Sports and leisure

Gym

University sports centre is not far from the ASP - 5 Styrska St.
 

Gimnasion

is a gym company with fitness and body building equipment. There are different types of cards, you can get a student card that costs 119 zł per month and allows you to go there anytime, stay as long as you want and take part in all fitness classes. The classes vary from aerobics to yoga and dancing Manufaktura
www.gymnasion.pl

Swimming pools

Fala aquapark, student ticket 10 zł per hour, weekends 12 zł 4 Unii Av. (Zdrowie Park)
www.aquapark.lodz.pl

Wodny Raj aquapark, cheap but nice, yet far away,
2 Wiernej Rzeki St., bus line 96 or 78 from Wolności Sq.
Student ticket from 6 zł per hour (till 12am)
 

Nowa Gdynia

modern sports center (gym, body building, fitness, tennis, squash, bowling, swimming pool, sauna, etc.), located near Zgierz - tram line 11, 16A or 46A to the Helenówek stop, then a short forest walk
www.nowa-gdynia.pl

Stratosfera climbing wall

8 zł for 1h of climbing. Go with someone possessing basic climbing skills or acquire them yourself there
Manufaktura
www.stratosfera.org

Salsa classes

Project Salsa dance school, 7/9 Narutowicza St. There arealso some classes in Szafa pub and Mojito club
www.projectsalsa.pl
 

Bowling & billiards

Grakula in Manufaktura – bowling costs 42-75 zł / 1 h per track, billiards – 9 zł / 1 h

Ice rinks (winter only)

Open-air ice rink opens every winter at Manufaktura, 9zł per 1h, skates rent included.

Indoors ice rink is in Sports Hall at
28 Stefanowskiego St. and at 13b Popiełuszki St. (Retkinia district, end of tram lines 10, 12 and 14).
 

Ski & snowboard

Yes! You can ski and snowboard near Łódź, on a slope of a great open-pit coal mine close to Bełchatów; coach transport
www.gorakamiensk.eu

Łagiewniki forest

the biggest urban forest in Europe; trekking paths, lake with a boat rental, horse riding club, baroque Franciscan monastery and two old wooden chapels. For exploration, a map would be recommended (available at tourist information point; there are map boards in the forest, too); get there with the bus line 51 from the stop next to the Academy.
 

Parks

Łódź has a lot of parks, some of them are as old as the city itself
and protected as heritage. Among the most interesting ones are:
Park Zdrowie – Łódź largest park with broad avenues, a ZOO, botanical garden, amusement park and ‘Fala’ aquapark
Park Źródliska – the oldest park with a palm house and the Museum of Cinematography
Park Poniatowskiego – nicely composed with a pond and an island, has a bicycle park and tennis courts
Park Julianowski – beautifully landscaped park, originally with a palace demolished during the World War II.