Architectural Highlights

Szczecin is not only a city of water and greenery but also of interesting and intriguing architecture, which is often world class.

Talented designers have worked here, and a large proportion of what they created is preserved in impeccable shape. It is worth knowing that the blocks of tenement houses erected in the 19th and 20th centuries are incomparable to any others in Poland.

It is here the elegant villa districts were built even before 1945, and their creation was inspired by the modern concept of city-gardens. The huge Central Cemetery is the city's pride. Due to incredibly designed greenery and stylish statues it can be called the Garden of the Dead. Szczecin appears to have a rarely encountered aspect: the newer the architecture, the better it is. Let us then walk along the route of the last several centuries.

Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Wały Chrobrego

The National Museum in Szczecin

The largest cultural institution in West Pomerania.

Filharmonia im. Mieczysława Karłowicza w Szczecinie

Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin

Have you ever seen an iceberg in the city center?

Zamek Książąt Pomorskich w Szczecinie widziany z Łasztowni

Pomeranian Dukes' Castle

Anyone entering Szczecin by bridges over the Oder River can see the towering red-brick gothic Cathedral and an elegant, pale silhouette of a Renaissance castle with green towers, which used to be the seat of the dukes of the Griffins dynasty who ruled the Duchy of Pomerania.

Castle Boroughs

There is a reason why Szczecin's Castle Boroughs are called "the new old town". After the Allied air raids, most of the Lower Town was razed to the ground. Its present appearance differs from the original one, although it refers to it. Today the Hay Market Square is a meeting place frequented by Szczecin residents and tourists.