“Dętka” Sewer Museum
“Dętka” is a sewer beneath Liberty Square (Plac Wolności), built in 1926, when construction of Łódź’s sewer system was just beginning. Its Polish name means “tube” or “inner tube” and is a reference to its shape. The sewer was in fact a rainwater collector. During rains, runoff water would be collected within it and could then be released whenever one of the nearby wastewater sewers needed cleaning. In 2008, it became the first historic site of its kind to be opened to visitors.
Today open:
Closed during the winter season
Available accessibility solutions:
Opening hours
Monday | Tuesday
closed
Wednesday | Thursday
10 AM – 5 PM
Friday | Saturday | Sunday
11 AM – 6 PM
Tickets can be purchased no later than 30 minutes before the museum’s closing
Free entry
Wednesdays are free entry days
Tickets
Entry
- Regular: 10 zł
- Reduced: 8 zł
- For persons with disabilities and their assistants: 1 zł
Entry with a guided tour
- Regular: 13 zł
- Reduced: 10 zł
Additional information
Cash payments are accepted only at the museum’s headquarters (ulica Ogrodowa 15). The on-site ticket machine does not provide invoices.
Ticket office
tel.: 795 415 756
Reservations
tel.: 42 307 13 82
mail: wycieczki@muzeum-lodz.pl
Regulamin sprzedaży biletów
Getting here
The above-ground part of the “Dętka” Sewer Museum is a circular, glass pavilion located in the northern section of Liberty Square (Plac Wolności), between the monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko and the point where Nowomiejska Street begins. The entrance is on the southern side of the building.
At the stops on Freedom Square (Plac Wolności), the following services stop: buses 59, 87A, 87B and trams 4, 15, 17, 45.
At the stops by the intersection of Ogrodowa and Nowomiejska streets, the following services stop: buses 59, 87A, 87B and trams 4, 6, 45.
At the stops by the intersection of Zachodnia and Legionów streets, the following services stop: buses 59, 86, 87A, 87B, 96 and trams 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19.
From Łódź Fabryczna railway station you can get here directly by tram 4. From Plac Dąbrowskiego (about 100 m from the station), you can take bus 96.
NOTE: Tram and bus timetables may change. When planning your trip, check the latest announcements on the MPK Łódź website.
The “Dętka” Sewer Museum does not have its own parking. The nearest free parking areas are located by the Manufaktura shopping centre.
In front of the Museum’s headquarters on Ogrodowa Street, there is a coach bay with a maximum stopping time of 15 minutes. Free coach parking is available at the western end of the Manufaktura Shopping Centre car parks (entrance from Karskiego Street).
Address
Plac Wolności
91-416 Łódź