The best traffic-free bike rides around Lake Chrzypskie

The Rynek is not the most restful place, as it is effectively a roundabout for cars. Still there are some benches, icream parlour, Żabka and Lewiatan here if you need supplies. If you need a quieter place, head towards the castle, there you can find a quiet rest area overlooking the river.

Smooth asphalt and nice sections through small wooded areas.

The Łężeczki viewpoint is a great place to stop during a bike ride through Sierakowski Landscape Park. From the hilltop, you can admire a sweeping panorama of the surrounding area, including Lake Chrzypskie and picturesque hills. The viewpoint features a shelter with benches and an obelisk known as the "21st Century Mushroom," unveiled at the beginning of 2001 as a symbol of the new millennium. It's a good stop for both a rest and a photo op against the beautiful backdrop of the lake and forest landscape.

Charming little church which had a service when I visited so I can't take a look inside.

The views from this location over the nearby lake are beautiful. There is a covered rest area and even a toilet (not free). Update September 2025, still my favourite view in Wielkopolska.

Post-Bernardine Church by N.M.P. The Immaculate Conception in Sieraków is the city's most famous and valuable monument. At the same time, it is the only building erected by the Opalińscy family that has survived numerous fires and disasters that have ravaged the city. The current post-Bernardine church is a late Renaissance building on a cruciform plan with a dome at the crossing of the naves and was built between 1619 and 1639. The early Baroque main altar dates from 1642. Its most valuable element is the painting "The Deposition" by the Flemish painter Artus Wolffort from the years 1629 or 1639. In the presbytery there are richly decorated pews from 1641. They belong to the most interesting monuments of this type in Poland. During subsequent restoration work in 1983, five sarcophagi belonging to the Opaliński family were found in the basement of the church. In 1995, after their conservation, the sarcophagi were transferred to the new

Beautiful, charming city. Quiet and atmospheric streets. In addition, there are many gastronomic establishments where you can have a delicious meal while exploring Wielkopolska.

The initiator of this monument's erection was the Academic Senior Club in Poznań. The club was founded in 1963 by the Polish Students' Association and the Poznań Intercollegiate Branch of the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society (PTTK). Besides charitable activities and beneficial initiatives for seniors, healthcare, culture, and ecology, the Academic Senior Club also engages in tourism and local history. Members of the Club, wishing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Sieraków Landscape Park, decided to erect a befitting monument within the park. The monument was designed by Jerzy Stasiewski and executed by Zbigniew Wawrzyniak, and members of the Academic Senior Club made it unique. This added value was the moment of its unveiling. It happened on January 1, 2001, within one minute of midnight. The time of the monument's unveiling was calculated by a clock monitored by the Astrogeodynamic Observatory in Borówiec near Kórnik, part of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It thus became the first monument on Earth to be unveiled in the third millennium.