On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Szczecin

It is about 568 km from Warsaw to Szczecin, roughly 5 h 46 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.

  • 568 km
  • 5 h 46 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +16 min detour 53 km from the start Show on map

    Sobański Palace in Guzów

    Photo: Sobański Palace in Guzów
    Tomasz Kuran aka Meteor2017 CC BY-SA 3.0

    A 19th-century Neo-Renaissance palace in Guzów (Wiskitki Commune, Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship), listed in the Polish heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

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

    Bishop's Palace in Łyszkowice

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

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +20 min detour 137 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Grace in Pęcławice

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    An 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Pęcławice, Piątek Commune, Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +21 min detour 185 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.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +7 min detour 268 km from the start Show on map

    Fire Tower in Dybowo

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    A fire observation tower in the village of Dybowo (Wielka Nieszawka commune, Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship).

    • Nature and unusual places

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  6. Stop 6

    +1 min detour 331 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Nicholas in Ślesin

    Photo: Church of St Nicholas in Ślesin
    Mariusz Guć CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic wooden church in Ślesin (Nakło nad Notecią commune, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), built in 1779 and entered in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +1 min detour 385 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Margaret the Virgin and Martyr and Our Lady of the Scapular in Śmiłowo

    Photo: Church of St Margaret the Virgin and Martyr and Our Lady of the Scapular in Śmiłowo
    Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons Public domain

    A Roman Catholic church in Śmiłowo (Kaczory Commune, Piła County), built in the early 20th century and entered in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +1 min detour 438 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Hedwig in Jabłonowo

    Photo: Church of St Hedwig in Jabłonowo
    Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons Public domain

    A Roman Catholic filial church in Jabłonowo (Mirosławiec Commune), built in 1874 as an Evangelical church in the Neo-Romanesque style.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +3 min detour 452 km from the start Show on map

    Foundations of the Wedel Castle ("Taiwan") in Mirosławiec

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    Castle ruins in the town of Mirosławiec, Wałcz County.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +11 min detour 508 km from the start Show on map

    19th-century half-timbered watermill in Suchań

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    A half-timbered watermill from the 19th century in the town of Suchań (Suchań Commune, Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Szczecin 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.