Zgierz
Zgierz is a city in central Poland, located just to the north of Łódź, and part of the Łódź metropolitan area.
Zgierz is a city in central Poland, located just to the north of Łódź, and part of the Łódź metropolitan area. As of 2021, it had a population of 54,974. Located within the historic Łęczyca Land, it is the capital of Zgierz County in the Łódź Voivodeship.
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Worth seeing in and around Zgierz
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Łódź
The University of Łódź is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in the interwar period — the Teacher Training Institute, the Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences and the local division of the Free Polish University of Warsaw. The University of Łódź is a fully accredited, state-owned, traditional university.
9.5 km · university in Poland · Wikipedia - 02Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Polish Orthodox church located in the city of Łódź, in central Poland.
9.4 km · cathedral in Lodz · Wikipedia - 03Museum of Art in Łódź
Muzeum Sztuki, or the Museum of Art in Łódź, is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Łódź, Poland, whose main goal is to research and display the history of avant-garde art, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 1931, Muzeum Sztuki became the first museum in Europe and the second museum in the world dedicated to collecting and showcasing modern art.
9 km · art museum in Lodz, Poland · Wikipedia - 04Great Synagogue
The Great Synagogue of Łódź was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Łódź, in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Adolf Wolff in the Romanesque Revival style and completed in 1887, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on November 14, 1939.
9.3 km · Reform Jewish synagogue in Łódź, Poland · Wikipedia - 05Teatr Wielki
Teatr Wielki w Łodzi is an opera house in Łódź, Poland. It is the largest theatre in the city, specialising in opera, operetta and ballet.
9.3 km · opera house in Łódź, Poland · Wikipedia - 06Ezras Israel Synagogue
The Ezras Izrael Synagogue, also known as Wołyńska Shul, was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue or shul, located at ul. Wólczańska 6 Street, in Łódź, in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland.
8.9 km · synagogue in Łódź, Poland · Wikipedia - 07Stara Synagogue
The Stara Synagogue, also known as Alte Szil and Alt Stodt Shul meaning Old Town Synagogue, was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 20 Wolborska Street, in Łódź, in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Adolf Zeligson in the Moorish Revival style and completed in 1900, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on 15–16 November 1939.
8.2 km · Synagogue in Łódź, Poland · Wikipedia - 08Freedom Square
Plac Wolności, known in English as Liberty Square, is an octagonal public square located in central Łódź, Poland. Completed in 1823, it is the northern endpoint of the commercial Piotrkowska Street.
8.5 km · square in Lodz · Wikipedia - 09St. Anthony church in Łódź-Łagiewniki
St. Anthony of Padua Church in Łódź-Łagiewniki - Baroque Franciscan parish church, built in the first half of the 18th century, located in Łódź-Łagiewniki.
3.8 km · church · Wikipedia
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Getting to Zgierz
- Airports
- Łódź Władysław Reymont (LCJ), 14 km · Warsaw Modlin (WMI), 108 km · Warsaw Chopin (WAW), 112 km
- Stations
- Łódź Fabryczna railway station, 9.7 km · Radegast railway station, 6.9 km
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki → Zgierz110 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · zł34–45
- Warsaw → Zgierz117 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · zł28–37
- Katowice → Zgierz179 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · zł50–70
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No local-transport research exists yet for Zgierz
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zgierz. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inApart from that, the airport serves seasonal and charter flights to holiday destinations (Burgas, Antalya, Bodrum, Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, Zakynthos).
- Get inSmall minibus and bus companies offer connections between Łódź and number of cities (big and small) around Poland.
- Get aroundOn Piotrkowska Street, you can travel any distance on a rickshaw for 2.50 zł per person.
- Go nextUseful for day trips: Łęczyca, a medieval town about 40 km north of Łódź with a royal castle, knight tournaments, old churches and Festival of Film Trailers.
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Zgierz is 10 km from Łódź, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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