If you are interested in historical places, visit: The Cathedral: the city's most principal historical landmark. It is a gothic, three nave church dating back to the 13th century, one of the few of buildings of that class, not separated from urban street traffic. Inside a 17th century Renaissance altar. The tower 52 m tall was added on in the 17th century. a perfect landmark for both city dwellers and tourists, soon to be made accessible to tourists. The walls have marks left by sinners who would repent their deeds carving out little hollows or those who used to sharpen their sabres. The door with a great number of protruding nail heads surprises many. It was during World War One that the nails were bought by those who escaped military draft, while the money collected that way was used to build up a war fund. You not far away from another interest: have a look at the city walls from the 14th century. One hundred and thirty metres long, incorporating four watch towers, built from boulders and bricks, bound with lime and egg yolk mortar.Another object of interest is the Lubuskie Museum. Located at 35 Warszawska Street, in an art nouveau villa formerly an estate owned by the Schroeders family. The building is inside a dendrological park featuring some 150 species of trees and bushes. Most impressive there are magnolias, London planes, yew-trees and maple trees. A Neolithic (2000 B.C.) megalithic grave is also worth seeing, and so are medieval castle emplacement ruins, embankments and a dried up moat. If you want to go on a shopping spree Drop in on Park 111 (111 Sikorskiego Street), or the nearby newly opened Galeria Mlynska (1 Mlynska Street). So much for the downtown. In the northern part of the city, at 32 Górczynska Street a similar shopping centre: Panorama. The centre hosts a number of shops offering various lines of merchandise (jeweller, shoe shops, clothes, household appliances, etc.). A wide array of foodstuffs, industrial goods to meet your everyday needs is offered by three Tescos: downtown in Cathedral Square, at 19 Górczynska Street and 70 Slowianska Street. If you want to enjoy greenery to your heart's content, give your legs some stretching across municipal parks Downtown: Rose Park - one of the most picturesque landmarks. In the middle of it a pond crossed by the Klodawka stream. The Park features cosy spots. Numerous rose beds come to bloom in the summertime, emanating rosy smells. Small wander, Gorzów dwellers find it their favourite strolling place. Please, bear this in mind: the Park is closed at night-time. Another place worth paying a visit to is the Siemiradzki Park whose main entrance is in Drzymaly Street. Its forte is its varied landscape, crossed with valleys and dales. Surely, such a landscape asset was taken an advantage of in the open air theatre. Besides, the hills here and there offer natural vistas on the Gorzów cityscape. The hill accessible from Drzymaly Street is topped with a bower with a copula roof resting on six pillars.Before another work week regenerate yourself and pay a visit to the pride of our city: The Slowianka Sports and Recreation Centre (14 Slowianska Street). It is a facility comprising an Olympic size swimming pool, recreation swimming pool, toddler pools, sprinkling baths (Jacuzzi), saunas, massage parlours, sun beds, fitness rooms, workout gyms, a bowling alley, an ice rink and tennis courts.You will come again, won't you?

