Tripto Guide
8 places. The best places, landmarks and ideas for exploring the region. Open a place to see all details.

Tykocin
The **Great Synagogue in Tykocin** is a masonry house of prayer from the first half of the **17th century** — today the second largest and one of the oldest surviving synagogues in Poland. Its square structure, measuring **18 by 18 metres*…

Tykocin
**St Michael the Archangel Cathedral in Łomża** is a late-Gothic church and a shrine of Our Lady of Beautiful Love. It stands on a hill above the Narew valley, near the site of the former castle, and is one of the city’s most important lan…

Tykocin
**Kiermusy** is a small settlement on the Narew, about 3 km from Tykocin and 30 km from Białystok. It is home to a stylised timber-and-stone complex with the Amber Castle, Dworek nad Łąkami, manor quarters and the Rzym Inn. It suits visito…
Tykocin
The late-Baroque **Holy Trinity church** closes the eastern side of Tykocin's market square, forming the town's most recognisable silhouette on the Narew river. The temple, founded by Hetman **Jan Klemens Branicki**, was built from **1742*…

Tykocin
At the corner of Farna and Dworna streets, right by the market square in Łomża, sits a woman in a huge hat — **Hanka Bielicka**, an actress who, though born far from these parts, spent her childhood and youth in Łomża. ## A Łomża woman by…
Tykocin
On the Narew river, on the edge of the **Łomża Landscape Park of the Narew Valley**, in the former **Lutosławski manor**, operates the **Nature Museum in Drozdowo** — an institution combining the nature of north-eastern Poland with memorab…

Tykocin
On the western outskirts of Tykocin, by the backwaters of the Narew, lies a settlement that owes its fame to birds: **Pentowo** is the European Stork Village, the only place in Poland holding this title, awarded in **2001** by the internat…

Tykocin
On the right bank of the Narew, amid the former marshes, the rebuilt castle brings back a fortress that once housed the most important arsenal of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The story begins in **1433**, when Jan Gasztołd received…