Things to do in Tykocin
5 attractions in Tykocin, including Great Synagogue in Tykocin, Kiermusy and Holy Trinity Church in Tykocin. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Map of attractions in Tykocin
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All attractions (5)
Hidden gemChurches & monasteries
Great Synagogue in Tykocin
Tykocin
Before World War II, Jews made up roughly half of Tykocin's population — about 2,000 people. On 25–26 August 1941 the Germans murdered about 2,500 people in the nearby Łopuchowo Forest — almost the entire local community. What remains is t…
Other
Kiermusy
Tykocin
Kiermusy takes its name from a miller: in 1573 a townsman called Marys Kiermus took over a mill near Tykocin, and for years the settlement was known as Kiermus's Mill. Today a private complex in Old Polish style stands here on the Narew Ri…
Churches & monasteries
Holy Trinity Church in Tykocin
Tykocin
Two towers joined to the nave by semicircular arcades, pale yellow render and a red roof: this is the skyline anyone who has seen Tykocin from the Narew river will recognise. The late Baroque Holy Trinity Church closes the eastern side of…
Nature
Pentowo – European Stork Village
Tykocin
It all started with a hurricane. In 1991 a storm snapped the trees around the old Pentowo estate on the edge of Tykocin, and white storks quickly moved onto the jagged trunks. Today more than 30 pairs nest here, on poles, roofs, trees and…
Free entry
Castles
Tykocin Castle
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…