Murals
VHILS carves the image into plaster down to the brick with a drill, the first such mural in Poland, on Kopernika street
Museums
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a small magic collection upstairs in a historic brewer's villa
Churches & Monasteries
a neo-Gothic rectory church, stage of an amateur Catholic theatre since 1987
Museums
Poland's only museum combining civilian and military medicine, with a 1613 herbal and battlefield dioramas
Murals
another ARYZ mural, 'Still Life' on Politechniki avenue, in the artist's pastel palette
Culture
an eclectic 1904 palace built for Poznański's son, now home to a public music academy
Murals
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Chilean artist INTI painted a traveller in traditional Andean dress in Polesie
Murals
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the mural Czas pożarł nas by LUMP on Wólczańska street, a black-and-white communist-era-style collage critiquing advertising
Museums
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around 30,000 volumes of children's literature from the 18th century to modern interactive editions
Murals
Morik's mural 'Po rozmowie' on Więckowskiego street, a woman right after an important call
Cemeteries & Monuments
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the Orthodox section of the Ogrodowa cemetery from 1855, with the Resurrection Chapel and Cyrillic inscriptions
Murals
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a mural by two Polish artists in Stare Polesie, from 2015
Murals
the „Jonah” mural on tenements on Legionów street, referencing Adam Muszka's painting at the Art Museum
For Children
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a skatepark on Legionów street run by the Łódź Skate Club, with ramps and gear rental for beginners
Theatres & Opera
the Łódź Film School's own stage in an 1870 building, home to students' annual graduation shows
Murals
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an Egon Fietke mural on a historic former factory wall on Kopernika street, one of his many works in the city
Murals
a GREGOR mural on Wólczańska 44 street, on a former factory wall, a hyper-detailed composition
Murals
a mural by MEISAL461 and OVCA on Pogonowskiego street, referencing a Jerzy Krawczyk painting at the Art Museum
Murals
the mural "Adler's Woman" on Żeligowskiego Street references the work of Jewish painter Jankiel Adler
Churches & Monasteries
a neo-Renaissance burial chapel for manufacturer Juliusz Heinzel, modelled on the Sigismund Chapel
Murals
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„Gentrification” by Robert Proch, known as TONE, a multi-layered composition on Legionów street
Historic Sites
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an Art Nouveau director's villa of the power plant from 1911-1912 on Gdańska, now a diplomatic office
Entertainment
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a single-level shopping centre in Polesie since 2000, with an Auchan hypermarket and Decathlon
Murals
„Madonna of the Astronauts” by Egon Fietke in a courtyard on Pogonowskiego street, based on a Kondek painting
Over 70 places in the Stare Polesie neighborhood, in the Polesie district. 43 of them have listed opening hours, 26 are free. The list lets you plan a route within one area, without crossing the whole city.
A quarter of tenement buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, west of Piotrkowska, home to more theatre stages than any other part of the city outside the very center. On top of that, twenty murals, seven museums and galleries, and six churches.
Teatr Pinokio at Kopernika 16 and Teatr Studyjny PWSFTViT at number 8 share the same street. A few minutes away perform Teatr Logos at Skłodowskiej-Curie 22, Teatr Szwalnia at Strugi 90, and Teatr V6 with a dance repertoire at Żeromskiego 74/76. Performance dates are gathered in the theatre calendar.
At Łąkowa 21 stands Willa Teodora Milscha with the Muzeum Sztuki Iluzji (Museum of Illusion Art), and at number 29, Klub Wytwórnia on the grounds of the former film studio. Separately there are Muzeum Książki Dziecięcej (Museum of the Children's Book) at Gdańska 100/102, and Muzeum Uniwersytetu Medycznego (Museum of the Medical University) and Izba Pamięci 28 Pułku Strzelców Kaniowskich (Memorial Room of the 28th Kaniów Riflemen Regiment), both at Żeligowskiego 7/9.
Zatoka Sportu Politechniki Łódzkiej at al. Politechniki 10 is the largest pool in this part of the city, with a standard ticket from 15 PLN. Next to it, at al. Politechniki 1, is Stacja Grawitacja (Gravity Station) with trampolines and a climbing wall, and at Legionów 65 there is a skatepark.
The largest groups in the neighborhood are murals (20), cultural institutions (9), museums and galleries (7), churches and monasteries (6), entertainment (5), theatres and stages (5), historic sites (5), and cemeteries and monuments (4). Each of these can be opened as a separate list.
The Stare Polesie neighborhood belongs to the Polesie district, where you'll find the remaining areas 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.
