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Best Viewpoints in Poland
For the widest views in Poland, head first to Zakopane. Kasprowy Wierch reaches a 1,987 metre summit on the Slovak border by cable car, while a funicular lifts you to the Gubalowka ridge for the classic postcard panorama of the Tatras. In Krakow the Kosciuszko Mound gives a full circle over the city, and Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science has a 30th-floor observation terrace above the centre. Lublin's Trinitarian Tower rounds out the list with an old-town rooftop view.
Best Viewpoints in Poland
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Zakopane
Kasprowy Wierch
A 1,987 m summit on the Slovak border, reached by the cable car from Kuznice for a ridge-top panorama.
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Zakopane
Gubalowka
The ridge above town, up a funicular, for the classic postcard panorama of the Tatra skyline.
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Kraków
Kopiec Kosciuszki
An artificial mound raised in the 1820s to honour national hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko, built partly with soil from his battlefields. From its summit and the surrounding fort there are sweeping views over the city and, on clear days, the Tatra Mountains.
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Warsaw
Palac Kultury i Nauki
The Palace of Culture and Science is Poland's tallest building at 237 metres, a Stalinist gift from the Soviet Union completed in 1955. Its 30th-floor terrace offers the best panorama of the modern skyline.
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Lublin
Wieza Trynitarska
The tallest tower in the Old Town, the neo-Gothic Trinitarian Tower offers a viewing gallery with panoramas over the rooftops and houses the Archdiocesan Museum.
The best views in Poland come from mountain summits you can ride up to, ridges reached by funicular, and towers and mounds above the cities. We picked viewpoints that are easy to reach and worth the trip, so you get the panorama without a hard climb.
Where to look out from
Above Zakopane, a cable car climbs to Kasprowy Wierch for a high Tatra panorama, while a funicular runs up Gubalowka for the classic view back over the town to the peaks. In Krakow, the Kosciuszko Mound looks over the city, and in Warsaw the terrace of the Palace of Culture and Science gives the widest city view.
When the view is best
Clear days after rain give the sharpest mountain panoramas, and the high cable cars run best from late spring to autumn. For the walks behind the views, see the best hiking, and for more on the peaks, nature in Poland.