Ciechocinek, pijalnia wód mineralnych, 1883-1885

Ciechocinek, kościół par. p.w. śś. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła, 1873-1884

Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland. It is an architecturally rich city, with many styles present. The city is mostly associated with water, sports, Art Nouveau buildings, waterfront, music, and urban greenery. It is worth noting that Bydgoszcz boasts the largest city park in Poland.

Bydgoszcz

Toruń is a historical city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland. The city is famous for having preserved almost intact its medieval spatial layout and many Gothic buildings. Toruń is well known for Toruń gingerbread, a type of piernik often made in elaborate molds.

Toruń

The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is a Roman Catholic church built between 1994 and 2004. With a tower measuring 141.5 meters in height, it is one of the tallest and largest churches in the world.

Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń

Gniezno is a city in central-western Poland, about 50 kilometers east of Poznań. It was the first historical capital of Poland in the 10th century and early 11th century.

Gniezno

Grudziądz is a city in northern Poland located on the Vistula River. The Old Town of Grudziądz and 14th-century granaries were declared National Historic Monuments of Poland.

Grudziądz

Biskupin is an archaeological site and a life-size model of a late Bronze Age fortified settlement in north-central Poland that also serves as an archaeological open-air museum. The site is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments.

Biskupin

The Tuchola Forest is one of the largest pine forest complexes in Poland and Central Europe. It occupies about 3,000 square kilometers of land in the basin of the Brda and Wda rivers. It includes Park Narodowy Bory Tucholskie and other nature parks.

Tuchola Forest

Gopło is a lake in north-central Poland, near the city of Gniezno. It gives its name to the protected area called Gopło Landscape Park. At the northern end of the lake stands the "Mice Tower" of Kruszwica.

Lake Gopło

Golub Castle is a four-wing conventional Teutonic fortress built at the turn of the fourteenth century, built on a hill as a look-out point over the whole town of Golub-Dobrzyń. Today, the castle is used as a regional museum, housing a vast collection of militaristic exhibits.

Golub Castle

Radzyń Chełmiński Castle is a Brick Gothic monastery-castle completed in 1330. The square keep is a relic of one of the oldest castles built by the Teutonic Knights. Currently visitors are still able to see the restored southern facade, and enter the courtyard, towers, cellars, and the chapel.

Radzyń Chełmiński Castle

Ciechocinek is a unique spa town in north-central Poland, known for its saline graduation towers that are used for curing various diseases.

Ciechocinek

Cieszyn, ratusz, 1496, 1661, 1670, 1720, 1800, 1846

Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Cieszyn.

Piast Tower (Wieża Piastowska) in Cieszyn, Poland

Rotunda of Saint Nicolas. Górka Zamkowa Park. Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Buildings and statue of Saint Florian in the Market Square (Rynek) in Cieszyn, Poland.The Scotch Mist Gallery contains many photographs of historic buildings, monuments and memorials of Poland.

Katowice is a large business, conference and trade fair center. Unlike most other large Polish cities, Katowice did not originate as a medieval town. Katowice's urban layout is a result of expansion and annexation of various towns, industrial worker estates, and villages.

Katowice

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a museum on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. It is a World Heritage Site since 1979 and has been preserved by the Polish government in memory of the 1.1 million people who died there during the Holocaust.

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Żywiec Brewery is one of the largest breweries and beer producers in Poland. The brewery museum offers to visit guided tours, manufacturing museum and a beer cellar.

Zywiec Brewery Museum

The Moszna Castle is a 200-year-old castle building that now operates as a hotel. It is located in the small village of Moszna. It has a chapel which is used as a concert hall and a gallery with regular exhibitions. The entire complex includes a park with nearby fields, meadows, and a forest.

Moszna Castle

Pszczyna is a town in southern Poland. It is worth visiting because of the Old Town, with the layout dating back to the Middle Ages, Pszczyna Castle and the historical Park of Pszczyna.

Pszczyna

Ojców National Park is the smallest national park in Poland, but it is the closest to Kraków and has many hiking and cycling pathes. The area is popular for its rock formations, which together with two river valleys form numerous limestone cliffs, canyons, and caves.

