Birkirkara
Birkirkara is a city in the Eastern Region of Malta.
Birkirkara is a city in the Eastern Region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the island, with 30,166 inhabitants as of July 2026. The town consists of five autonomous parishes: Saint Helen, Saint Joseph the Worker, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saint Mary and San Gorg Preca. The city's motto is In hoc signo vinces, and its coat of arms is a plain red cross, surmounted by a crown.
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Worth seeing in and around Birkirkara
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.
- 01University of Malta
The University of Malta is a public research university in the towns of Msida and Valletta, Malta. It serves as Malta's flagship and national university.
2 km · university in Malta · Wikipedia - 02Siege of Malta
The Siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre. From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of the Kingdom of Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.
1.9 km · 1942 military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War · Wikipedia - 03Rotunda of Mosta
The Sanctuary Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or the Mosta Dome, is a Roman Catholic parish church and basilica in Mosta, Malta, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It was built between 1833 and the 1860s to neoclassical designs of Giorgio Grognet de Vassé, on the site of an earlier Renaissance church which had been built around 1614 to designs of Tommaso Dingli.
3.6 km · church in Mosta, Malta · Wikipedia - 04San Anton Palace
San Anton Palace is a palace in Attard, Malta, that currently serves as the official residence of the president of Malta. It was originally built in the early 17th century as a country villa for Antoine de Paule, a knight of the Order of St.
1.4 km · palace in Attard, Malta · Wikipedia - 05Fort Manoel
Fort Manoel is a star fort on Manoel Island in Gżira, Malta. It was built in the 18th century by the Knights Hospitaller, during the reign of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena, after whom it is named.
3.9 km · Star fort in Gzira, Malta · Wikipedia - 06Wignacourt Aqueduct
The Wignacourt Aqueduct is a 17th-century aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John to carry water from springs in Dingli and Rabat to the newly built capital city Valletta. The aqueduct carried water through underground pipes and over arched viaducts across depressions in the ground.
700 m · 17th-century aqueduct in Malta · Wikipedia - 07Empire Stadium, Gżira
The Empire Stadium, also known as the Gżira Stadium or just The Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Gżira, Malta. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of the Maltese national football team, including the very first international match for Malta in 1957 against Austria.
2.8 km · Maltese soccer stadium · Wikipedia - 08St Helen's Basilica
St Helen's Basilica is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church situated in Birkirkara, Malta. It is built on the baroque design by Salvu Borg and built by Mason Domenico Cachia.
400 m · The parish church of Birkirkara, Malta · Wikipedia - 09Victor Tedesco Stadium
The Victor Tedesco Stadium is a stadium in Hamrun, Malta. It opened in 1996.
2.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 10St. Publius Parish Church
The Saint Publius Parish Church, also known as the Floriana Parish Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Floriana, Malta, dedicated to Saint Publius. It was constructed at several stages between the 18th and 20th centuries.
3.8 km · church in Floriana, Malta · Wikipedia
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Getting to Birkirkara
- Airports
- Malta (MLA), 6 km · Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA), 183 km · Falcone–Borsellino (PMO), 281 km
- Stations
- Ħamrun, 2.7 km
- Catania → Birkirkara185 km · quickest by road, 4h 32m · €22–31
- Palermo → Birkirkara265 km · quickest by road, 7h 4m · €35–48
- Tripoli → Birkirkara354 km · quickest by air, 5h · $190–290
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Birkirkara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries sail from Sicily to Valletta and frequently from Gozo to Cirkewwa on the north tip of Malta island.
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