Entertainment & Culture
Here are a few suggestions for excursions in the surrounding area:
Drawa National Park
The park is part of the Drawa ancient forest. The landscape of the park was shaped by a glacier and its melting water during the ice age. The River Drawa, 40 km of which flows through the park, forms impressive gorges and valleys all along its banks.
Canoeing in the Drawa National Park
The Drawa is one of the most beautiful canoeing routes in Poland and many guests rave about their harmonic nature experiences on canoeing tours along the river. The varied tours will take you through several different landscapes.
The world's biggest statue Christ
The Christ-the-King statue (polish: Pomnik Chrystusa Króla) is a monument in Świebodzin. At 36 metres, it is taller than the 30-metre Cristo Redentor Monument in Rio de Janeiro when one does not count the base and the hill. Christ-the-King is the patron saint of the city as well as the parish church.
Bunkers
Then you absolutely have to visit the remains of the bunkers on the Panther-Wotan line and the Międzyrzecz Fortified Region, a part of the ca 360 km long 1939 front on the German-Polish border.
Prisoner-of-war camp OfLag II C — Muzeum Woldenberczyków
On the 1st of September 1939, Hitler Germany attacked Poland. Soon thereafter several prisoner-of-war camps were constructed, including one in Woldenberg – Oflag II C.
Międzyrzecz Fortified Region
Tourists from all over the world visit the German fortifications at Międzyrzecz. A number of bunkers and cast-iron armoured cupolas still mark the woodland and the Panther-Wotan line.
The hyrdoelectric power plant Kamienna
The hydroelectric power plant Kamienna belongs to the most interesting industrial landmarks in Drawienski National Park. Characteristic of the industrial structures of the early 20th Century, the power plant is unparalleled in Poland and one of the oldest hydroelectric power plants in the world.
Central market in Gorzow
Every Sunday at 5am, the biggest flea market in western Poland begins. Everything imaginable, ranging from antiquities, clothes, food items, agricultural machines and cars to livestock and pets, is on offer.
Szczecin – City tour
Szczecin is one of the biggest ports of the Baltic Sea with a multiude of cultural buildings. It is a candidate for the European Capital of Culture in 2016. Harbour and city tours in both English and German can be booked on the spot.
Poznan - City tour
Poznan is the historical capital of the Greater Poland region as well as the cultural centre of the country and a university city. The Old City with its town hall, the old town square and the cathedral are particularly worth seeing.
