For couples: Bałuty-Centrum

a former cotton mill turned into a town of shopping, culture and entertainment

an eclectic palace nicknamed the Łódź Louvre, now home to the city's museum

in Poznański's former spinning mill on the Manufaktura site, a permanent collection of 20th and 21st century art

an interactive science museum in Manufaktura with 70 exhibits, a Space Tunnel and VR games

a 15-screen multiplex in Manufaktura with IMAX and 4DX halls and free parking for 3,000 cars

twelve billiard tables, mini bowling, VR simulators and arcade games open late into the night

on Manufaktura's upper floor, in a former fabric print house, the story of Poznański's factory-and-housing empire

a two-storey laser-tag labyrinth in Manufaktura with Wi-Fi vests, solo, team and deathmatch modes

a modern bowling alley with 28 lanes in Manufaktura, opened in 2007, with a VIP zone and café

a seasonal ice rink on Manufaktura's main square, replaced by a sandy beach in summer

Łódź's oldest square, dating to the 1423 city charter, revitalised with granite paving and market stalls

an intimate comedy stage in a former finishing hall, running in Manufaktura since 2009, host of the MONOwMANU festival

a 36 by 8 metre Mikołaj Rejs mural on Manufaktura's facade, a fairy-tale underwater world painted in spray

a cultural centre in Bałuty set in industrialist Samuel Brzeziński's interwar villa

the ROZGRYWKA branch focuses on board games, opening a garden with boule, badminton and XXL chess in summer

a portrait of Zisele Świerc, called Zosia, the five-year-old daughter of a Bałuty shoemaker

a mural on Organizacji WiN Street honours the founder of Poland's first University of the Third Age

a portrait on Łagiewnicka 35 was painted for the 75th anniversary of deportations to the ghetto

a former Łódź brewer's estate from 1900, now a Bałuty neighbourhood park with a villa in need of repair

a portrait on Berlińskiego Street recreates a prewar photo by Łódź photographer Włodzimierz Pfeiffer

after a 2020 renovation, the reading room got an armchair nook, a kids' room and Legimi audiobooks

a library aimed mainly at children and teenagers, unlike neighbouring branches focused on adults