We are going to Łódź to get to know the city better and take a closer look at its cultural offerings.
The fourth largest city in Poland in terms of population – ŁÓDŹ – is not widely promoted, and as a result, less known than other such large cities.
We decided to visit this city, which has a wide selection of attractions in its cultural offerings.
“Łódź (Yiddish לאָדזש [lɔd͡ʒ], German Lodz [lot͡ʃ], Lodsch [lotʃ], in the years 1940–1945 Litzmannstadt) – a city with district rights in central Poland. Most of today's Łódź is located in the historical Łęczyca land, and a small part of the city (on the left bank of the Ner) in the Sieradz land.”
Hands up, who knows where the name of the city comes from!
"It owes its name either to Bishop Gerward, who came from the Łódź family, or to the small river Łódka flowing right next to the village. At the beginning of the 15th century, in 1423, King Władysław Jagiełło issued a location charter for the city, and since then Łódź has had city rights to this day." The city's coat of arms depicts a golden wooden boat with an oar in a red field.”
In addition, as art historian Monika Nowakowska writes:
"Łódź does not have Wawel, Łazienki or a medieval old town, it is a city of unusual beauty and a specific atmosphere. Post-industrial heritage, turbulent histories of great factory fortunes and their downfalls, as well as the multiculturalism of its inhabitants have translated into the character of Łódź architecture, unique in Poland and Europe. The most valuable monuments in Łódź are relatively young, dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries, i.e. from the period of the city's most dynamic development as a centre of the textile industry. (…)”
And we are interested in what Łódź has to offer in terms of cultural events in the last week of the year 2025.
The City Hall writes about the city’s cultural institutions:
“There are 20 museums in Łódź, including the Central Textile Museum, unique on a European scale, the only Museum of Cinematography in Poland, the Animation Museum or the Art Book Museum, and the Museum of Art with the largest collections of contemporary art.
It is also an academic center with 19 universities.
Viewers are invited by nearly 20 theater stages, there are numerous galleries, cinemas, community centers and the second largest network of municipal libraries in the country.”
Because Łódź is not just Piotrkowska Street!
