Birkenau Entrance Gate – Selection Site After Arrival loop from Oświęcim

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Birkenau Entrance Gate – Selection Site After Arrival loop from Oświęcim

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Birkenau Entrance Gate – Selection Site After Arrival loop from Oświęcim

01:52

7.40km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.96 km

Birkenau Entrance Gate

Highlight • Historical Site

Birkenau was the largest of the more than 40 camps and sub-camps that made up the Auschwitz concentration camp complex. It was built by Nazi Germany during World War II …

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3.01 km

Gate of Death, Auschwitz II–Birkenau

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Anyone who ever came to the former Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp surrounded by a barbed wire fence had to first pass through the main entrance gate known as the "Gate …

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3.78 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau Ash Pond Memorial

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4.02 km

International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz–Birkenau

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On April 16, 1967, the International Monument to the Camp Victims was unveiled at the site of the former German KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It commemorates at least 1.1 million people, …

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4.90 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial

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Tickets are free and are collected at the ticket office, in front of the entrance to the Auschwitz I Museum.
From 2020, you also need a ticket to enter Camp …

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5.04 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp

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Every conscious person should know what Auschwitz-Birkenau means.
Only when they see with their own eyes how huge this death factory was, can they fully grasp what happened in this …

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5.11 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau Main Gate at Sunset

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If this gateway is not already an impressive sight, the sunset sky brings even more power

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5.40 km

Selection Site After Arrival

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It's hard to imagine that here, with a hand to the left or to the right, it was determined whether you were immediately taken to the gas chamber or entered the camp.

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7.40 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.56 km

2.05 km

1.79 km

Surfaces

4.16 km

2.17 km

1.06 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 30 October

9°C

4°C

77 %

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There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

March 13, 2026,Birkenau.

Only in Birkenau, through the sheer scale of the extermination machine, does one truly grasp what humanity is capable of when it denies others their humanity... You don't even see a quarter of what was there. Let alone what was planned. Shocking.

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