Bydgoszcz

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Bydgoszcz [1] is the capital city of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voidship, Poland.

[edit] Understand

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

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Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport, [2]. Operates direct domestic and international flights. Domestic flights : Kraków, Łódź, Warsaw, Poznań, International flights : Antalya, Berlin, Birmingham, Dublin, Kopenhaga, Vienna, and several others

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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'

Bydgoszcz's main station is called Bydgoszcz Glówna.

[edit] By car

Many national roads lead to Bydgoszcz. Main of them are DK 10,DK 25,DK 80. A north-south highway(A1) is currently under construction. The closest entrance will be near Torun.

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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.

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

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Dolce Vita (Italian), Stare Miasto, ul. Podvale (close to old market) 

  best pizza in town!

Meluzyna (Polish, traditional)Gdanksa 50, not directly on Gdanska, second building around the corner on the right side 

  best restaurant for quality and price relation, beef recommended

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Veranda, (Polish, international) right side to the park "Kazimierska Wielkiego" 

 nice restaurant in art nouveau stile, probably best cuisine in Bydgoszcz

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Karczma Rzym http://www.karczmarzym.com.pl/ Pawłówek near Bydgoszcz (at the Grunwaldzka street Bydgoszcz’s exit, on the route to Nakło, Piła 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)

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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

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[edit] 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.

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