Ojcowski National Park

Silesian Beskids is a landscape park located in the Silesian province. It includes the forest-covered mountain ranges of Beskid Śląski: the Czantoria range and Barania Góra. The park is a popular place to visit throughout the year due to its variety of hiking, cycling, skiing trails.

Silesian Beskids Landscape Park

Góra Świętej Anny is a village in southern Poland. It is located on the hill from which its name derives. A remarkable sanctuary, with the miraculous statue of Saint Anne and the impressive calvary, is located on its top.

Góra Świętej Anny

The Będzin Castle is a castle in Będzin town in southern Poland. The stone castle dates to the 14th century, and is predated by a wooden fortification that was constructed in the 11th century. It served as a military outpost on the southwestern border of the Kingdom of Poland.

Będzin Castle

Step back in time and experience the hardships of miners in the 18th and 19th centuries at the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry, Poland. The mine is normally open for tourists, and guided tours in several languages take place every day.

Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry

Cieszyn is a border town in southern Poland. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia. The larger part of the town joined Poland as Cieszyn. The smaller western suburbs became part of Czechoslovakia as a new town called Český Těšín. Three bridges connect the twin towns.

Cieszyn

Giżycko, zamek zakonny - zachowane skrzydło, XIV - 2 poł. XIX

Giżycko, ul. Kolejowa 22 - Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna I Stopnia.

Bruno of Querfurt Hill and Cross in Giżycko. View from Lake Niegocin

The Wolf's Lair served as Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II. Discover the site of the infamous assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944. The Wolf's Lair is a fascinating and unique destination for those interested in the history of the Third Reich.

Wolf's Lair

Śniardwy is the largest lake in Poland. It covers 113.8 square kilometers. There are eight islands on the Śniardwy lake. It is connected with other lakes by the system of canals known as Kanały Mazurskie. Together, they form the Polish Masurian Lake District.

Śniardwy

Mikołajki is a resort town in north-eastern Poland. It is located near the Śniardwy, the largest lake in both the Masurian Lake District and Poland. Ice sailing in winter is an especially popular attraction in the town.

Mikolajki

Mrągowo is a resort town located near lake Czos in northeastern Poland. It is known for its annual Country Picnic, held since 1982. Mrągowo is a popular tourist and vacation center with plenty of green spaces and walking routes.

Mragowo

Biebrza National Park is the largest of Poland's 23 national parks. The most precious part of the park is its forests and marshes where hundreds of bird species live. There are many hiking routes where visitors enjoy the beauty of nature and diverse wildlife.

Biebrzański Park Narodowy

Wigry lake is situated in the forests of the Augustów Wilderness – trees grow on about 80% of its shoreline. There are 19 smaller and bigger islands on the lake. The lake and its adjacent area belong to the Wigry National Park. The lake is favored by canoeing and yachting enthusiasts.

Wigry Lake

Lake Ukiel is a lake in Poland which is located on Pojezierze Olsztyńskie, in the northwest part of Olsztyn. There are pensions, hotels and a municipal beach.

Lake Ukiel

Białe Augustowskie - is a ribbon lake in Augustów. The lakeside is well developed with numerous bays and spits. There are four islands in the lake.

Białe Augustowskie

Giżycko is a popular summer tourist destination in Masurian Lake District. It is home to many historical monuments, including a 14th-century Teutonic castle.

Giżycko

Jerzy Sanatorium in Lądek-Zdrój, New Jerzy

Lądek-Zdrój, kaplica NMP "Na Pustkowiu", 2 poł. XVIII

Town Lądek-Zdrój in Lower Silesia (Poland), spring 2005

Lądek-Zdrój, d. park Centralny,ob. Park Zdrojowy im. Jana Pawła II, k. XVIII-XIX

Lądek-Zdrój, kościół par. p.w. Narodzenia NMP, XVII

Wrocław, the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia, is the largest city in the region. The city has a rich history and is known for its Brick Gothic and Baroque architecture. The Main Market Square, which is the oldest medieval public square in Poland, is a must-visit.

Wrocław

Książ is the largest castle in the Silesia region. It lies within Książ Landscape Park, a protected area located in the Wałbrzyski Foothills. The castle overlooks the gorge of the Pełcznica river and is one of the Wałbrzych's main tourist attractions.

