Elbląg

Elbląg lies along the Elbląg River, on the lowland fringe of the Vistula Lagoon near the fertile Żuławy plains. Once a Hanseatic port, the city has a compact Old Town where much of the brick-built streetscape was reconstructed after the Second World War; St Nicholas Cathedral provides a lasting Gothic landmark. Elbląg is also a terminus of the 19th-century Elbląg Canal, renowned for its inclined planes, where boats are transported overland on rail-mounted cradles to negotiate changes in water level. This remarkable engineering route connects the city with the canal-and-lake country extending towards Ostróda. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

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