R10 – Ustka – Slupsk

Logistics

Trains run to both Slupsk and Ustka. However, with the difference that Slupsk is, according to PKP classification as a railway station of the voivodeship category and Ustka of the tourist category. This means that Slupsk can be reached from several large Polish cities, e.g. from the Tri-City, Warsaw, Poznan or Szczecin, while Ustka serves only a connection with Slupsk all year round. During the holiday season, however, trains from other regions of the country (for example from Warsaw) come to Ustka. However, you should check the schedule beforehand, as they are not always repeatable every year.

Characteristics, mileage, tips

The Ustka – Slupsk section has been designated as the R10 connecting route with an important transport hub, which is Slupsk. Apart from the cities of Ustka and Slupsk, it also covers the rural communes of Slupsk and Ustka. The trail reaches almost to the very door of the Slupsk railway station. For the most part, it runs along bicycle paths or specially designated lanes for bicycle traffic along district roads. In the section near Wodnica, the trail uses the local road for general traffic. Despite the fact that the nature of the route is rather communication, the high sightseeing value of this section is the course through the villages of the so-called Checkered Land, i.e. the area around Slupsk abounding in half-timbered rural buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries. In some towns, you can also find interesting sacral monuments and even a small zoo.

R10 – Ustka - Słupsk

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Possible difficulties

Little. Be careful only on the section with bicycle traffic on general terms in the vicinity of Wodnica. However, there is very little traffic there. Perhaps some fragments will still be in progress, which may affect the safety and smoothness of bicycle traffic.

Dedicated parking spaces

• Slupsk – around the intersection of Rejtana Street and May 3 Avenue (shelter, bicycle racks, information board).
• Bruskowo Wielkie – next to the sports field (planned site).

You'll see on the R10 and around

• Slupsk – The Castle of the Pomorkie Dukes from the 16th century (the seat of the Museum of Pomorskie Central, includes, among others, historical and ethnographic exhibitions on the Slupsk Land as well as arts and crafts), the castle complex also includes the Gothic buildings of the mill and the Mill Gate, Richter’s Granary (tea room and art gallery) and St. Jack from the 15th century, the White Granary (a branch of the Museum of Pomorskie Central housing the world’s largest collection of Witkacy’s works), the Gothic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the remains of the medieval defensive walls over Slupia River with the Witches’ Tower, the New Gate (a Gothic gate opening the entrance to the market square), the neo-Gothic building of the town hall, Wojska Polskiego Street (the most popular promenade in the city with numerous restaurants and shops as well as historic tenement houses), the Neo-Romanesque church of St. Otto from the 19th century (probably built on the site of an early medieval stronghold from the 9th-12th century).
• Bruskowo Wielkie (Slupsk commune) – examples of old half-timbered buildings of the Checkered Land.
• Strzelinko (Slupsk commune) – a tourist complex Dolina Charlotty with accommodation facilities, a restaurant and SPA, a zoo and many attractions for children, a place of the iconic Rock Legends Festival
• Swolowo (Slupsk commune) – a village recognized as the capital of the Checkered Land. There are numerous homesteads and half-timbered buildings (a skeleton of wooden beams filled with clay, painted black and white, resembling a lattice), in the village there is a Museum of Folk Culture of Pomorskie located in restored homesteads and outbuildings.

Unobvious attractions and other mysterious places on the route and in the vicinity.

• Slupsk – closed railway bridge over Slupia River (near Karola Borchardta Street).
• Jezierzyce (Slupsk commune) – remains of the former airship base (available).
• Machowino (Ustka commune) – a historic 19th-century Evangelical cemetery.
• Lubuczewo (Slupsk commune) – a palace from the 19th century.
• Wielichowo (Slupsk commune) – warehouses of the former, secret military base from the 1960s (partly accessible).

Other bike trails and excursion suggestions:

• Ring of Gryfits (black) – a loop around Slupsk with a length of over 100 km.
• The Moszczeniczka Valley (blue) – from Slupsk to Swolowo (capital of the Checkered Land).
• The Prince’s Road (green) – from Slupsk through Swolowo, Krzemienica (one of the most beautiful villages of the Checkered Land next to Swolowo) to Starkow.
• To the Gabel station (green) – from Slupsk through Karzcino to Osieki Slupskie.
• Zeppelin Trail (blue) – from Jezierzyce through Lubuczewo, Karzcino, Machowino, Wytowno to Ustka.