Książ Castle

Kolorowe Jeziorka, located in Rudawy Janowickie, is a unique and unusual tourist attraction in Poland, consisting of three artificial ponds formed in place of former mines at the slope of Wielka Kopa mountain.

Kolorowe Jeziorka

Świdnica is a city in south-western Poland in the region of Silesia. In addition to several famous churches and museums, the Old Town is a sight that all visitors should see. There are many parks located in the town center and its surrounding areas.

Świdnica

Miniature Park in Kowary is a tourist attraction containing miniature buildings from Lower Silesia. The presented buildings include churches, castles, palaces, old towns, town halls, mountain hostels, etc. The miniatures are copies of real objects with all the details.

Park Miniatur Zabytków Dolnego Śląska w Kowarach

Fort Srebrna Góra or Srebrnogórska Fortress is a former military fort, now a monument and a museum, located in the town of Srebrna Góra. The fort has been called a "Gibraltar of Prussia", or "Gibraltar of Silesia", a reference to its foundation in solid bedrock. The fort is open to tourists.

Fort Srebrna Góra

Złoty Stok is a town in south-western Poland. The name Złoty Stok means "golden hillside" in Polish and is a reference to the fact that a gold deposit was mined here in the Middle Ages. There are a number of historical monuments in the town, including a museum of gold mining and metallurgy.

Złoty Stok

Nyskie Lake is a reservoir constructed on the Nysa Kłodzka river in Poland in 1971. By the lake, a hydroelectric power plant is located.

Nyskie Lake

Lądek-Zdrój, known in English as Landek, is a spa town situated in southwestern Poland. It is a picturesque spa town with rich historical architecture, numerous sanatoriums, parks and gardens, including an arboretum, considered one of the oldest spa towns in Poland.

Lądek-Zdrój

Ansicht der Nadbrzezna-Straße im alten Ortskern von Mielno, Kreis Koszalin

Mielno Poland, Aerial picture taken with drone from sea side

Kołobrzeg, is a port city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland. It provides a unique combination of a seaside resort, health resort, an old town full of historic monuments and tourist entertainment options.

Kołobrzeg

Słowiński National Park lies on the Baltic Sea coast in northern Poland. It consists of 32.5 kilometers of coastline and offers many cycling and hiking trails, as well as long empty beaches and stunning forests.

Słowiński National Park

Ustka is a popular summer holiday destination and a fishing port on the south coasts of the Baltic. There are two sand beaches, separated by the river Słupia.

Ustka

Jarosławiec is a village close to one of the most beautiful beaches of the Polish Coast. The Health resort & Medical SPA "Panorama Morska" in Jarosławiec is a recreational compound with an area of 10 hectares. The biggest attraction is a large water park open all year.

Jarosławiec

The Church in Trzęsacz refers to a series of three churches built in Trzęsacz, Poland. The first, constructed of wood, was reportedly built in 1124; the second one, made of bricks, around 1270; and finally the third one, sometime in the late 14th or early 15th century.

Ruins of the church in Trzęsacz

Jamno is a lake in northern Poland, close to the Baltic Sea. The lake is popularly used for sailing.

Lake Jamno

Drawsko Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland. Within the Landscape Park are eight nature reserves.

Drawsko Landscape Park

Mielno is a coastal resort town located on a spit between the Baltic Sea and Jamno lake. It is a well-known tourist destination with sandy beaches.

Mielno

Räuchermaränen in Nikolaiken (Ostpreussen)

Mikołajki - miasto w woj. warmińsko-mazurskim, w powiecie mrągowskim

This image was uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.

Zdjęcie centrum Mikołajek wykonane z motolotni.

Lawendowe pole near Olsztyn is a lavender plantation with a museum, accommodation, and a shop.

Lawendowe pole

Mrągowo - dojście do Jeziora Czos od strony kościoła ewangelickiego

Odziały włoskie na mrągowskim rynku - miedzioryt Albrechta Adama z 1812 roku.

Amphitheate in Mrągowo seen from opposite shore of Czos Lake

Mrągowo, ul. Królewiecka 30 - rzymskokatolicki kościół parafialny p.w. św. Wojciecha, 1892-1896

Nałęczów, Poland - Książę Józef spa building and pond in a spa park.

