Discover Tuchola: City History and Nature

When looking for a hotel in Tuchola, you can shape your trip around what you want to focus on during your time there: the virtually unchanged medieval street plan, a combined walking and cycling route, or the surrounding area shaped by forests, the Brda River, and lakes. The town’s history is rooted in specific buildings and a monument; the Jagiellonian Trail – Two Swords adds a route with its own historical interpretation. Tuchola therefore offers several distinct starting points for planning your trip.

City History in Specific Places

Tuchola’s Old Town preserves a medieval street plan that has remained virtually unchanged since the town was founded under German law in 1346. For a trip focused on city history, it is not just a single building that is worth exploring: the street plan itself points to the long continuity of the historic townscape.

A castle stood on the site of today’s town hall from the 14th to the 18th century. The surviving sections of wall are in the basement rooms of the current town hall. This makes it possible to consider the former castle site and the surviving structural traces together in their historical context.

Another specific point of interest is the monument to Saint Margaret, Tuchola’s patron saint. It stands in the square at the intersection of Nowodworskiego and Świecka Streets. The Muzeum Borów Tucholskich is housed in a building dating from around the turn of the 20th century, at the intersection of Podgórna and Murowa Streets. The museum opened to visitors on September 27, 1980. Alongside the development of the medieval town, this brings a local monument and the museum’s history into focus; the dates place these subjects in different periods.

The Jagiellonian Trail – Two Swords

The Jagiellonian Trail – Two Swords is a combined walking and cycling route approximately 9 km long. It begins at a small square on Szkolna Street and runs through Tuchola via Świecka Street, Rudzki Most, and Piszczek. Its approximate length and combined route type provide a basis for deciding whether to include it in your trip on foot or by bike.

The trail is also presented as a historical excursion along the route taken by Polish troops on their way to Tuchola Castle. This interpretation adds a historical context to the route description: the Jagiellonian Trail can be considered both as a route and as a suggested historical excursion.

The trail includes a viewpoint near Wysoka Wieś. From there, the panorama stretches across Tuchola, the Tuchola Plain, and the Tuchola Forests. The route description therefore covers both a specific path through the town and views of named landscapes.

Forests, the Brda River, and Lakes

Tuchola is surrounded by forests; the picturesque Brda River and nearby lakes shape the surrounding area and are considered suitable for recreation and various forms of tourism. In the wider region, Tuchola lent its name to the extensive forest complex known as the Tuchola Forests. For trip planning, these are two different scales: the landscape around the town and the larger regional forest complex.

An Annual Event

In Tuchola, the festival of the town’s patron saint is celebrated every year on July 20. If you would like to plan your stay around a recurring local event, this date provides a specific annual point of reference.

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