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Bydgoszcz
Top: Opera NovaMiddle: The Brda River and the town granariesBottom: Statue of 'The Archeress', Jagiellońska Street.
Top: Opera Nova
Middle: The Brda River and the town granaries
Bottom: Statue of 'The Archeress', Jagiellońska Street.
Flag of Bydgoszcz
Flag
 Coat of arms of Bydgoszcz
Coat of arms
Country  Poland
Voivodeship POL województwo kujawsko-pomorskie flag.svg Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County city county
Established before 1238
Town rights 1346
Area
 • City 174.57 km2 (67.40 sq mi)
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • City 363,926
 • Density 2,084.70/km2 (5,399.35/sq mi)
 • Metro
470,285
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
85-001 to 85-950
Area code(s) +48 52
Car plates CB
Website http://www.bydgoszcz.eu/

Bydgoszcz (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 2012, 362,286 people live there.

Images for kids

  • Zamek Bydgoski - makieta

    Mockup of the old castle in the Old Town

  • Bydgoszcz, Katedra św. Marcina i Mikołaja w Bydgoszczy

    Brick Gothic Bydgoszcz Cathedral

  • Bydgoszcz 1657 sztych E Dalhberga

    Panorama of Bydgoszcz in 1657

  • Bydgoszcz016

    Theatre Square in 1911

  • Stary Rynek im. marszałka Józefa Pisłudskiego

    Bydgoszcz in the interbellum

  • Public execution of Polish hostages in Bydgoszcz (1939)

    Public execution of Polish civilians caught by the Germans in a street roundup on 9 September 1939.

  • Judenfrei Bydgoszcz synagoga

    Synagogue in German-occupied Bydgoszcz, 1939. The inscription reads in German: "This city is free of Jews"

  • Bdg wiezacisnien 2 07-2013

    19th-century water tower

  • Bdg SpichrzStrPort 7 07-2013

    The Old Port Granary built in 1835

  • Widok z mostu Sulimy-Kamińskiego w Bydg zmierzch panorama1

    Buildings on the Brda River, with the 2004 Tightrope sculpture.

  • ED161-004, Trako 2015, 2015-09-25 (Muri WG 2015-34)

    PESA SA is headquartered in Bydgoszcz

  • Bydgoszcz Pl Wolności zmierzch jasny

    Baroque Revival tenement house at Plac Wolności 1

  • Budynek muzeum na ul. Gdańskiej 4

    Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum, originally a 17th-century nunnery

  • Filharmonia Pomorska AW

    Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra House

  • Bdg Luczniczka 13 10-2013

    Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz

  • Bdg OperaNova 8 07-2013

    Opera Nova on the Brda River bank

  • Bydgoszcz-0492 IMG

    Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport

  • Pesa 122NaB Swing

    Tram in Bydgoszcz

  • Bdg halaLuczniczka 17 07-2013

    The sport, show and fair arena Łuczniczka.

  • Stadion Zawiszy Bydgoszcz trybuna B

    Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium

  • Bdg Gdanska D-S 2 07-2013

    Gdańska Street

  • Bdg Gdanska pocz 1 07-2013

    Gdańska Street

  • Bdg Dluga 7 07-2013

    Długa Street

  • Bdg Dworcowa srodk 1 07-2013

    Dworcowa Street

  • Bdg Sniadeckich 2 07-2013

    Śniadeckich Street

  • Budynek Biblioteki im.Witolda Bełzy w Bydgoszczy

    Main Library on the Old Market Square

  • Budynek na ul.Grodzkiej 18, ryzalit

    Catholic seminary

  • Bdg Copernicanum 5 10-2013

    Institute of Applied Informatics (Kazimierz the Great University)

  • Most fordoński 4

    Ralph Modjeski Bridge in Fordon District

  • Bydgoszcz, ul Słowackiego 7 AW

    Academy of Music

  • Bdg Dyrekcja Kolei 01

    Former headquarters of the
    Prussian Eastern Railway

  • Bdg ZSMechnicznych 17 07-2013

    School of mechanics (secondary education)

  • Bdg Ratusz a 05-2013

    Former Jesuit College (1617), now City Hall

  • Bdg Katedra 13 07-2013

    Bydgoszcz Cathedral's façade

  • Dom dawnej szkoły parafialnej Bydg

    Old parish school house (vicinity of the cathedral)

  • Bydgoszcz, dom, ok. 1775

    Bydgoszcz Scientific Society

  • Bdg Wilenska 5 07-2008

    Birthplace of Marian Rejewski

  • Bdg nabrzezepldBrdy 15 07-2013

    Brda River in the city centre

  • European Centre for Money in Bydgoszcz 01

    Former Polish Royal mint, now a museum

  • Bydgoszcz stary kanał sluza V

    Sluice gate on Bydgoszcz Canal

  • Sąd Wojewódzki Bydgoszcz, ul. Wały Jagiellońskie 2, by AW

    The district court building

  • Bdg LakaWM 21 07-2013

    Czerwony Spichlerz - Museum of Contemporary Art in Bydgoszcz

  • Bdg Plastyk 3 6-2015

    School of Fine Arts

  • Eksploseum wejście

    Former DAG Fabrik Bromberg (built in Bydgoszcz during WWII)

  • Bdg Eljazz 1 07-2013

    Music Club Eljazz

  • Bdg Nordic Haven 3 2018 3

    Nordic Haven apartment block

  • Bdg kscBernardynow 13 07-2013

    Bernardine church

  • Bdg Brdapylon 1 11-2013

    The University Bridge

  • Bdg Rzeźba św Jana Nepomucena lato 2008

    Statue of John of Nepomuk

  • Biały Spichrz 03 2011

    The White Granary, seat of the Archeological Museum in Bydgoszcz

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