Discover Legionowo: Museums, Parks and Cycling Routes
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Legionowo combines the city’s history with parks and a cycling route linking all of the town’s parks. At the museum, historical objects sit alongside archaeological finds; Zdrowia Park has a free salt graduation tower, shaded benches and paths among the trees. When planning your trip, you can distinguish between the exhibitions and green spaces in town and the broader nature and water destinations in the wider Legionowski destination.
Legionowo, ul. Mickiewicza 23 - villa "Bratki", now museum and library
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City History and Archaeology at the Museum
The permanent exhibition “Dzieje Legionowa 1877–1990” in the museum pavilion at 23 A. Mickiewicza Street features a total of 363 historical objects. Another permanent exhibition, “De Profundis… Archeologia ziem powiatu legionowskiego,” is devoted to finds from the Muzeum Historyczne w Legionowie’s own excavations. This presents two distinct perspectives side by side: Legionowo’s history as told through historical objects, and archaeological finds from the museum’s excavations.
The history of the garrison also has its own venue: the “Piaski” branch of the Muzeum Historyczne w Legionowie is located in the former officers’ mess. It has two exhibition rooms devoted to the history of the Legionowo garrison. The permanent exhibition in the museum pavilion and the branch’s two rooms therefore each have their own focus, ranging from the city’s history to the garrison.
Parks, a Graduation Tower and Paths
Zdrowia Park has had a free salt graduation tower since June 2015. It is the first of its kind and the second in Masovia. The park also has shaded benches, paths among the trees and an outdoor gym. The various facilities combine a place to relax with opportunities to exercise, without limiting the park to a single activity.
The “Legionowskie Parki” cycling route connects all the parks in Legionowo. If you want to make green spaces the focus of your plans, this route takes you beyond a single park to explore the city’s parks.
The patriotic “Polski Walczącej” tourist trail has a different focus: in Legionowo, it comprises three sections and passes 28 memorial sites. The local trail complements the Szlak Polski Walczącej in the wider Legionowski destination. This trail offers opportunities for hiking and cycling over almost 150 kilometres. While the Legionowo route focuses on its sections and memorial sites, the wider trail offers a different guide for planning, with its length and activities.
Landscape and Water in the Wider Legionowski Destination
Legionowski County lies in the Warsaw Basin, in the central part of the Masovian Lowland, and mostly between the Vistula and Narew rivers. A substantial part of the county belongs to the Warszawski Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu, a protected landscape area. This adds a regional perspective on landscape and nature to Legionowo’s urban focus.
The nature reserves each have a different focus. Wąwóz Szaniawskiego Nature Reserve protects natural forests on the steep slope of the Narew. Wieliszewskie Łęgi Nature Reserve was established to preserve diverse natural plant communities, including numerous orchid species. The comparison thus ranges from forest on a river slope to plant communities whose preservation includes orchids.
Jezioro Zegrzyńskie is also part of the wider Legionowski destination. The reservoir was created in 1963 by damming the lower Narew at Dębe. The lake is used for sailing, and sailing schools have been operating there for many years. Together with the hiking and cycling opportunities on the Szlak Polski Walczącej, this regional perspective offers different focuses from the exhibitions and parks in Legionowo.
Discover more destinations: Wieliszew, Rajszew, Zegrze Południowe, Jachranka, Chotomów, Izabelin, Jabłonna, Białobrzegi.
Go to the wider travel overview: Legionowski.
