Things to do in Szczecin
A weekend in Kołobrzeg and Koszalin: the fortress, museums and a water park
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A port city on the Oder, at the crossroads of many cultures. Szczecin is a story of dukes, merchants, sailors, artists and everyday life.
Explore Szczecin is our section of articles about the city on the Oder and the whole of West Pomerania. It holds more than 200 pieces, from the history of the Pomeranian dukes and Szczecin's gates to the coast, the lakes, the spa towns and regional food. The articles pair facts from reliable sources with a short, readable account, so they work well before a trip or as an evening read.
Questions about the city's past are answered in Szczecin history, while the story of the wider region, from the Griffin dynasty to the Hanseatic towns, sits in West Pomeranian history. The largest section, What to see, has more than 50 articles on towns, castles and landscape parks. For days without a plan, try What to do in Szczecin, which covers water parks, fairs and walks on the city's edge.
The Sea and coast section heads for the water: the cliffs of Wolin, the Szczecin Lagoon and Lake Dąbie, lighthouses and the first bathing seasons in Świnoujście and Międzyzdroje. Culture and art is for lovers of churches, Orthodox chapels and museum buildings. Shorter stories, from legendary trees to local tales, are in Curiosities, and regional products such as Szczecin paprykarz or Drahim honey are in Good, because West Pomeranian.
We treat the Places of remembrance section separately, in a calm and factual tone. It covers war cemeteries, the Jewish heritage of the region, the crossing of the Oder in 1945 and former garrisons. These are historical texts, written without the language of a tourist guide.
If you are planning a particular trip, start with the section for the town you are visiting, then move on to texts about its surroundings. Many articles pair with a place card in the catalogue, where you can check the address and the position on the map. If you simply want inspiration, pick Curiosities or What to do in Szczecin.
The articles link to one another: a text about Wolin leads to the Pomeranian bishopric, and that one to Kamień Pomorski. It is an easy way to build your own reading route, much as you would plan a journey. The section keeps growing, and new texts land in the matching categories.
