Interesting, fascinating, captivating. Such are the museums and monuments of Pomerania. Who would not want to feel what it is like to be a King taking a stroll down the Royal Road, or like a brave knight of the Teutonic Order living in one of the Gothic strongholds? Pomeranian monuments take you back to the times when courageous knights fought for peace and freedom, AND also for the hearts of beautiful maidens. The Checked House Region, the Wdzydzki Open-Air Village Museum, the Museum of Ceramics, and Żuławy’s arcade houses, are only a few of Pomerania’s many historic sites, spellbinding with their appearance, rich history, and unique architecture. Visit our Voivodeship and you will discover many more interesting places...

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Museums and Open-air museum
Numerous well-stocked museums exhibiting the gems of the Pomeranian cultural heritage.
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Castles and fortifications
The Gothic castles of the Teutonic Order are an inseparable element of the Pomeranian landscape. The former Capital of the Order in Malbork is also located here. The enormous castle is inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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Architectural monuments
Pomerania is a place where monuments of rural architecture, palace complexes and burgher tenement houses intermingle with each other, creating a unique space with a truly special ambience.
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Sacred heritage
For centuries the Cistercians, the Benedictines, the Dominicans, and the Carthusians farmed land, built mills, churches and monasteries. Their surviving work today constitutes the rich historic heritage of the region, with many structures dating back to mediaeval times.
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National Memorials
Monuments to famous people and events, scenes of battles, skirmishes, and freedom fights, and also the world’s only Museum of the National Anthem – in Będomin.
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Engeneering & hydro-engeneering monuments
The Słupia, the Radunia, and the Wierzyca are rivers whose location and energy of water flow was taken advantage of to build hydroelectric power plants. Many of them are still operating and can be visited. The oldest such power plant in Europe, Struga, or the Radunia’s highest-situated plant in Bielkowo, are only a few of the facilities well worth seeing. The principles of physics, chemistry, and mathematics are contained in machines and post-industrial sites, and presented at thematic exhibitions, such as in the Hewelianum Centre.
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Archeological sites
In times of old the Romans, Goths, and other peoples traversed Pomerania, leaving in their wake burial sites and numerous items now found in the earth.
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Underground routes
Pomerania offers its guests two underground tourist trails – their exploration makes for a thrilling adventure which, besides bringing unforgettable experience, constitutes a valuable lesson in nature and history.
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UNESCO World Heritage
Since 1997, the exclusive list of facilities covered by the special protection of UNESCO (one of the UN agencies) has included the Teutonic Castle in Malbork and since 2010 biosphery park Tuchola Forest (Bory Tucholskie) .
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Maritime culture
The close vicinity of the sea was and still is affecting the lives of the populations inhabiting the seashore areas of Pomerania. The specific marine culture is reflected in lifestyle, legends, traditions, and the spiritual and material activity of north Kashubia.
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Urban heritage
Many urban layouts in Pomeranian towns and cities have historical origins, so they witnessed the emergence of successive urban-planning and spatial developments.
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Others
The elusive charm of Pomeranian ”pearls”, attractive to tourists and residents, draws both to the more and the less-known places across the whole region.
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Squares and monuments