Bell tower in Jabłonka (view more images)

Roadside chapel just outside of Kiczory

Roadside chapels are everywhere in Poland. They're by highways (or the Polish approximation of "highways") and roads you think are probably travelled once a year.

And they're all different: from small, simple, covered crucifiexes to elaborate buildings.

Just outside of Jabłonka

I've rarely seen people there praying, but it does happen occasionally. It seems to be most common around high holidays in the spring and summer, when the weather is condusive to spending all that time outside praying. And in many ways, it's quite admirable, that kind of religious dedication.

Some Protestants might suggest that building chapels like this is not necessary, that no building contains God.

Theological differences aside, it's still a pleasant idea for me, even as a non-believer.

(Make sure you check out the interior views of the bell tower.)