'''Bydgoszcz''' [http://www.bydgoszcz.pl/index.php] is the capital city of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voidship, Poland.

Understand

Bydgoszcz used to lie close to the Poland-Germany border. It was conquered by Germans several times.

Get in

By plane

'''Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport''', [http://www.plb.pl/]. Operates direct domestic and international flights. Domestic flights : Krakow, ?od?, Warsaw, Pozna?, International flights : Antalya, Berlin, Birmingham, Dublin, Kopenhaga, Liverpool, London Vienna, and several others

By train

Bydgoszcz has direct train connections with all major Polish cities. Almost all of them are served by "PKP Przewozy Regionalne". Main direct connections:

Gdynia-Bydgoszcz: 2h20'

Poznan-Bydgoszcz: 2h10'

Torun-Bydgoszcz: 1h

Lodz-Bydgoszcz: 3h 30'

Warsaw-Bydgoszcz: 3h 40'

Katowice-Bydgoszcz via Czestochowa,Lodz: 7h

Szczecin-Bydgoszcz: 3h 45'

Wroclaw-Bydgoszcz: 5h 30'

There is also a night train from/to Berlin, it takes about 7 hours.

Bydgoszcz's main station is called Bydgoszcz Glowna.

By car

Many international roads lead to Bydgoszcz. Main of them are DK 10,DK 25,DK 80. A north-south

By bus

By boat

Brda and Wisla, the main rivers flowing through Bydgoszcz have been recently purified. There is a connection with Stetin, also a water tram runs daily.

Get around

See

  • Main Post Office. agiello?ska 6. Old, neo-gothical building.
  • Town Hall. ezuicka 1. Built in 1650's, extended at the beginning of the 18th century.
  • Spichrze. rodzka 7-11. Old garners, built at the end of the 18th century. They currently host Leon Wyczulkowski's gallery.

    Do

    Learn

    Work

    Buy

    Eat

    Budget

    Mid-range

    Dolce Vita (Italian), Stare Miasto, ul. Podvale (close to old market). Best pizza in town!

    Meluzyna (Polish, traditional)Gdanksa 50, not directly on Gdanska, entrance around the corner on the right side. Best restaurant for quality and price relation, beef recommended.

    Splurge

    Veranda, (Polish, international) right side to the park "Kazimierska Wielkiego". A nice restaurant in art nouveau stile, probably best cuisine in Bydgoszcz.

    Drink

    Sleep

    Budget

    Mid-range

    Karczma Rzym http://www.karczmarzym.com.pl/ Paw?owek near Bydgoszcz (at the Grunwaldzka street Bydgoszcz_fs exit, on the route to Nak?o, Pi?a and Szczecin) Best place to stay if you have business in the western part of the city, you avoid most of the daily traffic jams. Good restaurant, Polish traditional cuisine (same owner as Veranda)

    Splurge

    City Hotel http://www.city-hotel.pl/ located in the center, most destinations like Stare Miasto, Gdanska and restaurants around you can walk ask for weekend special rates and seasonal offers

    Contact

    Stay safe

    Bydgoszcz is considered as a safe city. Major dangers are skinheads and fanatic football fans. Try to avoid comments about Polish football teams because it can easily annoy them. Robberies rarely happen in the day light.

    Cope

    Get out