Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Łódź, Poland

Leon Rappaport's Villa – a villa located at 44 Rewolucji 1905 r. Street in Łódź.

Wikipedia: Willa Leona Rappaporta (PL)

The Reicher Synagogue in Łódź is a synagogue located in Łódź, in the annexe of a tenement house at 28 Rewolucji 1905 roku Street, formerly known as Południowa Street. It is the only preserved pre-war synagogue and one of the two active synagogues in Łódź.

Wikipedia: Synagoga Reicherów w Łodzi (PL)

The Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Łódź, Poland is the oldest theatre in the region. It is a repertory theatre subordinate to the Marshall Office of the Łódź Voivodeship. During the years 1888-1949 it was known as the Polish Theatre and the City Theatre.

Wikipedia: Stefan Jaracz Theatre (EN)

Hilary Majewski's House – a neo-Renaissance tenement house of the city architect, Hilary Majewski, located at 11 Włóknicza Street in Łódź, built in the years 1883–1886. Originally, it was the owner's villa, but over time it was transformed into a multi-family building.

Wikipedia: Dom Hilarego Majewskiego w Łodzi (PL)

Lovers from Kamienna Street – a fountain-bas-relief dedicated to Agnieszka Osiecka, located in a niche of one of the tenement houses on Włóknicza Street in Łódź. The unveiling took place on June 25, 2004.

Wikipedia: Kochankowie z ulicy Kamiennej (PL)

The Arthur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic is a professional symphony orchestra based in Łódź, Poland. It was founded in 1915 by composer and conductor Tadeusz Mazurkiewicz and Gotliba Teschnera, a cello instructor and bookstore owner. The men organized the orchestra initially as a temporary ensemble to play for a benefit for impoverished musicians. The orchestra was made up of approximately 60 musicians, both professional and amateur. The enthusiastic reception of this benefit concert drew the patronage of industrialist Karol Wilhelm Scheilbler, who provided the finances necessary to make the orchestra a permanent ensemble. Mazurkiewicz was appointed the orchestra's first director.

Wikipedia: Łódź Philharmonic (EN), Website

Józef Rosenthal's tenement house – a tenement house located in Łódź at 46 Piotrkowska Street. It was entered into the register of immovable monuments of the Łódź Voivodeship on 20 January 1971 with the number A/69 and into the Municipal Register of Monuments of the City of Łódź with the number 964.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Józefa Rosenthala (PL)

Rafał Sachs' tenement house is a tenement house located in Łódź at 44 Piotrkowska Street. It was entered into the register of immovable monuments of the Łódź Voivodeship on 20 January 1971 with the number A/43 and into the Municipal Register of Monuments of the City of Łódź with the number 962.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Rafała Sachsa w Łodzi (PL)

The Lampiarz Monument – a monument to an unnamed electrician, was unveiled on September 21, 2007 next to the Dawid Szmulewicz tenement house at 37 Piotrkowska Street. The occasion was the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the first power plant in Łódź. The founders of the monument are Dalkia Łódź SA and the Łódź Power Plant. The monument depicts a life-size stylish lantern and a lamp-man with a light bulb in his right hand, standing on a ladder leaning against a pole. Next to it there is a bag that is also a monumental bench on which you can sit.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Lampiarza (PL)

Creators of Industrial Łódź – a monument to Łódź factory owners, creators of "Industrial Łódź", located at 30/32 Piotrkowska Street, erected in September 2002.

Wikipedia: Twórcy Łodzi Przemysłowej (PL)

Bechtold tenement - a tenement house located in Łódź at 22 Piotrkowska Street.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Bechtoldów w Łodzi (PL)

Abram Lubiński's Tenement House – a tenement house located at 19 Piotrkowska Street in Łódź.

Wikipedia: Kamienica Abrama Lubińskiego w Łodzi (PL)

The Town Hall in Łódź – one of the first brick buildings in Łódź, erected in 1827 according to the design of Bonifacy Witkowski. It is the most valuable and oldest monument of classicist architecture in Łódź.

Wikipedia: Ratusz w Łodzi (PL)

The Church of Pentecost is a Catholic parish church located in Łódź at 2/2a Piotrkowska Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Zesłania Ducha Świętego w Łodzi (PL)

The Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography – the largest museum in Łódź, located at 14 Wolności Square. At the end of 2012, it had 260,354 catalogue items.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne w Łodzi (PL), Website

The Monument of Tadeusz Kościuszko in Łódź is a monument located on Liberty Square in Łódź, at the north exit of Piotrkowska Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Tadeusza Kościuszki w Łodzi (PL)

The "Dętka" Canal Museum – a branch of the Museum of the City of Lodz located in a fragment of the sewers of Łódź under Wolności Square in Łódź.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Kanału „Dętka” (PL), Website

Powszechny Theatre in Łódź – Polish Comedy Centre, a drama scene in Łódź with a distinct artistic comedy logo. Since its establishment in 1945, it has been located in the headquarters at 21 Legionów Street. The theatre has two stages: the Large Stage and the Small Stage, which has been operating since 2012. It presents over 400 performances a year, with an average audience of over 130,000 visitors a year. Its current character, repertoire and the shape of the projects carried out in it are derived from the original programme concept of director Ewa Pilawska, based on the principle of "Theatre Close to People".

Wikipedia: Teatr Powszechny w Łodzi (PL)

The New Theatre in Łódź also known as the Kazimierz Dejmek New Theatre is one of the repertory theatres in Łódź (Poland), established in 1949. The theatre presents a varied programme, including international classic drama, and new plays by contemporary playwrights. In addition to performances at the Nowy Theatre building, the Nowy Theatre tours productions at theatres across the Łódź region, Poland and abroad.

Wikipedia: New Theatre, Łódź (EN)

Muzeum Sztuki, or the Museum of Art in Łódź, is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Łódź, Poland, whose main goal is to research and display the history of avant-garde art, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 1931, Muzeum Sztuki became the first museum in Europe and the second museum in the world dedicated to collecting and showcasing modern art.

Wikipedia: Museum of Art, Łódź (EN), Website

The Karol Poznański Palace is a former residence in Łódź, central Poland. It was constructed in 1904.

Wikipedia: Karol Poznański Palace (EN)

St. George's Garrison Church is a Roman Catholic church at 9 St. George Street in Łódź.

Wikipedia: Kościół garnizonowy św. Jerzego w Łodzi (PL)