2019 Events

March 13-17: ETHNIESY Folk and Traditional Music Festival April 27 – May 12: Opera Festival May: European Night of Museums 2019 May 17-18: International Air Fair Exhibition 2019 May 27: PKO Bydgoszcz Run Festival

May 27 – June 2: Drums Fusion August 9-11: European Athletics Team Championships Mobile app May – June: FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 August 15: Bydgoszcz Water Swimming Competition

Official mobile guide for Bydgoszcz * description of tourist July 4-10: European Universities Handball Championship August 17-18: Ocean Lava Triathlon Polska 2019 attractions * tourist routes * calendar of events * public June 21-23: Bydgoszcz Water Festival ”Ster na Bydgoszcz” 2019 September 20 – October 11: Bydgoszcz Music Festival transport timetable * information about the city June 24 - 29: Bydgoszcz Musical Impressions September: 26th Great Rowing Regatta for the Brda Cup July / August: River of Music in Bydgoszcz October: Festival of New Dramaturgies Tourism organisers July 6-7: Enea Bydgoszcz Triathlon 2019 October / November: Bydgoszcz Jazz Festival

Travel Bureau Visite.pl * exploring Bydgoszcz * tourist guides * city games * incentive trips * tel. 52 52 14 796 1 6 PTTK „Szlak Brdy” * tourist guides * tel. 602 286 717 Tickeo.pl * exploring Bydgoszcz * tourist guides * tel. 730 060 810 Uranos * kayaking trips * tel. 669 323 033

Activitas * kayaking trips * tel. 669 331 114 14 Bydgoskie Kajaki * kayaking trips * tel. 669 331 114 17 Wiking * kayaking trips * 608 47 77 48 2 18

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Bydgoszcz Information Centre * tips on how to make the most of your time in Bydgoszcz * information on: monuments, tourist attractions, accommodation and interesting events held in Bydgoszcz * souvenirs from Bydgoszcz * guides, albums, maps, and city games * seasonal bike 8 Bydgoszcz rental 12 11 15 for the weekend 10 9 ul. Batorego 2 (in the Old Market Square) 3 tel. +48 52 340 45 50 [email protected] 13 www.visitbydgoszcz.pl 5

