Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Population	2 090 836
Tongue	Polish


Code	52, 54, 56

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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship - a voivodeship lying on the border between the central and northern regions Polish. The region is almost entirely historical Kuyavia and associated with them Dobrzyń Land, southern part Gdańsk Pomerania and historically associated with it Chełmno Land - hence the modern name of the territory. Additionally, the western part of the voivodeship includes the eastern half of the ethnographic regions of Wielkopolska Krajny and Pałukand also a scrap Greater Poland proper around Mogilna. This mosaic of historical, cultural and ethnographic areas reflects the diverse heritage of the area.

Within the borders of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, there are places known on the tourist map of the country Toruń, eastern part Piast Trail with localities such as Biskupin and Kruszwica, if Ciechocinek. However, there are many more attractions, both natural and historical, cultural and entertainment.

Drive

By plane

You can get to the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship by plane by flying to the airport in Bydgoszcz-Sweden or a small civil airport in Toruń. However, it is best to get to the airport in Bydgoszcz, because it is a large and convenient international airport, which, unlike the Toruń airport, serves the main flights in the country.

By train

The voivodeship is very accessible and quite well connected. It is situated on the main railway line running from Bielsko-Biała down Gdanskand also on the z line Olsztyn down Poznan.

By car

Access by car is possible thanks to numerous roads such as the A1 motorway, the S5 expressway or the S10 expressway. The roads leading to the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship are mainly district and voivodeship roads, although depending on the destination of the route, they may be different.

By ship

The Vistula River, which is the main watercourse in the country, flows through the voivodeship. Thanks to it, you can get to many places located above it, e.g. to Grudziadz, Toruń, Włocławek if Bydgoszcz (located on the Brda - the left tributary of the Vistula, and on The Bydgoszcz Canal).

Cities

Bigger cities

Bydgoszcz - the largest city in the region, known for its picturesque location on the Brda River, musical institutions and 19th-century architecture
Toruń - a city with the most gothic buildings in the country, on the UNESCO World Heritage List
Włocławek - a huge dam on the Vistula has been built in the city, a very valuable Gothic cathedral is worth visiting
Grudziadz - historical granaries on the Vistula embankment create a unique panorama of the city
Inowrocław - the capital of the West Kujawy region, known for its spa and Romanesque church with carved devil masks

Small towns and cities

Brodnica - a city located on the Drwęca river where it is worth climbing the castle tower; scenic starting point Brodnica Lake District
Ciechocinek - one of the most famous Polish health resorts, known for its brine graduation towers
Chelmno - a magnificent city surrounded by medieval walls known as Carcassonne of the east with magnificent medieval churches and a Renaissance town hall
Chełmża - located north of Toruń, it boasts the oldest still existing Gothic cathedral in Poland
Golub-Dobrzyn - a charming town on the Drwęca River overlooked by a magnificent Gothic-Renaissance castle known for organizing knight tournaments
Izbica Kujawska - a small town in Kujawy nearby which they are located Kuyavian megaliths 5500 years ago
Krajeński Stone - a tiny town with a rather interesting Renaissance church
Koronowo - a town north of Bydgoszcz with a valuable post-Cistercian church
Kruszwica - located on one of the largest Polish lakes, the legendary capital Goplan boasts the remains of a gothic castle with the famous Mouse Tower and a Romanesque collegiate church
Mogilno - a small town hides one of the first monasteries in Poland, where you can see, among others the oldest still fully preserved room in the country
Nieszawa - the town on the Vistula River has retained its unique, sleepy character; the biggest attraction is the shovel ferry across the river, but it is worth visiting the parish church and walking along the boulevard
New - a town with a medieval center and a nice view over The Lower Vistula Valley
Packiness - a city on the border of Kujawy and Greater Poland, known for its Baroque Calvary, the second oldest in Poland
Radzyń Chełmiński - a tiny town not far from Grudziądz with the magnificent ruins of the Teutonic Knights castle
Skępe - a small town in the Dobrzyń Land with an interesting baroque monastery
Solec Kujawski - a city between Bydgoszcz and Toruń on the outskirts of the Bydgoszcz Forest, where you can visit JuraPark
Strzelno - a small Kuyavian town hiding one of the most valuable collections of Romanesque sculptures in Central Europe
World - picturesquely situated at the mouth of the Wda River and the Vistula River, it boasts a gothic riverside castle
Tuchola - a town that gave its name to the largest forest complex in Poland; good starting point in Bory Tucholskie
Znin - in the Middle Ages, one of the most important cities in Wielkopolska has a special charm thanks to its location between lakes; the departure station of the narrow-gauge railway connecting attractive villages in the area: Venice, Biskupin and Gąsawa

