Milków: Views, Culture and Remarkable Houses

The town’s distinctive features include its location on the Łomnica and views of the Giant Mountains. Chata na Głowie is an upside-down house; Chatka Grawitacyjna rotates on its own axis. St. Jadwiga’s Church contains a Gothic sculpture of the Madonna and three penance crosses.

Views of Śnieżka and the Giant Mountains provide a clear focal point for the landscape around Milków. Together with its location on the Łomnica, they create an impression centred on the town itself. The Sudecki Szlak Konny offers a different perspective, on a regional scale: this riding trail is over 360 km long and passes through areas of the Western and Central Sudetes rich in nature and culture. Its length and route refer to the trail across the wider region, not to a route within Milków. If landscape is your main priority when planning your trip, you can distinguish between the views around the town and the trail’s broader regional character.

Chata na Głowie turns the familiar layout of an interior upside down: visitors enter the upside-down house through a gable window and move around inside on the ceiling. Furniture and everyday objects hang above their heads. The address, ul. Nowowiejska 50 in Milków, can help you find it; check access arrangements before visiting.

Chatka Grawitacyjna offers something different. The rotating house spins on its own axis at eight revolutions per minute. While Chata na Głowie plays with orientation inside the house, Chatka Grawitacyjna puts the building’s rotation centre stage. These are not simply two versions of the same idea: their descriptions offer different points of interest for anyone interested in unusual architecture. Check the current access arrangements for each house before visiting.

St. Jadwiga’s Church contains a Gothic sculpture of the Madonna dating from around 1440. Three penance crosses are set into the church’s north wall. These are different details: a medieval work of art inside, and crosses in the outer wall. If you would like to visit the church interior, check access arrangements in advance.

The Baroque palace in Milków has a notable date associated with it: Count Carl Heinrich von Zierotin had it built in 1667. Matuschka Palace is surrounded by a park. These details offer different ways to understand local architectural history and its connections: the date a palace was built and the association of another palace name with a park. Together with the church, they show that the town’s distinctive features are not limited to its landscape and unusual houses.

The Stowarzyszenie Milanos association organised recurring summer volleyball tournaments in the municipality of Podgórzyn under the name “Wakacyjne Turnieje Siatkówki z Milanos”. They were held at the Orlik sports complex in Milków and have attracted volleyball enthusiasts from the region and across Poland since 2019. If you would like to plan your trip around a tournament, check the dates of the current edition in advance.

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What makes Chata na Głowie special?

The house is upside down. Visitors enter through a gable window and move around inside on the ceiling, while furniture and everyday objects hang above them. The address is ul. Nowowiejska 50 in Milków.

What historic art can you see in St. Jadwiga’s Church?

The church contains a Gothic sculpture of the Madonna dating from around 1440. Three penance crosses are set into the north wall. If you would like to visit the interior, check access arrangements in advance.

How long is the Sudecki Szlak Konny?

The regional riding trail is over 360 km long and passes through areas of the Western and Central Sudetes rich in nature and culture. Its length describes the regional trail, not a route within Milków.

For the broader travel overview: Jeleniogórski.