Rainy day: Jelenia Góra

Jelenia Góra in the rain: museums, thermal baths, a theatre, trampolines, an escape room and libraries. See where to go when it pours.

Which museums in Jelenia Góra should you pick when it rains?

Start with the Karkonosze Museum, founded in 1889 and known for its art glass collection. Nature is the subject of the Natural History Museum in Cieplice: the Schaffgotsch collection gathered since the 16th century, with the whole display under a roof across several themed rooms. In Jagniątków stands the Gerhart Hauptmann House,the writer's villa of 1901, designed by Hans Grisebach, with an exhibition about his life and work and a polychrome decoration in the main hall. Sobieszów Palace,a baroque Schaffgotsch residence of 1705-1712 and now an education centre of the Karkonosze National Park, rounds out a visit.

Heavy hardware for a grey day is at the Open-Air Museum of Polish Army Armament, with a T-34 tank, a Mi-2 helicopter and an exhibition on intelligence activity in the Jelenia Góra Valley.

Where to go in the evening: theatre and a coffee with a book?

The Cyprian Kamil Norwid Theatre has worked since 1904 in an Art Nouveau building on Aleja Wojska Polskiego and is among the oldest working drama theatres in Lower Silesia. Check the repertoire in the events calendar.

For quiet go to the Karkonosze Library on Bankowa Street,with a regional collections department, a digital library, e-books through Legimi and author meetings. The branches are open to visitors too: the largest, no. 3, at 4 Różyckiego Street in Zabobrze, has an art corner for children and board games. Branch no. 4 in Cieplice specialises in reportage and has books in German, and branch no. 8 operates at 7 Sygietyńskiego Street.

Where can you warm up and swim?

The Cieplice Thermal Baths are a year-round aquapark at 5 Park Zdrojowy. The water is 27 to 36 degrees, and there are slides, water jets, a lazy riverand a spa zone with a jacuzzi, a salt cave and saunas. There are also squash courts and a fitness zone, and swimming lessons and aqua aerobics for registered groups.

What about children in the rain?

You can jump at Wild Jump, which has an Olympic trampoline zone, a climbing wall and an obstacle course, and at both Jump Heaven locations. For younger kids there is kids CLUBwith a multi-level structure of nets, tunnels and slides, and at Fun Park in the Nowy Rynek gallery the play room sits next to cooking workshops and laser tag. Parents can rest at Babyccino Kawa i Zabawa, a play room joined to a cafe.

What games and group activities are there?

Puzzles wait at King Of The Lock, where three scenarios suit groups of 2 to 6 people. Speed is on offer at Crazy Carts,an indoor track of drifting karts on the upper floor of Nowy Rynek. Children from 4 and people up to 90 kg can ride, each with a helmet and a briefing. The shooting ranges are also listed as rainy-day places. Strzelnica Defenderis made for guests without their own weapon, where an instructor lets you try different weapons from pistols to rifles, and Strzelnica & Off Road runs lessons with licensed instructors. There are also the Marksmen's Brotherhood and "Zielona" ranges.

Frequently asked questions

What can you do in Jelenia Góra with children when it rains?

Choose trampolines at Wild Jump or Jump Heaven, the kids CLUB play centre, or Fun Park in the Nowy Rynek gallery. All are under a roof.

Where can you swim in Jelenia Góra in winter?

At the Cieplice Thermal Baths, which work all year and have pools with water at 27 to 36 degrees.

Is there anything for a quiet rainy day?

Yes: museums, including the Natural History Museum in Cieplice, and libraries with reading rooms. The Karkonosze Library also has author meetings and book discussion clubs.

Where can a group play when it rains?

At the King Of The Lock escape room or on the Crazy Carts kart track. The escape room has scenarios for 2-6 people.

The full overview of the city is on the page Jelenia Góra attractions.