welcome back to the channel and welcome to Częstochowa today we are in this beautiful
historic city in southern poland and we're going to be exploring around here and showing you guys
all of the beautiful sights and things to do in this city let's go now if you're not christian or
polish at all you might be wondering why come to Częstochowa this place here is actually one of
the places where millions and millions of pilgrims come every single year to go and see the church
called Jasna Góra and they have a black madonna painting there so so to speak a shrine to madonna
that millions of pilgrims see every single year and they have the famous pauline monastery here
as well which is a must see when you are in the area so Częstochowa is a city in southern poland
that lies on the Warta river and it has around 220000 people
living in Częstochowa itself this city looks absolutely spectacular and naomi and i came here on a day trip from katowice it is roughly
around two hours on the train and super super cheap to get here too so let's go and explore
around the Jasna Góra church you have this beautiful greenery here and everything
seems to be so idyllic around here and as well today again we are blessed with sunshine so
it is an absolutely stunning day as you can see we have blue skies and we cannot wait to go and
explore the area here something that really stands out for naomi and i when we visited
poland for the first time and all the way up until now we've been in poland for roughly one month
everywhere we go in terms of cities we've been to krakow we have been up in the mountains in
zakopani we've been to katowice and now here in Częstochowa the nature the parks the open green
spaces that are seemingly everywhere in poland it is truly fantastic and people coming
to these parks on a beautiful sunny day like today spending the day chilling in the park
having a picnic and you're also right now in this park where we are we're situated directly next to
the Jasna Góra monastery absolutely perfect setting and a great day trip from
katowice if you are staying in katowice itself as i said quick two-hour bus journey to get over here
well well worth it we can see it's well worth it already and we've only been here for around
20 minutes or so now Jasna Góra it's worth mentioning this it is known for having a
certain type of spiritual magnetism such as other famous christian holy sites like lourdes
and rome and fatima even places such as guadalupe all the way out in mexico this place
is certainly special it feels special i feel certainly a specific type of
energy here and it is very uplifting very positive and it feels really amazing just to
be taking a walk around here we cannot wait to go and actually explore around the monastery itself
how crazy is this
we are on the amazing grounds surrounding Jasna Góra and there's actually a mass currently
taking place this is a very well known place for pilgrimage in poland and i believe up to around 45 Million
people come here to pilgrim every single year and this beautiful mass that's taking place you can
see just how many people there's literally i would say around a thousand people out on the field
in front of the shrine there is the black madonna on the stage itself which is also
known as our lady of Częstochowa and it is just a stunning place really really worth coming to
and just taking a walk around the grounds here it is beautiful now it seems like today there's some
sort of prayer festival or something like that going on here you have loads and loads of schools
and kids just kind of coming together from different areas of poland from what it looks like
and enjoying the mass together and the general vibe here in the area is super super peaceful
very idyllic and a kind of like it's just a nice place to be to be honest if you
ever do get the chance to come here definitely make sure to Częstochowa on your list
something worth adding to the story of Jasna Góra is it actually is the place where the longest
pilgrimage in all of poland takes place 638 kilometers it is called the kashubian pilgrimage
and they go through lots of different places in poland including cities such as Torun which is
on our list of destinations to visit as well so we're very excited to see that in the near future
it is places like this like Jasna Góra here in Częstochowa that just truly inspires naomi and i
in what we are doing this place is stunningly beautiful over the last year a year and a bit
now we have been traveling around many different countries in the world and this is one of the if
not the most beautiful places that we have ever been to and that is saying a lot we've been
to plenty of countries in the balkans in all over europe in mexico in south of europe and this place
here in Częstochowa poland Jasna Góra has to be one of the most feel good spiritually balanced
beautiful architecture everything about it just falls in line as just being a stunning place and
somewhere that you need to add to your must visit list as soon as you can this place is already very
very close to being perfect by itself but what i think makes it even more amazing is that they
have a few peacocks here around the church so every now and then you can kind of hear
the scream of a peacock which gives this entire experience kind of like an exotic feel to it and i
