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Everyday at 12:00 we invite individual tourists for shelter exploration.

12 IX 2009
Another unusual event took place in Szczecin's Underground Tourist Routes on 12th of September as a part of Baltic Folk and Roots Festival. The main purpose of this festival was to promote local cultures of Baltic nations. Szczecin as a city of many European trails crossing is a unique place to realize this idea.

On the occasion of this event the shelter has been transformed into Hobbit’s fairly land from J.R. Tolkien's story. "Hobbition" association from Sierakowo Sławieńskie had prepared scenery and conducted the special game "Back and forth". At the end there was a great surprise for everybody - special concert of Rivendell - one of festival's guests.
Video relation of this uncommon event you can watch below.

"Postwar Szczecin in lens of Krystyna Łyczywek" and "Szczecin's inhabitants by Łyczywek". Since 05.09.09 on the route II World War you can see exhibition consists of about 30 photos of postwar Szczecin made by Krystyna Łyczywek. On the photos you can see many well known objects, streets and places which seem to have special charm even though being destroyed.

Additional atraction during exhibition opening was opportunity to listen Krystyna Łyczywek - photographer and licensed city guide - story about making photos of postwar Szczecin.
Each day at 12:00 we invite to see the exhibition on the route II World War.

28 VIII 2009
The latest initiative aiming at presenting contemporary history was an exhibition dubbed "Changes in contemporary Poland" mounted in cooperation with MNC NE, Szczecin. The official opening of the exhibition took place on 28 august 2009 and was witnessed by numerous guests and media representatives.

The ribbon was cut by: Krystyna Wesołowska (owner of the Centre for the Lease and Tourism), Commander MNC NE Lieutenant General Zdzisław Goral and Chief of Staff MNC NE Josef Heinrichs.

The exhibition is a complement to the historical route devoted to the Cold War; it shows transformations that took place in Poland since the negotiations of the round table till the establishment of MNC NE, Szczecin, a symbol of close international cooperation among Denmark, Germany and Poland, and currently of as many as 11 countries. The exhibition displays information on the Corps and a large number of images taken on missions and during anniversaries. Furthermore, it features private photographs that let visitors get to know the ins and outs of the formations life.

We encourage visitors following the route of the Cold War to get familiar with the exhibition.

24 III 2009
On one of the Underground Routes we have next attraction for you. It is "Szczecin's room". It shows city architecture which is no longer visible in our city because of bombings, war and after war destructions, modernization and development of Szczecin's architecture.

With Roman Czejarek help ("Szczecin at the turn of the century XIX/XX" album's author) we show over a dozen very interesting photos of old Szczecin with precise description. Exhibition is ending the sightseeing of II world war route.

23 III 2009
The Exhibition "Retain the memory" in Szczecin's Underground Tourist Routes.

Tourist Routes under the Main Railway Station in Szczecin are inviting to see the new exhibition lend us by Polish - German Reconciliation Foundation.

Exhibition organized with German' Historical Institut and Berlin' Historical Workshop support for 66 outbreak of the II world war anniversary. A part of this exhibition showing the compulsory work of Poles for Germans is exposed in the shelter.

Poland was the first victim of this bloodiest of wars. "They took away your lives, today we are giving you only memory" - those are words from one of the monuments. People have to remember how important thing for Europeans should be the memory of extermination of Poles in 1939-45.

The II World War was not only fight but also work. It was needed to make costs of work lower. That's why Germans started to open work agencies just after they came into Poland. Thousands of posters were showing that work in the Germany is a privilege and almost fun. But when despite of mass propaganda there weren't many people ready to work, Germans started a new campaign. Prisoners of war and accidental people were forced to work in factories and on the farms. Primarily, they were Poles, but later also Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Frenchmen, Belgians and Dutchmen. Work was hard but the wage was minimum. There were many cases of sabotage, which were punished even by death.

Compulsory workers had to wear signs - for example Poles "P", workers from East "Ost". Compulsory workers were working on the farms, in war industry, but they were also building shelters. In Szczecin there were 118 working camps.

