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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Karpacz

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Karpacz, Poland

Updated March 15, 2019

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The church.

Karpacz, Poland

Vang Stave Church

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.

Karpacz, Poland

Muzeum Zabawek (Toy Museum)

The largest toy museum in Poland showcases Europe's history of childhood.
The “hill.”

Karpacz, Poland

Karpacz's Gravitational Anomaly

On this Polish road, an optical illusion makes cars seem to roll uphill.
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Forest ruins of a church that used to be part of Miedzianka

Miedzianka, Poland

The Disappeared City of Miedzianka

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.
10 miles from Karpacz
Stachelberg Fortress proper.

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Fort Stachelberg

This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.
12 miles from Karpacz
The Pilchowice dam and hydroelectric power plant (north end)

Pilchowice, Poland

Pilchowice Hydroelectic Dam

The tallest stone dam in Poland was opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.
13 miles from Karpacz
The tin dragon of Trutnov hanging in front of city hall

Trutnov, Czechia

The Dragon of Trutnov

Each spring, residents of this Czech town hoist a 'slain' metal dragon onto the city hall to commemorate a local medieval legend
16 miles from Karpacz
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