Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Poznan, Poland

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Number of sights 43 sights
Distance 12.4 km
Ascend 166 m
Descend 177 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: 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)

610 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Pomnik Powstańców Wielkopolskich

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The Monument to the Greater Poland Insurgents in Poznań – a monument commemorating the Greater Poland Uprising, which broke out in Poznań on December 27, 1918. It is located at the intersection of Wierzbięcice and Królowej Jadwigi Streets, on the edge of Izabela and Jarogniew Drwęski Park.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Powstańców Wielkopolskich (PL)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Park Izabeli i Jarogniewa Drwęskich

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Izabela and Jarogniew Drwęski Park – a historic park in Poznań, located in the quarter of the streets: Królowej Jadwigi – Górna Wilda – Niedziałkowskiego – Topolowa – Wierzbięcice, in the area of the auxiliary unit Osiedle Wilda.

Wikipedia: Park Izabeli i Jarogniewa Drwęskich w Poznaniu (PL)

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Pomnik ofiar hitlerowskiego obozu pracy

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Monument to the Victims of the Labour Camp for Jews – a monument in the form of an obelisk commemorating the victims of the German Nazi labour camp for Jews, which in the years 1940-1943 functioned at the then Municipal Stadium in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar obozu pracy dla Żydów w Poznaniu (PL)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Cyryl Ratajski

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Monument to Cyryl Ratajski in Poznań, the pre-war mayor of the city. Unveiled on 23 April 2002 at Anders Square in the city centre, in front of the building of the Poznań Financial Centre at 1.00 p.m. The monument was unveiled by: Cyryl Ratajski's granddaughter, Mrs. Zofia Ratajska-Thaler, and presidents Ryszard Grobelny, Andrzej Wituski and Wojciech Szczęsny Kaczmarek. Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki consecrated the monument by Jan Kucz. During the ceremony, the Commemorative Book was displayed, in which there were the names of the sponsors of the monument, and the participants of the ceremony and invited guests made commemorative entries in it. The book was deposited in the Museum of the History of the City of Poznań. Before the main ceremonies, at 10.00 a.m., a commemorative plaque was unveiled at Cyryl Ratajski Square, on the wall of the Tax Chamber building

Wikipedia: Pomnik Cyryla Ratajskiego w Poznaniu (PL), Url

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Brama Czasu

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The Gate of Time – a fountain in the form of a waterfall, located in Poznań at Kościuszki Street, constituting a kind of artistic link between the Old Brewery and a group of office buildings on the other side of the street.

Wikipedia: Brama Czasu (PL)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Stary Browar (Atrium)

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Shopping, Arts and Business Center "Stary Browar" is the center of commerce and art, built in November 2003, located in the center of Poznań, Poland at 42 Półwiejska Street. The center is a combination of retail space and an art gallery. The shopping center is adjacent to a Class A high-rise office complex. The total area of the center is around 130 000 m2. The Old Brewery is home to around 210 stores and restaurants. Underground the building there is a Tier III data center operated by Beyond.pl. The building was designed on the basis of a historic factory - the former Brewery Huggerów - by Studio ADS. The investor was Fortis, a company owned by Grazyna Kulczyk. Since 2015 it belongs to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, which current name is Deutsche Asset Management. The décor was designed by stage designer Ryszard Kaja. It is notable for preserving the original architecture and style.

Wikipedia: Stary Browar (EN), Website

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Kufel

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Sculptures and installations located in the Old Brewery in Poznań:

Wikipedia: Rzeźby i instalacje na terenie Starego Browaru (PL)

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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)

338 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: 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 13: 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 14: 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)

259 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: 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

377 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: Bohdan Smoleń

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The Bohdan Smoleń Monument in Poznań – a monument to the cabaret artist and actor Bohdan Smoleń made in the form of the so-called monument bench, located on the square at the intersection of Rybaki and Strzałowa Streets in the center of Poznań.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Bohdana Smolenia w Poznaniu (PL)

524 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 18: Prorok Eliasz

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The monument of the prophet Elijah – a monument of the prophet Elijah located in Poznań, in Piaski, directly next to the Church of Corpus Christi.

Wikipedia: Pomnik proroka Eliasza w Poznaniu (PL)

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 19: Kościół pw. Bożego Ciała

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Corpus Christi Church in Poznań – is located at 40 Strzelecka Street / 3 Krakowska Street in Piaski in the city center in the Stare Miasto local government estate. Since 2017, the Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół Bożego Ciała w Poznaniu (PL), Website, Facebook

818 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 20: Skwer Ignacego Łukasiewicza

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Ignacy Łukasiewicz Square – a triangular square, located in Poznań, between Grobla, Za Groblą and Mostowa streets, on the Causeway.

