Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Łódź, Poland
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8.4 km
76 m
Explore Łódź in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in ŁódźIndividual Sights in ŁódźSight 1: Kościół pw. Świętego Jerzego
The Garrison Church of St. George is a Roman Catholic church at 9 St. George Street in Łódź, Poland.
Sight 2: Muzeum Tradycji Niepodległościowych
The Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź – the longest functioning historical museum in Łódź, established in 1959 under the name "Museum of the History of the Revolutionary Movement"; local governments, collecting all kinds of souvenirs from the field of independence traditions, primarily from Łódź, the Łódź region and selectively Polish. Its Radogoszcz branch specializes in the history of the German occupation of 1939–1945 in Łódź and the Łódź region. As the heir of the Museum of the History of the Revolutionary Movement (1959–1990), it has an important collection of documents, photographs and fine arts from the period of the Polish People's Republic, from Łódź and the region. The collection also contains many unique materials related to the history of Łódź and the Łódź region.
Sight 3: Pałac Karola Poznańskiego
The Karol Poznański Palace is a former residence in Łódź, central Poland. It was constructed in 1904.
Sight 4: Muzeum Sztuki MS1
Muzeum Sztuki, or the Museum of Art in Łódź, is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Łódź, Poland, whose main goal is to research and display the history of avant-garde art, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 1931, Muzeum Sztuki is one of oldest institutions in the world dedicated to collecting modern art still in existence.
Sight 5: Pomnik Lampiarza
The monument to the leopard or the nameless electrician was unveiled on September 21, 2007 next to the tenement house of Dawid Szmulewicz at 37 Piotrkowska Street. The 100th anniversary of the first power plant in Łódź was the opportunity. The founders of the monument are Dalkia Łódź SA and the Łódź Energy Plant. The monument presents a natural sized stylish lantern and a leopard with a bulb in the right hand, standing on a ladder supported by a pole. Next to it is a bag that is also a monument bench on which you can sit down.
Sight 6: Kościół Zesłania Ducha Świętego
The Church of Pentecost is a Catholic parish church located in Łódź at 2/2a Piotrkowska Street.
Sight 7: Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne w Łodzi
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography – the largest museum in Łódź, located at 14 Wolności Square. At the end of 2012, it had 260,354 catalogue items.
Wikipedia: Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne w Łodzi (PL), Website
Sight 8: Muzeum Kanału „Dętka”
Museum of the "True" channel - branch of the Museum of the City of Łódź located in a fragment of the Łódź channels under the Wolności Square in Łódź.
Sight 9: Kościół św. Józefa
St. Joseph's Church – a Roman Catholic parish church from the second half of the 18th century at 22 Ogrodowa Street in Łódź. The oldest church in Łódź and the only surviving building from the times of agricultural Łódź.
Sight 10: Museum of the City of Lodz
The Museum of the City of Łódź – a local government cultural institution of the city, located in one of the most impressive buildings of the city, in the former palace of the Łódź factory owner Izrael Poznański at Ogrodowa Street. This residence is a landmark of Łódź and a testimony to its importance in the 19th century. The décor of the palace halls is neo-stylish, characteristic of the art of the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the simultaneous use of elements of Art Nouveau decoration.
Sight 11: Pomnik Aleksandra Kamińskiego
The Aleksander Kamiński Monument is an open-air sculpture in the Old Town Park in Łódź. The monument depicts Aleksander Kamiński, dressed in a scout cape and a horned cap, sitting by a fire. Its author is Kazimierz Karpiński. The monument was unveiled on 24 September 2005 as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Łódź-Polesie Troop.
Sight 12: Pałac Alfreda Biedermanna
Alfred Biedermann's Palace – a palace located at 1/3 Franciszkańska Street in Łódź, near the intersection with Północna Street.
Sight 13: Park Helenów
Helenów Park in Łódź, Poland is a park located between Północna, Źródłowa and Smugowa streets and covers an area of 12 hectare. Of all park trees, five are natural monuments: two pedunculate oaks with a circumference of 320 and 340 cm, common beech with a circumference of 245 cm, red oak with a circumference of 350 cm and ash tree with a circumference of 385 cm. The park is entered in the Registry of Objects of Cultural Heritage.
Sight 14: Pomnik Chwały Żołnierzy Armii Łódź
Monument to the Glory of the Soldiers of the Łódź Army in Helenów Park in Łódź
Sight 15: Pomnik Ofiar Komunizmu
The Monument to the Victims of Communism is the first monument in Poland to commemorate the victims of the communist regime in the years 1918–1989.
Sight 16: Kościół Świętej Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus i Świętego Jana Bosko
The Church of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus and St. John Bosco is a Catholic parish church located at 1/3 Kopcińskiego Street in Łódź. The pastoral care is carried out by Salesian priests.
Sight 17: Park Ocalałych
Survivors' Park is a park in Łódź commemorating people who survived the Łódź Ghetto, which was created and operated by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. The park was officially opened on 30 August 2004, the 60th anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto. The park is located in the former territory of Łódź Ghetto, between Wojska Polskiego Street and allotment gardens at Sporna Street in the valley of the Lodz River, in the area adjacent to the borders of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto during the war in Smugowa Street. The park was designed by Grażyna Ojrzyńska.
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