For couples: Stary Widzew

a former power-plant complex with a science centre (150+ exhibits), a planetarium and a film museum

a former tsarist-era vodka factory, rebuilt in 2020 to house offices, restaurants, a gallery and a theatre

a glasshouse in Źródliska Park with about 4,500 plants across three climate pavilions

a planetarium in EC1 with night-sky shows and space presentations for schools and families

a 23.5-hectare park from 1915 on the former Łódź primeval forest, with pitches, courts and a 1928 pond

a trampoline park in Stary Widzew, over 1,000 sqm, open year-round, with a foam pit

a seasonal outdoor pool with a full 50x25-metre sports basin, its history going back to the 1960s

an active film school in Oskar Kon's former palace, alumni include Wajda, Polański and Kieślowski

close contact with parrots and exotic birds in Stary Widzew, a cafe with kids' birthday parties

an independent OFF theatre founded in 2014 by film school graduates, in a renovated factory building

one of Łódź's oldest parks, laid out in 1875 by Fabryczna station, with a Moniuszko monument from 1963

an 1892 building by the Ariadna thread factory, renovated into a cultural centre with dance classes

an 1896 brick factory gate nicknamed after its thread-spool-shaped columns

a mural by Hong Kong's Messy Desk on a dormitory on Matejki street, a colourful take on the Tower of Babel

a circa-1910 factory owner's villa, reopening as a cultural centre with workshops in autumn 2026

closed for renovation since May 25, previously running a discussion club and a library desk

a Widzew branch for adult readers, one of many outposts in Łódź's city library network