Wikipedia: Skwer Ignacego Łukasiewicza w Poznaniu (PL)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Ławka Ignacego Łukasiewicza

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Ignacy Łukasiewicz Bench in Poznań – a street monument of the Polish chemist, pharmacist and inventor of the kerosene lamp – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, located in Poznań on the Causeway, in front of the old municipal gasworks, on Łukasiewicz Square.

Wikipedia: Ławeczka Ignacego Łukasiewicza w Poznaniu (PL)

50 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Zyga Latarnik

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Zyga the Lamplighter Monument is a bronze statue in Poznań, Poland, in the Łukasiewicz Square near Za Groblą Street, within the Old Town neighbourhood. It depicts a lamplighter named Zyga, using a pole to light up a nearby gas street light. It was designed by Robert Sobociński and unveiled on 29 May 2003.

Wikipedia: Zyga the Lamplighter Monument (EN)

254 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: 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)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Muzeum Etnograficzne

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Muzeum EtnograficzneRadomil talk 13:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Ethnographic Museum in Poznań is a branch of the National Museum in Poznań, an ethnographic museum. It is located in the building of the former Masonic lodge at 25 Grobla Street. On June 26, 1821, the first concert of Karol Lipiński took place here. The present building was erected at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was entered into the register of monuments under entry number A019 on October 22, 1953.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Etnograficzne w Poznaniu (PL), Website

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 25: 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)

275 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Kościół pw. Wszystkich Świętych

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All Saints' Church in Poznań – located on the property at 1 Grobla Street, was erected in the years 1777–1783 according to the design and under the direction of Antoni Höhne as the Evangelical Church of the Holy Cross.

Wikipedia: Kościół Wszystkich Świętych w Poznaniu (PL)

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 27: Fontanna Taschnera

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Taschner's Well in Poznań – a fountain located in the courtyard of the Ethnographic Museum at 7 Mostowa Street in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Studzienka Taschnera w Poznaniu (PL)

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 28: Muzeum Bambrów Poznańskich

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Muzeum Bambrów PoznańskichRadomil talk 13:34, 26 March 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Poznań Bamber Museum – a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Poznań Bambers, located in Poznań, in the building at Mostowa Street on the Causeway, in the immediate vicinity of the Ethnographic Museum.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Bambrów Poznańskich (PL), Website

355 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 29: Kościół pw. Świętego Franciszka Serafickiego

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The Church of St. Francis Seraphic in Poznań, usually called the Bernardine Church – a Baroque church and an adjacent monastery are located at 22 Garbary Street, opposite Bernardyński Square. Since 2017, the Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Franciszka Serafickiego w Poznaniu (PL), Website, Url

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 30: Kościół pw. Przemienienia Pańskiego

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The Church of the Transfiguration in Poznań – a late Gothic temple at the intersection of Długa and Garbary streets in Poznań, belonging to the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.

Wikipedia: Kościół Przemienienia Pańskiego w Poznaniu (PL), Url, Url 0

274 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 31: 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)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 32: 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)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 33: 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 34: 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 35: 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 36: 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

527 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 37: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego i Matki Boskiej Pocieszenia

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Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Consolation. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary at 18 Szewska Street in Poznań – the oldest, still existing, church of the left-bank city. The church is part of the monuments and attractions of the tourist route of the Royal-Imperial Route. Since 2018, the Lenten station church.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego i Matki Boskiej Pocieszenia w Poznaniu (PL), Website

895 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 38: Kaplica Zwiastowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny

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The Chapel of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Poznań – a neo-Gothic chapel on a hall plan. It is located on Ostrów Tumski in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Kaplica Zwiastowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Poznaniu (PL)

725 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 39: Kościół pw. św. Małgorzaty Panny i Męczenniczki

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Church of St. Margaret the Virgin and Martyr – a Gothic, historic church standing on the Śródecki Market Square in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Małgorzaty w Poznaniu (PL), Url, Url 0

259 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 40: Kościół pw. św. Kazimierza

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St. Casimir's Church in Poznań – a Baroque church and post-monastery complex located in Poznań's Śródka district; The church currently belongs to the Polish Catholic parish.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Kazimierza w Poznaniu (PL)

800 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 41: Pomnik statku SS Poznań

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The SS Poznań Monument is a monument in the form of an anchor with a chain on a low, octagonal, concrete plinth, located on the western shore of Lake Malta in Poznań.

Wikipedia: Pomnik SS Poznań (PL)

393 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 42: Kościół pw. św. Jana Jerozolimskiego za murami

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The Church of Saint John of Jerusalem outside the walls is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Poznań in western Poland. The original church on this site was built at the end of the 11th century, making it one of the oldest churches within the present boundaries of Poznań.

Wikipedia: Church of Saint John of Jerusalem outside the walls (EN)

705 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 43: Park Tysiąclecia

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Millennium Park – a park in Poznań. It stretches at the northern end of Komandoria, between Warszawska Street and Lake Malta.

Wikipedia: Park Tysiąclecia (Poznań) (PL)

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