Lake Malta Monastery

Address: Lake Malta (Jezioro Maltańskie), Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Hours: Open year-round

Admission: Free (public recreational area)

Lake Malta is an artificial reservoir in the city of Poznań in Greater Poland Voivodeship, created and managed as an urban recreational and sporting facility. It is best known for the Malta Regatta Course, a purpose-built rowing facility used for national and international competitions.

The lake area offers a combination of competitive sport infrastructure and public leisure amenities including promenades, parks and seasonal attractions. The site hosts rowing regattas on a 2,000-metre course and contains facilities for canoeing and other water sports.

The reservoir was developed as part of Poznań’s urban planning to provide stable water-level conditions for sport and recreation and has since become a major city sports and events venue. It is located on the eastern side of central Poznań and is reachable by public transport and city roads.

• Regatta standard: Course length conforms to international rowing standards at 2,000 metres, and the site regularly hosts domestic and international regattas and events.
• Urban recreation: Easily accessed from central Poznań, it functions as a city recreational zone with cafes, pathways and sport venues along the shore.

What to See#

• Malta Regatta Course: A purpose-built international rowing regatta course used for national and international competitions, constructed to meet a 2,000-metre standard race distance.
• Recreation and seasonal attractions: A year-round leisure and sports area including a lakeside promenade, recreational facilities and an artificial ski and toboggan complex used in winter months.

Lake Malta (Jezioro Maltańskie) lies in the Malta district of Poznań. It is serviced by Poznań’s local public transport and by the tourist narrow-gauge Maltanka railway from Poznań Główny to the Malta stop; several tram and bus lines also serve the nearby Rondo Rataje, from which the lake is a short (typically 5-15 minute) walk.

• Visit Lake Malta (Maltańskie) in Poznań early on weekday mornings to enjoy the regatta course and lakeside paths before event crowds arrive.
• Access the lake easily from Poznań city centre by public transport and enter via the main park entrances along the Promenada or near the Malta Thermal Baths for the shortest walk to the water.
• If you want quieter shoreline sections or birdwatching, follow the north bank paths away from the event spaces-many visitors stay near the central promenade and miss the quieter stretches.