The best traffic-free bike rides around Pszczółki

Great old buildings here

The High Gate is the starting point for exploring Gdansk's magnificent boulevard. This Renaissance building was constructed in its current representative form in 1588 by the Flemish architect Wilhelm van den Block. The High Gate served as the city's main gate. It is decorated with allegorical figures from 1648, created by Peter Ringering and bearing the inscription "Peace, Freedom, Concord." Above the arches, the coats of arms of Gdansk, Poland, and Prussia adorn the gate. The High Gate marked the beginning of the Royal Route, which leads directly to the Golden Gate (Złota Brama), built by Abraham van den Block between 1612 and 1614. "May those who love you prosper. May there be peace within your walls and prosperity in your palaces," reads the inscription. https://www.schwarzaufweiss.de/polen/danzig-reisefuehrer/hohestor.htm

A tunnel enabling passage under the A1 motorway. A section of the local bicycle path.

Small park near the church, here you can rest.

The Motława is a peaceful river flowing through Żuławy and Gdańsk, which attracts tourists with its picturesque landscapes and numerous monuments along its course. In Gdańsk, its embankment is one of the most interesting places for walking and cycling, with a view of the Crane, numerous tenement houses and tourist ships. Outside the city, the Motława flows through quiet rural areas, ideal for peaceful cycling trips surrounded by fields, embankments and oxbow lakes. It is worth having a bike with good tires, because outside the city, some of the roads are gravel and flood embankments.

A very nice section of the bicycle path, running along the former railway track. Unfortunately, some time ago part of the path was washed away, which caused the trail to lower by several dozen centimeters over a distance of about 20 meters. This section is specially marked, but someone who does not pay attention to the signs and does not follow the signs prohibiting entry can get seriously hurt.

The church was built in the 14th century, thoroughly rebuilt in 1685-1686. A brick temple, with a single nave, with a wooden tower added in 1747, covered with slate and topped with a soaring dome, and a southern chapel from the 19th century. Above the entrance to the porch there is the coat of arms of Gdańsk on a shield surrounded by a wreath of leaves. The church has rich, baroque interior furnishings: an altar, a pulpit and an organ. What attracts attention is the unusual benches with kneelers and backrests, called choir stalls, in which wealthy settlers from the Netherlands, the so-called neighbors, sat during services. On the back of the benches there are paintings depicting the 12 apostles and Jesus. In each painting, above the head of the figure of the saint, there is a coat of arms painted in gold paint, i.e. the ownership mark of the farm, and above it the date and name of the founder. The same markings can be found on the decorative doorframes of thirteen women's benches on the opposite side of the nave, above which portraits of biblical women are painted. The church is surrounded by a brick wall, which is a remnant of the cemetery. (https://fotopolska.eu/Krzywe_Kolo/b54332,Kosciol_Znalezienia_Krzyza_Swietego.html)

The Upland Gate fully reflects the power and majesty of ancient Gdansk. It is the beginning of the Royal Route, which the greatest rulers of Poland and Europe followed.