'''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
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