Curiosities

Stawiszyn, in Kalisz County, is the smallest town in Poland, in terms of area. It barely takes up 1 sq. […]

The St. Jadwiga Stone in Gołuchów, with a circumference of 22 m, is the largest glacial erratic in Wielkopolska.

The windmill is the indisputable symbol of Śmigiel. According to an old legend, no more than 100 windmills could be […]

The plane trees that grow in the landscape garden in Dobrzyca are the thickest in Wielkopolska measuring 960 cm around […]

There were around 2,700 windmills in Wielkopolska in 1861. Today, there are just on 100. To see them, just take […]

The last women in Poland to be burnt at the stake for witchcraft were burnt in Doruchów, near Ostrzeszów in […]

The wooden church in Słopanowo, near Szamotuły, revels in its many and wondrous colours. This is where the devil abducted […]

Sulmierzyce boasts Poland’s only wooden Town Hall.

We do not need to go to Cracow to view the works of Veit Stoss. The marble tombstone he sculpted […]

The world’s largest wicker basket, according to Guinness World Records, was woven in Nowy Tomyśl in 2000. It is 17.3 […]

Wolsztyn has Europe’s last working roundhouse. This is the only place in Europe where steam trains still make regular daily […]

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