Murals
a mural on Spacerowa Street depicts Dawid Sierakowiak, a young chronicler of the Łódź ghetto
Murals
Poland's first poem-mural, in Polish and Hebrew, dedicated to a resident of a ghetto tenement
Murals
a mural on Franciszkańska 24 depicts Salek Berliński, a child deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Murals
Open
a portrait of Zisele Świerc, called Zosia, the five-year-old daughter of a Bałuty shoemaker
Murals
Closed
a mural on Organizacji WiN Street honours the founder of Poland's first University of the Third Age
Murals
Open
a portrait on Łagiewnicka 35 was painted for the 75th anniversary of deportations to the ghetto
Murals
another portrait of a Jewish ghetto boy, on Łagiewnicka 33, a few doors from its twin mural
Parks & Nature
Open
a former Łódź brewer's estate from 1900, now a Bałuty neighbourhood park with a villa in need of repair
Murals
Open
a portrait on Berlińskiego Street recreates a prewar photo by Łódź photographer Włodzimierz Pfeiffer
Murals
a mural on Zielna 9 shows a different girl from a 1936 photo by Włodzimierz Pfeiffer
Culture
Closed
after a 2020 renovation, the reading room got an armchair nook, a kids' room and Legimi audiobooks
Culture
Closed
a library aimed mainly at children and teenagers, unlike neighbouring branches focused on adults
Historic Sites
Open
an 1900 neo-Renaissance brewer's villa in Struga Park, now neglected and awaiting renovation
Entertainment
Sport & Recreation
✕ Permanently closed
permanently closed: a former sledging hill nicknamed the whale, dug up in 2021 for a rail investment
Culture
✕ Permanently closed
permanently closed, formerly branch no. 1 of the Łódź-Bałuty library network
Over 40 places in the Bałuty-Centrum neighbourhood in the Bałuty district. 25 of them have opening hours listed, 15 are free. The list lets you plan a route within a single area, without crossing the whole city.
The neighbourhood home to Manufaktura, along with most of the museums in this part of the city. Everything lies within a dozen or so minutes' walk of the Old Market Square.
At 58 Drewnowska Street you'll find the Factory Museum, the Experymentarium Science Centre, the Manufaktura Ice Rink, Kręgielnia Grakula bowling alley and Arena Laser Games. Next door, at 19 Ogrodowa Street, is the Art Museum ms2, and at number 15 the Poznański Palace with the Museum of the City of Łódź. The pool of the Andel's hotel is at 17 Ogrodowa Street.
At 1/5 Franciszkańska Street stand the Biedermann Palace and the Museum of the University of Łódź. The Old Market Square (Stary Rynek) is the historic centre of what was once a still-agricultural Łódź. The cultural programme is run by the Teatr Mały in Manufaktura and the Bałucki Ośrodek Kultury "Rondo" at 166 Limanowskiego Street.
The largest groups in the neighbourhood are murals (11), museums and galleries (5), churches and monasteries (5), cultural institutions (5), places for children (3), historic monuments (3), sports venues (3) and theatres and stages (2). Each of them can be opened as a separate list.
The Bałuty-Centrum neighbourhood belongs to the Bałuty district, where you'll find the other areas and the full list of places. All the attractions in the city at once are on the list of attractions in Łódź and on the map, and what's happening in the coming days is in the events calendar.
