63 best — monuments in Pomerania

A 13th-c. Teutonic fortress — the largest castle in the world by area.

A 14th-c. co-cathedral — an 82 m tower with a city-wide viewing terrace.

Gdańsk's showpiece street — from the Upland Gate to the Green Gate.

A 12th-c. Cistercian complex and one of Europe's most famous organs.

1 September 1939, 4:45 a.m. — the peninsula that held off the Wehrmacht for 7 days.

Medieval Europe's largest port crane — still standing over the Motława.

The Wisłoujście Fortress is an unusual structure — the only modern-era maritime fortification in the old Polish Republic, guarding access to the harbour. Atop its tower, which also served as a lighthouse...

Beautifully set on Lake Wielewskie, the village of Wiele is known above all for its calvary. The Wiele Calvary is not as old or as vast as the one in Wejherowo, yet for years it has drawn pilgrims...

The Fojutowo Aqueduct near Czersk (Chojnice county), modelled on Roman structures, makes a great destination for a scenic picnic outing. It is a unique, two-level crossing of the Great Brda Canal (above)...

The Avenue of Sports Stars in Władysławowo — the only one in Poland — was built in front of the 'Cetniewo' Olympic Training Centre. Since 2000 it has commemorated outstanding Polish athletes and coaches...

The Bastions are 17th-century fortifications built from earthen embankments faced with brick walls on a pentagonal plan. Several bastions surrounded by moats survive in Gdańsk. Part of the waters can be toured...

The Witches' Tower has a grim history; it is a symbol of innocent suffering and cruel death. Researchers say 15th–17th-century Pomerania was a region 'especially prone to witchcraft', and for that reason...

The Redłowo Battery. Come and tour the famous 'Crow Guns' — the 11th Coastal Artillery Battery. It was built in the early 1950s to defend the naval port...

Laskowski Battery, Hel — Hel's most famous battery, whose four 152 mm Bofors guns (range up to 20 km) repeatedly won artillery duels against attacking German warships...

The Gutenberg Bible in Pelplin is the only copy of the 'world's most expensive book' held in Poland. Kept at the Diocesan Museum in Pelplin (46 km from Gdańsk), it was printed on paper...

The Jastarnia bunkers — the most modern pre-war Polish combat shelters, built as part of the defences of the Hel Peninsula in the Jastarnia Resistance Centre complex. Some walls of these bunkers...

The creator of the Fahrenheit scale — still used today mainly in Britain and the USA — was born in Gdańsk on 24 May 1686 and ranks among the city's most eminent scholars. His father...

Uphagen's House was the home of a Gdańsk councillor who forbade his heirs to change anything in its décor. Thanks to this, a museum was opened here as long as 100 years ago. Despite the 1945 destruction, it was...

It is worth a trip to the small village of Leśno to see its enchanting historic church. It is the oldest wooden church in Pomerania (from 1650, rebuilt in 1710), founded by Queen Maria Ludwika...

The Sierakowski Manor — one of the oldest houses in Sopot, traditionally host to concerts, various performances and an intimate exhibition gallery. The manor is home to the Friends of Sopot Society...

For over 400 years the village of Mirachowo (Kartuzy commune) was a place of note in Kashubia and the seat of local authorities. Its flourishing period ended in 1818, when...

Artus Court — the name comes from the legend of King Arthur. It was given to gathering places of the knighthood, but in Poland it referred to the burghers. The court was the seat of the most distinguished brotherhoods, where the elite met...

The Struga hydroelectric station in Struga near Soszyca — the oldest hydro plant on the Słupia river and the oldest in Europe. Many of its devices (e.g. a turbine) have worked since it was built in 1896...

The Falowiec in Gdańsk — still Poland's longest residential building — stands in the city's Przymorze district, on Obrońców Wybrzeża Street. Eight 'wave blocks' were built in all, of which the record-holder...

Neptune's Fountain — Gdańsk's best-known symbol — is almost 400 years old. It was created at the request of the then mayor Bartłomiej Schachmann, who, captivated by Italian monuments, decided to create...

The training frigate 'Dar Pomorza' — built in 1909 in Hamburg (so it is over 100 years old!) — was bought in 1929 by the people of Pomerania for the Maritime School in Gdynia. For over half a century she served...

Owidz Stronghold — a reconstruction of a medieval settlement near Starogard Gdański. We warmly invite you to Kociewie, near Starogard Gdański. It was here, in the small village of Owidz, that a reconstruction arose...

The Sopot Stronghold is an appealing Archaeological Open-Air Museum, known in Poland and abroad through festivals and educational events promoting the history and cultural heritage of this place...

Juszki — a tiny, intimate village, captivating with its old cottages from the 19th and early 20th centuries, charming and full of atmosphere. And with fascinating details in its history: in 1217 Duke Mściwój I granted...

The Wejherowo Calvary — the fourth-oldest calvary in Poland, also called the Kashubian Jerusalem — built on three neighbouring hills and the valleys nearby, consists of 26 Baroque chapels...

The Royal Chapel — a monument unusual for Gdańsk, as it was built and has been kept to this day in a single style: Baroque. The chapel arose thanks to King John III Sobieski. It allowed Catholic Masses to be held, because the nearby...

The Collegiate Church in Kartuzy — a church with a distinctive coffin-shaped roof. The interior of this Carthusian church also alludes to the Latin maxim 'Memento mori' — 'remember death'. Inside...

