Pictures from trip to Malbork castle part 1 and 2

[Anatoli]

During my recent brief trip to Poland we went to Malmbork castle as I really wanted to see the headquarters of the Teutonic order having read about them when I was younger.
We went on a rainy day but I still got some great pics - turned out I took nearly 300 pictures haha.

The castle was badly damaged during WW2, but has been restored and some parts of it have been finished just recently - such as the large chapel standing in the old part of the castle. I can't recommend this castle enough as you get immense value for money. The entry tickets were around 40PLN per person "during season" however there are no extra fees anywhere in the castle except for the clocktower if you want to go up and watch the view. You get a superb audioguide in English which has a built in GPS so that the audio guide tells you stuff about your current room and location, and you don't have to walk with a big group of people - Caroline and I walked by ourselves and our tour of the castle took roughly 3 hours! The place is huge!!

Check my blog for the first 137 pictures. Tomorrow I will post the rest which includes the armory collection and pictures from the inner castle.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2016/09/pictures-from-malmbork-castle-part-1-of.html

[OSHIROmodels]

Wow! What a place 

cheers

James

[Anatoli]

Remainder of my pictures from Malbork castle, this post has a lot of pictures from the armory and weapons collection on display in the castle.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2016/09/pictures-from-malmbork-castle-part-2.html

[fred]

Great photos.

What is very striking is how different the outside of the castle is to ones in the UK, not least due to being built of brick, and having tiled roofs and overhangs.

This contrasts strongly with the exhibits of armour and weapons which are strangely similar *  - not sure if this is due to movement of armour and weapons (either designs or the actual items) during the medieval era, or just the way museums accumulate exhibits.

* Except for the winged hussar armour - not seen that in the UK.