Attractions and Places To See around Konin - Top 20

It may not be the most beautiful, but it is worth visiting.

Pątnów Power Plant – a lignite-fired power plant located in Pątnów, in the northern suburbs of Konin, Poland, with a total generating capacity of 674 MW. Pątnów Power Plant is one of the four power plants that make up the Pątnów-Adamów-Konin Power Plants Group.

St. Bartholomew's Church in Konin (Konin Fara) – parish church of St. Bartholomew in Konin, located at Kościelna Street 1.

The church was built at the beginning of the 15th century and consecrated in 1444. The founders of the church were the bishop of Poznań Andrzej Łaskarz, born in Gosławice, and his nephew Jan z Lichenia. The building was likely constructed in two phases. The first phase was the responsibility of an anonymous architect, probably brought from Bohemia, Austria, or Hungary. The second phase, in turn, occurred after a break in construction, and was carried out by a workshop from the territories of the Teutonic Order state. The church also houses an octagonal Renaissance baptismal font from the 15th century. In 1771, a fire broke out, partially destroying the church. Subsequent fires occurred in the 19th century, leading to it being renovated twice, once in 1801 and again in 1819. It was then partially rebuilt by the then owners of Gosławice – the Kwilecki family, gaining a Neo-Gothic interior design, the narthex and sacristy were rebuilt, a new turret was erected, and the vault in the presbytery, chapels, and narthex was restored.

In the Bieniszew Forest, near the Camaldolese hermitage, there is a spring of St. Barnabas. This place is associated with the cult of the Five Martyr Brothers, who came to Poland - the country of Duke Bolesław the Brave - to convert the pagans. Among the martyr brothers were two Benedictines - Jan and Benedykt, and three Slavs: Mateusz, Izaak, and their servant, Krystyn. Barnabas probably accompanied them, who, according to existing sources, was the only one to survive the night of November 10/11, 1003. Barnabas lived right by the spring, whose waters had miraculous healing powers. They cured eye diseases. The chapel built over the spring was dismantled in 1932 on the orders of the then owner of Kazimierz, Stanisław Mańkowski.

Gothic basilica whose oldest parts—such as the sacristy—date back to the 14th century, built upon even earlier Romanesque foundations . Over the centuries it has been expanded and richly adorned: its interior features Renaissance chapels (notably from 1607), Baroque altars, 17th–18th‑century tombstones, and stained-glass windows and polychromes by Eligiusz Niewiadomski i (the assassin of the first President of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz) made in the early 20th century. Built primarily of brick with sandstone elements, the church still retains visible external buttresses and decorative features like bronze lion-head door knockers from the 15th century. Officially registered as an immovable heritage monument, it remains a central landmark of Konin both architecturally and spiritually.

Classicist landmark built between 1796 and 1803 on a trapezoidal plan, features a four-column Tuscan façade topped by a triangular pediment bearing the city’s coat of arms. Its clock tower includes a historic mechanism relocated from the Cistercian abbey in Ląd, and the interior still preserves a stucco ceiling and 19th-century stained glass. Registered as a protected monument in 1953, the building continues to serve municipal functions and marks the “Small Square” in the Old Town area

The Konin City Hall is a classicist building from the late 18th century, located at the intersection of 3 Maja and Wiosny Ludów streets. Built in the years 1796–1803 on a trapezoid plan, it is distinguished by its façade with four Doric columns and a triangular tympanum with the city's coat of arms. The city hall tower houses a clock from the Cistercian monastery in Ląd. Nearby there are bicycle racks and places for a short break. It is worth stopping here for a moment to admire the architecture and take a photo against the background of one of the most interesting buildings in Konin.