Mosina – Cycling Route, Nature and Culture
Accommodation in Mosina
Mosina combines a historic town centre with nature and cultural experiences. You can plan your trip around a range of interests: a cycling route to the market square, the Glinianki recreational area, or the town’s art and history.
Mosina at a glance
The Wielkopolski National Park and Rogalin Landscape Park extend to the edge of the town. Among Mosina’s special places are the flooded former clay pits of the Glinianki and the square market place, with its preserved medieval town plan. Galleries and historic buildings also shape the town’s cultural offerings.
What nature experiences does Mosina offer?
The Glinianki is now a green recreational area where you can swim and relax. A waymarked footpath leads from the car park to the observation tower. Information boards cover glacial landforms as well as local fauna and flora. This lets you combine time by the water with learning about the landscape.
Mosina’s setting on the edge of two landscape parks also shapes its surroundings. The nearby Wielkopolski National Park has 18 areas under strict protection. For those interested in nature and landscapes, this offers another regional highlight alongside the Glinianki, though the two experiences are not alike.
How can you reach Mosina by bike?
The Łącznikowy Szlak Rowerowy runs from Poznań via Luboń and Puszczykowo to Mosina’s market square. It also connects the town to a section of the Pierścień Rowerowy Dookoła Poznania. When planning a cycling trip, both the route through the towns mentioned and the connection to the ring route are relevant. Part of the Łącznikowy Szlak Rowerowy runs along the Warta River; elsewhere, the route follows county and local roads.
What does Mosina’s town centre tell you about the town?
Mosina has a preserved medieval town plan. At its centre is a square market place, with narrow streets branching off from it. Those interested in the town’s development can also explore the tourist quest “Mosina w XIX wieku,” created by pupils from Primary School No. 2 in Mosina.
The Church of St Nicholas was built in 1952–1954 on the foundations of an earlier stone church, which had been built in 1905. Its modern interior features polychrome work by Ewa Buczyńska and Walenty Gabrysiak, as well as stained-glass windows by Edmund Hałas. Its construction history and artistic design offer different ways to explore the town’s cultural history.
What art and history can you discover?
The Galeria Sztuki is housed in a historic building that was once a Jewish synagogue, built around 1876. It exhibits painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, textiles, installations, new media and animated films. The range therefore extends from traditional visual arts to media and installations.
The Galeria Historyczna, also known as the Galeria na Piętrze, is also located in the Galeria Sztuki building. It hosts temporary historical exhibitions about Ziemia Mosińska, as well as photography and art exhibitions. Another landmark is Obrabad: the distinctive brick building with its tall tower can be seen from the Mosiński Canal. A local legend traces the origins of the “Elegant z Mosiny” to local tailor workshops.
Where can you get tourist information?
The tourist information point, open year-round, is located on the first floor of the Gminne Centrum Informacji (GCI), ul. Dworcowa 3. It is open Mondays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There you can get information about regional attractions, as well as brochures, flyers and maps.
When choosing accommodation, you can first consider which aspects of Mosina matter most for your trip: the cycling route, nature at the Glinianki, or the town’s culture and history. Find more pages about nearby places: Radzewice, Runowo, Wysogotowo, Wiry K/Poznania, Suchy Las, Kobylnica, Poznań and Komorniki.
FAQ
What are the opening hours of the tourist information point?
At the Gminne Centrum Informacji, it is open Mondays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
What is there at the Glinianki?
The flooded former clay pits form a green recreational area where you can swim. A waymarked footpath also leads from the car park to the observation tower.
Where does the Łącznikowy Szlak Rowerowy lead?
It runs from Poznań via Luboń and Puszczykowo to Mosina’s market square, and connects the town to a section of the Pierścień Rowerowy Dookoła Poznania.
Where can you find historical and art exhibitions?
The Galeria Sztuki exhibits various art forms. The Galeria Historyczna, also known as the Galeria na Piętrze, hosts temporary historical exhibitions about Ziemia Mosińska, as well as photography and art exhibitions.
For the main travel overview: Poznań.
