Sołacki Park & Rusałka Lake (Jezioro Rusałka)

Just outside the center of Poznań, there’s lovely running in Sołacki Park, around Rusałka Lake, and the Alpinarium Botanical Garden. These can be run separately or combined for a longer run that can also include Citadel Park. There’s also a running track at Stadion Lekkoatletyczny Golęcin at the northwest end of the lake. Pro tip: Post-run at Bike Cafe Rusałka

Start at the Citadel Park parking lot, and run west on a multi-use path through Adam Wodziczko Park to Sołacki Park. It’s a nicely landscaped park, with a combination open and wooded landscape, and two small lakes. It’s ~2 km through the park, on pleasant paths. At its west end, cross over Highway 433 into the sports complex, which features a stadium, tennis courts, and a terrific running track. This also connects to the path that runs along the north side of Rusałka Lake. The paved & path around the lake is 3.6 km, featuring some nice lake views on gentle rolling hills.  There are markers every 500m, and additional wooded paths on the south side of the lake.

Add-On: Botanical Garden. Just south of Rusałka Lake, there’s the beautifully landscaped University Botanical Garden. There are a couple of km of paths passing by a large collection of flowers and plants. Connect across the train tracks at the southeast end of the lake.

Longer Run/Add-Ons:

• North/West of Rusałka Lake:  A mainly wooded path leads to Strzeszynek Lake, and further west still along small lakes/wetlands. Up to 7 km!
• East of Sołacki Park. Join our Poznań ‘runseeing’ tour, or run the hilly, scenic Citadel Park.