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Greater Poland Voivodeship

The cradle of Poland, Poznań and the goats of the town hall.

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📷 Błażej Cisowski · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons

Greater Poland is the west-central land where the Polish state began, with Poznań and Gniezno.

Museums in Greater Poland Voivodeship

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

Places in Greater Poland Voivodeship

★ Has its own city story

The story of Greater Poland Voivodeship

Gniezno, the first capital, has a cathedral with bronze doors that tell the life of St Adalbert. On Lake Lednica, the island where Mieszko I may have been baptised is a museum. Poznań has a Renaissance town hall and a museum about the city's beginnings on the island of Ostrów Tumski. Eat the St Martin's croissant, filled with white poppy seed.

  • 966the baptism, perhaps at Poznań or Ostrów Lednicki
  • 1000the Congress of Gniezno

Greater Poland Voivodeship through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1956Workers rise in Poznań against the communist authorities.See it: Museum of the Poznań June 1956

What to do in Greater Poland Voivodeship

  1. 01

    Porta Posnania

    The story of Poznań's beginnings.

    Poznań1 to 2 hours
  2. 02

    Museum of the First Piasts at Lednica

    The island of the first rulers.

    Lednogóra2 hours
  3. 03

    National Museum in Poznań

    Polish and European art.

    Poznań2 hours
Getting there

Getting to Greater Poland Voivodeship

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

WAW
Warsaw ChopinWarsaw · Warszawa
KRK
Kraków John Paul IIKraków · Krakow · Wieliczka · Oświęcim

Getting around Greater Poland Voivodeship

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

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Hidden story

Croissants for a saint

Poznań eats tons of croissants on St Martin's Day.

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On 11 November, St Martin's Day and Independence Day, Poznań eats its rogal świętomarciński, a horseshoe-shaped croissant filled with white poppy seed and nuts. Only bakers with a certificate may sell it under that name, and the city eats hundreds of tons of them in a single day.