Tourist attractions

The building was restored several times in the 17th and 18th centuries.

In 1962 - 1964 they were adapted for the purpose of exhibitions of the District Museum.

Nowadays, the granary is home to The Museum of Bydgoszcz which holds a regular exposition of Memorabilia from Bydgoszcz. The granaries are a symbol of the city.

In 2004, the Bydgoszcz diocese was created and the church became a cathedral. 

Consists of a small palace from 1885-1886, built on the design of Waldemar Jenisch in the Dutch Mannerism style with a corner tower and decorative tops, and of two symmetrical buildings of glass and clinker steel, imitating the old granaries, built in 1995 - 1998 on the design of "Bulada and Mucha - Architects from Warsaw".

In 2000 that original design was awarded the main prize in the 3rd edition of the all-Polish competition "Life in Architecture".

As far as the collections of the library are concerned, especially the collection of 8000 old prints is worthy of attention.

The oldest ones include: the Sermons of Jan Chryzostom “Homiliae Super Mathaeum” from 1466, nine Bible editions from the 15th century as well as a leaflet of Hieronim Savanarola “The rule for all monks,” the only complete one remaining in the world, published in Florence in 1480.

It is also worth mentioning that there is a collection of royal letters from Władysław Łokietek to Stanisław August Poniatowski as well as a manuscript of “Rota” by Maria Konopnicka.

There is a well preserved historical spatial arrangement with a granary and mill building complex from the 19th century accompanied by a cobbled Mennica street (from the side of the former Mennica Królewska).

The buildings were designed by both unknown architects and the most renowned ones, including Józef Święcicki (“Under the Eagle” Hotel).

In 1971 the canal section from Grottgera street to Wrocławska street was filled with sand, owing to the building of the Grunwaldzkie Roundabout.

At present, there is a promenade with a magnificent timber stand (about 40 black poplars recognized as nature monuments).

The efforts to have this technical architecture monument put on the UNESCO World Heritage List are under way.

Długa Street was, up to the end of the 19th century, the main street of the Old Town. It was inhabited by the richest and most prosperous people in the city.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the first Polish department store was opened in the street. Since 1997, the street has become a promenade which is closed to traffic.

On the turn of the 19th century, parts of the town walls served as gable walls and bearing elements in newly built residential buildings.

Till the present day, the following two sections have remained: the oldest one from the 15th century (in Pod Blankami street), with a preserved tower segment as well as the 17th century section of 30 metres, parallel to Wały Jagiellońskie street.

 Roman Catholic church built in 1900 – 1903 as an evangelical parish church. After 1945 it was taken over by the Jesuits.

At the beginning it was the saint Cross Lutheran Church.

The shrine has a very good acoustics. At "Bydgoszcz Organ Evenings" for many yearsfamous organ players have played wonderful concerts on the 48-tones organs of sauer from 1905.These are the largest organs in Pomorza Region.

It was built at the end of the 18th century. Gothic brick from the remains of the castle was used in its construction.

On the square, between the PZU Headquarters building and the Bernardyński Bridge there is an oak-tree, commemorating the 650th anniversary of granting the civil rights to Bydgoszcz.

In 1876 the first telegraph in Bydgoszcz was implemented and on 1 September 1895 – the first telephone. Since 1945 the building complex has been the seat of provincial authorities.

It is a small, Gothic-Renaissance, one-aisle, Roman Catholic church, built between 1582 – 1602 on the site of the wooden chapel of the Holy Ghost.

The church boasts a polychrome caissons ceiling and a chapel with a Renaissance attic (from 1646).

In the interior, there is a Gothic chandelier, two magnificent wrought-iron gratings and a wooden altar from the 17th century as well as a painting of Saint Stanisław Kostka by Leon Wyczółkowski.

Till 1818 the church belonged to the monastery of the order of St. Clare.

In 1835 it was converted to a warehouse, and in 1875 – a fire station. In 1878 – 1937 and in 1992 – 1993 the church was thoroughly renovated.

Every day (at 9 am, midday, 3 pm and 6 pm) the Bydgoszcz bugle-call, based on motifs from regional Kashubian cheers and composed (in 1946) by Konrad Pałubicki, is played.

The building of the present-day museum was erected in 1616 – 1618 and at that time it functioned as the church of the Saint Clare's order.

In 1818 the order was annulled. In 1835 – 1837, after renovation, it housed a municipal hospital. Since 1946 it has been the seat of the Museum.

It's a five-storey building, built in 1893-1896 by Józef Święcicki who was an architect from Bydgoszcz.

The hotel shows a variety of architectural features. It's a mixture of the eclectic and the Roman Baroque styles and has features typical of the architecture of 16th and 17th centuries.

The hotel's front elevation is richly decorated with an ornamented cornice. The interior has a very palatial character. Stained glass windows and a hanging staircase with ornamented gilded railings are just some of the gems of the building’s interior design.

For the whole period of its existence the hotel has been one of the most outstanding places in Bydgoszcz. It hosted, among others, marshal Józef Piłsudski, marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Józef Haller and Arthur Rubinstein.

The church has an octagonal dome. From the west, there is a tower with a spire as well as a semi-Romanesque and neo-Roman portal. There is a painting of the Holiest Virgin Mary and the sculptures of Sts Peter and Paul on the neo-Baroque altar.

Adam Mickiewicz Avenue

A town-planning complex, predominantly designed by R. Kern. It is a complex of tenement houses and villas with green complexes. The style of the avenue refers to the Berlin Secession, with modernist elements.

Sielanka Street

It's a town-planning and architectural complex designed in 1910 by J. Stubben from Berlin. This area is rich in plants, very green and relaxing.

It\'s also filled with magnificent villas and mansions. It\'s architecture is very similar to that of English town-planner Ebenezer Howard.

The Old Parish Cemetary
(15 Grunwaldzka street)

Built in 1806, a rectangular shaped cementary, divided into 10 sections. There are numerous historically valuable ritual tombs in the cemetery. The oldest preserved tomb dates back to 1864. Citizens meritorious to the city were buried here.

The Water Tower
(Dąbrowskiego Hill, Filarecka street)

A free standing building, erected in neo-Gothic style in 1900. The building has a characteristic balustrade and a conical roof. Since 1991, the building has housed the “Wieża Ciśnień” (Water Town) gallery.