In the city, there are many places where you can meet other people, listen to music, exchange opinions or admire famous works of art. The BWA gallery has been in service for almost 30 years, presenting the works of outstanding Polish artists. The Photography and New Media gallery presents the new kinds of arts. Both galleries are operating in the City Arts Centre. There are also the “60 krzesel” (“60 Chairs”) cinema, as well as the Discussion Film Club “Megaron” in the Centre. “Pod Filarami” (“Under Pillars”) Jazz Club is one of the city’s best showcases. It staged some of the best Polish jazz musicians – from Adam Makowicz and Tomasz Stanko to Urszula Dudziak and Zbigniew Namyslowski – as well as such world jazz luminaries as Al Foster, Billy Cobham, Billy Hart, Randy Brecker, and Adam Holzman. The club also hosted performances of such non-jazz artists as: Grzegorz Turnau, Ewa Demarczyk, Edyta Geppert, Jan Nowicki, Piwnica pod Baranami with Piotr Skrzynecki and many others. Once a year a jazz festival – recognised in the whole country – the Jazz Autumn „Klucz do kariery” („A Key To Career”), a continuation of the Pomeranian jazz festival, is organised. The club stimulated the creation of the Gorzowska Scena Jazzowa (The Gorzów Jazz Scene) which gathers local musicians representing a high artistic level. Ever since 1986 the club has been organising a unique form of children and youth musical education. Once a month, at schools and clubs, the Small Jazz Academy lessons are held, conducted by exceptional Polish jazz musicians. The lessons are attended by approximately 2.7 thousand participants. Already over 22 thousand graduates have received the Small Jazz Academy diplomas. Thanks to our resilient galleries, admirers of painting and photography can not only see, but also buy valuable works of contemporary art. Everyone may also participate in serial cultural events. The are plenty of them in Gorzów. The most famous are: "Romane Dyvesa" - International Meeting of Gypsy Bands, Reggae at the Warta River, Biennial of Sacred Art, Photography Exhibitions, Gorzów Drama Meetings Jazz Autumn "The Key to Career". Thanks to the international cooperation, Gorzów is also a place for concerts of National Brandenburg Orchestra.

Though Gorzów Wielkopolski is but a medium-size city it has its own climate and unique history, created by many generations who identified themselves with the place where they lived. Their traces are visible which neither time nor the complex events of a frontier region have obliterated. The first mention of Gorzów dates from the 2 July 1257 when Margrave Johann 1 signed a document giving Albrecht de Luge the right to found a city called Landisberch Nova. It was situated in the Santok Castellany and was one of the first towns on the lower Warta River. From the outset Landsberg’s location was its major strong point, at the fork of land and river transport routes, at the mouth of Klodawka River to the Warta river. The river border between the New Margraviate and Wielkopolska defined the town’s frontier character. Openness and freedom of river traffic favoured trade and the growth of local industry and crafts. As a result the town expanded rapidly, gaining in importance and strength, allowing it to survive floods, wars, conflagrations and plagues – disasters all too frequent in its more than 700 years long history. Hussites besieged the town in 1433 while the Swedes occupied it for several decades in the 17th century. Landsberg maintained Russian troops in the seven-years war for which it had to pay a contribution to Napoleon’s army. As time passed the town grew in strength and became a very active trading centre between Wielkopolska and West Pomerania, one of the most important in the Margraviate. Numerous factories and residences appeared in the suburbs. Gorzów acquired new road and rail connections while steam navigation grew on the river. The people became more prosperous and their surroundings more attractive. The numerous parks, green squares and gardens at factory owners’ villas give the city something to be proud of. Many have survived to this day. Gorzów was once called a city of parks and gardens due to its green areas. The second world war was disastrous. The Germans blew up both bridges as they retreated, while Soviet Army troops burnt down almost the whole old town. The German Landsberg became Poland’s Gorzów on the 30 January 1945. Polish settlers took the place of the previous residents, while new authorities were nominated – first military and, next, civilian. The post-war period saw the city again developing rapidly. In the mid-1950s Gorzów had a population of 50,000 – more than pre-war. The city displayed the second building and social boom in its history in the 1960s and 1970s. It became the capital of Gorzów Province in 1975, while the 100,000th citizen of Gorzów was born in 1979. Following the national administration reform in 1999, Gorzów became the capital of Lubuski Province, the seat of the province head, city and county authorities. Today Gorzów has a population of nearly130,000 and covers an area of 86 sq.km, recently expanding by almost 900 hectares following inclusion of post-military training grounds into the city. The city’s numerous architectural monuments and the documents collected in the Gorzów section of the State Archives relate the city’s history of eight centuries. Many valuable collections are held by numerous institutions, to mention but Lubuski Museum and the Gorzów Photographic Society. Gorzów art and photographic galleries as well as private persons also collect historical souvenirs and memoirs.