Easy hikes and walks around Karniewo

open daily from 9 a.m.

"The history of the town hall dates back to the early 15th century. Bishop Jakub of Płock is said to have funded the seat of the town authorities in 1405. The Gothic tower added to the town hall fulfilled both judicial and penitentiary functions as well as defense. Initially, it reached a height of 15 m and was built on a rectangular plan. During the 15th and 16th centuries, it was gradually raised, with additional storeys built on an octagonal plan. A new town hall was also built - lower, more modern - in the Renaissance style, topped with a crested attic. The 30-meter tower at that time gained a domed spire with a lantern, and a clock was also ordered for it. During the wars in the 17th and 18th centuries, the town hall burned down several times. In 1728, it was rebuilt with funds from Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski. The two-bay building surrounded the tower in a horseshoe shape from the east. The entrance was located on the north and covered with a wooden arcade. The tower roof was changed to an octagonal one, and the clock was abandoned. In this form, the town hall survived until the end of the 19th century. At that time, in addition to the city authorities, the army was quartered here, and there was a prison and even warehouses for Pułtusk merchants. At the end of the 19th century, a shelter was organized in the ruined building, and from 1880, the ground floor and the tower were put into use by the Volunteer Fire Department. After 1902, a new, smaller building was erected on the site of the former building, in the neo-Gothic style, only for the use of the fire department. The tower was deprived of its roof, replacing it with an uncovered platform. It turned out to be completely non-functional and the original roof covering of the tower top was quickly restored. Also at that time, a clock was placed on the north side, on the seventh floor." Source: https://arch.pultusk.pl/wieza-dawnego-ratusza-gotycko-renesansowa/

Be sure to take a ride

Opposite is a bar-cafe. You can eat and drink coffee. In the summer, good ice cream with a view of the locals who meet on the benches nearby.

In the 14th century, there was a stronghold on the castle hill, which was moved and construction began on the castle in Pułtusk, which became the seat of the bishops of Płock. The first castle buildings were wooden, at the beginning of the 15th century, brick buildings began to be built, probably after the destruction during the Lithuanian invasions. The most important expansion took place in the 6th century, when the castle was given the character of a Renaissance residence. The bishop's castle was modernized and decorated by artists, but it was destroyed during the Swedish Deluge. The castle was rebuilt at the end of the 17th century, the north-west wing was added. At that time, the castle acquired its current shape of a horseshoe - several connected buildings around the courtyard. An arcaded bridge and a gate building lead to the castle. The castle was devastated during the Napoleonic Wars, and suffered the greatest damage in 1945. Rebuilt after the war, later rebuilt for hotel purposes as the House of Polonia. Being in Pułtusk at the castle, we will definitely come across a huge and long Market Square - at one end the castle, at the other the Collegiate Basilica of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is worth walking through the old streets, visiting several old churches, and all of this is basically within the old town, on an island surrounded by branches of the Narew River. https://discover.pl/zamek-biskupi-w-pultusku/

Coffee and cake next to the town hall

everywhere there are cobblestones, if not for the view I wouldn't recommend it

The city fountain, located on the market square in Pułtusk, at the foot of the castle, is not only an element of architecture. From June 23, 2022, there are WATER - LIGHT - SOUND SHOWS.