Once a prosperous medieval Hanseatic port, Darłowo has a Gothic castle of the Pomeranian princes, many times expanded, surrounded by a moat, with a tall gate tower. It is now a Regional Museum. The city has retained its medieval urban layout. It still has the familiar chessboard of streets, and historic buildings dating back to the 300 years of the Pomeranian princes' rule. Several dozen of old houses in the city centre, one of them from the 15th c. In Darłówko, Darłowo's waterfront suburb is a unique pedestrian drawbridge and a lighthouse.
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Picturesquely located upon the Kamień Lagoon, the city boasts many historical monuments including the Gothic cathedral (12th-13th cc.) with its sumptuous 17th-century organ with mobile figures. The Festival of Organ and Chamber Music takes place annually from mid-June to late August. Kamień Pomorski has a health resort district with sanatoriums where motoric problems, rheumatic conditions and circulatory deceases are treated with use of the local therapeutic mud and saline water springs.
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Well-known summer resort and port on the Baltic Sea coast. Heavily destroyed during WWII, the Old Town of Kołobrzeg has been carefully restored. Pride of the place is the 14th-century Gothic cathedral. Located on the waterfront, the spa district of Kołobrzeg has 30 sanatoriums and spa hospitals. Motoric problems, rheumatic conditions and circulatory deceases are treated here with use of the local therapeutic mud and saline brine.
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Carefully reconstructed from the WWII damage, the town is famous for its historical monuments in Gothic style. The Old Town is encircled with medieval walls with towers and three gates. Late-Gothic town hall in the market square, baroque old houses. The town's pride is St Mary's Church from the 13th-century, later many times remodelled. This twin-towered basilica is a good type of pseudo-cathedral, a parish church built on a cathedral layout by a rich and aspiring Hanseatic town.
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Chief seaport of Pomerania including such important historical monuments as the Castle of the Pomeranian Princes, Gothic Cathedral of St James, Loitz family house, town hall, Harbor Gate and the Maiden's Tower. Currently the castle is a vibrant cultural centre that features music concerts, international festivals as well as art and historical exhibitions. Szczecin is also a sailing centre with lakes and forests within the city limits (Lake D±bie, Beech Forest).
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Beach resort on the Baltic Sea with ruins of a Gothic church perched on the high cliff and known as the Bride of the Sea. Only a tiny fragment of the building's southern wall remained of the original brick church (15th c.) erected 2 km from the seashore. In the mid-19th-century only one meter separated the church wall from the sea waves. The church was then closed and its historical baroque highalter was transferred to the cathedral in Kamień Pomorski. In summer Trzęsacz can be reached by the old narrowgauge train which starts at Gryfice, where the museum of the narrow-gauge railways is located.
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Poland's largest island. Its most scenic part constitutes the Wolin National Park with four post-glacial lakes and characteristic sandy cliff nearly 100 m high in places. The flora of the park includes such rare plant species as orchids, sea-holly and common honeysuckle. The park's rich bird life (200 species) is represented by the bald eagle, ruff and mute swan. There is a small bison reserve inside the park. Otter and ermine can also be encountered. Międzyzdroje, Wisełka and Międzywodzie are the major holiday centers, while the town of Wolin hosts the Festival of Vikings every summer. >>>>
The Szczecin Lagoon (952 sq km) takes in all the Odra River's waters and carries them into the Baltic Sea. Ports of Trzebież, Wolin, Stepnica and Nowe Warpno sit on the Szczecin Lagoon banks. The lagoon is a popular sailing centre. It hosts the annual Bald Eagle Survival Event which is a combination of hiking tour along the Wolin National Park trails with biking and kayaking through canals and flood waters of the Old ¦wina and Lake Wicko. The competition includes special tasks such as diving, rope glides, pontoon maneuvering and the like.
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