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City in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship. Lublin is a compact mid-sized city with its own particular Renaissance style, called the Lublin Renaissance. Its historical Old Town is designated as one of Poland's national monuments by the National Heritage Board of Poland. Lublin is beaming with energy, a city has reached for European Youth Capital 2023 title, and for the European Capital of Culture 2029, outpacing other bigger agglomerations.
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The castle of Lublin has been rebuilt in the 19th century in the neogothic style. Proceed to the yard to take a look at the 13th-century Romanesque donjon and the Chapel of Holy Trinity. The Chapel is a must-see: its interior conceals unique Byzantine wall paintings dating back to 1418. If you have some more time, check out the interior of the museum, especially the Polish Paintings Gallery and the huge Union of Lublin painting by Jan Matejko.
Square with the uncovered foundation of the 14th-century St. Michael church. A beautiful view on the castle.
Trybunał Koronny
Built in the 1400s, it was the highest court in Lesser Poland.
One of the oldest churches in Lublin, built around 1253. Rebuilt into its current shape after a fire in 1575, in the style of Lublin Renaissance. Take a look at the various chapels, surrounding the church and opening to the inside.
A unique baroque church with wall paintings. The tower provides a beautiful city panorama.
One of the original city gates, rebuilt in 1785. In the past also known as the Jewish Gate, as it separated the Jewish District from the Old Town. Entering the gate, there is a door to the «Brama Grodzka — Teatr NN», a cultural institution with a permanent exhibition, dedicated to common Polish-Jewish history.
One of the two original city gates, built in 14th century in the Gothic style and then rebuilt during the Baroque period. A symbol of Lublin. The gate clock was in that same very place since the 16th century. At noon, a trumpeter plays the "Hejnał" (a traditional bugle call closely bound to the history of Kraków) from the balcony. Next to the gate, there is a small Lublin History Museum.
Stroll along the nice pedestrian zone in downtown and have a coffee in one of the cosy restaurants along the way.
It has a very unconventional design.
A Gothic-Renaissance church donated by King Ladislaus Jagiello after his victory over the Teutonic Order Knights at Grunwald/Tannenberg in 1410.
Another great example of Lublin Renaissance style, built in the 17th century.
A Lublin Renaissance church & monastery built in 1621 by the Franciscan order monks and renovated in the beginning of the 19th century to create 3 floors (lower and upper church + attic with community rooms).
Państowe Muzeum na Majdanku
Former Nazi German extermination and slave labour camp.
Muzeum Wsi Lubelskiej
One of the largest open air museums in Poland containing ethnographic exhibits from all around the Lublin region.
Muzeum Lubelskie w Lublinie
Gallery with Polish historical and modern painting, plus folk and weapon expositions.
Muzeum Historii Miasta Lublina
Muzeum Martyrologii Pod Zegarem
Dworek Wincentego Pola
Exhibitions concerning the life of Polish poet Vincent Pol and his hobby, geography. Housed in his former manor.
Muzeum Literackie im. Józefa Czechowicza
Exhibitions concerning the poets and authors from Lublin city and the region.
Piwnica pod Fortuną
10 underground rooms with multimedia exhibitions about history; one is a former winery with unique Renaissance polichrome.
Lubelska Trasa Podziemna
A unique system of underground cellars, basements and corridors originating from the 16th and 17th centuries. They served as storehouses when Lublin was a major trade center. A 250-m-long touristic route is available on a guided tours.
Full schedule of main events in the city, available in Polish, English, Ukrainian, Belarussian and Spanish, but Event Section is the most complete in Polish, less in English and Ukrainian, and only basic information are in the rest versions.
Międzynarodowy Festiwal Teatralny "Konfrontacje"
May
Festiwal Teatralny "SĄSIEDZI"
June
Międzynarodowe Lubelskie Spotkania Teatrów Tańca
November
Festival of Art in Public Spaces.
Polish, English, Ukrainian
Polish, German, English
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Ogród Saski
Established in 1837, one of the oldest city parks in Poland. Renovated in 2013.
Artificial lake, some restaurants and bars. It is possible to rent a boat or water skis.
Paintball.
Zalew Zemborzycki
Water skiing.
Cheap, self-service restaurant with typical Polish food.
Small self-service restaurant in a Medieval basement. This is a real budget one but you can't choose the dishes: they offer only one lunch set (main course with soup 15 zł). The menu changes every day.
This is by far the most popular ice cream place in the city. Queues are very common, even when the weather is not particularly hot.
Traditional Jewish cuisine.
Very nice rustic-style restaurant with regional cuisine.
Very popular (during weekends reservation is necessary) rustic-style restaurant with traditional Polish cuisine.
A restaurant in the hotel Alter (the only one five-star hotel in the region). New-style Polish and international cuisine.
Quite new place that is excellent for a quiet stop during the day while sipping tea, coffee or enjoying their cakes.
This place in the Old Town is a bar and library combined. Here you can read a chapter (or more) of one of their books and this when flavoring one of their many kinds of tea or coffee. There is a wide selection of books in English, in fact most of them are in English. They also have cakes.
Perłowa Pijalnia Piwa
This may be one of the most stylish places in Lublin to have a beer. Owned by the Perła brewery group (and located on the edge of the actual brewery) you are pretty close to the source. It may be no surprise that you can only get beers from this company here, but the wide offer of dark and light beers makes up for it. The place basically consists of one big oval-shaped bar.
Guest rooms in the Sławinek neighbourhood, some kilometres west of the city centre.
Mid-range hotel with restaurant and brewery in a park behind mall kilometer south off city centre.
Quirky and original Lublin-themed souvenir shop, you can buy postcards, mugs and posters here. The shop is somewhat hidden on a courtyard away from the main street.
Tomasz Zan Shopping Mall
market E.Leclerc, shops with clothes, books, music, toys, also restaurants and bars; near MediaMarkt with electronic equipment
Over 130 shops with clothes and electronic equipment, also restaurants and bars.
clothes, perfumes, restaurants and bars.
Over 100 shops with clothes, books, music, toys, also: club, cinema, restaurants and bars.
formerly Tarasy Zamkowe
By train
The Polish State Railways have services from Warsaw and other major Polish cities (Wrocław, Kraków, Poznań, Łódź and Gdańsk).
By car
Lublin has a ring road, and east-west as well as south north routes.
By bus
Many international connections - from the Main Bus Terminal (Dworzec Autobusowy Główny) with Birmingham, Bradford, Bremen, Cologne, Flensburg, Freiburg, Geneva, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, London, Lviv,…
By taxi
Taxi services are quite cheap, but it's good to know the local prices:
By bike
Lublin has a well-developed system of cycling infrastructure. There are over 80 km of segregated cycle lanes and paths in the city.
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