Historic sites
a Baroque gate from the 18th century, the former Berlin Gate, with a Latin inscription in the attic
Historic sites
a neo-Gothic brick town hall from 1875-1879 on an embankment by Batory Square
Cemeteries and monuments
a bronze bust by Antoni Popiel from 1901, brought from Lwów to Szczecin in 1956
Museums
three themed exhibitions in a shelter under the station, from the Second World War to the Polish People's Republic
Historic sites
a red-brick building of 1872-1905 in the German Neo-Renaissance style, still a working post office
Churches and monasteries
a brick garrison church with a 65.5 m tower, formerly the Evangelical Bugenhagen church
Places with character
a square in Śródmieście with tenement houses, the sculpture "Labirynt" and two churches
Places with character
former department store with the UFA Palast cinema, today an office building with a vertical garden
Cemeteries and monuments
the city's first monument in the form of a bench, a traveller on a trunk in Anders Park
Places with character
a small square by the Red Town Hall with the Anchor Monument and a 19th-century pump
Places with character
a modernist fountain-sculpture of clinker, in a state of ruin for years
Cemeteries and monuments
sculpture of a railwayman changing the points, standing in front of the main station
Places with character
steel bridge from 1921, the only Szczecin bridge to survive the Second World War
Places of remembrance
former Prussian military cemetery, now a square with a fragment of the wall and old trees
Things to do in Nowe Miasto, Szczecin: the Harbour Gate, the Red Town Hall, an air-raid shelter under the station and garrison church squares.
Nowe Miasto lies between the Old Town and the main railway station and gathers sights from very different periods: a Baroque gate, a 19th-century brick town hall, bridges, monuments and underground exhibitions. It makes a good start to the day for anyone who arrived by train and has a few hours for a walk.
Start with the gate and the town hall, the two best-known buildings in the district, a short walk apart. Then add the post office and the church at Plac Zwycięstwa.
The Harbour Gate (Brama Portowa) is a Baroque city gate from the 18th century, once called the Berlin Gate. In the attic are a Latin text, a Prussian emblem and a view of the city. The Red Town Hall on Plac Batorego, a neo-Gothic brick building from 1875-1879, is also called the New one. On Dworcowa Street stands Post Office no. 2, a complex of red-brick buildings from 1872-1905 in German Neo-Renaissance style, still in use. All three are among the historic buildings in Nowe Miasto, and their facades are best seen from the street.
Underground: the Underground Tourist Routes at 2 Kolumba Street are three exhibitions set up in a former German shelter beneath the main station. You can visit alone or with a group, so they suit a gap between trains. The district also has squares with churches: St Adalbert's Church is a neo-Gothic garrison church from 1906-1909 with a tower 65.5 metres tall.
The district has five atmospheric places and three monuments, and together they show how the city changed. For walkers the squares and bridges are the most interesting.
Plac Zwycięstwa has pre-war and post-war buildings, two churches and the sculpture Labirynt (Labyrinth), a modernist fountain of clinker shapes from 1997, a ruin for years. Plac Tobrucki is a small square beside the Red Town Hall with an Anchor Monument and a 19th-century pump. The Posejdon Center next to the Harbour Gate was a department store with the UFA Palast cinema and is now an office block with a green wall. Over the Western Oder stands the Jaskółcza Island Bridge, a steel structure from 1920-1921, the only one in Szczecin to come out of the war intact.
Three monuments stand out. In front of the station is the Railwayman Monument from 1964, and on the green between the gate and Plac Zwycięstwa the bust of Kornel Ujejski, brought from Lviv. In the park there is the bench figure of Jan Czekanowski from 2012. The full list is on the pages for cemeteries and monuments and atmospheric places in Nowe Miasto.
One: a former military necropolis on Kopernika Street, covered on its own page in a sober tone.
The garrison cemetery opened in 1846, and today a square, a fragment of the wall and old trees remain.
A few hours are enough for a quick walk, because the sights lie close together. Add more if you include the exhibitions in the shelter under the station.
Plac Zwycięstwa, the bridges, the monuments and the facades of the buildings. Two monuments carry the free tag, and entry to the exhibitions is listed on each page.
Yes. The Railwayman Monument stands in front of the main station, and the underground exhibitions are in the shelter next to it.
Post Office no. 2 keeps serving the public, so do not treat its interior like a museum. The Labyrinth sculpture has been decaying for years.
