ruda bugaj, central poland, PL

we have spent the 90th birthday with my mother-in-law and xmas celebration in ruda bugaj, a village near alexandrow lodzki + lodz with closest family in poland. NICE 😍

our stops in PL this time?

• wojanow castle (schloß schildau) in lower silesia, PL
• lodz, central poland => enjoy especially the pictures from the interactive museum of technics and science located in an old coal electric power plant very close to the recently modernized train station fabryczna (factory / fabrik) below
• ruda bugaj / alexandrow lodzki, central poland
• leba at the baltic sea ...coming soon ...
• moszna castle close to opole (oppeln), upper silesia ...coming soon ...

alexandrow lodzki

the catholic church + old wooden houses in alexandrow lodzki

evangelic church

city park

there is no real industry in alexandrow lodzki. at least there

is awe, a small local tights (strumpfhosen) producer

alexandrow lodzki

there are still few wooden houses where people live today...

lodz-fabryczna

lodz, museum of technics and science inside an old power plant

lodz, museum of technics and science. view at the coal bowl bottom up

lodz-fabryczna

some appartment buildings ruins in lodz-fabryczna

the upgraded train station lodz-fabryczna

even if there is no aboveground river in lodz today, waste amounts of water

was the catalyzer for the development of its textile industry some 200 years

ago back then under russian administration. thus a boat 🚣 is still a symbol

of lodz and lodz is called polish manchester by many folks out there ...

lodz - baluty

holy mass in a local suburb church in lodz - baluty

good-bye, lodz - baluty

the bzura creek close to the village ruda-bugaj

two of us exploring the surroundings far away from regular paths.

btw, why not the well-trodden roads instead? well, let's say it with the words

of my blogger buddy alex: what attracts the masses (often) discourages me -

- both, contentual and extrinsic 

there are hools in ruda bugaj, too?

security protected suburbs of the new rich in alexandrow lodzki / ruda bugaj

our 90th birthday + xmas table 😄🌲💖

few more pictures here.

lodz, PL

lodz, ruda bugaj, poland, PL ~ when you visit a city and a region quite often, you see complete different things than the first time, don't you? when 1st time in lodz some 30+ years ago, i just photographed the main aquare churches (at the plac wolnosci) and the main street. the so beautiful shopping & leisure center manufaktura was an industrial ruin then ... well, what did i focus on this time? architectural details of the old city buildings => thus you will get no insights but many pictures in this blog post, agreed? 😇

yes, lodz becomes nicer and nicer with the time passing by as the communal owned socialist era gray and outworn buildings become restaurated by the new owners and appeer in the previous or in a new glance.

manufaktura (manufa), lodz, poland, PL

the main street piotrkowska with a 4.2 km length is one of the longest shopping streets in europe

a parallel street to the piotrkowska

two of us

alexandrow lodzki (close to lodz), PL

lodz west

back to the city center ...

a socialist time broadcasting building + small orthodox church

an interesting society in the traugutt street 😇

there are nice graffiti & sculptures almost at every corner 😆

there is still a lot to do in lodz 😉

sooo beautiful, isn't it?

inside the indian restaurant lakshmi

painting of our small niece. nice, isn't it?

polish national bank NBP + manufaktura in socialist times vs. today

palace poznanski's (+ inside), the owners of the manufaktura textile factory

here you can became a bricklayer of your own company :-=)

suburb baluty

more pictures here.

i'm usually 2-3 times a year in lodz. because of the corona plaque is my last visit one year away.