Minecraft has gained another piece of Poland recreated at a 1:1 scale: Gorzów Wielkopolski has joined the international Build The Earth project. As reported by Radio Zachód, the virtual city already features the Old Market Square and the Gorzów Philharmonic building, with local coordinator Fabian Kur overseeing the work in the region.

Old Market Square and the Philharmonic as Gorzów's first landmarks

Radio Zachód shared the news about this new addition to the Build The Earth Poland map in an article published on November 13, 2026. So far, two characteristic structures stand in the game: the Old Market Square, the heart of the city's historic center, and the Gorzów Philharmonic building, one of the region's recognizable cultural landmarks. Both builds were made with careful attention to proportions and architectural details typical of Build The Earth projects, where every meter in real life corresponds to one block in the game.

Fabian Kur, the local project coordinator for the Lubusz Voivodeship, is responsible for progress in Gorzów and the surrounding area. Photos of his work and the builder community's results can be seen on Radio Gorzów's Facebook page, where a gallery of the virtual city has been published. Lubusz isn't the only region under construction, though - the list of recreated locations across Poland keeps growing steadily, and Gorzów has joined it as another stop on the journey across the country.

Build The Earth Poland: 727 builders and a Guinness World Record

Gorzów is now part of a much bigger undertaking. Build The Earth is an international project aiming to recreate the entire Earth at a 1:1 scale in Minecraft, and the Polish branch, BTE Poland, focuses exclusively on Polish territory. According to the official BTE Poland website, the project launched in 2020 and has since grown into a community of more than 727 registered builders, who have together recreated 144.28 square kilometers of the country.

The scale of the undertaking isn't accidental - the entire Build The Earth project has been recognized in the Guinness World Records as the most extensive building project in Minecraft's history. The Polish branch regularly adds new cities to the map, from large metropolitan areas to smaller towns like Gorzów, which, despite their more modest scale, have their own distinctive landmarks worth recreating.

How to join the server and see the results

Anyone who wants to explore the virtual Gorzów or help build more structures can join the server at bte-poland.pl. It runs on Java Edition in versions from 1.8 to 1.21 and newer, access is free and available around the clock, and the project doesn't require a whitelist - just enter the server address in the game. Those who haven't installed the game yet can find the current downloads in the Java Edition download section, and it's worth checking out other servers in the server directory.

This is important information for players on consoles and mobile devices: the BTE Poland server runs exclusively on Java Edition, so players using Bedrock Edition on Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch won't be able to connect without additional workarounds. For those wanting to get more involved with the community, a Discord server is also available, and progress on recreating the whole of Poland can be tracked live on the interactive map at map.bte-poland.pl. That's where you can most quickly see which cities, besides Gorzów, are currently in the middle of intense building work.

Lubusz Voivodeship keeps growing on the Minecraft map

Gorzów is further proof that the BTE Poland community isn't limiting itself to the biggest cities. Builders from the Lubusz region are working on several locations in parallel, and the number of recreated points on the voivodeship's map is expected to keep growing in the near future. Beginner builders looking to try their hand at similar projects can find useful techniques and inspiration in the building guides section.

Radio Zachód didn't give a specific timeline for when more recreated buildings will appear in Gorzów, but the sheer momentum of the BTE Poland project, with hundreds of active builders and a constantly updated map, suggests that the list of Gorzów's Minecraft landmarks will only keep growing.

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