SZYMBARK
Szymbark is situated in one of the most beautiful areas of Kashubian Switzerland, in the heart of the Kashubian Landscape Park. In the forest is remarkable and one of a kind Centre of Education and Promotion of the Region, popular across the whole world. In this special place, tourists can learn about the history, tradition and culture of Kashubia. Located here open-air museum also offers an opportunity to see various other attractions, such as: "the Upside Down House" , "the Siberian House" , "the Memorial of the Pomeranian Griffin" , "the Pomeranian Griffin's Bunker" , "the Salino Manor House" , St. Raphael's church, "the Canadian Kashubian Trapper's House" , "the House of Turkey (Polish Insurgent's house from Adampol)" .
Szymbark is also well-known for beating few Guinness Records. Thanks to it, we are able to see e.g.: world's longest wooden board (46.53 meters length), world's largest piano (over 2 tons weighed, almost 1.9 meter high and over 6 meters long) and "the Nobel-Prize Winner's Table (made in the memory of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded Lech Wałęsa. It is 35 meters long and it is the longest table of the world made of one solid piece of wood. It can sit 230 persons at a time, with its 7 cubic meters volume and approx. 6 tons weight.
A frequent tourist destination for Szymbark is also Wieżyca - the highest peak in the entire European Plain (329 MASL). On the top of Wieżyca in the center of nature reserve stands 30 meters high John Paul's the second lookout tower, from which there is a splendid view on the Szymbark Hills, "the Radunia Circle" and motorbike trial "the Kashubian Road".
While being in the area, it is worth to visit KOŚCIERZYNA, which is located 15 km away from Szymbark. One of the biggest attraction of the this town is the open-air Railway Museum Kościerzyna, with exhibitions such us polish steam locomotives from twentieth century 30's, motor wagons from the interwar period or a manual trolley.