St. Nicholas Day
Mikołajki - the sailing capital of Poland
A charming town located in the Land of the Great Masurian Lakes, by Lake Tałty and Lake Mikołajskie. Mikołajki has a marina for the Masurian Shipping Company and about 1,500 hotel rooms, as well as several hundred accommodation options in guesthouses and private lodgings. Since 2005, Mikołajki has also been the base for the Automotive Rally of Poland.
Interesting local places worth visiting:
- Classicist Evangelical-Augsburg Church of the Holy Trinity from 1842 and the tower from 1880,
- Neo-Gothic Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary from 1910,
- Jewish Cemetery established in 1881,
- Nature Reserve "Lake Łuknajno",
- Polish Reformation Museum,
- Masurian Shipping Company marina,
- Footbridge over the isthmus between Lake Tałty and Lake Mikołajskie,
- Freedom Square.
Author of the photos and text:
Katarzyna Krajewska
Author's website - www.fotofiszka.eu
