Approaching Kruszwica by public transport, chances are you'll need to hop from train to bus at INOWROCŁAW 15km north, a nineteenth-century spa town subsequently blighted by twentieth-century industrialization and pollution. The town's train station is at the northern end of town, about fifteen minutes' walk from the centre; the bus station is five minutes' further in. If you've got time to kill, it's best to head straight for the Park Uzdrowiskowy or spa park at the western end of town (a 15min walk from the stations), a grassy expanse ringed by grand turn-of-the-twentieth-century buildings. Dominating its western extremity is the Tężnia, a fortress-like construction raised in the 1990s from vast piles of compacted twigs. Rather like the more famous Tężnia in Ciechocinek, the edifice acts as a huge filter through which the local spa water is pumped, creating a recuperative salt-rich atmosphere for those who come to stroll around it.

Having had your ailments cured in the spa park the rest of Inowrocław is a severe let-down, the only rewarding monument being the Kościół NMP (Church of Our Lady), a contemporary of the Romanesque basilica in Kruszwica, and boasting a similarly impressive, bare-stone interior. It's located behind the much bigger, neo-Gothic KościółZwiastowania NMP (Church of the Annunciation), a few minutes' walk beyond the big roundabout which lies south of the bus and train stations.

Given Inowrocław's industrial appearance, it's unlikely to rate as an overnight stop, and there are in any case plentiful onward train connections to Bydgoszcz and Toruń.