Auschwitz Bookshop – Gate of Auschwitz II-Birkenau loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

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Poland

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Oświęcim

Auschwitz Bookshop – Gate of Auschwitz II-Birkenau loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

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Auschwitz Bookshop – Gate of Auschwitz II-Birkenau loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)

02:53

11.4km

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: September 10, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 1.55 km for 780 m

Customers only

After 2.40 km for 251 m

Customers only

Waypoints

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

Highlight • Historical Site

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

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6.71 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

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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6.72 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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6.74 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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7.60 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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9.17 km

Gate of Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Highlight • Historical Site

Always good to stop here, and remember where political calculation, hatred, racism, lack of imagination and and simple blindness of people can lead. Lets make sure it will not happen again!!

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10.7 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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11.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.48 km

4.14 km

2.81 km

Surfaces

5.26 km

3.21 km

2.51 km

369 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

17°C

7°C

16 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

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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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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