
Navigating your way at night can be tricky - especially when you're on two wheels.

But now cyclists in Poland have been given a helping hand, thanks to a glowing pathway.

The high-tech track is studded with thousands of phosphor-coated crystals which emit light after being charged by the sun.

Bright sparks: The high-tech track, located in the north of Poland, is studded with thousands of phosphor crystals that emit light after being charged by the sun

Photographs celebrating the path's launch show it illuminated at night, glowing a vivid shade of blue.

One lane is dedicated to cyclists, while the other is marked for pedestrians.

While the entire cycle lane lights up, only the curbs of the pedestrian path have been decked out with the glowing chips.

The luminous cycling strip - which is 100 metres long - is located in a park near the town of Lidzbark Warminski, in the north of Poland.

Dusk: While the entire cycle lane lights up, only the curbs of the pedestrian path have been decked out with the glowing chips

Dazzling display: The luminous cycling strip - which is 100 metres long - is located in a park near the town of Lidzbark Warminski, in the north of Poland

It was created by the technology firm TPA Instytut Badań Technicznych Sp. z o.o. and is currently still in the testing phase.

TPA president Igor Ruttmar told the Polish publication Gazeta Wyborcza that the material used for their track can produce light for more than ten hours.

Engineers apparently chose the colour blue for the path because they thought it was most fitting for the landscape.

Blending in: Engineers apparently chose the colour blue for the path because they thought it was most fitting for the landscape

Into the blue: A close-up of the phosphor-coated crystals the bike path is made from

In the lab: The path was created by the technology firm TPA Instytut Badań Technicznych Sp. z o.o. - engineers are now researching various ways to lower production costs so that the technology can spread further

Designers were inspired by a similar solar-powered bike path in the Netherlands known as the Starry Night bike lane.

The path - measuring 0.6 miles - was unveiled two years ago to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh's death.

Although the blue path in Poland is safer than a conventional roadway, it was significantly more costly to install - although no figures have been revealed.