Death Bend — a viewpoint on the Sudeten Road in Szklarska Poręba

Death Bend is a sharp, almost 180-degree curve on the Sudeten Road (regional road 358) at about 775 m a.s.l. between Szklarska Poręba and Świeradów-Zdrój. It was built between 1935 and 1937 and acquired its dramatic name after the war because of the many accidents here. Today it is above all a popular viewpoint — a platform was built in 2020, opening a wide panorama of the Karkonosze, the town and the Jelenia Góra Basin. The yellow trail up Wysoki Kamień starts from the free car park at the bend.

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Other sights in Szklarska Poręba

Straight-line distances from „Death Bend" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.

ChybotekA distinctive rock formation whose great granite block can be set rocking despite weighing

~1,3 km as the crow flies

The Szklarka waterfallThe second highest waterfall in the Polish Karkonosze (13.3 m), in the picturesque Szklark

~2,6 km as the crow flies

The House of Carl and Gerhart HauptmannA museum in the former villa of the writer Carl Hauptmann on ul. 11 Listopada, devoted to

~3,0 km as the crow flies

The Kamieńczyk waterfallThe highest waterfall in the Polish Karkonosze — the water drops 27 m in three stages into

~4,7 km as the crow flies

Hala SzrenickaA broad meadow at about 1,200 m a.s.l. with an old PTTK mountain hut, an important trail j

~6,5 km as the crow flies

SzrenicaA 1,362 m summit above Szklarska Poręba, with a year-round cable car, a mountain hut and t

~7,0 km as the crow flies

The Jakuszyce ClearingPoland's largest cross-country skiing centre at Jakuszyce (about 100 km of trails), h

~9,4 km as the crow flies

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