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Dorothy
Ligonier, PA388 contributions
Szymbark Park with Upside Down House is also Educational, Entertaining
Apr 2018 • Couples
The upside down house is an interesting tourist attraction in the Szymbark Park, Szymbark, Poland. But the rest of the extensive park is historical, educational, and entertaining, centered around the life, culture, and people of the Kashubian region of Poland. This seemingly little known park is extensive and well worth a visit. Besides the upside down house, you will see several historical buildings, a recreated bunker used by the resistance during the occupation, a full size three car train with a real (non-functioning) Soviet steam engine, a building housing the longest board in the world (used as a table), a Kashubian trapper farm from emigrants in Canada, a church, and a well stocked gift shop. Also on site is a hotel and a micro-brewery/restaurant.
This park was an excellent find off the beaten path. It doesn't seem to be written up but we loved it.
There were several surprising and informative exhibits. I was specially impressed with the Soviet train with an actual steam engine and coal car. I like trains but I'm not knowledgable of Soviet engines but I believe it to be an L series 2-10-0 model. It's wheels and trim were red with a red star on the front and sides. Huge!!
Written May 28, 2018
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Sarah C
Dallas, TX609 contributions
Cool Museum but Not a Lot in English
Jun 2013 • Solo
Unfortunately this place is impossible to get to without a car but I was able to go with a Polish friend. This place's function was hard to pin down: half museum, half hotel and restaurant, with recreational activities such as zip cording and a few animals such as deer. There were 2-3 restaurants serving traditional Polish food, an upside down house that you can walk around in, and two museums: one that showed what the Polish people went through when they were shipped off to Siberia by the Russians during WWII, and another that showed typical Polish houses around Poland and the world. The place also held the Guinness World Record for the largest piano and the longest table. You could roam around the place at your own flow but I'd recommend some good sturdy shoes as the dirt was all muddy from the recent rain and you could slip.
Written July 17, 2013
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annie22_14
Plymouth, UK19 contributions
fantastic day out
Aug 2013 • Friends
We went with family, it was fantastic, well worth the visit, the house was amazing, we got there early, and went in straight away with no queue, by the time we came out, a huge queue, so visit house as soon as you get there. We went around the war memorial, it was very respectful, at the time of or visit, lots of local schoolchildren also visiting, all fantastically behaved. The world record grand piano, together with normal grand piano put into perspective how large it was. We found no problems with language, as all the numerous signs were written in English. The various beers were fantastic. A great day out.
Written June 24, 2014
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Rae S
Ireland40 contributions
Tourist
Feb 2019 • Couples
Had a great trip to the upside down house. It's definitely something to see as it's the only one in Europe. The park itself was larger than expected which was unexpected and the WWII train exhibit was quite unexpected. Also enjoyed seeing the longest table/plank that I didn't know was there and the bunker and deer there too. I'd say during the summer it's great but during winter was very quiet. Definitely worth a trip if you like the weird and wonderful. We stayed in Gdansk and rented a car to get there and to other sites around Gdansk
Written February 20, 2019
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Libby, MT146 contributions
Disappointing
Oct 2018 • Solo
I was told that this house and the surrounding park were a highly rated historical stop for the Kashubian region of Poland. It was so disappointing; very kitchy and touristy. Very little signage in the park was in English. Most things were closed; off season? in October
Written December 11, 2018
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Apethorpe, UK35 contributions
Excellent park
May 2018 • Family
We knew that Szymbark had an impressive range of wooden houses and the longest plank cut from a tree, but the Siberian exhibition with transport train and mock ups of Siberian prisoner accommodation were unexpected. My daughter wished she could have had longer to read all of the documents (in English and Polish) which gave heart rending details of the experience of ordinary Polish people in the war.
Later in the trip, the upside down house was hilarious - you feel so disorientated - at one stage I had to hold on to two people to persuade my brain that I knew where I was! Great fun!
Written May 30, 2018
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58Pauline
Adelaide, South Australia62 contributions
"Special Memories of Szymbark, Poland "Great Place to Visit is the Szymbark Park, Poland"
Dec 2015 • Family
I have visited twice, first trip my family in Poland took me for the day, it was a really interesting place. We had a guide and he was excellent, a lot of cultural history to learn about. Not expensive, well worth a drive out into the countryside. Wonderful Kashubian culture. I found it very interesting and the upside down house was such an unusual experience. It was fun, it may make you a little dizzy but we were all laughing and enjoying ourselves.
Second time was extra, extra special as my family organised a huge party, our large family all meeting at a local church, with a Kashubian Band playing. To our surprise four horse drawn carriages arrived to take us on a ride through the countryside and to Szymbark. Band playing and family laughing and singing we arrived and all went into the Pub there. My sister and I we were treated royally with a special coach and horse. So if you want a really fun excursion, organise through the local tourist agency hire a coach ride as a group, picnic in the forest and ride to Szymbark to party on!!! Unforgettable... !!!!
Written July 20, 2016
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Olena_Kurylo
Kharkiv, Ukraine64 contributions
Must visit!!!!
Apr 2016 • Friends
Liked this place. Very interesting beautiful park. Entry ticket 18pln.
Bus is from Gdansk every 1-1.5 hours to station Piotrowo (12.50 pln).
Written April 14, 2016
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steven c
London, UK47 contributions
Made me sick
Oct 2015 • Business
This was a weird experience and not enjoyable. I know that lots of other people probably don't have such a reaction as me, but I feel I have to warn people just in case. This house gave me motion sickness for about 4 hours. I was only in there for 20 seconds as soon as I walked up a slanted floor I spun out thought I was going to be sick. I went straight outside then for the next few hours felt like I was on a boat and sea sick. Every time I sat down I thought I would be sick.
To be fair though the group I was with felt a bit dizzy but that was it they were in there for 15 mins so not sure why I had such an extreme reaction, but it was not nice.
Written October 30, 2015
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Conches-en-Ouche, France118 contributions
A family based educational venue in Szymbark
Aug 2015 • Friends
I visited Szymbark (The Centre for Education and Regional Promotion) last week while I was staying with a family in northern Poland. The place was really packed - I do think I was the only non-Polish tourist even though there were some explanations of photos, etc. in English.
This really is a hodge-podge of things based on wood, in my opinion, including an upside down house (huge line!), the world's longest wooden board, replicas of bunkers, churches, trout fishing, a brewery, little restaurants, that are not expensive however.
There is a huge hotel and conference center there, so you can even stay.
I personally found it rather unorganized, even though it was interesting, and there were loads of children there with families.
Written August 4, 2015
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