An ancient city with a name that is difficult to pronounce for a Russian is one of many Polish cities, very beautiful and undeservedly little known in our country .Call it a tourist language will not turn: especially in Bydgoszcz few people go .Meanwhile, the city is famous for its stormy, rich, long history; beautiful architecture, attractive landscapes and convenient location .But at the same time Bydgoszcz is not just a medieval city with paved streets and turrets, stuck in time centuries ago and capable of offering the traveler only a dive into the mossy past .In modern Poland, this city is developing at almost the fastest pace .
How to get to Bydgoszcz
By train from Warsaw, Poznan, Lviv, Kaliningrad, Berlin. The plane of the Polish airline LOT from Moscow or St. Petersburg with a transfer in Warsaw.
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A bit of history
Once Bydgoszcz was a typical fishing village on the rivers Brda and Vistula. It was this location that made the Teutons pay attention to it in the 14th century. Right after them Bydgoszcz became interested in Kazimierz III, turning it into a full-fledged city. Here, trade began to develop rapidly, raising the status of the city to the most important in the country. In the 18th century a canal was built between Brdoi and Noteciu, and in the 19th century a railroad was built to port Gdansk. All this went Bydgoszcz only to the benefit.
German rule left in Bydgoszcz a clear trail, in some places - quite dramatic. The city for a long time was part of Prussia and Germany, and an impressive part of the local population were Germans. The Polish-German conflicts in 1939 resulted in the dramatic events of Bloody Sunday, a monument to the victims of which is set in one of the city squares.
Today in Bydgoszcz with a population of more than 350 thousand people, many financial institutions, banks, insurance companies have been opened - the medieval trading past has not come to naught. In addition, there is a large university and several cultural institutions of the country and even Europe.
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Entertainment, excursions and attractions Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is full of both historical and modern, no less interesting sights. Unfortunately, the destruction of wartime caused significant damage to the urban appearance, and its development for the most part looks heterogeneous. Is it otherwise, the Old Town at the shores of Brdy in Bydgoszcz still exists. Many buildings here and on the market square have been destroyed, but those that have survived perfectly convey the atmosphere of the old times.
- To meet in the Old City of the mythical Pan Twardowski - Polish Faust, who, unlike the latter, paid for his imprudence.
- To hear how the melody is heard from the church of Clarisok four times a day - from 9am and every three hours then.
- To see the stone fountain "Children with a goose" in the old market square.
The oldest building in the city is the Church of St. Martin and St. Nicholas, built in late Gothic style at the end of the 15th century in the place of the wooden church burned by the Teutons .Inside, in interiors in the style of rococo and baroque, there is an important Christian shrine: the icon of Our Lady with Rosa of the 16th century .It is believed that the icon has a miraculous power .Another significant city church is a small Gothic-Renaissance church of the Order of Clarisok, it is also the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin .It was built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries .The beautiful decoration was lost, but in the interior it is still possible to see the original wooden ceiling of the 17th century, a very beautiful, beautiful gothic chandelier, art forging items and a wooden altar also of the 17th century .
The Church of the Holy Trinity was erected in the early 20th century and is a beautiful Baroque building made of red stone with a bell tower. Inside you can admire the frescoes and the icon of Our Lady of Częstochowska.
One of the most atmospheric places of the city is the restored Melnichny Island. It is located in the heart of the city, a couple of steps from the old market square. In medieval times it was the center of the production life. The oldest buildings are not preserved, but on the island you can see 18th-century vaults and colorful industrial buildings of the 19th century made of red brick, pedestrian bridges and green areas with old chestnuts.
Typical for the architectural appearance of Bydgoszcz in the 19th century is the famous hotel "Pod Orlom". The building was completed in 1896 and from the very beginning it became a hotel. Its beautifully finished facade is made in classical for neobarochnoy architecture style, decorated with wrought iron bars, stucco moldings and stained glass windows.
The largest church in the city and one of the largest in Poland - the Basilica of Saint Vincent de Paul, whose construction was completed in 1939. Within this monumental church, built in the image and likeness of the Roman Pantheon, can accommodate about 12 thousand people. The dome of the neoclassical building is made of reinforced concrete and is 40 m in diameter.
One of the official architectural symbols of the city - a complex of three former granaries on the street. Grodsk, which go to Brda near the old market square. Being built in the late 19th century, these picturesque half-timbered buildings were used for some time for their intended purpose, and today the exposition of the museum of Leon Vychulkovsky is located here. The museum itself occupies several buildings, and in his collection - not only the work of Vychulkovsky himself, but also other works of art.
Other interesting and notable buildings of Bydgoszcz are, for example, the former office of the Prussian East Railway, the main post office in the New City, the Palace of Justice. The Jesuit College was built in the middle of the 17th century by the order of the City Hall. For some time it housed the city school, and today, after a major restoration of the late 90's. last century, there is a municipality.
Noteworthy and urban sculpture. It is a bronze archer in the park of Jan Kohanovsky, a monumental monument to Kazimierz III and, of course, the main and special symbol of the city - a unique sculptured boy-rope-walker, who is absolutely incomprehensible with the water.
Bydgoszcz Venice is also a popular landmark. It is located, naturally, on the river, permeated with canals and built up in the 19-20 centuries by various architects, including quite famous ones. It was decided to give the shine of a truly tourist place to the block in the newest time, and the reconstruction of some buildings of the complex continues to this day.
The former German factory for the production of explosives DAG Fabrik Bromberg today turned into an Explozeum, open to the museum of industrialization in the open air. In addition, the city has a water supply museum, which occupies a beautiful old water tower. In the Pomeranian Military Museum you can see the documents of the newest military history of the country of the 19-20th centuries.
The cultural life of the city in our time is also rich .The building of the New Opera in Bydgoszcz was built in 1974 .on the bank of the river and has the characteristic recognizable form of three elongated washers .Its outlines have become in their way a visiting card of the new Bydgoszcz .And the concert hall of the Pomor philharmonic society is rightfully considered one of the best in Europe: its remarkable acoustics is ideal for performing classics .However, the hall with the same success is used for modern concerts .In addition, Bydgoszcz is one of the most important centers of jazz music in Europe .