On the way

What to see on the way from Poznań to Gdańsk

It is about 304 km from Poznań to Gdańsk, roughly 3 h 12 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 9 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.

  • 304 km
  • 3 h 12 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +7 min detour 26 km from the start Show on map

    Iwno Palace

    No photo is available yet.

    A palace in the locality of Iwno (Kostrzyn Commune, Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), Poland, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +20 min detour 40 km from the start Show on map

    Open air museum in Dziekanowice

    Photo: Open air museum in Dziekanowice
    Daniel Wilusz CC BY-SA 3.0

    An open-air museum in Dziekanowice (Łubowo Commune, Gniezno County), founded in 1975, presenting architecture and objects from the Wielkopolska region.

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  3. Stop 3

    +16 min detour 51 km from the start Show on map

    Museum of the Origins of the Polish State in Gniezno

    Photo: Museum of the Origins of the Polish State in Gniezno
    Aung Public domain

    A history museum in the city of Gniezno (Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship).

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  4. Stop 4

    +9 min detour 74 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Dorothy in Rogowo

    Photo: Church of St Dorothy in Rogowo
    Robert Niedźwiedzki CC BY 3.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in the village of Rogowo (Rogowo Commune, Żnin County), built in 1828–1831 in the neo-Gothic style and listed in the register of monuments.

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  5. Stop 5

    +9 min detour 89 km from the start Show on map

    Museum of Sacred Art in Żnin

    Photo: Museum of Sacred Art in Żnin
    Hanaczaj CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    The Museum of Sacred Art is housed in a former bishop's manor in the town of Żnin (Żnin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) and was opened in 1999.

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  6. Stop 6

    +4 min detour 116 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Catherine of Alexandria in Rynarzewo

    Photo: Church of St Catherine of Alexandria in Rynarzewo
    Ulrich Jahr , Poland Public domain

    A neo-Baroque Roman Catholic church in Rynarzewo (Szubin Commune, Nakło County), built in 1913.

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  7. Stop 7

    +16 min detour 133 km from the start Show on map

    Bydgoszcz Bridgehead Combat Bunker (2 CKM) in Osówiec

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    Ruins of a Bydgoszcz Bridgehead combat bunker designed for two heavy machine guns, located in the village of Osówiec in the Sicienko Commune.

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  8. Stop 8

    +8 min detour 147 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Żołędowo

    Photo: Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Żołędowo
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic wooden church in the village of Żołędowo (Osielsko Commune, Bydgoszcz County), built in 1715 and listed in the register of monuments.

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  9. Stop 9

    +4 min detour 171 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St John the Baptist in Gruczno

    Photo: Church of St John the Baptist in Gruczno
    Ciacho5 CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Gruczno (Świecie Commune, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), built between 1873 and 1876 and listed in the register of monuments.

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  10. Stop 10

    +27 min detour 253 km from the start Show on map

    Owidz Gord

    Photo: Owidz Gord
    MOs810 CC BY-SA 4.0

    A reconstruction of an 11th-century gord and a museum in Owidz (Starogard Gdański Commune, Pomeranian Voivodeship), established in 2012.

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Gdańsk to Poznań

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.