Counties

Administrative division of the voivodship

Interesting places

Biskupin - a settlement of the Lusatian culture reconstructed by archaeologists
Bory Tucholskie - the largest forest complex in the country, popular especially among kayakers Brda, Wda and other rivers. There is a reserve within its borders in the voivodeship Yews Staropolskie near Błądzim - the oldest in Poland and one of the oldest protected areas in Europe and the largest in Poland Aqueduct in Fojutowo.
Byszewo - a village on the border of Kujawy and Krajna with a richly decorated church from the 18th century
Chrystkowo - village in Lower Vistula Valley where you can visit a well-preserved Pomeranian chalet
Gąsawa - a village south of Żnin with a valuable baroque church, the end station of the popular narrow-gauge railway
Kłóbka - in the village there is an open-air museum in Kujawy
Kościelec Kujawski - in this small village located between Inowrocław and Pakość there is a Romanesque-Gothic church with valuable equipment
Lubostroń - a village near Łabiszyn where you can visit a classicist palace in the style of a northern Italian Palladian villa
Kuyavian megaliths - a complex of three preserved stone Neolithic tombs in the vicinity Izbica Kujawska, older than the famous Stonehenge
Ostromecko - a village to the east of Bydgoszcz with a baroque-romantic park and palace layout
Papowo Biskupie - the local castle ruins and the gothic church are worth seeing. The village is in between Chełmża and Chełmno.
Fuck - a Kuyavian village with a baroque wooden church with valuable furnishings
Brodnica Lake District - a picturesque area full of forests and lakes
Raciążek - a village, a former town, towering over Ciechocinek, where you can visit a Renaissance church and castle ruins with a beautiful view of the spa and the longest Polish river
Oxygen - a popular tourist resort in Bory Tucholskie on the Wda canoe trail over the Żurski Lagoon, created in the interwar period
Venice - a village south of Żnin with a narrow-gauge railway museum and the ruins of a medieval castle
Bierzgłowski Castle - in this small village to the north-west of Toruń, you can visit a gothic castle

Gastronomy

Kuyavian cuisine

Due to its location, the Kuyavian cuisine is related to the Greater Poland, Kociewie and Pałuki cuisine. One of the most famous Kuyavian dishes, duck blood soup, is also eaten in Greater Poland and Kociewie. In each of these regions there are also known potato noodles prepared according to similar recipes, soups and compotes made of dried fruit or yeast cakes. The local cuisine was significantly influenced by, apart from the Prussian partitions, brine and salt, which enriched regional dishes.

The cuisine of the Chełmno Land

Chełmno cuisine, little known to Poles, does not stand out with anything significant among all Polish varieties of cuisine, although it is worth getting to know its character and taste. An important delicacy from the Chełmno Land is still the cured, cooked Easter pork ham. Apart from her, the Chełmno Land (very closely related to Kujawy) is made famous by the kujawiok - an Easter cake and goose - cured and smoked goose breast, which today is considered a regional product in Pomerania.

Krajna cuisine

Due to the location of Krajna, it can be seen from a distance that the local cuisine was influenced by the neighboring Wielkopolska, Kujawiak, Pałuczanie and Pomeranian residents, as well as the Germans, whose cuisines have not changed their taste. It mainly consists of vegetables, fruits, grains and herbs. The region has its own unique and specific cuisine, the main dishes of which are turnip soup, tart with sauerkraut, country-style potato cake, cakes with cracklings and blackberry, popular throughout northern Poland.

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship - Województwo kujawsko-pomorskie

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