We would like to bring your attention to this year’s volleyball tournament that will commence on September 3, 2014 and will end on September 21, 2014. Apart from Bydgoszcz, the cities that will play host to world’s best teams are: Katowice, Łódź, Wrocław, Gdańsk, and Kraków.

Lemara Barge, moored at the bank of Brda river, right next to the symbolic Bydgoszcz granaries, is a very unique place. It is both a technology monument and a symbol of a very important part in the history of Bydgoszcz.

One of the must-have photographs of one’s stay in Bydgoszcz is a photo at the “Deluge” Fountain, which stands in Kazimierz Wielki Park, in the proximity of Wolności Square. This impressive fountain, made by Ferdinand Lepcke, was erected on this site in 1904, in the then garden of the Bydgoszcz District Government.

The artist placed a composition referring to the Biblical Deluge in a huge pool made from red sandstone. In the middle is a group of people rising to a height of  6 metres, featuring a muscular man holding a languid woman, and a second woman lying dead at his feet with a child clinging to her. There are additional statues on the sides; one of them depicts a man fighting for his life with a snake wrapped around him, while another features a mother bear with a dead cub. The unique effect of the monument is created by the surface surrounding the fountain, made as a multicolour, ornamental mosaic with a motif of waves.

This greatest work made by the artist had impressed spectators until 1943 as one of the biggest attractions of Bydgoszcz, and a popular site for taking photographs. Unfortunately, valuable sculptures were confiscated for war purposes. These days, thanks to the Social Committee for Rebuilding the Fountain established in 2004, the bronze, multi-figural statue has been faithfully restored. The rebuilt scene of the Biblical Deluge, placed in a renovated basin and surrounded by the restored mosaic, has once again become one of the most impressive and beautiful fountains in Poland.

"Under the Eagle" Hotel – an icon of turn of the century Bydgoszcz architecture. The richly decorated building, with eagle's wings over the facade, was designed by prominent architect from Bydgoszcz - Józef Święcicki.

Bydgoszcz Marina – located on Mill Island, completed in 2012. The building, designed by the design office APA Rokiccy, was already recognised by the architects environment – it is in the final of Life in Architecture competition.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Apostles Church built in years 1872 – 1878 in neo-gothic style with eclectic and Roman elements. A dome with an octagonal base and slender tower with a spire are characteristic elements of this church.

Main Post Office is one of the most spectacular buildings located on the Brda river bank. It was built at the end of the 19th century in the so-called Prussian national style. Until today the building is occupied by the post office, open 24-hours.

Sielanka District – the garden city of Bydgoszcz is a very green residential area, designed at the beginning of the 20th century by Joseph Stüben.

The Copernicanum Hall was built between 1903-1906, according to the design of Berlin architects Carl Zaar and Rudolf Vahl. It used to be the site of the municipal junior high school of sciences, the railway technical school and even the military hospital during Hitler's occupation.

August Cieszkowski Street is considered one of the most beautiful streets in Bydgoszcz, thanks to homogenous complex of buildings built in years 1896-1904. Secession style houses decorated with eclectic, neo-baroque and neo-gothic elements were designed by renowned architects e.g.: Józef Święcicki, Fritz Weidner and Karl Bergner.

Saint Andrew Bobola Church was built at the beginning of the 20th century and until 1945, served the Evangelical community. After the agreement with the Augsburg church it was claimed by the Catholic church.

Covered Market was built in 1904, in neogothic-modernist style, designed by the architecture company Boswau and Knauer GmbH of Berlin. The main entrance with two towers and the city coat of arms is highly interesting.

During eleven editions of the festival, syncopated music lovers have had an opportunity to listen to internationally renowned jazz stars as well as Polish and regional artists. This year's festival will be held October 24 - November 1.

Bydgoszcz Opera Nova  invites to the first musical performance in this season. The performance will be dedicated for the guests of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship- Poland'2014. MY FAIR LADY: 12th September 2014.

Download our leaflets with recommended sightseeing routes in Bydgoszcz.

The Municipal Gallery bwa in Bydgoszcz is the largest and most important art gallery in Bydgoszcz, established in 1949 (until 2005 known as Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych). The present building of the Gallery was founded in 1970.

Bicycle infrastructure map (Bydgoszcz)

Route 1:
On the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
Time: 1 hour, distance: 3.5 km
We start our tour in the Old Market Square, at the Bydgoszcz Information Centre, where we can hire a bicycle. We head to the Mill Island by Niedźwiedzia Street.

Time: approx. 3 hours (park in Myślęcinek, additional 2 hours)
In Bydgoszcz, the first gardens were established in monasteries and suburbs, where they were owned by affluent townsmen.

Time: about 2 hours
The industrial route is an encounter with the old times of former glory, relics of those parts of the city that were setting its rhythm, which used to sound with the clatter of tools and the whirr of machines.

On August 3 Bydgoszcz will meet the winner of the first stage of this year’s Tour the Pologne. The race, which is among the major cycling events in the world, is returning to the city, and it’s going to be in its finest.