for soldiers. There’s no homage to the glory of war here; instead some…
Poznań
East of Ostrów Tumski on the far bank of the river, beyond the Rondo Śródka intersection, you’ll find the western terminus of this tourist railway. It…
ZODIAK Warsaw Pavilion of Architecture
Warsaw
Occupying a revamped 1960s building on which hangs a wonderful retro neon sign, this exhibition and information space promotes aspects of Warsaw's built…
Silesia
Two blocks east of the market square, this museum is housed in a former Jesuit college dating to 1698, with the more recent addition of a glass-and…
Kraków
Nowa Huta's newest attraction opened in 2019 and focuses on the quarter's extensive network of atomic fallout shelters, built up in the 1950s and '60s…
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Warsaw
Specialising in contemporary art, Zachęta organises a variety of temporary exhibitions, which change roughly every three months. A visit to this elegant…
Sopot
At the southern end of the beachfront in a grand old villa, the Sopot Museum showcases 19th-century furniture and fittings, including some enormous,…
Warsaw
The central campus of Warsaw University was founded in 1816, although its oldest building, the Kazimierz Palace, dates from 1634. With its leafy avenues…
Warsaw
The only synagogue in Warsaw to survive WWII was built between 1898 and 1902 in neo-Romanesque style. Its handsomely restored interior features grand…
Carpathian Mountains
Przemyśl's impressive modern museum presents well-curated permanent exhibitions on the city's prehistoric and medieval times, its Jewish history and the…
The Kraków−Częstochowa Upland
A small landmark near the Stary Rynek marks the deportation zone, the Umschlagplatz, from where tens of thousands of Jews were transported to their deaths…
Silesia
A five-minute walk east of Pszczyna's central square is this small but interesting open-air museum, with half a dozen historical timber structures dating…
Wrocław
Housed alongside the Military Museum in Wrocław's squat 15th-century Arsenal, the Archaeological Museum concentrates on human material culture in Silesia…
Kraków
This oft-overlooked museum, housed in an old granary, holds the National Museum's most important collection of European paintings. Around 100 works are on…
Małopolska
Housed in a grand 18th-century collegiate building on the Rynek, this museum displays a collection of art by local painters, including its namesake Jacek…
Warsaw
Pilates lessons (11am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday), telescopes to observes the night skies and a free outdoor summer cinema (9pm Friday) are among the…
Kraków
You can learn about the Małopolska region's history from the Palaeolithic period up until the early Middle Ages here, but you’ll be most enthralled by the…
Warsaw
It's impossible to miss the five onion-shaped domes of Warsaw's main Polish Orthodox cathedral. Built in 1869 to serve the growing number of Russians…
Mazovia & Podlasie
The Muslim cemetery is located in a patch of thick woodland 100m east of the mosque. The recent gravestones are Christian in style, showing the extent of…
Museum of the History of the City of Przemyśl
Carpathian Mountains
Rynek 9, a dignified early 16th-century tenement house on Przemyśl's market square, is the venue for this intriguing and well-curated museum of the city's…
Zakopane
This is the main branch of the Tatra Museum, which occupies various branches around Zakopane. Featuring old-fashioned exhibits exploring the natural…
Poznań
Stark modern monument 500m north of the Old Town, dedicated to the local armed force that resisted the German invasion of 1939 for almost two weeks. It’s…
Małopolska
Kielce's cathedral looks nothing like the Romanesque church first erected here in 1171; it was rebuilt in the 17th century and dressed in baroque…
Łódź
This gallery in the Manufaktura complex houses the city's impressive collection of experimental and avant-garde works from the 20th and 21st centuries…
Warsaw
This prettily landscaped park includes a good children's playground; Sokolnicki FORT Arts Center (https://fortevent.com), an events space based in a 19th…
Małopolska
About 4km east of the city centre is what remains of the former Jewish cemetery. The Germans destroyed the cemetery and used the grave markers as paving…
Warsaw
Founded in 1818, the Botanic Gardens covers 22.5 hectares in the northwest corner of Łazienki Park and contain a diverse collection of species ranging…
Warsaw
Also known as Miła 18, the memorial mound and obelisk mark what was once a hidden shelter during the time of the Warsaw Ghetto, used by ŻOB, a Jewish…
Carpathian Mountains
Two hundred metres north of Krosno's Rynek is this diverting regional history museum, housed in the 15th-century Bishops’ Palace. Expect interesting…
Gdańsk
The 1618 Golden House, designed by Johan Voigt, has the richest facade in the city. In the friezes between storeys are 12 elaborately carved scenes…
Poznań
The focus of this museum is mainly on the history of the Polish army between WWI and WWII. Here you can find weapons, banners and uniforms, as well as…
The Kraków−Częstochowa Upland
Just outside the park boundaries, Wierzchowska Górna Cave is in the village of Wierzchowie, 5km southwest of Ojców. At 950m long, Wierzchowska is the…
St Michael & St Florian Cathedral
Warsaw
Completed in 1904 to the design of Józef Dziekoński, this neo-Gothic-style cathedral has twin 75m spires that were deliberately built taller than the…
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