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Gniezno
City in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Gniezno

Gniezno is a city in central-western Poland, about 50 kilometres east of Poznań.

Plan a trip to Gniezno→From Poznań

Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (powiat).

Get in

Getting to Gniezno

The nearest airports with scheduled passenger service are in Poznań (50 km) and Bydgoszcz (90 km). Gniezno is an important railroad junction, so there are many options to travel to and from the city by rail.

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    Gniezno

    Gniezno is a big bus travel junction, as well.

See

Worth seeing

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    Assumption and St

    Landmark cathedral with the reliquaries of St.

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    Church of St

    Gothic church from the mid 13th century, with unique polichromy in the presbytery.

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    Franciscan Assumption and St

    Anthony's Church (Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św.

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    The Gniezno Archbishopric Museum
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    Museum of Beginnings of The Polish State
Do

Things to do

International Jazz Festival (Jazz Pod Piątką) (Jazz in the building number 5). In June. International Organ Festival (Musik in the Gniezno Cathedral walls). Concerts on Sundays in June and July. Polish Amateur Film Festival "Offeliada'. In October. Juwenalia (The festival of students of the Collegium Europaeum University, the Gniezno State Professional High School). In May. Nameday of Gniezno.

Eat

Where to eat

City Bar, 15, Rynek Square, sunnytravel@hotel-victoria.pl. Hubertus, 2, Kolejowa str, 95095544@pro.onet.pl. Stołówka CEG, 5-7 Kostrzewskiego str,. Wenecja, 9, Jeziorna str,. Europejska, 19, Dabrowki str,. Herbowa, 106, Roosevelta str, restauracjaherbowa@02.pl. Klub Muzyczny "Młyn" (Music Club „The Mill”),. Królewska, 3, Chrobrego str, hotel-pietrak@home.pl. Leo Libra, ul, Pustachowska 1,.

How locals move

Getting around Gniezno the local way

  • Get aroundTo go to Ostrów Lednicki Island from the parking, you have to pass the ticket office, decline a little bit to the lake shore and use a ferry to get to the island.

From Wikivoyage: Dziekanowice, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

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