St George's Church dates from 1901; one of its founders was Emperor Wilhelm himself, who a year later granted Sopot town rights. It was designed so the tower would be clearly visible...

St Nicholas' Church — its distinction lies in the preserved atmosphere of the early Baroque, in which its present, opulent interior décor was created. The war spared this place conducive to reflection and...

Over 200 years old, the manor on the shore of Lake Węgorzyno is known especially to jazz fans, thanks to the July 'Jazz in the Forest' festival held here for years. After a major...

Wilkowo near Lębork is a record-breaking village in Poland. Four Polish and world records have been set here, entered in the Polish Book of Records and Curiosities. Its village head is Leszek Wrzesień, who in recognition of his work...

The destroyer ORP 'Błyskawica' — built in 1935/36 in England, in service with the Polish Navy from 1937. She fought at Narvik and Dunkirk, sailed in Atlantic convoys and took part in the invasion...

The New Bench House — adjoining Artus Court — was famous for many years for the literary (and film) 'Maiden in the Window', heroine of a romance novel written almost 150 years ago. The author, Jadwiga Łuszcz...

The Abbots' Palace in Gdańsk Oliwa consists of two similarly sized buildings — the New Palace, which appears most often on postcards and looks striking from the park side, and the Old...

The monument to John III Sobieski is an 'émigré' monument, as it came to Gdańsk from Lviv, where it was funded and first unveiled in 1898. In 1944, when the city was occupied again...

The Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers — unveiled on 16 December 1980, on the 10th anniversary of the December 1970 events, on what is now Solidarity Square. Erected near the spot where the first three...

Here, at over 220 metres above sea level, a beautiful viewpoint has been created — perfect for an outing and a picnic. Thanks to funding from the Kartuzy County and the voluntary work of local residents...

The Main Town Hall — with its tower over 80 metres tall, rebuilt many times, served as a residence for Polish rulers staying in Gdańsk. It has numerous attractions: the lavish Red Room (the Hall...

The Słupsk Town Hall is now over 100 years old. Mayor Hans Matthes was especially keen on the building's splendour. When the construction costs, however, exceeded the planned budget twofold...

The Sopot Town Hall building is now almost 100 years old. Well-kept, with carefully tended greenery around it, it catches the eye of passers-by. You can spend a few minutes 'wandering' over its façade, discovering...

The Old Town Hall — one of the few monuments to survive the wartime and post-war destruction. On display here are historic details and interior elements of Gdańsk townhouses, as well as paintings by Gdańsk artists...

S.S. 'Sołdek' is the first ocean-going ship in the history of Polish shipyards, designed and built by Polish engineers. About 300,000 rivets went into building this ore-coal carrier, whose weight...

The Blücher Battery is a complex of former German bunkers built at the turn of 1938 and 1939. Today it houses a museum — the Park of History and Entertainment in Ustka. Well preserved to this day are: • gun emplacements...

The Great Armoury — built 400 years ago, it was, true to its name, a weapons store. It arose out of fears of the Swedes. After the latest restoration, the façade — rich in sculptures and various architectural elements...

The Basner Villa — Bolesława Chrobrego 48 — modelled on the Grand Masters' Palace at Malbork Castle. The view from space shows the roof too is similar to the castle's...

The Water Forge — a technically fascinating structure, THE ONLY ONE IN POLAND! Its huge hammer and shears are driven by water wheels! The first records of the forge date from the late 16th century, and its present state is owed...

The passenger lift — an unusual but very interesting monument. Made of wood, it is one of the oldest still-working lifts of its kind in Europe. Before World War II it served the customers of the then department store...

The railway bridge — a viaduct over the Boruja river (near the town centre) over 140 years old — was built as part of the Bytów–Korzybie railway line. The structure owes its fame to its present location...

This Teutonic castle, built on the site of an earlier stronghold, originally had 4 grand towers joined by a wall about 10 metres high. Two towers survive to this day, including the most interesting — with the main...

The Castle-Palace in Krokowa — a monument rebuilt in the 1990s. The remarkable fate of this palace's owners — the von Krockow family — meant that during World War II two brothers fought on two different...

Człuchów Teutonic Castle — built in the mid-14th century, for almost 200 years it had the reputation of an impregnable fortress. It was often compared to Malbork in terms of size and defensive qualities...

Lębork Teutonic Castle — an unusual structure, given that its rectangular layout of walls with towers and a residential building was cut through by... a mill canal supplying water to the castle mill...

Nowęcin Castle — set on Lake Sarbsko, about 3 km from the centre of Łeba. The castle's romantic location — by the lake, close to the sea — is conducive to pleasant, varied relaxation. Comfort and convenience...

Łapalice Castle — an amazing building of impressive scale, with a place prepared for a pond, surrounded by a long, high wall. The castle has twelve towers (commemorating the 12 apostles, or the 12 months), defensive...

The Green Gate — it owes its name to the green-coated stones from which the adjoining bridge over the Motława was built. Built as a residence for the Polish kings, it closes the so-called Royal Route. On contemporaries...

The Golden Gate — once called the Long Street Gate — charms with the freedom and lightness of its construction, remarkable for 1612. The building's style follows the principle that even difficult things should be done so as to appear...

The Golden House — the most beautiful townhouse in the city, full of figures and reliefs on its façade — once belonged to a mayor of Gdańsk and his beautiful wife. You can spot King Władysław Jagiełło here...

An architectural curiosity from 2004 — a façade straight from a fairy tale.