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Welcome to Elbląg, one of the oldest cities in Poland (and also in Germany), which is the lowest-lying city in Poland. It is located at the mouth of the Elbląg River, to which it owes its name, to the Vistula Lagoon. Geographically, it is the south-west of the moraine Elbląg Upland and the Gdańsk Coast. Elbląg is located within the Elbląg Plateau Landscape Park.
The attraction is the old/new town of Elbląg, in the heart of which you will live. During World War II, the old town was completely destroyed. The Old Town of Elbląg was rebuilt in a style called retroversion, in accordance with the old urban layout, but freely referring to the historical style. Take a walk around this part of the city to admire Elbląg's tenement houses, including: the Jost von Kampen tenement house (ul. Grabary 12), a tenement house with a carved entrance portal from the end of the 16th century (ul. Wigilijna 3) and tenement houses on ul. Saint Spirit 3-4. Bednarska is very close to the port from which historic ships sail on unique slipways. Thanks to the ditch - a shipping canal connecting the Bay of Gdańsk and the Vistula Lagoon, you can get from Elbląg to Krynica Morska.
Nearby there is the Grupa Wodna marina, where you can not only rent a kayak, SUP and play volleyball, but also drink coffee and use the sauna. You can also rent bikes there to see Żuławy and the Vistula Spit from the perspective of two wheels. Velo Baltica (a route included in the international EuroVelo 10 route) leads from Świnoujście to Elbląg, one of the longest marked bicycle routes in Poland, leading mostly close to the sea.
What else is worth doing in Elbląg?
– visit Pheasantry, a forest park with a beech and hornbeam forest, ravines, streams and hills – an ideal place for a walk, a bike ride, and in winter, cross-country skiing. There are four trails, and in the park's buffer zone you will find Góra Chrobrego, which offers a panoramic view of the city,
– go to Lake Drużno,
– visit the Art Center – EL Gallery,
– see the Market Gate, which is the only preserved fragment of the original defensive fortifications, where there is a viewing point,
– enter the cathedral of St. Nicholas from the 18th century, where there is also a viewing point,
– walk along the church path, i.e. a narrow passage between houses, connecting Wigilijna and Mostowa streets. In the past, the trail led from the Old Town to the gate of the former Dominican church,
– visit the Archaeological and Historical Museum,
– walk along the boulevard along the banks of the Elbląg River.
It is worth going on a kayaking trip along the Elbląg Canal or a cruise along it from Elbląg to Buczyniec (cruises take place from the beginning of May to the end of September and have various lengths). You can also set off on a narrow-gauge railway that connects Nowy Dwór Gdański with the coastal towns of the Vistula Spit. In addition to beautiful views of the Żuławy landscape, forests and beaches of the spit, you can see interesting monuments, including: the Gothic church in Cyganek, the railway bridge over the Szkarpawa River and the Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo.
Nearby cities and towns:
– Morąg – belongs to the cittàslow network, i.e. "slow cities" with friendly urban infrastructure with places of rest and recreation, where life is good. You can visit the Teutonic castle, inside which there are Renaissance polychromes and a lot of trinkets.
– Nowy Dwór Gdański, the capital of Żuławy with the Żuławy Museum. In the building of the former dairy of the Swiss Leonhard Krieg from 1902, traces of the cultural heritage of Żuławy of the Vistula Delta are collected. In addition to the history of the narrow-gauge railway, stories about Stobbes Machandel, a traditional regional drink, and the secrets of the history of the Mennonites, you can also take part in ceramics and regional cuisine workshops - brewing, cheese-making and bread-baking.
– Stablewo, Orłowo, Żuławki and Cyganek are towns near the new Dwór Gdański, where you can see arcaded houses, real gems of wooden architecture of Mennoites, settlers from the Netherlands who once inhabited these areas. In the Mały Holender restaurant, in a historic arcaded house, you can eat meatball soup and taste Werderkäse cheese from Żuławy.
– Nowa Kościelnica from Manufaktura Hersztek, where real gems are made, handmade tiles with windmills and patterns straight from the Netherlands. There is a company store full of wonders on site.
– Buczyniec with one of five slipways, which, together with two locks, are part of the water route of the Elbląg Canal. There you can visit the Elbląg Canal Museum, the engine room and see how ships "sail" on the grass.
– Krynica Morska with a lighthouse and the possibility of taking a cruise to Frombork, where you can visit the Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium.
– on the way to Frombork, it is worth visiting Kadyny and Tolkmicko.