Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Szczecin, Poland
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5.6 km
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Experience Szczecin in Poland in a whole new way with our 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 SzczecinIndividual Sights in SzczecinSight 1: Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie
The Szczecin National Museum is a national museum in Szczecin, Poland, established on 1 August 1945. The museum features ancient and modern art, archaeological, historical, numismatic, nautical and ethnographic collections and is divided into six branches, five located in Szczecin and one in Gryfice.
Sight 2: Prawosławna Parafia św. Mikołaja
The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas is an Orthodox co-cathedral and parish church in Szczecin. It belongs to the Szczecin deanery of the Wrocław-Szczecin diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Sight 3: Szczecin Philharmonic
Szczecin Philharmonic, officially Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic, founded in 1948, is a philharmonic of the city of Szczecin, Poland. In 2015, the new building of the philharmonic was awarded the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
Sight 4: Royal Gate
The Royal Gate – one of the city gates of Szczecin, located on the Prussian Homage Square. It was built in the years 1725–1728 on the occasion of the occupation of the city by Prussia according to the design of the Dutch fortification designer Gerhard Cornelius van Wallrawe.
Sight 5: Kościół świętego Piotra i świętego Pawła
The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Szczecin – a small Gothic brick aisleless church in Szczecin. This church is located on the European Route of Brick Gothic. Currently, it is a parish church of the Polish Catholic Church.
Sight 6: Muzeum Centrum Dialogu Przełomy
The Dialogue Centre "Upheavals" – an exhibition pavilion of the National Museum in Szczecin, intended for exhibitions and education about the latest history of Szczecin and Western Pomerania. The designer is the architectural firm of KWK Promes of Robert Konieczny. It is an underground building, sunk into the Solidarity Square, where the Monument to the Victims of December 1970 of Czesław Dźwigaj is located. Solidarity Square is located in the vicinity of the former Provincial Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, at the site of demonstrations and street fights in December 1970, during which 16 people were killed.
Sight 7: Pomnik Bogusława X i Anny Jagiellonki
The monument of Prince Bogusław X and his wife Princess Anna Jagiellon is located at Korsarzy Street in Szczecin, in the north-west corner of the Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, next to the Bell Tower.
Wikipedia: Pomnik księcia Bogusława X i jego żony królewny Anny Jagiellonki w Szczecinie (PL)
Sight 8: Pałac Sejmu Stanów Pomorskich
The Szczecin National Museum is a national museum in Szczecin, Poland, established on 1 August 1945. The museum features ancient and modern art, archaeological, historical, numismatic, nautical and ethnographic collections and is divided into six branches, five located in Szczecin and one in Gryfice.
Sight 9: Pałac pod Głowami
The Palace under the Heads in Szczecin at 2 Żołnierza Polskiego Square – a classicist building from the end of the 18th century, consisting of 2 buildings connected with each other in 1889.
Sight 10: Café 22
Pazim is the second tallest building in Szczecin, Poland, after the St. James Cathedral, if including Pazim's spire. It contains twenty-three floors and is 92 meters tall. The building was designed by Milijenko Dumencić. It is the headquarters of Polsteam, with its name originating from company's alternative name abbreviation, PŻM.
Sight 11: Pomnik Króla Maciusia I
Monument to King Matt I in Szczecin – a monument in honor of Janusz Korczak, located in front of the building of Primary School No. 54 at Rayskiego Street in Szczecin.
Sight 12: Pomnik Marynarza
The Sailor Monument is a monument in Szczecin, Poland at the Grunwald Square at the Pope John Paul II Avenue. It was designed by Ryszard Chachulski and completed on 19 June 1980.
Sight 13: Pomnik Bartolomeo Colleoniego
The Monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni in Szczecin – an equestrian statue of the famous condottiero, a historic copy of the Renaissance monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni by Andrea del Verrocchio, located in Szczecin.
Sight 14: Archiwum Państwowe w Szczecinie
The State Archives in Szczecin were established on 1 August 1945. The Archive has two branches in Stargard and Międzyzdroje, a branch in Strzmiele and a warehouse in Dobra. The range of activity covers the area of the former Szczecin Voivodeship.
Sight 15: Kościół pw. Świętego Jana Chrzciciela
The Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Szczecin – a neo-Gothic hall church on a Latin cross plan in the center of Szczecin, at the intersection of Bogurodzicy and Kaszubska Streets. The first Catholic church after the introduction of Lutheranism in 1534.
Sight 16: Pomnik Jana Czekanowskiego
The Jan Czekanowski Monument in Szczecin is a contemporary monument made by Yossouf Toure for Szczecin. It commemorates Jan Czekanowski – a Polish anthropologist and ethnographer, distinguished in African research, who in the last period of his life stayed in Szczecin, where he died. The monument was designed in the form of a monument-bench, in the form of a travel trunk with the figure of a traveler sitting on it.
Sight 17: Ławeczka Michała Doliwo-Dobrowolskiego
Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski's bench – a monument unveiled on June 10, 2022 in Szczecin. It is located on the Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski Square, in the Turzyn housing estate, in the Śródmieście district.
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