Nałęczów, Poland - Małachowskich Palace (Małachowscy's palace), late 18th century

Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and serves as an important regional cultural capital. Historic buildings of Lublin's Old Town create a unique atmosphere of the renaissance city. Lublin aims to be known as the Polish Capital of Festivals.

Lublin

Zamość is a historical city in southeastern Poland. The most prominent building is the Town Hall, built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. It stands on the north side of the Great Market Square, regarded as one of the most beautiful 16th-century squares in Europe.

Zamosc

Sandomierz is one of the oldest and historically most significant towns in Poland. The most notable landmarks are the Royal Castle, Cathedral Basilica, Jan Długosz House, cathedral bell tower, Collegium Gostomianum, Old Town with the town hall in the middle.

Sandomierz

Lake Zemborzyckie is a retention and recreation reservoir on the Bystrzyca River. There are recreation centers that offer rental of water sports equipment, mountain bikes and water bikes. In winter, the frozen surface is used by ice skaters.

Zemborzyckie

Krzyżtopór Castle is a big castle that served as a medieval fortress and a palace. It was originally built by a Polish nobleman Krzysztof Ossoliński in 1644 in the village of Ujazd. Currently it is under restoration.

Krzyżtopór Castle

Jura Park Bałtów is a tourist complex located in the village of Bałtów. The main element of the park is life-size dinosaur reconstructions. The complex also offers Bałtów Animal Park, rafting on the Kamienna river, an amusement park, horseback riding, and other attractions.

JuraPark Bałtów

Roztocze National Park is a national park in Lublin Voivodeship. The water of the main river running through the park — the Wieprz — is of the second class of purity. Tourists have a choice of using five walking trails or a dedicated bicycle trail.

Roztocze National Park

Nałęczów is a spa town situated in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. Notable landmarks include the 18th-century baroque-classicist Małachowski Palace and a park and resort complex dating from the 18th-19th centuries.

Nałęczów

This photo was taken during Railway Wikiexpedition 2015 set up by Wikimedia Polska Association in cooperation with Fundacja Grupy PKP.You can see all photographs in category Wikiekspedycja kolejowa 2015.

War cemetery dedicated to the victims killed by the Germans in September 1939. Pszczyna, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Town hall in Pszczyna, silesian voivodeship, Poland

Pszczyna, Miasto w ramach historycznego założenia

Palace (Castle Museum). Pszczyna, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Pszczyna, Rynek, 28 sierpnia 1922. Marszałek Polski Józef Piłsudski przypina ppor. Stanisławowi Krzyżowskiemu Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Virtuti Militari

Kraków is the second-largest city in Poland and one of the oldest. In medieval times it was the capital of the Kingdom of Poland. Now Kraków is very popular among tourists because of the old town, which is surrounded by medieval castle walls. It contains dozens of restaurants and cobbled streets.

Kraków

The Wieliczka Salt Mine, located in southern Poland and excavated from the 13th century, has been producing table salt continuously since then. Its attractions include the shafts and passageways, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Częstochowa is one of the main tourist destinations in southern Poland. Among it's attractions are old townhouses and the urban core of the city centre. The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery, is a particularly popular religious attraction.

Częstochowa

Ogrodzieniec Castle - ruins of a castle built in the system of the so-called Eagles' Nests in the 14th-15th centuries. The castle is located on the highest elevation in the Krakow-Czestochowa Jurassic Highlands - Castle Mountain rising to 515.5 meters above sea level.

Ogrodzieniec Castle

Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul in Sandomierz

Rzeszów is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is actively developing as a regional tourist destination. Its Old Town, Main Market Square, churches and synagogues are among the best preserved in the country.

Rzeszow

Kielce is a capital of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in Poland. The city and its surroundings are known for their historic architecture, green spaces with walkable routes and recreational areas like the Świętokrzyski National Park.

Kielce

Łańcut Castle is a complex of historical buildings and a museum located in Łańcut, Poland. Nowadays, it is one of the most famous aristocratic residences in Poland. An elegant and spacious park of the early English landscape style surrounds the castle.

Łańcut Castle

Chęciny Royal Castle was built in the late 13th century in Chęciny, Poland. It fell into ruin in the 18th century and remains in that state to this day.

