Art Sindlinger: Rzeszów, Poland: the Drive from Zamość, Initial Shots Entering the City, and the Apartment (April 2026)

Done with my spin through Zamość I went back to the parking lot to grab the Renault Clio and get on the road toward my next stop in southeastern Poland: Rzeszów.

But first, I needed some lunch ahead of the 2+ hour ride to Rzeszów. Happily there was a McDonald's out on the way (kind of) and I kept my McCrispy streak going one more day.

(Also treated myself to a chocolate shake!)

Vibes here departing the shopping center could have been anywhere in US suburbia.

Zooming out for some perspective, this is where I would be driving. Down in the corner of Poland close-ish to the Ukraine border.

It was another generally interesting drive. But I like driving and can find something interesting in almost any type of scenery. Lot of farmland out here.

I like fork-in-the-road shots. I like highway sign shots. This one showing the fork off to Lviv ticks two boxes for me. I kept going straight.

Getting into Rzeszów I was met with relatively heavy traffic. Was kind of surprising. It's not a huge city (pop. ~200,000) and I didn't think it was rush hour (it was ~4pm). But it was slow going the last few kilometers. While in this traffic I took a few pictures. On the northeast side of the city I passed by Pomnik Czynu Rewolucyjnego (aka, the Monument to the Revolutionary Act).

There is more to the story of the monument. If you're interested, check out this article by Notes from Poland.

Next shots here show some random, incongruent slices that caught my eye.

Navigation to the apartment I rented was not simple. Neither Waze nor Google Maps knew quite what to do with the address I was given by the manager. The address was Polskiego Czerwonego Krzyża 6/10. And it's marked with the heart on the map image below.

Once I knew I was in the general zone I found a place to temporarily park the car, figuring I'd find the place on foot and then double back to bring the car over once I had my bearings. Kind of a pain in the ass, but the upside is I was in one of the most beautiful parts of Rzeszów, on and around aleja Pod Kasztanami (aka, avenue under the chestnuts).

Beautiful. I will also remember this area because after I parked the car I was walking around the other parked cars trying to discern if I needed to pay for a ticket, or if it was permit parking only. So as I was snooping the dashboards of a few cars some woman popped up on the balcony of one of the buildings and -- I'm guessing here -- shouted out something along the lines of 'what the hell are you up to?'. I gave her a 'sorry, I don't speak Polish' with a shrug. She grimaced and kept eyballing me for a bit. So I figured I better hustle to the apartment and get a handle on where my allocated parking spot was. But on the way I took in the scenery, which I was catching in a great light before sunset.

This next building is the Lubomirski Summer Palace, which now has become some combination of office space, event space, and also maybe part of the restaurant Delice (more on that below). Lovely setting and I'm sure in its day it was amazing. More on that here from Podkarpackie Travel if you're interested.

Also caught site of this tower.

Walked through another little pretty pathway until I got a better view.

Learning now as I look it up that it's Olszynki Park and is apparently the tallest residential building in Poland.

Next I turned to snapping shots of the park around Rzeszów's Multimedia Fountain. (Poland seems to like their multimedia fountains. Like the one I saw in Lublin the night before..

(No one using these tables today, but I'm guessing that's a prime spot in the summer. They belong to Delice.)

Soon enough I found my apartment (officially "Apartament nad fontanną") which you can find on booking.com. I paid $80 for my one night stay. I feel like I've done this a few times now, where the nicest place I stay is always the shortest stay. Solid living room with a views of the park.