Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Poznan, Poland

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Number of sights 32 sights
Distance 8.5 km
Ascend 87 m
Descend 121 m

Experience Poznan in Poland in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in PoznanIndividual Sights in Poznan

Sight 1: Rozpoczęcie nauki w 1945

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The monument at Jarochowskiego Street – a monument in the form of a two-part obelisk, located in Poznań, in Łazarz at the main entrance to the school building complex at 1 Jarochowskiego Street / 27 Wyspiańskiego Street, where the first Polish school after the end of World War II was opened. Currently, the complex houses Primary School No. 33, XXXIII High School with Sports Departments and Youth Cultural Center No. 3.

Wikipedia: Pomnik przy ul. Jarochowskiego w Poznaniu (PL)

280 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Kościół pw. św. Anny

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St. Anne's Church – a neo-Gothic temple on the plan of a Greek cross, located in Poznań's Łazarz district at the corner of Matejki and Limanowskiego Streets. Since 2017, the Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Anny w Poznaniu (PL), Website

515 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Woodrow Wilson

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The Woodrow Wilson Monument in Poznań – a monument depicting the figure of the 28th President of the United States – Thomas Woodrow Wilson, located in Wilson Park in Poznań at the main entrance from Głogowska Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Woodrowa Wilsona w Poznaniu (PL), Url

200 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Park Thomasa Woodrowa Wilsona

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Wilson Park in Poznań – a historic park in Poznań, in Łazarz, in the area of the auxiliary unit Osiedle Św. Łazarz, until 1925 functioning as the Botanical Garden.

Wikipedia: Park Wilsona w Poznaniu (PL), Url, Url 0, Url 1

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Hala Betonowa

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The Concrete Hall is a building located within the boundaries of Wilson Park in Łazarz in Poznań. Former exhibition pavilion of the East German Exhibition of Industry, Crafts and Agriculture organized in 1911 in the city of Poznań. The hall was entered into the register of monuments under the number A 320 on September 17, 1991.

Wikipedia: Hala Betonowa w Poznaniu (PL), Url

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Perseusz uwalniający Andromedę

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Perseusz uwalniający Andromedę

The Liberation of Andromeda by Perseus – a sculptural group located in the central part of Wilson Park in Poznań, in front of the Poznań Palm House. It depicts a scene from Greek mythology: Perseus rescuing Andromeda from Ketos' captivity.

Wikipedia: Uwolnienie Andromedy przez Perseusza (Poznań) (PL), Url

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Palm house

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The Poznań Palm House – a didactic and exhibition botanical institution located in Poznań's Wilson Park. On an area of 4600 m², about 1100 species of plants are presented in 12 pavilions, and 170 species of fish and about 50 species of aquatic plants are presented in the aquarium. The Poznań Palm House is the largest in the country and one of the largest in Europe.

Wikipedia: Palmiarnia Poznańska (PL), Website

634 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 8: Pawilon 12 (Pałac Targowy)

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The Trade Fair Palace – the exhibition pavilion of the Poznań International Fair located at 14 Głogowska Street, in the vicinity of the Heavy Industry Hall and the administrative building.

Wikipedia: Pałac Targowy w Poznaniu (PL), Url

483 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Pawilon 3A (Hala Reprezentacyjna MTP)

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Pawilon 3A (Hala Reprezentacyjna MTP)

The Representative Hall - the exhibition hall of the Poznań International Fair located at Bukowska Street at the corner of Roosevelta Street, at the inner St. Mark's Square.

Wikipedia: Hala Reprezentacyjna MTP (PL)

566 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Dworzec Letni

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Dworzec Letni

The Summer Station in Poznań – a historic building in Poznań, originally built in 1902, in its current shape in 1913. A private luxury railway station erected especially for Kaiser Wilhelm II for visits to Poznań by the German ruling family. The establishment of the imperial station in Poznań was related to its transformation into a city-residence of the German head of state and raising the city to the rank of one of the imperial capitals of the Reich. It is one of the buildings of the Poznań Główny station, and the platform belonging to it is currently marked as 9.

Wikipedia: Dworzec Letni w Poznaniu (PL), Url 0

637 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 11: Fontanna Felderhoffa

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The Felderhoff Fountain is a fountain located in Poznań within Maciejewski Park, in the vicinity of the intersection of Niepodległości Avenue and Święty Marcin Street, currently part of the Forum Academicum.

Wikipedia: Fontanna Felderhoffa (PL)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Edward Taylor

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Monuments to Edward Taylor and Zbigniew Zakrzewski – monuments of Edward Taylor and Zbigniew Zakrzewski located in Poznań, on Aleje Niepodległości, directly at the entrance to the building of the University of Economics, within the so-called Imperial District.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Edwarda Taylora i Zbigniewa Zakrzewskiego w Poznaniu (PL)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Paw

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Peacock – an outdoor sculpture that is the optical keystone of Karol Marcinkowski Park in Poznań from the side of Aleja Niepodległości. It stands between the street and the park pond, on a vast lawn.

Wikipedia: Paw (Poznań) (PL)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Juliusz Słowacki

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The Juliusz Słowacki Monument – a monument in the form of a bust, commemorating Juliusz Słowacki, located in Marcinkowski Park, in the center of Poznań, near Aleja Niepodległości.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Juliusza Słowackiego w Poznaniu (PL)

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Fort Colomb

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Fort ColombRadomil talk 12:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Colomb Bastion - a fortification structure of the polygonal Poznań Fortress built around 1854. It is located in the so-called left-bank ring of the city.

