National road 5 ( pl, Droga krajowa nr 5) is a route belonging to the Polish national road network. The highway connects some of the biggest urban agglomerations in Poland, i.e. Trójmiasto,

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

, Poznań and Wrocław. It runs from Nowe Marzy to Lubawka at the Czech border and between

Bielany Wrocławskie Bielany Wrocławskie (german: Bettlern, in years 1945-46 ''Strzeżawin'') is a village in the administrative district of Council Gmina Kobierzyce, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was i ...

and Kostomłoty merges with A4 motorway. On the segment from Nowe Marzy to Wrocław, it is a component of European route E261.

Major cities and towns along the route

* Nowe Marzy ( road A1, 91) * Świecie ( road 91) *

( road 10, 25, 80) *

Szubin Szubin (german: Schubin) is a town in Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located southwest of Bydgoszcz. It has a population of around 9,300. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Pałuki. History The first record o ...

* Żnin * Gniezno ( road 15) *

Pobiedziska Pobiedziska (german: Pudewitz) is a town in Poznań County, Poland, with 8,209 inhabitants as of the year 2004. It is also the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Pobiedziska. The town's name comes from the word ''pobieda ...

* Poznań ( road A2, 11, 92) * Stęszew ( road 32) * Kościan *

Śmigiel Śmigiel (german: Schmiegel) is a town in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,420 inhabitants (2004). History Śmigiel was granted town rights in 1415 or perhaps earlier. It was a private town of Polish nobility, adm ...

* Leszno ( road 12) *

Rydzyna Rydzyna (pronounced , german: Reisen) is a historic town in western Poland, located in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, 10 km south of Leszno, in the Leszno County, close to the main Poznań - Wrocław highway S5. The ...

* Bojanowo * Rawicz ( road 36) * Żmigród * Trzebnica ( road 15) * Wrocław ( road A8, 94, 98) *

( road A4, 98) * Kąty Wrocławskie *

Strzegom Strzegom (german: Striegau) is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Strzegom administrative district (gmina). It lies approximately north-west of Świdnica, and west of th ...

Bolków Bolków (german: Bolkenhain) is a town in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Bolków and part of the '' Neisse-Nysa-Nisa'' Euroregion. Overvi ...

( road 3) * Kamienna Góra * Lubawka, border with Czech Republic 05 {{Poland-road-stub