About Łódź
Łódź is a city of contrasts that intrigues almost at every step. It is full of factories and, at the same time, it is very green; eclectic but also avant-garde. Łódź dazzles with the lavishness of factory owners’ palaces and astonishes with artistic installations. Although the history of the city spans over six hundred years, the dynamic development of Łódź came a little less than 200 years ago.
From a small town it was at the beginning of the 19th century, it quickly became the “promised land” giving dozens of thousands of families hope for a better tomorrow. Around the city, you can find numerous traces of the multicultural working-class melting pot. Łódź was such a pot up to World War II.
After the war, having become the cinematic capital of Poland, it opened another important chapter of its history. In 2017 Łódź was inducted into the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and named UNESCO City of Film. In 2019, it received the title of Best Value Destination from the well-known British travel guide publisher Lonely Planet. Meanwhile, in 2022, Łódź made it onto the National Geographic Best of the World list!
Today it is a creative city, a city of festivals, a city which is being discovered all over again. It is located in the very heart of Poland, at the crossing of two main highways – you could say that all the roads lead to… Łódź.
About Orientarium Zoo Łódź
In the last few years, Łódź Zoo has undergone a major makeover. The greater amount of its terrain is occupied by the Orientarium pavilion. It’s where we rescue endangered species from Southeast Asia. Every year Łódź Zoo is visited by over a million guests from all over the world.
The Orientarium building, enclosures and aviaries take up an area of almost 10 football pitches. The animals are kept in large spaces with other species and in a diverse environment. Our visitors can observe the Orientarium denizens from three perspectives: underwater, land and from above.
sŁódź Zoo is involved in 79 EEPs, 15 ESBs and supports 13 in situ programs. We also run numerous scientific research projects, cooperate with 16 universities and several non-governmental organizations, also as a member.
Łódź Zoo was established in 1938, it covers the area of 16,64 hectares and is home to over 4416 animals representing 590 species. The zoo is the only zoological garden in Poland to feature such animals, among others, as giant otters, Sumatran orangutans, false gharials, and bush dogs.
