Szczecin is the most west forward city of Poland. For the citizens, as well as, for the growing number of guests visiting the city it is obvious that from Szczecin it is closer to Berlin, Copenhagen or Stockholm than to... Warsaw.
Szczecin is a capital of new West Pomeranian Province and with an area of 303 km2 it is, just after Warsaw, the most extensive city of Poland. It is the important seaport, despite the fact that from Baltic seashore to Szczecin is about 65 km in a straight line (by road it is approximately 100 km); it is an industrial, economic, and culture center; what is more, it is a seat of 11 universities with the approximate number of students reaching 40 thousand. There are four national roads running across the city. The city's streets are 748 km long altogether. (more)
The turning point in the development of the city was a decision concerning fortification demolishing. Destroying forts and walls began in June 1873 and this period serves as a starting point of the dynamic city's development. The spatial development of Szczecin was in this period the classic pattern of geometrical town-planning, which basis were star places with triangular building plots. The subsequent stage of the city's spatial development at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries was incorporation of the already urbanized, independent settlements and small towns to Szczecin. This development was connected to communal infrastructure expansion. (more)
Get to Szczecin
You can get to Szczecin in a number of different ways - by car - search for a proper road on Map of Poland. You can travel buy bus - with the help of Pol-and.eu you can book bus tickets to Szczecin. One of the most convenient way is to travel by air. Szczecin-Goleniow Airport operates number of airline. Use our service to book plane ticket on the travel to and from Szczecin
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Stadion Florian Kryger is a multi-use stadium in Szczecin, Poland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Pogoń Szczecin. The stadium holds 17,783 people and was built in 1948.
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