Cycling to Szumin 2026: Łochów–Szumin–Barchów

The tour starts at the Łochów train station, which we’ll reach via Koleje Mazowieckie from Warsaw-Wileńska. The train from Warsaw departs around 11:00 a.m. (we’ll provide the exact time once KM announces its summer schedule in early June). It’s a good idea to arrive a little early to buy a train ticket (you can also do this online). We’ll meet on the platform, form a group, and set off together.

This route is a classic. This is where the first Szumińskie bike tours, which we’ve been organizing since 2017, began. It’s the shortest stage, with two left turns and one right turn. The route is easy, allowing you to take in the surrounding meadows and forests. With a little luck, storks will be cheering us on. Highly recommended for those just starting their cycling adventure.

At the finish line, a guided tour of the Zofia and Oskar Hansen House and a live screen-printing session await us.

 

We encourage participants to bring light-colored T-shirts – we’ll screen-print a commemorative Szumiń graphic on them.

Return to the Barchów train station. We will provide the exact departure times for return trains to Warsaw after KM announces the summer schedule (in early June).

 

Tor Kwiatek from Kwiaciarnia Grafiki—a Warsaw-based screen printing studio—leads cycling trips to Szumin. He describes them as follows:

“The trips combine train travel with cycling. We travel from Warsaw to the starting point by train. We cover the rest of the route in the spirit of cycling tourism. At a brisk pace, yet without ignoring the surroundings. Riding together allows us to explore the network of roads leading to Szumin, which serves as an opportunity to get to know the northern Mazovia region more broadly. Note! One tour departs from Mińsk Mazowiecki, and along its route we will see the “Mechanic’s House” designed by the Hansens. This is an option for those who enjoy covering long distances on a bike and are not daunted by the challenging terrain of the Bug River landscape.

The tour is just the first stage of what awaits you in Szumin, namely a guided tour of the Zofia and Oskar Hansen House in Szumin and a screen printing workshop. Each participant will have the opportunity to personally print a small-scale graphic using the screen printing technique, prepared especially for this occasion by Kwiaciarnia Grafiki and inspired by the Hansen House.

ORGANIZATIONAL NOTE
The tour routes follow local paved or gravel roads with light traffic. The final access section to Szumin is on gravel roads. The rides take place on roads open to traffic. Participants are required to obey traffic rules. Each person rides at their own risk.

 

Tor Kwiatek — artist, graphic designer, screen printer. A fan of cycling, typography, and the anthropocene. Together with the Nowe Dynasy initiative, he is fighting to save the Orzeł cycling track. He practices bicycle flânerie – Tour de Varsovie. He co-runs the outdoor galleries TOR and Ad HOK. His series of typographic representations of architecture can be found from New York through Marseille and Katowice all the way to Warsaw. He began his adventure with art by creating stickers, co-founding the vlep[v]net collective. Together with Marta Kwiatek, he co-runs the Kwiaciarnia Grafiki studio, which has been promoting screen printing culture for over a decade in the name of democratizing access to art. Using this manual printing technique, they carry out commissions and original projects, but above all, they invite creative individuals to join them on a shared adventure with screen printing. They collaborate with, among others, Maurycy Gomulicki, Karol Radziszewski, and Aleksandra Waliszewska. They promote their screen-printed works online at graphicsflowershop.com and through the exhibition series “Liberté, Égalité, Serigrafité!”, which offer the opportunity for direct engagement with the screen-printing technique. They celebrate exhibition openings with live screen-printing events that involve the audience.