When we go over Chrobry Bridge, we reach Chwaliszewo Street. It follows the course of a medieval route. Until the second half of the 20th century, Chwaliszewo was a separate town located on an island. In the neighbourhood the former protestant church is situated (now All Saints Church ).
The Old Market Square in Poznań is the third largest square in Poland. When we enter the square from Wielka Street, we can see the Proserpine Fountain and the Town Hall - undoubtedly the most beautiful Renaissance building of its type in Central Europe. The building's tower features two goats that appear everyday at noon and butt their horns. A fountain stands in each of the corners of the Old Market Square: Proserpine, Apollo, Neptune and Mars. In the surroundings of the Town Hall many historic buildings are located: the Bamber Woman Well, the Merchant Tenement Houses with their distinctive arcades, the Guardhouse - Museum of the Wielkopolska Uprising 1918-1919, Działyński Palace, the Museum of Musical Instruments, (the only exhibition of its kind in Poland).
From the Old Market Square we enter Paderewski Street. This is a short street, and follows to Wolności Square. On the right from Paderewski Street, on Przemysł Hill the former Royal Castle is located. A brick wall surrounds the castle. Today, the Royal Castle houses the Museum of Applied Arts. The Museum displays furniture, decorative fabrics, valuable silver, china, faience and tin vessels as well as a variety of decorations once found in castles, palaces or shrines, old clocks and parade weaponry. On Franciszkańska Street, between the Old Market Square and the Royal Castle, it is worth taking a look at the Franciscan Church - the interior of which is richly ornamented with sculptures and paintings on the walls.
At the end of Paderewski Street we can see a very important building; the "Bazar" Hotel. Built in the 19th century, during the period when Poznań was under Prussian Occupation. This building is associated with one of the most important events in the city's history. A speech by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (a famous musician and politician) in 1918 from one of the hotel's windows, triggered off the Wielkopolska Uprising. Thanks to this event Poznań and the Wielkopolska Region, after 123 years of occupation, became a part of the reborn Poland. On the other side of Paderewski Street, next to "Bazar", the main building of the National Museum (Art Gallery), is located. This museum has a prominent collection of Italian, Spanish and Polish art.
Wolności Square is surrounded by buildings important for the history of Poznań. Besides the "Bazar" Hotel and the National Museum, on the Square is the seat of the Raczyński Library (the first public library in Poland). The structure of a classicist building features a colonnade reminiscent of the eastern façade of the Louvre.
At the western end of the square we see the former German theatre, now called the Arkadia.
When we go straight through Wolności Square, we enter 27 Grudnia Street. On the right side of the street, deep behind the row of houses, stands the Polski Theatre. The theatre was financed by contributions from citizens in all the regions of partitioned Poland. The idea of this undertaking is commemorated on the façade: "The Nation to Itself". Near the Polish Theatre stands the Okrąglak building. This cylinder-shaped department store is said to be the most peculiar building in Poznań.
On Fredry Street stands the Neo-Gothic Church of St. Paul (now the Church of the Holiest Saviour ). The Church was built in the second half of 19th century.