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Tourist trips on a water tram * from May to September, several times Tourist games * excellent way to get to know Bydgoszcz, especially when Man crossing the river * commemorating Poland joining the UE * Jerzy Mill Island * green oasis in the city centre * the most frequently visited part a day * main stop at Rybi Rynek * Słonecznik I and II are modern vessels, Kędziora is the author * the centre of gravity was shifted below the rope, of the city * marina and water equipment hire * four branches of the District we travel with children * Twardowski’s cypher * The Archer Lady’s arrow * 12 powered by solar energy, which can carry 28 people on board * tickets are Rejewski’s code * quests * available at the tourist information centre thus the keeps the balance Museum: Archaeological Collections, Leon Wyczółkowski’s House, Modern available also online in advance * details: www.visitbydgoszcz.pl 9 Art Gallery, and European Money Centre with the Bydgoszcz Treasure Music playground * it is connected with the character of Music District, Archer lady * made by artist Ferdinand Lepcke probably in 1908 * exposition 3 Exploseum * production buildings, linked by underground tunnels, that’s why you can find there, beside typical equipment, musical instruments wealthy banker Louis Aronsohn bought it in 1910, and since then it has been belonging to the concern DAG Fabrik Bromberg in the years 1939-1945 such as tubas, xylophones and drums delighting successive generations of Bydgoszcz residents and tourists * Myślęcinek * the largest municipal park in Poland * only 5 km away from * place of unhuman work of over 40,000 forced labourers producing nitro- Jan Kochanowski Park 1 the city centre (access by tram towards Las Gdański) * Botanical Garden * Lost glycerine, TNT and smokeless powder * 10 km away from the city centre * Pedal boats * kayaks * on the Brda River in the centre of Bydgoszcz * World and Macro World * amusement park and line park * ZOO * wakepark * tel. 883 366 056 * exploseum.pl pedal boat and kayak hire at the marina on the Mill Island * 8 Deluge Fountain * this impressive fountain, made by Ferdinand Lepcke, ski slope * www.myslecinek.pl przystanbydgoszcz.pl was erected on this site in 1904 and evoked admiration until 1943, when the Museum of Soap and History of Dirt * interactive time travel through sculptures were confiscated for war purposes *the rebuilt scene of the Biblical Music District * one of the most charming and quietest parts of Bydgoszcz the history of cleanliness, dirt and soap making * fragrant soap making Mock-up of old Bydgoszcz * in front of the main entrance to the historical Deluge has once again become one of the most impressive and beautiful * park, full of statues of eminent composers * great architecture and buildings workshops * shop offering eco cosmetics * tickets - PLN 15 * Granaries * it features several now non-existent buildings: City Hall and Jesuit fountains in Poland * Kazimierz Wielki Park 2 housing institutions of culture * fountain with electronically controlled 5 6 tel. (52) 515 70 15 * ul. Długa 13-17 * www.muzeummydla.pl Church in the Old Market Square, little Romanesque church, city gates and nozzles that move to the music * music playground Bydgoszcz castle Master Twardowski * every day at 13:13 and 21:13 he appears to the Historical tourist lines * July – August * trips by legendary bus ”Ogórek” accompaniment of music in one of the windows of tenement house no. 15 in the Sielanka * city-garden district in Bydgoszcz, characterised by and ”eNka” and Herbrand trams Family Park * family play centre with numerous attractions * 52 321 69 55 Old Market Square, near the place, where, according to the legend, the famous abundant greenery and interesting villa architecture 14 wizard Twardowski had been living during his visit in Bydgoszcz in 1560 13 Water, Industry and Craft Trail * industrial thematic trail that unites Parrot House * several dozen species of parrots and other smaller birds Old Bydgoszcz Canal * bewitching walking place on the water, especially the history of fifteen organically water-centres places in Bydgoszcz * each in autumn * educational path * fountains * bicycle paths * Bydgoszcz story unites the tales of the Bydgoszcz craftsmen, entrepreneurs and city Canal Museum * historical river locks 7 activists with the city’s industrial and craft growth * www.ludzieitechnika.pl Lemara Barge * it is both a technology monument and a symbol of a very Water Tower * Museum of Waterworks * exhibition recounting the important part in the history of Bydgoszcz connected with river transport * the history of the local waterworks and sewers * documents, photographs, old interior resemble the living and working quarters of the Bydgoszcz skippers 15 bathroom and toilet accessories, and even pieces of wooden pipes from the first local waterworks dating back to the 16th c.* lookout terrace * Bydgoszcz autographs * put on plaques in Długa Street * they tel. +48 882 050 656 * ul. Filarecka 1 commemorate special contribution of great people to Bydgoszcz 16 4 Bydgoszcz Cathedral of Saints Nicholas and Martin * the oldest Basilica * the largest church in Bydgoszcz * designed and modelled on building in Bydgoszcz (2nd half of the 15th c.) * its interior charms with unique the Roman Pantheon * erected in the years 1925-1939 * ferroconcrete abundance of colours * the most important masterpiece in the Cathedral is the dome with a diameter of 40 m * Aleja Ossolińskich 2 17 beautiful late-Gothic painting of the Madonna with the Rose * ul. Farna 2 Bydgoszcz murals * when walking around the city take a look at the walls 10 Granaries on the Brda * three historical buildings in Grodzka Street of buildings * in the city centre you can see many paintings, the best occupied by the District Museum *constructed in the late 18th c. * the most known are ”Peter Pan”, ”Champions’ breakfast” and ”Self-assessment” 18 important symbol of Bydgoszcz, placed in the city’s logo * tel. 52 5859974

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