Churches & Monasteries
a postwar Salesian church on a Greek-cross plan with five domes and a 64-stop organ
Churches & Monasteries
an active 1880-1884 Orthodox church in Bałuty, holding an iconostasis brought from Saint Petersburg
Murals
a mural by Gonzalo Borondo on Pomorska street, monumental figures with dripping-paint effects inspired by Goya
For Children
Closed
Łódź's first and largest indoor playground since 1996, spread over more than 1,000 square meters
Murals
a pastel scene called 'Love Letter' by Spanish artist ARYZ, one of the first Urban Forms murals
Theatres & Opera
Closed
a small stage since 2013 at Arterion Film Studios, focused on contemporary drama in an intimate setting
Murals
Poland's first 3D mural, its full effect visible only through ChromaDepth glasses
Murals
DALeast's second Łódź mural at the corner of Pomorska and Wierzbowa, a wave of hundreds of lines topped by a bird
Historic Sites
Open
a transport hub combining an 1868 station facade with a glass roof added in 2016
Museums
Closed
the university's mineral and fossil collection, including a meteorite among eight thousand specimens, open to all
Museums
Closed
historic trams and buses plus a model of the first Herbrand tram, over a century of city transport history
For Children
a 600-square-meter playground with a pirate ship, a maze and a café for parents
Murals
SAINER's mural 'Primavera' on Uniwersytecka street, painted with Łódź art academy students
Murals
Closed
a mural on the water utility building on Wierzbowa street, a photorealistic 1927 sewer-construction scene
Murals
the artist covered a former factory wall with patterns drawn from old Łódź textile mills
Murals
Closed
a large-scale mural by a Kraków artist shows figures merging with their urban surroundings
Parks & Nature
Open
a formal city-centre park from 1924, with a monumental poplar considered the mightiest of its kind in Poland
Murals
Okuda's colourful 3D mural on a student dormitory, painted for Erasmus Student Network's 20th anniversary
Murals
Open
„Hexuberances” by PROEMBRION on the ZETO computer centre facade, hexagons around an RGB heart
Murals
Russian artist Viktor Puzin's 3D mural creates an illusion of depth through light and shadow, seen only from outside
Murals
Open
a mural on Pomorska 51 street, catalogued as a collective work signed „AHE”
Culture
Closed
the Olimpia library on the ground floor of the Olimp dormitory, a joint project with the University of Łódź
Culture
✕ Permanently closed
permanently closed, the address today houses a clinical hospital
Culture
✕ Permanently closed
permanently closed, formerly a children's branch on Pomorska street
Over 20 places in the Śródmieście-Wschód neighborhood, part of the Śródmieście district. 12 of them have listed opening hours, and 13 are free to enter. The list lets you plan a route within one neighborhood, without crossing the whole city.
The part of the centre east of Kilińskiego, with the Łódź Fabryczna railway station at Sałacińskiego 1 and twelve murals. For visitors arriving in the city, this is usually their first contact with it.
The Museum of Public Transport (Muzeum Komunikacji Miejskiej) at Wierzbowa 51 displays historic tram rolling stock, and the Geological Museum of the University of Łódź (Muzeum Geologiczne Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego) at Kopcińskiego 31 shows a collection of rocks and minerals. Scena Arterion at Pomorska 69/71 stages performances.
Two play zones within walking distance: Figloraj at Wierzbowa 18 and Piotruś Pan at Pomorska 58. Thirteen places in the neighborhood are free, mostly murals and public spaces.
The largest groups in the neighborhood are murals (12), cultural institutions (3), museums and galleries (2), places for children (2) and churches and monasteries (2). Each one opens as a separate list.
The Śródmieście-Wschód neighborhood belongs to the Śródmieście district, where you'll find the rest of the neighborhoods and the full list of places. All the city's attractions 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.
