Great Wielkopolska loop - Große Großpolnische Schleife

The Great Wielkopolska loop (Polish: Wielka Pętla Wielkopolski) is a nearly 700 km long waterway in the central and western part Poland on the Greater Poland Lake District in the voivodships Lebus, Greater Poland and Kuyavian Pomeranian. It connects the catchment areas of via numerous rivers, canals, lakes and locks Or and Vistula. It is very popular with houseboats, canoeists, sailors and other water sports enthusiasts. On the Bydgoszcz Canal there is also another connection to the Brda and Vistula in the east and across the lower Warta a connection to the Or in the West.

Directions

Bydgoszcz Canal

Upper nets channel

Slesin Canal in Konin

The tour can be started at any landing stage. If you come by boat from Germany, you can use the Or and arrive directly by houseboat, kayak, motorboat etc. in Kostrzyn nad Odrą to begin.

Regions

The waterway flows through three provinces:

Lebus (approx. 170 km)
Greater Poland (approx. 360 km)
Kuyavian Pomeranian (approx. 160 km)

Classification

The waterway is divided into four individual routes:

Lower waterway Warta of Kostrzyn nad Odrą above Gorzów Wielkopolski to Santok (Mouth of the Networks in the Warta).
Lower waterway Networks of Santok above Drezdenko and Krzyż Wielkopolski to Nakło nad Notecią (Mouth of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the nets)
Waterway Bydgoszcz Canal-Warta of Nakło nad Notecią above Bydgoszcz, and Kruszwica to Konin (Mouth of the Slesin Canal into the Warta) with the waterways:
Waterway of the Middle Warta of Konin above Poses back to Santok

course

The waterway leads through two national parks, four landscape protection parks and one of the largest forest areas in Poland:

Marinas / moorings

Marina in Nakło nad Notecią

The most important marinas and moorings starting clockwise on the Oder:

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