The western port city of Szczecin (shcheh-cheen) is a bustling city teeming with students and a tangle of architecture inherited from dramatically diverse centuries, well off any road non-German tourists tread. German-era art-nouveau tenements and mansions that are in need of refurbishment evoke a former splendor, although the historical style is inconsistent. The government appears to have given up on the notion of rebuilding and instead decided to cover the holes in the city center with glass-and-steel malls, sacrificing entire streets in the cause of retail.
Although many of the major streets have been cleaned up, it is still simple to uncover abandoned structures and overgrown lots right in the middle of the city.
Although you wouldn't know it by roaming the city center, it's a bustling functioning port with just enough traffic to justify a layover between Berlin and Gdansk, to which it has decent connections.
Chapters:
00:00 - Szczecin Intro
00:27 - Pomeranian Dukes Castle, Szczecin
01:14 - Waly Chrobrego Promenade (Hakenterrasse)
01:55 - Park Kasprowicza / Kasprowicz Park
02:25 - Philharmonic / Filharmonia im. Mieczysława Karłowicza
03:04 - Museum of Technology & Transport / Muzeum Techniki
03:38 - Jasne Blonia Square / Jasne Błonia Szczecin
04:20 - Szczecin Central Cemetery / Cmentarz Centralny
05:00 - Arch Cathedral Basilica / Bazylika Archikatedralna
05:36 - National Museum Szczecin / Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie
06:10 - Be Happy Arts Museum Szczecin
06:43 - Sunset at Oder River Szczecin
07:00 - Outro / Please Subscribe to Travellyf Channel.
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Some Highlights on Szczecin:
1. Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes:
The most important Szczecin monument is this castle. This enormous, blocky structure towers over the Old Town, but its square center courtyard and subtle Renaissance-style decorations provide it a certain charm (spot the repeated circular pattern that resembles the Yin and Yang symbol). The castle was initially constructed in the middle of the 14th century and reached its current size by 1577. However, in 1944, Allied carpet bombing demolished the castle, which was then significantly reconstructed.
You can enter the castle-like museum (Muzeum Zamkowe), which houses six magnificent sarcophagi of the Pomeranian dukes as its main attractions. These huge tin boxes, which date from between 1606 and 1637, were created by Konigsberg artisans and include exquisite, engraved ornamentation.
Other castle halls host a variety of transient exhibitions and art displays. The courtyard hosts opera performances and concerts throughout the summer. In addition, the castle has a decent gift shop, a movie theater, and a café.
2. Museum of Technology & Transport
This excellent museum is located 2.5 km north of the city center and houses an amazing collection of cars, many of which are of Polish origin. A six-wheel amphibious vehicle from the 1970s, clumsy communist-era automobiles like the unavoidable Polski Fiat, motorcyclists made in Szczecin between the wars, and displays on the city's public transportation and Polish companies are among the highlights. Well worth the ride on trams 3 or 10.
3. Cathedral Basilica of St James
Explore Szczecin's 12th-century cathedral, which was partially destroyed by Red Army munitions in 1945 and rebuilt in 1972, by traveling downhill from the city center. You'll first notice the remodeling from the early 1970s, which has an oddly futuristic façade that seems more like a shuttered factory than a house of worship. If you're a foreigner, you can count on being singled out to pay the 8z entrance fee. Then, head to the nave, where a forest of red-brick columns gives perspective to a sterile interior.
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