Knights face each other during a medieval combat demonstration.
Sometimes a cycling trip takes you somewhere you did not expect. That happened during my visit to the medieval festival in Strońsko, a small local event held in the village park near Sieradz. For one weekend, the park became a medieval village filled with tents, reenactors, knights, music and the occasional boom of a cannon. ⚔️
A full village scene created from hay bales — storytelling in straw
In late August and September, a special rhythm takes over the Polish countryside. Fields that only weeks ago swayed with golden grain now hum with activity — combines and tractors clear the land, leaving neat rows of straw and preparing the soil for winter. For cyclists on rural roads, it’s a captivating spectacle of change — a landscape actively shifting day by day.