Białystok

Worth seeing in and around Białystok

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Branicki Palace

   Branicki Palace is a historical edifice in Białystok, Poland. It was developed on the site of an earlier building in the first half of the 18th century by Jan Klemens Branicki, a wealthy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth hetman, into a residence suitable for a man whose ambition was to become king of Poland.

   300 m · building in Białystok, Poland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Białystok City Stadium

   The Stadion Miejski is located in Białystok, Poland. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and is the home ground of Jagiellonia Białystok.

   3.3 km · football stadium in Białystok, Poland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   University of Białystok

   The University of Bialystok is the largest university in the north-eastern region of Poland, educating in various fields of study, including humanities, social and natural sciences and mathematics. It has nine faculties, including a foreign one in Vilnius.

   700 m · university in Poland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Białystok Cathedral

   The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary also called Białystok Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Białystok in Poland. It was designed by architect Józef Pius Dziekoński.

   100 m · church building in Białystok, Poland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Great Synagogue, Białystok

   The Great Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located in Białystok, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. The synagogue building was designed by Szlojme Rabinowicz and completed in 1913.

   600 m · destroyed synagogue in Białystok, Poland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Medical University of Białystok

   The Medical University of Białystok is a medical university located in Białystok, the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The university makes use of a number of buildings, most of them located in the city's central district, among them the historic building from the 18th century, Branicki Palace.

   400 m · medical university · Wikipedia
7. 07
   The Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicolas

   The Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Białystok (Polish: Sobór św.

   700 m · church in Centrum District, Białystok · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. Roch's Church in Białystok

   St. Roch Roman Catholic Church in Białystok, Poland was built between 1927 and 1946 in a modernistic style, designed by renowned Polish architect, professor Oskar Sosnowski.

   1.3 km · church building in Białystok, Poland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Bialystok University of Technology

   Białystok University of Technology is the largest technical university in northeast Poland. The beginnings of Białystok University of Technology date back to 1949, when the Private Evening College of Engineering of the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations was established in Bialystok.

   2.2 km · technical university in Białystok, Poland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Orthodox Holy Spirit church in Białystok

    Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit is an Orthodox parish church in Białystok, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is under the jurisdiction of the Białystok Deanery of the Diocese of Białystok and Gdańsk of the Polish Orthodox Church.

    3.2 km · church in Wysoki Stoczek District, Białystok · Wikipedia

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Getting to Białystok

Airports

Brest (BQT), 124 km · Warsaw Chopin (WAW), 183 km · Warsaw Modlin (WMI), 185 km

Stations

Białystok railway station, 1.9 km · Białystok-Krywlany Airport, 3.4 km

• Warsaw → Białystok

  176 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · zł43–55
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• Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki → Białystok

  182 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · zł48–65
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• Lublin → Białystok

  213 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · zł55–70
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