On the way

What to see on the way from Łódź to Gdańsk

It is about 335 km from Łódź to Gdańsk, roughly 3 h 15 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 10 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 19 minutes: the extra time to drive to a stop and back to the route.

Stops are listed in driving order, each with the time it adds and its distance from the start.

  • 335 km
  • 3 h 15 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +19 min detour 45 km from the start Show on map

    Manor Park in Piaski Bankowe

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    A manor park listed in the register of monuments, located in the village of Piaski Bankowe, Bielawy Commune, Łowicz County.

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  2. Stop 2

    +10 min detour 76 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Strzelce

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    A palace in the village of Strzelce, Strzelce Commune, Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +21 min detour 102 km from the start Show on map

    Kujawsko-Dobrzyński Ethnographic Park in Kłóbka

    Photo: Kujawsko-Dobrzyński Ethnographic Park in Kłóbka
    Semu CC BY-SA 3.0

    An open-air museum founded in 1993 in the village of Kłóbka (Lubień Kujawski Commune), a branch of the Museum of the Kujawy and Dobrzyń Land in Włocławek.

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  4. Stop 4

    +19 min detour 127 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Wieniec

    Photo: Palace in Wieniec
    Lotek70 CC0

    An eclectic palace built in 1890–1892 to a design by Artur Goebel in Wieniec, Brześć Kujawski Commune, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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  5. Stop 5

    +23 min detour 158 km from the start Show on map

    Ukrainian Military Cemetery in Aleksandrów Kujawski

    Photo: Ukrainian Military Cemetery in Aleksandrów Kujawski
    Bardrock Public domain

    A military cemetery of soldiers of the Ukrainian People’s Republic Army who died in 1920–1921 at Internment Camp No. 6 in Aleksandrów Kujawski (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), listed in the heritage register.

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  6. Stop 6

    +21 min detour 179 km from the start Show on map

    Museum of Literature and Printing

    Photo: Museum of Literature and Printing
    Urszula CC BY-SA 3.0

    A museum in Grębocin (Lubicz Commune, Toruń County), founded in 2004, with collections on the history of European and Asian literature, papermaking and printing.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +17 min detour 223 km from the start Show on map

    Infantry bunker in Grudziądz

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    Ruins of an infantry bunker in the city of Grudziądz (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.

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  8. Stop 8

    +12 min detour 244 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Lawrence and Mother of the Church in Płochocin

    Photo: Church of St Lawrence and Mother of the Church in Płochocin
    Reptar CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Płochocin (Warlubie Commune, Świecie County), built in 1891 and listed in the Polish register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +24 min detour 266 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Martin in Barłożno

    Photo: Church of St Martin in Barłożno
    Gdaniec CC BY 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Barłożno (Skórcz Commune, Starogard County), built in the 14th–15th centuries and entered in the heritage register in 1962.

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  10. Stop 10

    +6 min detour 294 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Andrew Bobola in Swarożyn

    Photo: Church of St Andrew Bobola in Swarożyn
    Polimerek CC BY-SA 3.0

    A former Evangelical, now Roman Catholic church in Swarożyn (Tczew Commune, Tczew County), built in 1894–1895 and listed in the heritage register.

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Driving the other way?

Driving from Gdańsk to Łódź, you reach the same stops in reverse order – read the list from the bottom.

Plan the route from Gdańsk to Łódź

How stops are chosen: the planner routes the drive, checks places up to 5 km from the road and routes the real detour to each; it keeps those that add at most 30 minutes. Data: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata, Wikipedia, the NID heritage register (CC BY 4.0), Opencaching.PL (CC BY-SA 3.0 PL), photos from Wikimedia Commons with their author and licence.