On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Hel

It is about 439 km from Warsaw to Hel, roughly 4 h 33 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 8 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.

  • 439 km
  • 4 h 33 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +8 min detour 43 km from the start Show on map

    Fort X Henrysin

    No photo is available yet.

    A brick fort built in 1912–1915 in Henrysin (Zakroczym Commune, Nowy Dwór County), part of the outer ring of the Modlin Fortress, listed as a monument of the Masovian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +6 min detour 83 km from the start Show on map

    Grabowski Family Funeral Chapel in Dziektarzewo

    Photo: Grabowski Family Funeral Chapel in Dziektarzewo
    Kot.peter CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic cemetery chapel and burial vault of the Grabowski family, built in 1897 in the village of Dziektarzewo (Baboszewo Commune, Płońsk County) and listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +7 min detour 141 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St James the Apostle in Białuty

    Photo: Church of St James the Apostle in Białuty
    Beax CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Białuty (Iłowo-Osada Commune, Działdowo County), built in 1884 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +16 min detour 173 km from the start Show on map

    T-34 in Witramowo

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    A T-34 tank in Witramowo (Olsztynek Commune, Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), Poland.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +6 min detour 197 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rychnowo

    Photo: Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rychnowo
    Piotr Marynowski / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic church in Rychnowo (Grunwald Commune, Ostróda County), built in 1713 as an Evangelical church, now listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +12 min detour 252 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St John the Baptist in Zielonka Pasłęcka

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    A Roman Catholic church, originally Evangelical, completed in 1792 in the village of Zielonka Pasłęcka (Pasłęk Commune, Elbląg County).

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +20 min detour 273 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Janów

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    A palace in the locality of Janów (Elbląg Commune, Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +6 min detour 314 km from the start Show on map

    Bridge in Kiezmark

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    A road bridge over the Vistula River in Kiezmark (Cedry Wielkie Commune, Gdańsk County), built in 1973.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +17 min detour 359 km from the start Show on map

    Góra Studencka

    No photo is available yet.

    A peak 180 m above sea level about 2 km from Kacze Buki in Gdynia.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  10. Stop 10

    +2 min detour 397 km from the start Show on map

    Kaczy Winkel

    No photo is available yet.

    A viewpoint in the town of Puck (Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship).

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Hel to Warsaw

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.