Malczewskiego 34

The tenement house at Malczewskiego 34 is a historic residential building in the centre of Szczecin, popularly called the Sandwich (Kanapka). It is the only surviving pre-war tenement house in the block between Matejki, Malczewskiego and Piłsudskiego streets and Wyzwolenia Avenue, and at the same time one of the few pre-war buildings that survived in this part of the city.

Architecture and history

The tenement house was built in 1885 to 1888 for a building contractor named Haad, on what was then Birkenallee. It has a U-shaped plan: a front wing and two outbuildings, each four storeys high. The façade is symmetrical, with seven axes, and the ground floor and first floor are covered with rustication. Balconies with Ionic columns adjoin the central axes. In the stairwell the stairs with a balustrade, stucco and some of the original doors have survived, and in the gateway passage terracotta.

During the war almost all the buildings along this stretch of the street were reduced to rubble, but the tenement house with its outbuildings survived. In autumn 2011 the side walls were covered with murals by a Szczecin artist known as Lump. From 2020 the building was renovated and extended, and the façade regained its historic colour scheme; commercial premises were created on the ground floor, and since 2024 it has housed the editorial office of “Kurier Szczeciński”. The building was entered in the heritage register on 24 June 2004.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Jacka Malczewskiego 34, Szczecin, Centrum.
• This is a building in use, so you view it from the street; the interiors are not open for visits.
• Nearby: the National Museum in Szczecin and the tenement house at Piłsudskiego 7, the other one to survive the war.