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Park paths, planted gardens and places to spend time outdoors, with notes for a visit.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · Hikes & walks
Explore Gęśnik Valley in Zielona Góra through our seasonal photographs, with paths and recreation grounds and current municipal information for a visit.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · History
Walk the Planty paths beside Pijarska Street with our spring photographs, a short history of Kraków’s garden ring and suggestions for nearby wall views.
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Poland · History · Memorials
See the Florian Straszewski obelisk in our Kraków photographs, learn why it was erected in 1874 and continue along the surrounding Planty paths.
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Poland · Arts & crafts · History
Find the Lilla Weneda monument on a Kraków Planty walk, with our spring photographs and the history of Henryk Jordan’s nineteenth-century commission.
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Poland · History · Arts & crafts
See the Jadwiga and Jagiełło monument in our Planty photographs, with the sculpture’s origins and a walking connection to Kraków’s university history.
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Poland · Arts & crafts · History
Discover Kraków’s Harpist monument through our photographs, with Bohdan Zaleski’s literary connection, the 1886 sculpture and a short Planty walking stop.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · History
Explore the manor park in Świdnica near Zielona Góra with our photographs, the Kietlicz manor’s history and practical notes for the surrounding grounds.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · History
Explore Sława’s town park through our photographs of channels, bridges and shaded paths, with the palace garden’s origins and its nineteenth-century redesign.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · Arts & crafts
Explore Kraków’s Wisława Szymborska Park in our photographs, with its 2023 opening, civic-budget origins and literary details near Karmelicka Street.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · History
Explore Żagań’s palace park through our photographs of river paths and avenues, with Duchess Dorota’s nineteenth-century work and practical walking notes.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · History
Walk Kiełpin’s manor park through our photographs, with the 1786–1787 house, its owners and later repairs, plus practical notes for public and private areas.
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Poland · Parks & gardens · Music
See the pavilion in Kraków’s Zbigniew Wodecki Square through our photographs, with the musician’s commemoration and a short stop along the Planty paths.
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Germany · Parks & gardens · History
Explore Muskau Park in our spring and summer photographs, with Pückler’s 1815 project, the divided estate’s later history and practical cross-border walking notes.
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Poland · Outdoor fitness · Local life
Explore Kiełpin’s outdoor exercise ground in our photographs, with the neighbouring manor’s history and notes for pairing the bars with a park walk.
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Poland · Outdoor fitness · Parks & gardens
See the outdoor exercise area in Zielona Góra’s Tysiąclecia Park, with our red-bar photographs, the park’s former cemetery history and practical walk notes.
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