Warsaw Trip Overview
Lodz is the third largest city in Poland that hundred years ago used to be the center of the polish industry. For that reason Lodz used to be called the Promised Land or the polish Manchester. However, the greatest strength of this city comes from its history.
During World War II, the Nazi Germans annexed Lodz to the Reich and changed its name to Litzmannstadt. Shortly after that, they built a ghetto and locked over 200.000 Polish Jews up inside it. Only few people survived. The district has survived though, and today it commemorates those tragic events.
Lodz is the city of contrasts. In the middle of the maze of factories and workshops the picturesque center is hidden. It’s the most beautiful part of the city. There are plenty of splendid, pre-war buildings with rich decorated facades. They represent a unique style that you will find neither in Warsaw nor in Krakow. It takes only one hour and a half to get to Lodz from Warsaw and it’s really worth doing it.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Warsaw, Poland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Lodz is the third largest city in Poland that hundred years ago used to be the center of the polish industry. For that reason Lodz used to be called the Promised Land or the polish Manchester. However, the greatest strength of this city comes from its history.
During World War II, the Nazi Germans annexed Lodz to the Reich and changed its name to Litzmannstadt. Shortly after that, they built a ghetto and locked over 200.000 Polish Jews up inside it. Only few people survived. The district has survived though, and today it commemorates those tragic events.
Lodz is the city of contrasts. In the middle of the maze of factories and workshops the picturesque center is hidden. It’s the most beautiful part of the city. There are plenty of splendid, pre-war buildings with rich decorated facades. They represent a unique style that you will find neither in Warsaw nor in Krakow. It takes only one hour and a half to get to Lodz from Warsaw and it’s really worth doing it.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Lodz, Lodz, Lodz Province, Central Poland
Lodz is the third largest city in Poland that hundred years ago used to be the center of the polish industry.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Piotrkowska Street, ul. Piotrkowska, Lodz Poland
The representative boulevard in the centre of the city
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Manufaktura, Jana Karskiego 5, Lodz 91-071 Poland
The renewed complex of the former factories
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ghetto Litzmannstadt, Lodz Poland
The jewish quarter
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Radegast Station – Independence Traditions Museum in Lodz, al. Pamieci Ofiar Litzmannstadt Getto 12, Lodz 91-859 Poland
Departure point for the Jews who were transported to the extermination camps
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Jewish Cemetery, ul. Abrama Cytryna ul. Zmienna, Lodz Poland
By prior arrangement
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Reicher Synagogue, ul. Rewolucji 1905 r. 28, Lodz 90-207 Poland
The only synagogue in Lodz that has survived the war
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Park Ocalalych, Wojska Polskiego Corner with Oblegorska street, Lodz 90-001 Poland
The park that commemorates people who survived from the ghetto
Duration: 30 minutes
