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Landmarks
Krynki
In 1897 nearly 85% of Krynki's five thousand inhabitants were Jewish, and what remains of that community today is above all a hill on the northern edge of town. The cemetery on Zaułek Zagumienny Street covers about 2.5 ha, and in the late…
Historic sites
Krynki
For decades films were shown here in the "Malwa" cinema, while bricked-up windows hid the old prayer hall. The Caucasian Synagogue in Krynki (the Kaukaski Beit Midrash) is a brick synagogue built around 1850 for Jewish tanners, a few steps…
Churches & monasteries
Krynki
The two slender towers of St Anne's Church can be seen from afar above Krynki, a small town near the Belarusian border. The brick neo-Gothic church was built in 1907–1912, but the parish has five centuries of history behind it – it goes ba…
Gardens
Krynki
Silvarium is a forest garden run by the foresters of the Krynki Forest District on the edge of the Knyszyn Forest in north-eastern Poland. It is neither a botanical garden nor a zoo: it shows what grows and lives in the forests of Podlasie…
Landmarks
Krynki
Drivers arriving in Krynki for the first time often circle Plac Jagielloński a few times before finding the right exit. From the roundabout in the centre of this small town near the Belarusian border, no fewer than 12 streets radiate outwa…