Gizycko is a centre for water sports enthusiasts, but for the less adventurous visitors the town also offers a multitude of charming coffee shops and bars, as well as a seemingly never-ending list of restaurants. A visit to this attractive town is an opportunity to try out such activities as golf, horse-riding, game hunting, white water kayaking, windsurfing, ice-boating or even a cruise of the lake.

While in the town, remember to visit its main tourist attraction, namely Fortress Boyen. This fortress is home to an amphitheatre known for its shanty festivals as well as its museum of fauna and flora. Next to the fortress, on a hill by the lake, towers a cross dating from 1910 and commemorating the martyr’s death in the year 1009 of Bishop Brunon of Kwertfurt, a famed missionary and a friend of the King Boleslaw Chrobry. Must-see destinations for anyone include the hand-operated swing-bridge on the Luczanski Canal, one of only two such bridges in Europe, and the last remaining annex of the Teutonic Knights’ castle built sometime after 1446.