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Lodz is my favourite place in the city. Lodz used to be called ‘Hollylodz’ and the roots of our city are strongly connected with cinematography – in 1899 the first permanent cinema in Poland was opened here. The Palace of Animated Wonders is my favourite exhibition – it’s a tribute to
Polish animations produced in Lodz, including T
ango and
Peter & the Wolf, which won Oscars in 1983 and 2008.” Aleksandra Choros, general manager, Stare Kino Hotel
16.00: Ksiezy Mlyn’s pièce de résistance is Karol Scheibler’s former home, now the city’s Film Museum, tracking Lodz’s history as the capital of Poland’s movie industry throughout the 20th century. This Unesco-listed City of Film churned out masterpieces such as The Promised Land – the story of a trio of Polish, German and Jewish entrepreneurs working in Lodz – which was hailed by Martin Scorsese and earned an Academy Award nomination. One of the museum’s main attractions is the fotoplastikon, a stereoscopic cinema built in 1900. Movie buffs would settle into the seats surrounding this large wooden drum, peering through binocular-like lenses to watch rotating 3D photos.
18.00: For dinner, clients can head to Przy Kominie Restaurant in the heart of Monopol Wodczany, once one of Poland’s largest vodka distilleries. The interior is an explosion of industrial chic – think exposed steel girders and windows looking out at preserved smoke stacks. Polish delicacies include zander (perch) fillet with sea buckthorn butter sauce.
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20.00: Stick with the spirits theme at Pijana Wisnia bar on Piotrkowska Street. Backlit cherry liqueur bottles line the walls, casting a rosy hue over the interior, where drinkers gather at tables made from oak casks and work their way through tasting flights of the Polish spirit, which can be served hot in winter.
DAY TWOi
09:00: The Central Museum of Textiles has one of the world’s largest collections of woven garments, including outfits worn in the early 1800s. It’s a great place to learn how the textile industry shaped this city, with the chance to peer inside workers’ cottages and see a functioning steam engine. The museum is housed inside Ludwik Geyer’s White Factory, a fine example of Polish industrial architecture.
10.00: The homes built by Lodz’s wealthy factory owners were some of the grandest in the country and one of the most impressive is the Herbst Palace. Built in 1876, it’s surrounded by gardens inspired by English country estates and is now
a museum. The most spectacular areas include the lavish ballroom, filled with fine tapestries, and Salon Lustrzany, a mirror-lined room with gold leaf-covered tables, marble statues and ornate plasterwork.
12.00: Imber, a tiny restaurant specialising in Polish cuisine, is a beautiful lunch spot, set at the end of an alleyway off Piotrkowska Street. Must-try dishes include herring served on fancy plates that would look at home in the Herbst Palace.
14.00: For a more modern take on the city’s development, check out the EC1 City of Culture, a campus that houses a planetarium, the Centre for Comics and Interactive Narrative, the Science and Technology Centre and the National Centre for Film Culture. Top of visitors’ hit lists should be the planetarium, which has a 14-metre spherical screen with ultra-high resolution and state-of-the-art sound. But for stunning selfies, try the Science and Technology Centre inside what was once Lodz’s first thermal power plant, where the former cooling tower is now a viewing platform with breathtaking city views.
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