Lodz is a remarkable city- worth stopping here for a weekend to plunge in its unique atmosphere to know its unusual history and to experience an unforgettable adventure.

For many years Lodz functioned in the collective imagination as a city of factories and grey everyday life. Few people noticed its architectonic, landscape and cultural values. Nowadays the situation changed. The tourists are attracted to the city by beautifully refurbished tenement houses and manufacturers’ residences – monuments of eclectic and secessionist architecture, exceptional museums and unique units of 19th century industrial architecture. A representative street of the city - Piotrkowska St - is one of its greatest attractions. The most important institutions, bancs, shops and countless restaurants, pubs, discotheques, clubs, but also antique shops, art galleries, cinemas and other cultural institutions are all placed here.

Stop Nr 1 – Piotrkowska Street - Clubbing centre
Pietryna- this is a popular name of the main street of Lodz, used by its inhabitants. Today it is not only the heart of the town, but also the longest shopping street and promenade in Europe. On weekend nights, Pietryna becomes a clubbing centre and the street is then even more crowded than during the day. At Piotrkowska Street there are over 100 pubs, clubs and discos. Here everyone may find something of interest. Beer lovers may visit the Peron 6 (The Platform 6) pub, where they may taste beer from any place in the world. Jazz fans will find the Jazzga Club, rock fans - The Lizard King, motorcyclists – The Iron Horse and avant-garde followers – the controversial pub Lodz Kaliska. Anyone willing to dance all night should visit the clubs like: The Blue, The Soda Club, The Logo, The Opium, The Port West, The Cabaret, The Viva... Here you may find places located in adapted shop floors – like the Fabryka (The Factory) or combining boutique and coffee house – like The Pret a Cafe. And if you are after sophisticated cuisine, then a walk along Pietryna is like a culinary trip around the world. What is worth recommendation? Polish cuisine in the Karczma u Chochoła (The Straw Man Inn), Art Nouveau interiors and local delicacies in the Klub Spadkobierców (The Inheritors’ Club) and the Piotrkowska Klub 97, Jewish specialities in The Anatewka, with live music provided by the violinist residing over.... the bar. It is easy to move along the promenade by rickshaw, or a tram built according to the old design. And you may see unique street monuments: The Turn of the Millennium Monument Honouring Lodz Residents or the Gallery of Famous Inhabitants of Lodz (Kufer Reymonta- Władysław Reymont’s Trunk, Ławeczka Tuwima – Julian Tuwim’s Bench, Fortepian Rubinsteina – Arthur Rubinstein’s Piano, Łódzkich Fabrykantów - The Factory Owners).
Pietryna is the best place to organize a pre-wedding meeting for your friends; come and turn the night into an exceptional journey.


Stop Nr 2 - Film Centre
Lodz is famous in the world because of its associations with the names famous in film industry - like Krzysztof Kieślowski (Dekalog, Trois couleurs: Rouge, Double vie de Véronique), Roman Polański (Nóż w wodzie, The Pianist, Cul-de-sac, Rosemary’s Baby), Krzysztof Zanussi (Cwał), Jerzy Skolimowski (Moonlighting, The Stout) or Andrzej Wajda (Ziemia obiecana, Człowiek z marmuru). All of them are known all over the world and have one feature in common: they have graduated from The Filmówka in Lodz, i.e. the Higher School of Film, Theatre and Television. Some of the students reveal their talents already during the International Festival of Film Schools – Mediaschool, organized by the Filmówka every October. And every December Lodz hosts also the International Festival of Film Operators - Camerimage, also relating to film traditions of the town. The festival provides an excellent opportunity for the confrontation of talents, during film shows, exhibitions, workshops. And the chance to meet celebrities likes David Lynch, John Malkovich, James Ivory, Charlize Theron... And more inquisitive fans of the film world will find here the Muzeum Kinematografii (The Museum of Cinematography), the only one in Poland, dedicated to the Polish art of photography, media and giant productions.


Stop Nr 3 - The City of four cultures
The unique character of Lodz, so easy to notice today, is due to the variety of cultures nurtured by national minorities participating in the formation of the 19th century industrial centre. Jew, Germans, Russians and other nationalities formed a significant portion of the population…Today you may still find numerous traces that remind us on the unique and multi-cultural history of Lodz. At the Jewish Cemetary at the Bracka Street, the largest one in Europe, you will find mausoleums of factory owners and ghetto field dedicated to the victims of the 2nd World War.
Tenement houses erected by German and Jewish owners stand next to each other. You may admire the St. Alexander Newski’s Orthodox Cathedral and the St. Olga’s Orthodox Church, the St. Matthew’s Evangelic Church, and the nearby St. Stanisław Kostka’s Cathedral. Among the splendid synagogues of Lodz, the only one to survive the war was the small private synagogue owned by the Richters family. The city is full of mystery tales concerning its previous inhabitants. Every September Lodz hosts the Festival of the Dialogue of Four Cultures, reviving the multi-cultural atmosphere of the city and combining exhibitions, performances and concerts of Polish, German, Jewish and Russian artists.

And  on top of that
Lodz is the city of festivals, hosting on regular basis a few dozen cultural events every year. Explorers Festival is the event to be recommended to enthusiasts of extreme sports, mountains and traveling. And the lovers of the art. of photography have yearly exhibitions organized during the Fotofestival; in 2005 its organizers called for the Union of 30 European Festivals of Photography. The Art Biennale draws unique pieces of art., designed especially for this very occasion. They are ideally complemented by the oldest collection of modern art. In Europe, started in 1933, presented in the Muzeum Sztuki (The Museum of Art). And the largest collection of fabrics in Europe, displayed in the Muzeum Włókiennictwa (The Museum of Textile Industry), organizer of Triennale of Fabric, is also worth visiting.

And if you wish to learn about the history of Lodz, then you should also visit the Muzeum Historii Miasta (The Historical Museum of Lodz), located in the biggest palace in Poland erected by the factory owner, I. K. Poznański. The palace forms a section of the 19th century building complex including factories and residences, erected in the area covering 60 ha, where today the Manufaktura (The Manufacture) – the cultural and entertainment centre, is under construction. And everyone interested in industrial architecture is recommended to see the previous empire of the Scheiblers and Grohmans families – the Księży Młyn quarter.