Wikipedia: Bastion Colomb (PL), Website

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Miejsce planowanego Pomnika Wypędzonych Wielkopolan

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The Monument to the Expulsions of Greater Poland by the Germans in the years 1939 - 1945 - a monument in Poznań, located at Towarowa Street at the corner of Powstańców Wielkopolskich, in Karol Marcinkowski Park. It commemorates the deportation of Poles from Warthegau by the German occupier during World War II.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Wypędzonych Wielkopolan (PL)

806 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 17: Park Jana Henryka Dąbrowskiego

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Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Park – a park located in the centre of Poznań, between Ogrodowa Street in the north, Ratajczaka Street in the west, the back of Półwiejska Street in the east and the Old Brewery building in the south.

Wikipedia: Park Jana Henryka Dąbrowskiego w Poznaniu (PL)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Kościół pw. Świętego Krzyża

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The Church of the Holy Cross in Poznań – a neo-Gothic temple of the Evangelical Methodist Church, located in the city center at 6 Ogrodowa Street, on the north-eastern edge of the Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Park.

Wikipedia: Kościół Świętego Krzyża w Poznaniu (metodystyczny) (PL)

192 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Kaplica pw. św. Józefa

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St. Joseph's Chapel – a chapel located at Bolesława Krysiewicza Street in the center of Poznań.

Wikipedia: Kaplica św. Józefa w Poznaniu (PL)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: Stary Marych

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The Old Marych Monument is a monument in Poznań to the legendary, fictional character of Old Marych, created by Juliusz Kubel for the needs of the Poznań Polish Radio station. The radio plays were read by Marian Pogasz and it is his face that the monumental Old Marych has.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Starego Marycha w Poznaniu (PL), Url

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Hipolit Cegielski

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The Hipolit Cegielski Monument is a monument located in Poznań at the corner of Święty Marcin and Podgórna Streets, at the Spring of Nations Square in the city centre.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Hipolita Cegielskiego w Poznaniu (PL)

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Cokół po pomniku Adama Mickiewicza

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Adam Mickiewicz was very popular in Wielkopolska. In 1828, the first Poznań edition of all his previous work was published, and in 1832 the second. This is where his brother Franciszek lived, who settled permanently as a resident with Jan Grabowski in Łuków near Oborniki. In August 1831, Mickiewicz tried to get through to the November Uprising. After an unsuccessful attempt, he stayed in Greater Poland until February 1832. From that time on, he maintained constant correspondence with Jan Grabowski, Konstancja Łubieńska, Celina Działyńska and Klaudyna Potocka.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu (PL)

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 23: Kościół pw. Świętego Marcina

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St. Martin's Church in Poznań – a Roman Catholic historic church located at the intersection of Święty Marcin Street and Marcinkowskiego Avenue in the city center. Since 2017, the Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Marcina w Poznaniu (PL), Website, Facebook

143 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Pałac Anderschów

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The Andersch Palace is a city palace located in Poznań at 20 Marcinkowskiego Avenue, in the very center of the city.

Wikipedia: Pałac Anderschów w Poznaniu (PL)

517 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 25: Wojewódzki Urząd Ochrony Zabytków

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Tenement house at 2 Gołębia Street – a tenement house in the Old Town in Poznań, at Gołębia Street, built in the fourteenth century and rebuilt in 1990. The seat of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments.

Wikipedia: Kamienica przy ul. Gołębiej 2 w Poznaniu (PL)

24 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 26: Bazylika Kolegiacka Matki Bożej Nieustającej Pomocy, Świętej Marii Magdaleny i Świętego Stanisława B

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The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Poznań Fara, also informally known as the Poznan Fara, is a Catholic minor basilica located in Poznań Old Town district of Poland. The famed shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and is one of the city's most recognizable historical landmarks, the most important Christian temple alongside the Poznań Cathedral and the finest example of Baroque architecture preserved within the country.

Wikipedia: Poznań Fara (EN), Website

50 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Tancerka

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Dancer – an outdoor sculpture located in Poznań in the inner courtyard of the historic complex of the State Ballet School within the Old Town at Gołębia Street.

Wikipedia: Tancerka (rzeźba w Poznaniu) (PL)

85 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: Poznań Goats

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The Monument to the Billy Goats – a monument of two tripping goats, located in Poznań at Plac Kolegiacki, near the main entrance to the City Hall, i.e. the former Jesuit college.

Wikipedia: Pomnik koziołków w Poznaniu (PL), Website

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 29: Park Fryderyka Chopina

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Park Fryderyka Chopina

Fryderyk Chopin Park in Poznań – the oldest existing city park in Poznań in the Old Town. It is located at Podgórna Street, at the back of the Jesuit college.

Wikipedia: Park Fryderyka Chopina w Poznaniu (PL)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 30: Fryderyk Chopin

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The Fryderyk Chopin Monument in Poznań is a monument to the Polish pianist and composer Fryderyk Chopin, currently located in the park named after him.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina w Poznaniu (PL)

655 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 31: Gazownia Miejska

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Gazownia MiejskaRadomil talk 13:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The gasworks at Grobla Street in Poznań, also known as the Force, Light and Water Works, is a closed municipal gasworks in Poznań located on the former Grobla Island. The first construction works began in 1853.

Wikipedia: Gazownia przy ul. Grobla w Poznaniu (PL)

558 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 32: Park Stare Koryto Warty

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Park Stare Koryto Warty

Old Warta Catito - a dry section of the old Warta Corridge, located in Poznań, between the bridge of St. Rocha, and the areas of the river port. The port of the port is the only fragment that still has water filling.

Wikipedia: Stare koryto Warty w Poznaniu (PL)

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