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evaanna Says: The fishing harbour at Kuznica is not big but it is really used a lot, with quite a few local people earning their living in this way. You can often see them there doing repairs to their boats or nets or just chatting. The cross at the end of the port, with a rope around it...
evaanna Says: Kuznica is a small fishing village situated where the peninsula becomes extremely narrow - only just over 200 metres at places. Because of the danger of the place being flooded over, particularly during the winter storms, everything is being done to protect the beaches. Sand...
evaanna Says: It wasn't until 2008 that we realised that Kuznica, and the Hel Peninsula in general is a great place for birdwatchers. We were walking along the coastal path when we saw this young man with a pair of binoculars and a telescope on a tripod. He also had an encyclopaedia of...
evaanna Says: Traditional though it looks, the building in the picture appeared at Kuznica sometime during 2005. Not yet used, it will soon house the new Tourist Information Centre and some other amenities, including an Internet cafe. I think the architect has done a marvellous job,...
evaanna Says: The interesting red-brick shrine in the main street of Kuznica is dedicated to St Anthony and was erected to commemorate the flooding of the village by the sea waves in the years 1872, 1874, 1879, 1902 and 1914. The Hel Peninsula is extremely narrow here so floodings were...
evaanna Says: The new promenade at Kuznica was also built partly from the EU funds. The old uneven dirt road has been turned into an elegant alleyway running parallel to the bay and the cycle track and offering beautiful views of the water and the fishing port. There are two or three...
evaanna Says: The new boat harbour at Kuznica was built partly from EU funds. A low floating pier is added in the summer to the permanent one to let the boats call in. By the pier you can hire boats, water-bikes, kayaks but again only in the high season. The pier is a great place to watch...
evaanna Says: Kuznica has beaches running from Chalupy up to about the middle of the village, where the man-made high coast starts, its aim being to protect the village from the winter storms. Then, just past the last part of the village, called Siberia, a new stretch of the beaches...
evaanna Says: The first Catholic church at Kuznica was built in 1933. Until then the people of Kuznica had to travel to Jastarnia to attend Mass. The new church was designed in the neo-Gothic style after the famous sanctuary at nearby Swarzewo and dedicated to St Anthony of Padua. Inside...
evaanna Says: This is a cosy place run by local people and serving mainly fish although you can get some other dishes as well. We have only been there once as I think it is closed out of season when we usually visit Hel. We had fried cod and salad, and Chris had zurek - the traditional...
Czerwona Oberza or The Red Inn: Friendly Inn on the Bay
evaanna Says: This restaurant has been there for just three seasons. It used to be open from May till end of September and at weekends in October but, apparently, it is now open all year round. It is beautifully situated right next to the bay and the pier so you can watch the boats and...
Smazalnia Ryb "Dawid": Fish Restaurant
evaanna Says: This new restaurant opens onto the Pucka Bay with wonderful views from all the windows and the seats outside. It serves a wide variety of fish dishes at rather high prices. Open between May and October, it is one of the two restaurants at Kuznica that do not close already in...
evaanna Says: Staying at Kuznica, and indeed in any other village on the peninsula, don't forget that the dunes between the forest and the beaches are protected areas and not to be walked on. Use only the marked trails, especially when entering or leaving the beach. The highest of the...
evaanna Says: The bay is not deep - just look at the windsurfers walking in the water when their board tips over and you will see it hardly comes up to their chests at places. There may be stones on the bottom near the shore too. So obey this sign and forget about diving into the water...
Helpfulness
The Hel Peninsula has now become a fantastic place for bikers. The cycle track along the bay runs all the way from Wladyslawowo via Chalupy, Kuznica, Jastarnia, Jurata as far as Hel at the tip of the peninsula. So, without breathing in the car fumes and endangering your life in a stream of cars, you can now cycle all along the bay admiring the views, stopping to watch the birds or to have a snack and a rest. And I bet that in the high season you will be much faster than the damned cars. The traffic jam in the main road is indescribable at all times then.
Equipment: Of course the best thing is to bring your own bike, but bikes can also be hired from many boarding-houses. In Kuznica you can hire a bike opposite the new pier. Inquire at the restaurant there.
Updated Sep 27, 2007
Address: Gen. Hallera 1
evaanna Says: Ku¿nica, like the whole of the peninsula (more appropriately called a sandbar) enjoys a mild sea climate so the plants growing here can sometimes surprise you. The trees in the pictures are pines characteristic of the Mediterranean and not found in other parts of Poland....
evaanna Says: Kuznica may not have any nightlife, not that we know of anyway, but its great attraction are its fantastic sunsets. As the evening approaches, quite a few photographers gather on the bay to watch the wonderful spectacle. So of course we had to be there with our camera...
evaanna Says: In the summer Kuznica, like the whole Hel Peninsula, is always crowded and noisy, with numerous food and souvenir stalls and cars slowly moving, and more often standing in traffic jams, all along the main road. But whenever we were there off season the place was quiet and...
evaanna Says: This colourful mosaic can be found on the wall of the 118-year-old school in the centre of Kuznica. The colours are characteristic of Kashubian art and the words could be translated as:'The village of Kuznica - our fishermen's capital'. And it is written in Kashubian and not...
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