On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Łódź

It is about 130 km from Warsaw to Łódź, roughly 1 h 40 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 8 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 11 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.

  • 130 km
  • 1 h 40 min
  • 8 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +10 min detour 21 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of the Apostles in Ożarów Mazowiecki

    Photo: Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of the Apostles in Ożarów Mazowiecki
    Paterm & Marcin Pietrzykowski CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Ożarów Mazowiecki (Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship).

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  2. Stop 2

    +12 min detour 32 km from the start Show on map

    Parish Church of the Transfiguration in Żuków

    Photo: Parish Church of the Transfiguration in Żuków
    Marchevkowo CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    An 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Żuków (Grodzisk Mazowiecki Commune, Grodzisk County), listed as a heritage monument of the Masovian Voivodeship.

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  3. Stop 3

    +28 min detour 41 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr in Jaktorów

    No photo is available yet.

    A Roman Catholic church from the 1930s in Jaktorów (Jaktorów Commune, Grodzisk County), listed in the Masovian Voivodeship heritage register.

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  4. Stop 4

    +4 min detour 52 km from the start Show on map

    Cemetery in Wiskitki

    Photo: Cemetery in Wiskitki
    Pkopania CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic cemetery in the town of Wiskitki (Żyrardów County), established in the first half of the 19th century and listed in the heritage register.

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  5. Stop 5

    +10 min detour 75 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Matthias the Apostle in Bełchów

    Photo: Church of St Matthias the Apostle in Bełchów
    Agajka CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic church from the 1860s in Bełchów (Nieborów Commune, Łowicz County), listed in the heritage register.

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  6. Stop 6

    +8 min detour 87 km from the start Show on map

    Bishop's Palace in Łyszkowice

    No photo is available yet.

    A bishop's palace in the village of Łyszkowice, Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship.

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  7. Stop 7

    +22 min detour 109 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Wola Błędowa

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    A palace in the locality of Wola Błędowa, Stryków Commune, Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship.

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  8. Stop 8

    +16 min detour 109 km from the start Show on map

    Sanctuary of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Barbara in Stare Skoszewy

    Photo: Sanctuary of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Barbara in Stare Skoszewy
    Polimerek CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic sanctuary in Stare Skoszewy (Nowosolna Commune, Łódź East County), a Neo-Baroque church built in 1934–1936.

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Łódź 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.