Chęciny Castle

Sopot, ogród zdrojowy, ob. skwer, kon. XIX, 1910

Picture taken in w:Sopot after Wikimania 2010 conference.

Sopot Dolny, pl. Zdrojowy - Zakład Balneologii, 1903-1904

Lighthouse, Zdrojowy square, Sopot, Poland

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland. Today Gdańsk is a major shipping port and tourist destination. The city has some buildings surviving from the time of the Hanseatic League. Gdańsk has a number of historical churches including the largest brick church in the world.

Gdańsk

The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork is the largest fortress on earth. It was originally constructed by the Teutonic Knights in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. It was built to protect and expand their Prussian outpost upon Poland-Lithuania, successfully defending it for centuries.

Malbork Castle

Gdynia is a city in northern Poland, situated on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. The seaport is mainly known for its holiday resorts and as a regular stopover on the cruising itinerary of luxury passenger ships and ferries travelling to Scandinavia. The center has become a symbol of modernity with new buildings being constructed every year.

Gdynia

Elbląg is a port city on the river Elbląg. It has access to the Baltic Sea via the Russian-controlled Strait of Baltiysk. Elbląg known for its archaeological sites, museums and the largest brewery in the country. The Elbląg Canal, built in 1825–44 under Prussia, is a tourist site of Elbląg.

Elbląg

Orłowski Cliff is the steep sea shore of the Redłowo Kępa Redłowska in Gdynia. A coastal walking route to Sopot leads along the cliff.

Orłowski Cliff

Krynica Morska is a resort town on the Vistula Spit in northern Poland. It is the main tourist destination on the Vistula Spit. The town is surrounded by evergreen pine and beech forests, with long sandy beaches and high white dune hills that offer stunning views of the Baltic Sea.

Krynica Morska

Bory Tucholskie is a national park in the northern part of Poland, in the heart of the Tuchola Forest, the largest woodland in Poland. Most important tourist centers of Tuchola Forest are by the Charzykowskie and Karsinskie lakes. There are kayaking, bicycle and walking trails within the park.

Park Narodowy Bory Tucholskie

Nature Reserve "Kąty Rybackie" is a bird fauna nature reserve on the Vistula Spit. It's a nice place to observe birds and walk through beautiful forests.

Ornithological reserve "Kąty Rybackie"

Sopot is a major resort town and a part of the metropolitan area of Tricity. The main landmarks of Sopot include Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street, Sopot Pier, Balneotherapy Centre, and the Sopot beach.

Sopot

Tykocin, church of the Holy Trinity and monument to Czarnecki

Tykocin, kościół, ob. par. p.w. Św. Trójcy, 1742-1745

Tykocin, Pomnik Stefana Czarnieckiego w Tykocinie

Zespół Klasztorny Bernardynów w Tykocinie z XVIII w.

Tykocin, Kościół Świętej Trójcy w Tykocinie

Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland. The city is occupied by parks, squares and forest preserves which creates a unique and healthy climate. The Branicki Palace in Bialystok is a big complex with gardens, pavillons, sculptures, and other buildings such as city hall and monastery.

Białystok

Białowieża National Park is located in Eastern Poland on the border with Belarus. It's called the "last untouched wilderness of Europe", because it has been free of human intervention for about 800 years. Also, it is known as a home to the world's largest population of European bison.

Białowieża National Park

The Monastery of the Annunciation in Supraśl, also known as the Supraśl Lavra is a monastery in North Eastern Poland. The complex includes Church of the Annunciation, and baroque monastery buildings, built between the 17th and 18th century.

Supraśl Orthodox Monastery

The Park's landscape is predominantly made up by many varieties of marshes, reed beds, and there are also meadows and forests. One of the Park's attractions is a private archaeological museum, owned by Władysław Litwinczuk.

Narew National Park

Ziołowy Zakątek is a farm complex with historic farmhouses from the mid-19th century where you can stay. Also the complex includes herb house, old wind mill, ecological herb garden and farm animals.

Ziołowy Zakątek

Tykocin is a small town near the Białystok city and one of the oldest settlements in the region. Main toursit attractions are Tykocin Royal Castle and the Baroque Tykocin Synagogue, which is one of the best preserved in Poland from that period.

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