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FUNDAMENTALS:
• From Monday to Saturday II World War tour at 12:00 is guaranteed regardless of number of participants. •
Tickets can be bought directly at the cash desk in the shelter – open 15 minutes before the tour. • Groups of 8 or more persons can participate in the tours at other hours, though the tour shall be booked in advance. • Price list can be found in section "routes"
25 IX 2010
UNUSUAL ATTRACTION in Szczecin’s Underground Tourist Routes
After holidays on each Saturday at 12:00 (until the end of 2010) we offer tours guided by legionary in battle dress.
On the occasion of 90 anniversary of Polish-Bolshevik War we enrich the tour with :
- information about political situation which caused the II World War outbreak,
- presentation of the guest exhibition devoted to marshal Józef Piłsudski and his soldiers.
Our guide is a grandson of legionary, weteran of the war in 1920. He is also a commandant of association of marshal’s Józef Piłsudski action followers – Jerzy Rozpondek.
Because of the special offer for Saturday tour at 12:00, till the end of 2010 – Cold War tour at Saturday is moved to 11:00
18 IX 2010
On Saturday September we had Croatian TV team as a guest in our shelter. They were preparing the film about interesting spots in Szczecin and Poland.
13 IV 2010 The
Peace Project "Eternal Love", which occurs under the honorable
patronage of UNESCO, came into being on the initiative of an excellent
painter and sculptor - Mr Wojciech Siudmak. The visit of this respectable
guest was a great distinction for us and an inspiration for our
cooperation. The nature of the Stettins' Underground Tourist Tours,
as well as the mission of the project 'Eternal Love' has the same
timeless message of Peace and Conciliation. Soon you will be able
to see the results of this extraordinarily important meeting.
"Beautiful,
useful, necessary exhibitions of elements, which remind us of the
fact, that gloomy ideologies deprive people of humanity" Wojciech
Siudmak www.siudmak.fr
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� 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� 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