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Białystok
For almost sixty years Białystok's symphony musicians played without a home of their own – in a theatre, in a small palace, in an old hall on Podleśna Street. Today they have one of the most modern music buildings in this part of Europe: a…
Palaces
Choroszcz
The Branicki Palace in Choroszcz (ho-ROSHCH) is a Baroque summer residence that stands on an artificial island surrounded by canals, a short drive from Białystok in northeastern Poland. It was built for the powerful hetman Jan Klemens Bran…
Thermal baths & water parks
Hajnówka
After a day in the Białowieża Forest, especially in winter, warm water comes in handy. Hajnówka Water Park, opened in December 2009, is a municipal complex with a 25-metre sports pool, a leisure pool with a lazy river and wave machine, two…
Museums
Bielsk Podlaski
The yellow town hall in the middle of the square in Bielsk Podlaski looks modest, but it has nearly 250 years and many lives behind it: it has been a court, a guardhouse, shops, offices and a library. Instead of the usual weather vane, a t…
Churches & monasteries
Augustów
The Sanctuary of Our Lady in Studzieniczna (roughly "stoo-dzhen-EECH-nah") is the most important pilgrimage site of the Augustów area in northeastern Poland: a wooden church and a white chapel on a former island in Lake Studzieniczne, abou…
Castles
Tykocin
Tykocin Castle (pronounced roughly "tih-KO-cheen") stands on the banks of the Narew River in northeastern Poland. It is a modern reconstruction, raised on the foundations of King Sigismund Augustus's 16th-century fortress, which once held…