i actually really appreciate the peacocks here we made it all the way to the Bazylika Jasnogórska
and it's absolutely stunning it's so beautiful in here and they put so many details kind of
with gold and a lot of different colors and kind of marble from what you see i think these
walls are probably made out of marble but you can really really see the amount of work that
went into this beautiful basilica and if you're somewhat into these types of things definitely put
it on your list it's so worth it you don't have to pay entry just come here and enjoy the silence and
be one we were kind of contemplating if we should even film in this area or not because
obviously there's people praying and sometimes here and there there's a mass going on but
there is actually a tour happening as well while there's somewhat of a mass or somewhat
of a prayer going on and so it does seem like it's very usual to have people here
speaking to each other or maybe explaining the church and all of these things and if you are
interested in having a tour i'm sure if you come when whenever you come here you can inquire about
taking part in a tour as well so guys just outside of the grounds of Jasna Góra you have a beautiful
walkway that leads you away from the grounds and you have all of these country flags that
are flying probably to signify unity solidarity with the world as being one in terms of religion
and peace and i'm gonna give you guys a little bit of a task i'm gonna pick three of these flags out
randomly and i want you guys to guess down in the comments what three flags they are so here you go
one two
and three if you can guess down in the comments
you will get a shout out in our next youtube video so there you go
all around Jasna Góra you have loads and loads of places to choose from
to get snacks such as hamburgers hot dogs and here just behind me is like a local cafeteria
unfortunately we came a little bit too late so they were already sold out of food but
if you do come here early i'm sure you can get something really really tasty to eat so we made
a quick little pit stop at a Biedronka which is a perfect stop for us kind of like a local
supermarket chain that's very common here in poland and we got some ice cream perfect for
this beautiful sunny day exploring Częstochowa i don't know Często chowa or Częstochowa
let us know again down in the comments how do you pronounce it properly
so we had a little bit of a look around on google maps and we decided to come to a local park
this is called a park Lisiniec this place is very beautiful and there's apparently a few
lakes that you can check out here as well just because the weather is so nice we decided to come
here to this park and we definitely don't regret it so far have a look here right in front of me
stunning lakes lots of greenery and there's this like really cool boardwalk thing that
we're just strolling along right now we are very happy and excited to be exploring Częstochowa
there's plenty more to see and do around here but unfortunately we are only here
for a few hours unfortunately it's just basically a day trip from Katowice
but after seeing this city and the amount of things there are to do around here we might
come here at some point for longer than one day check this out here in the park they have to even
this little beach area here behind me where you can just kind of chill or maybe go for a
swim and it really gives you that holiday vibe especially today with the sunshine and
the temperatures i feel i think it's kind of like 22 degrees 23 degrees something like that today
and so yeah really makes me want to go for a swim the last thing that we expected to see in
this park was a beach like of all things to put in a park in the middle of poland
southern poland where there's no sort of border with the sea is a beach like we were just walking
along and then we were like oh sand people are swimming people are enjoying themselves
sunbathing and yeah it is a very very good idea especially with the summer now creeping in here
the temperature today actually is high like i'm talking we're close to the mid 20s right now
i definitely am feeling a little bit sunburned a little bit crispy and yeah this park
is beautiful Częstochowa is beautiful and we're gonna go and explore a little bit more as well
i just don't know which seat number which seat number are we
unfortunately just like that our time in Częstochowa has come to an end it was just a quick
day trip over there and we ended up making our way back to the center
of Częstochowa we grabbed a quick cup of coffee at a local cafe
and then we figured that our train was coming and we pretty much had to run to catch it so
we was a pretty tight call with that train yeah it really was uh we really enjoyed our
time in Częstochowa the city itself is actually very very beautiful there's plenty of street art
cafes there's a tram that goes through there so it's perfectly convenient to get around in
you have obviously the amazing Jasna Góra monastery which we experienced as well and amazing
nature an amazing nature too didn't expect so much in one day it's really worth a day trip absolutely
guys it's a must visit added to your list as soon as you can for now my name is luke my name
is naomi we are the two mad explorers and this is your daily reminder to keep exploring we'll
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