Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz
	Top: Opera Nova; Middle: The Brda River and the town granaries; Bottom: Statue of 'The Archeress', Jagiellońska Street.
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	Bydgoszcz
	Coordinates: 53°7′N 18°0′E / 53.117°N 18.000°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Established	before 1238
Town rights	1346
Government
• President (Mayor)	Rafał Bruski (PO)
• City Council Chairperson	Roman Jasiakiewicz (PO)
Area
• City	174.57 km2 (67.40 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2011)
• City	363,926
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
• Metro	470,285
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	85-001 to 85-950
Area code	+48 52
Car plates	CB
Website	www.bydgoszcz.eu

Bydgoszcz [ˈbɨdɡɔʂt͡ʂ] (listen) (German: Bromberg, Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in the north of Poland, capital of Kujavia-Pomerania voivodship, on the Brda and Wisła rivers. As of 2020, 345 000 people live there.^[1] Bydgoszcz is one of the biggest cities in Poland - placed in the 8th position. The city was started in 1346 by the king of Poland Casimir III the Great. Patrons of the city are Saint Martin of Tours and Saint Nicholas.

The city is a big center of industry, trade, logistic and traffic cord. In the city is located the Ignacy Jan Paderewski International Airport. In Bydgoszcz, there's a big military garrison and headquarters of most NATO institutions present in Poland.

Tourism

Bydgoszcz belongs to the greenest cities in Poland, has more than 30 parks which occupy more than 970 hectares. In the north part of the city, the biggest city park in Poland - Myślęcinek - is located.

Bydgoszcz has many monuments, starting with the gothic cathedral and ending with the downtown, which has Art Nouveau tenement houses. A unique monument is the oldest in Poland artificial waterway - Bydgoszcz Canal, which connects the Vistula and the Oder rivers.

The most visited place in Bydgoszcz is Old Town with the Mill Island. The most important monuments in this area are gothic churches, including a cathedral, fragments of city walls and granaries from the XVII century.

Bydgoszczy's downtown was built almost completely between 1850 and 1914 and is famous for Art Nouveau tenement houses. The east part of the downtown was built on assumptions garden city movement. The Music District - with the Pomeranian Filharmonija, the Bydgoszcz Academy of Music and the Polish Theatre are also located here.

Bydgoszcz has many museums. The biggest one is the Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum which has a wide collection including art, numismatics, archeology and souvenirs related to Bydgoszcz.