Łódź Fairyland Trail

In addition to its place in cinema history, Łódź also had one of the world’s most-loved animation studios called Se-ma-for. Their 70-year legacy is celebrated in a wonderful 10-statue trail of characters around the city. We list them all here with details on where to find them.

Ferdynanda Wspaniałego

Łódź Bajkowa, or the Łódź Fairyland Trail, is sure to be a highlight if you are visiting the city with children. These ten characters are spread across the entire city, usually very close to another child-friendly attraction, such as the Aquapark and zoo. All the characters were developed for Polish television by Se-ma-for Studios, who even won two Oscars! And the top floor of the Film Museum is dedicated to children’s animation, which ties in very nicely with the trail.

Kids will love these friendly statues, even if they don’t know who the characters are. Finding them all is a fun way to get to know the city. All statues can be visited for free at any time, although note that the Three Bears statue, while free, can only be seen during the opening hours of the Łódź City Culture Park. Also, one of the statues is currently hidden away on a building site!

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Ferdynanda Wspaniałego

Sat outside the western entrance to the Galeria Łódzka shopping mall, this dapper chap is Ferdinand the Magnificent, a dog who dreams of becoming a human. First, a character in a series of books in the 60s by Kazimierz Mikulski, Ferdinand made the jump to television in the 70s.

Ferdynanda Wspaniałego address: al. marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego 15/23, 90-001 Łódź, Poland

Filemona i Bonifacego

Filemona i Bonifacego

Mucking around outside the entrance to the Film Museum, Filemon and Boniface are a couple of somewhat antagonistic cats – wise old Boniface and the kitten Filemon, who first appeared on TV in 1972.

Filemona i Bonifacego address: plac Zwycięstwa 1, 90-312 Łódź, Poland

Maurycy i Hawranek

Maurycy i Hawranek

Stood outside the entrance to Łódź zoo, Maurice and Hawranek are two forest people, brought to life in the puppet animation in the 1980s.

Maurycy i Hawranek address: Konstantynowska 10A, 94-303 Łódź, Poland

Miś Colargol

Miś Colargol

This one is a little harder to find, as it is tucked into a children’s playground, beneath the Pewex mural and close to the Rubinstein. Colargola the singing bear featured in a Franco-Polish animation in the late 60s and early 70s. English viewers may recognise him as Barnaby the Bear.

Miś Colargol address: Henryka Sienkiewicza 21, 90-102 Łódź, Poland

Miś Uszatek

Miś Uszatek

Rendered into English as Teddy Drop-Ear, Miś Uszatek was a beloved stop-motion series in the mid-70s. Here he is, with his floppy ear, right out on ul. Piotrkowska, with his backpack and map of the city. What an adventurous little soul!

Plastuś address: Piotrkowska 87, 90-001 Łódź, Poland

Plastuś

Plastuś

Right in the heart of the Henryka Sienkiewicza Park, Plastuś is a little like Morph. Made of orange Plasticine, he undertakes extraordinary adventures in an animated series of 1980.

Plastuś address: Sienkiewicz Park, Aleja Franciszka Walickiego, 91-001 Łódź, Poland

Pik-Pok Penguin

Pik-Pok Penguin

Appropriately riding a wave outside the Fala Aquapark, Pik-Pok is an inquisitive little penguin from the late 80s, who got fed up with life on Snowstorm Island and decided to travel the world.

Pik-Pok Penguin address: Konstantynowska 4, 94-303 Łódź, Poland

Trzy Misie

Trzy Misie

On the grounds of the Łódź City Culture Park, this is the only one of the sculpture’s you can only visit during opening hours. Trzy Misie, or the Three Bears, are Kuba, Misia and Bartek, who starred in an animated series during the mid-80s.

Trzy Misie address: Milionowa 1, 93-034 Łódź, Poland

Wróbelek Ćwirek

Wróbelek Ćwirek

Sat close to the Palm House in Źródliska Park, Ćwirek Sparrow was the star of an animated series throughout the 80s, about a helpful little bird in a sometimes perilous world.

Wróbelek Ćwirek address: al. marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego 61, 90-001 Łódź, Poland

Zaczarowany Ołówek

There is a 10th sculpture on the trail: Zaczarowany Ołówek or The Magic Pencil. Unfortunately, it is currently in the middle of a building site as the property is being renovated and cannot even be seen from the street.

Zaczarowany Ołówek address: Gen. Romualda Traugutta 18, 90-113 Łódź, Poland

Some of the sculptures are out of the centre of the city and you’ll probably need to use public transport if you want to see them all. Luckily, most are attached to other attractions and it would be fun to plan your holiday around visiting these. Use this official Łódź timetable and the addresses above to plan your routes.