A visual guide to all 16 voivodeships — built around the places, stories and videos I’ve explored across Poland. Start with the map, then follow a region into its cities, landscapes and local stories.
Poland is divided into 16 voivodeships. Use the map to get your bearings, then choose a region below to explore the places and videos already covered.
Castles, spa towns and Sudeten landscapes packed into one of Poland’s richest historic regions.
Royal Warsaw, Mazovian castles, Chopin country and Vistula towns — the capital region with far more beyond Warsaw.
Renaissance strongholds, Przemyśl and the wild Bieszczady give Poland’s southeast its distinctive frontier character.
Renaissance towns, Vistula landscapes and powerful wartime history across Poland’s eastern borderlands.
Hanseatic Gdańsk, Baltic resorts, Kashubia and Malbork — Poland’s northern maritime heartland.
Royal Kraków, the Tatras, salt mines, pilgrimage towns and Jura castles in Poland’s historic southern heart.
Industrial Łódź, romantic parks, folk traditions, caves and wartime sites in the centre of Poland.
The cradle of the Polish state, with Poznań, Gniezno, castles, pilgrimage sites and historic market towns.
Primeval forest, bison, Orthodox heritage and multicultural borderland towns in Poland’s wild northeast.
Gothic castles, Copernican history and lake country stretching across Warmia and Masuria.
Industrial cities, Beskid mountain escapes and a northern belt of castles and limestone landscapes.
Ancient mountains, medieval towns, castles and geological curiosities in the heart of Poland.
Gothic Toruń, riverside Bydgoszcz and quieter landscapes shaped by forests, rivers and medieval history.
Compact Silesian heritage, fairy-tale Moszna Castle and a regional capital famous for Polish music.
Baltic beaches, island ports, Szczecin, Viking Wolin and unusual natural landmarks along Poland’s northwest.
Wine country, lakes, monasteries and borderland history in one of Poland’s quietest and least-known regions.