Discover Gryfice: City Walls and Narrow-Gauge Railway

City Trail, Gates and Observation Tower

The 2.5 km tourist trail gives you a clear sense of scale for exploring the town. If you are particularly interested in historic fortifications, you can focus on the surviving remains of the medieval town walls and their various structures. Brama Wysoka, Brama Kamienna and Baszta Prochowa are examples of fortifications typical of a medium-sized Pomeranian town. Their names distinguish the gates from the tower; together, they show the variety of surviving fortification features in Gryfice.

Baszta Prochowa now has an additional function: after its roof was renovated and a balcony built at the top, it became an observation tower. Alongside its role as part of the fortifications, it now also serves as a vantage point. If you would like to focus your stay more on historic buildings, you can visit the tower as a destination in its own right, in addition to the two gates and the town wall remains.

Museum and Visitor Information at Brama Wysoka

Brama Wysoka houses both the Muzeum i Galeria Brama and a tourist information centre. Both are located in the same building, bringing a historic setting together with a place to get tourist information. For visitors interested in culture and local history, Brama Wysoka is therefore a useful point of reference when exploring Gryfice. The Muzeum i Galeria Brama complements the historic fortifications with a dedicated museum and gallery.

The “skansen gryficki” open-air museum is also part of the town’s cultural heritage. In April 2010, it was incorporated into the Maritime Department of the National Museum in Szczecin. This institutional affiliation distinguishes the museum from the individual structures of the town fortifications and offers another way to explore Gryfice’s cultural heritage. If you would like to include a range of historical and museum-related topics in your trip, you can plan visits to these sites around your different interests.

Narrow-Gauge Railway: Route and History

The full route of the Nadmorska Kolej Wąskotorowa connects Gryfice and Pogorzelica and is 39.5 km long. An earlier section is also important to the railway’s history: the first route of the Gryficka Kolej Dojazdowa, the Greifenberg Small Railway Company, ran from Gryfice Wąskotorowe via Karnice to Niechorze and opened on 1 July 1896. This date refers to that first section, while the stated length refers to the full route between Gryfice and Pogorzelica.

When choosing your holiday apartment in Gryfice, you can decide whether the town itself or the narrow-gauge railway should be a focus of your trip. The tourist trail and fortifications draw attention to the town, while the railway route adds a longer-distance perspective to your plans. For families with different interests, it can be helpful to discuss in advance whether the focus should be on local history, museum sites or the history of the railway. The route length and opening date given above help distinguish between the two railway-related details, without confusing them with the shorter city tour.

Discover More Places

If you would like to explore other places at the same level, you can also find Trzebusz, Żukowo, Rewal, Rogowo, Pobierowo, Trzebiatów, Pustkowo and Śliwin here.

For the broader travel overview: Greifenberg.