Szczecin 1800–2024 | 224 Years in 3 Minutes

Watch Szczecin change from a fortified city around 1800 to its 2024 skyline in this original 3D city timelapse. This three-minute animation follows the centre and surrounding districts through railway expansion, growth beyond the fortifications, the port city, wartime destruction, postwar rebuilding and recent landmarks. This is a visual historical reconstruction, not archival footage or captured gameplay. Major milestones draw on historical references; many individual building dates, layouts and transitions are illustrative. The opening date is approximate. This film covers 1800–2024. CHAPTERS 0:00 The fortress city 0:18 Railway and New Town 0:36 Beyond the fortifications 1:04 The growing port city 1:25 Wartime destruction 1:42 Rebuilding Szczecin 2:14 Housing and restoration 2:33 The changing skyline SOURCES & CREDITS Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright Historical spatial-development plans: City of Szczecin / Biuro Planowania Przestrzennego Miasta (BPPM): https://bppm.szczecin.pl/wystawy/plan... https://bppm.szczecin.pl/wystawy/plan... Historical Szczecin map portal, National Museum in Szczecin: https://geoportal.muzeum.szczecin.pl/... Original 3D animation and editing. Music and sound created with ElevenLabs. Which city would you like to see next? #Szczecin #CityTimelapse #UrbanHistory