Sioło Budy Open-Air Museum near Białowieża

Strictly Protected Area of Białowieża National Park

Podlachia

8.0 km

At the heart of Białowieża National Park lies the Strictly Protected Area: more than **6,000 hectares** of forest excluded from any forestry management for nearly a century. It preserves the best-surviving part of the Białowieża Primeval F…

Białowieża National Park

Podlachia

180–300 min

8.6 km

Białowieża National Park protects the most valuable part of the Białowieża Forest, one of Europe's last large lowland forests with a natural character. It is Poland's oldest national park: you see dead wood, veteran trees and a forest foll…

Palace Park in Białowieża

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8.6 km

At the end of the 19th century, a park in the English style was laid out around the hunting residence of the Russian tsars in Białowieża. Today the Palace Park is a designated enclave of the Białowieża National Park and a natural introduct…

The Tourist Train in Białowieża

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8.8 km

The Białowieża tourist train is a road-going sightseeing vehicle shaped like a train: a locomotive with covered carriages that travels on streets, not rails. It offers an easy way to see Białowieża and the surroundings of the Białowieża Fo…

Museum of Blacksmithing and Locksmithing in Hajnówka

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8.8 km

At **1 Lipowa Street** in Hajnówka, a town at the gate of the Białowieża Forest, operates the private Museum of Blacksmithing and Locksmithing run by **Stanisław Mierzwiński** — as the locals say, the last of the Hajnówka blacksmith family…

Hajnówka Water Park

Podlachia

9.5 km

The Hajnówka Water Park, opened in 2009 at 3 Maja Street, is the most modern water sports and recreation facility in the Podlasie region. Hajnówka, called the gateway to the Białowieża Forest, lies on the route taken by most trips to Biało…

Podlaskie Stork Trail

Podlachia

10.0 km

The Podlaskie Stork Trail is a cycling route of **412.5 km**, laid out in **2002** through the nesting heartlands of the white stork. It links four national parks — Białowieża, Narew, Biebrza and Wigry — and belongs to the international Gr…

Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity in Hajnówka

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10 km

A body of interpenetrating concrete shells crowned by a dome, seating around **5,000 worshippers**, this is one of the largest Orthodox churches in Poland. The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity stands in Hajnówka — the gateway to the Białowież…

Miniature Park of Podlasie Monuments in Hajnówka

Podlachia

13 km

Hajnówka, a county town at the gates of the Białowieża Forest, has its own guide to the architecture of Podlasie. On Bielska Street operates the Miniature Park of Podlasie Monuments, where wooden Orthodox churches, Catholic churches, mosqu…