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Auschwitz Bookshop – Birkenau Entrance Gate loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

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Auschwitz Bookshop – Birkenau Entrance Gate loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

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Auschwitz Bookshop – Birkenau Entrance Gate loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

02:47

11.0km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 12, 2026

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After 1.55 km for 780 m

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After 2.40 km for 251 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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1.95 km

Gallows at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

Highlight • Historical Site

If you were punished in the camp, you ran the risk of being hanged here and in public.

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5.98 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau Main Gate at Sunset

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If this gateway is not already an impressive sight, the sunset sky brings even more power

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6.19 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial

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Tickets are free and are collected at the ticket office, in front of the entrance to the Auschwitz I Museum.
From 2020, you also need a ticket to enter Camp …

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6.21 km

Auschwitz Bookshop

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If you are looking for books about Auschwitz, you can look here. What struck me was that because the books are offered in VERY many languages, there was little choice. …

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6.22 km

Gate of Death, Auschwitz II–Birkenau

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Anyone who ever came to the former Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp surrounded by a barbed wire fence had to first pass through the main entrance gate known as the "Gate …

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7.08 km

International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz–Birkenau

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On April 16, 1967, the International Monument to the Camp Victims was unveiled at the site of the former German KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It commemorates at least 1.1 million people, …

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7.99 km

Birkenau Entrance Gate

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Birkenau was the largest of the more than 40 camps and sub-camps that made up the Auschwitz concentration camp complex. It was built by Nazi Germany during World War II …

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10.2 km

Double Fence, Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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There are no words, nor films, documentaries and books that can better convey the tragedy of the camp than visiting it...

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11.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.12 km

4.11 km

2.77 km

Surfaces

4.88 km

3.19 km

2.51 km

369 m

Elevation

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January 24, 2025,🇵🇱 Oświęcim

oppressive - very oppressive

Oświęcim - Auschwitz
Oświęcim-Brenzinka - Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II ... 2 of 50 camps around Auschwitz and the villages in Silesia that were demolished for them.

In a few days it will be the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp.

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June 28, 2021,Gedenkstätte Auschwitz (Bus-Oświęcim-Muzeum - Bus-Oświęcim-Muzeum)

Today we had the choice between Auschwitz and Wieliczka, although we found the former more interesting. So we went there by bus from Krakow and participated in an approximately three-hour guided tour in English.
I can only recommend the guided tour through the concentration camp, as you can get a tangible description of the crimes of the National Socialists.
From …

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September 18, 2023,PL - (Guided) Tour in Auschwitz I & II

In the morning the booked guided tour (duration approx. 3.5 hours) is recorded including a free bus shuttle between the start at the museum in Auschwitz I and the large camp in Auschwitz II (Birkenau).
In the afternoon we visited the barracks left out on the guided tour on our own.
In the morning, access is only possible with a …

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Auschwitz Bookshop – Birkenau Entrance Gate loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

02:47h

11.0km

20m

Auschwitz Bookshop – Birkenau Entrance Gate loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

Gallows at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

Auschwitz-Birkenau Main Gate at Sunset

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial

Auschwitz Bookshop

Gate of Death, Auschwitz II–Birkenau

International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz–Birkenau

Birkenau Entrance Gate

Double Fence, Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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