Those were places where humanity didn't exist. Today in one of Szczecin’s districts - Pomorzany - there is a monument (cross) - it makes us remember about those incidents.

Touring the shelter and exhibition on the route II World War each day at 12:00. Four groups of 8 persons and more shelter exploration is possible at other hours.

29 XI 2008
On Friday 28th November Occasional Concert took place in the shelter. By an amazing fluoro-show and sounds of Tibetan singing bowls and gongs we wanted to thank all sympathizers and friends of Szczecin's Underground Tourist Routes. Your support helped us to win two prestigious prezes. We had informed about them recently.
The first attraction for our guests was a performance "The demonstration of elements" prepared by Make Up Institute from Szczecin. It had been unique show which brought together bodypaint art and sounds of Tibetan gongs and singing bowls. Katarzyna Jelen-Pszkit (also playing on gongs ang singing bowls), Agnieszka Dolecka and Agnieszka Zulowska appeared on the stage. All of them performed in fluorescent make up made by Ewa Winiarska from Make Up Institute.

Each day while showing tourist around the shelter we are talking about luminosity of the walls. But we can see it only in some places in the shelter. This time, thanks to big UV lamps, we could admire original phosphorescent strip in the tunnel. It made an impression on our guests and us. It had also inspired us to show the shleter in innovatice way and organise Fluoro Party - new type of intergrative party for firms.

The second part of the concert was Anna and Andrzej Wawrzyniak performance. They are the specialists of massage and therapy by sounds. During their concert they were not only playing on Tibetan gongs and singing bowls, but also they made an atmosphere of tranquility and relaxation .

Once more, thank to our artists for their help and great concert and thank you very much friends for your support.

20 XI 2009
"Poland has got many tourist values and practically unlimited potential of tourist attractiveness. Simultaneously it has not got many professionally prepared tourist products. That's why support to creating new products and their promotion in country and in foreign countries is a priority for POT (Polish Tourist Organization). Each year POT organise contest for the best tourist product. Winners receive Quality Certificates." - quotation from www.pot.gov.pl
On the 20th November prestigious gala took place in Warsaw. POT honoured with Quality Certificates 11 best tourist products from Poland. Szczecin's Underground Tourist Routes is one of the winners. This year POT also honoured the best product from previous year. The Winner of the Golden Certificate is The Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship.

We made it! Two years of our hard work is being noticed!

"Szczecin's Underground Tourist Routes" is a prize-winner in Economic Contest organized by Marshal of our province (Konkurs Gospodarczy Marszałka Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego). We won the Golden Fish for the best tourist product of the year. The contest is the oldest constantly taking place economic contest in our province.

A few days later we won POT's Quality Certificate (POT - Polish Tourist Organization) as one of the best tourist products in Poland.
We were chosen as one of the eleven best tourist products in Poland and one from 90 competitiors. This lets us to competite next year for Golden Certificate - the most prestigious prize. POT will organize for the winner of Golden Certificate free countrywide advertising campaign.

We will participate in a gala and receive our Quality Certificate on 20th November in Warsaw

There is loud about Szczecin and this is not the end!

Our project is still developing and we won't laze. Szczecin's Underground Tourist Route is a project which take the advantage of the biggest antiaircraft shelter for civilians in Poland.

Our first step was to make the shelter accessible for toursits. Underground routes are filled with things, furniture and original materials which illustrate the history. To excite tourists' imagination we are using multimedia.

From the beginning our project helps to promote the city and it's culture. Modern Theatre's Spectacle "Eine Kleine" which is based on Artur Daniel Liskowacki novel was staged in the shelter. It was a great success and showed Szczecin's Underground Tourist Routes possibilities.

Our project is still developing and we are not lazing.

22.XI.2006
"Szczecin Underground" was opened for all visitors. From this day we invited all that are interested in dungeons exploration. For schedule look at Routes.

21.XI.2006
"Szczecin Underground" was officialy opened