One of the points of the route during our trip was the mosque in Bohoniki. Bohoniki is a small village near the border with Belarus. The land was donated to the Polish Tartars and it is here that they built…
The geographical center of Europe
City Suchowola – this is the place where, according to calculations made by Simon Anthony Sobiekrajski in 1775 is a center of Europe. What is interesting is that Europe has several center points, it all depends on which criteria you…
Tripoint border of Poland – Bolcie
Polish territory, Lithuania and Russia (Kaliningrad Region) meet in one place. This place is located near Bolcie near Wiżajny, not far from the road no. 651 (Wizajny – Zytkiejmy) – on the Polish side and Vištytis (in Lithuanian). This point…
Stanczyki bridges
We arrived at the north-eastern edge of Poland. We drove to the Stańczyki village to explore the historic Stanczyki bridges also called aqueducts of Rominta Forest. Before coming to Stanczyki we passed the village Kiepojcie. There is a much smaller…
The Wolf’s Lair
The Wolf’s Lair is a place where we wanted to go for a long time. When we were planning a summer holiday trip to the eastern Poland we decided to visit it finally. We like fortifications, which you probably already…
Buczyniec ramp
For the night we stayed near Buczyniec Ramp. There’s a brand new campsite, which was established during the revitalization of the site with an EU grant. Reconstruction took place in the years 2011 – 2015. We got there soon after…
“Nowa Holandia” Family Amusement Park in Elbląg
We heard about the “Nowa Holandia” (“New Netherlands”) Family Theme Park located in Elblag few weeks before arrival. We decided to include this place in our expedition plan through eastern Poland. We started our journey on the north of the country, first visiting Malbork,…
Krynica Morska – lighthouse and beach
After a morning visit to Malbork we went to the Baltic Sea coast, to Krynica Morska – the village, located on the Vistula Spit. During our previous year’s visit to Denmark we traveled a spit near the village of Hvide…
Malbork Castle
In the summer of 2015 we decided to visit eastern Poland. We began, however, more to the north. The first attraction was visiting Gothic castle in Malbork. The castle was built in the years 1274-1457 and is one of the…
Międzyrzecz Fortified Region
Międzyrzecz Fortified Region, commonly called the MFR is a belt of fortifications built between 1934-1944 by the Germans in order to defend the eastern border. Barely a dozen kilometers from the border, planned fortification areas sealed the gaps between the…