Park Rataje in Poznań
Although Rataje Park is almost invisible on the Google map, it is one of the largest downtown parks in Poznań.
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What is worth knowing about Rataje Park in Poznań
The name of the park comes from the name of the housing estate where it is located, Rataj. The park is practically located between its sides. That is why it is practically invisible from any of the larger streets.
Rataje Park covers an area of approximately 14.67 ha. It can therefore be considered a medium-sized park, comparable in size to Sołacki Park (14.63 ha). However, both parks have a completely different shape.
The largest park in Poznań is – Cytadela (former Fort Winiary) takes up 100 ha. The next one is Lasek Dębiński about 80 ha. The ecological site Olszak I and Olszak II located behind Malta, through Antoninek to Swarzędz, is also quite large. However, it is not 100% park.
Here we have, for example, a playground for children, a “garden of the senses”, a bicycle park, an open-air museum of the Środa (pol. skansen kolei Średzkiej) railway along with a road that the train used to travel on. Currently, on this road we will find benches arranged like small railway stations.
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Location The park is situated between the following housing estates:
- Jagiellońskim,
- Rzeczypospolitej,
- Bohaterów II Wojny Światowej,
- Polan
- i Powstań Narodowych.
What can we find in the open-air museum – kolei Średzkiej?
Here we can see, for example, a renovated historic steam train (steam locomotive) with a carriage. You should not be surprised if I write that there is also a replica of an old railway station. In this place we will not find a guide, but we can learn the historical outline with the help of information boards.
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