Attractions in the area

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Orthodox Church

Located at 9 Sportova St. Built in 1895, the church was built of red brick. The interior of the church is mainly a ceramic iconostasis and altars decorated with oriental majolica.

St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church

Located at 2 Director's Park St. The temple was built in the interwar period. Particularly interesting and noteworthy in the interior of the church is the chapel of St. Hubert (patron saint of hunters) with its characteristic decoration of roots and horns.

Bison Show Reserve

On an area of about 27 hectares, you can see all species of ungulates living in the Bialowieza Forest, as well as large carnivores, in conditions close to natural. Anyone traversing the trails of the Bialowieza Forest who was not lucky enough to see a bison can see one in the Reserve. A group of bison is presented there. Elk, deer, roe deer, wild boar and wolves or lynx also live in the enclosures. The Reserve also presents a group of tarpan-type horses.

Museum of Nature and Forestry

Special effects such as dimmed lights, day and night effects and sounds make it seem as if you are in the middle of the forest when you enter the museum. It exhibits the most characteristic forest communities of the Forest. In the museum you can see underground life in the forest, invertebrates, hoofed and predatory mammals and birds. The world of animals and plants associated with the earth and water environment, the phases of wood decomposition and the abundance of fungi are also brought closer. In the historical section, beekeeping, haying, wood processing for turpentine and the narrow-gauge forest railroad are interestingly presented.

Palace Park

The park was designed in the English style, also called landscape style, by a well-known planner - Walerian Kronenberg. Of the approximately 200 species of trees and shrubs planted here, nearly 90 have survived to this day. On the palace hill grows a group of pedunculate oaks, now more than 250 years old. Within the Park is the oldest building in Bialowieza - a wooden manor house from 1845, built for the Grodno governor - now the headquarters of the BPN Nature Education Center. On the causeway crossing the two ponds there is a sandstone obelisk - the oldest monument in Bialowieza, commemorating the hunting of August III Sas in 1752. On the territory of the park there are the Directorate, the Museum of Nature and Forestry and the BPN Guest Rooms.

Royal Oaks Trail

An educational trail of about 500 meters in length. The trail leads among monumental oaks that remember the times of medieval rulers of Poland and Lithuania, which is why each oak was named after Polish kings and Lithuanian princes. At each one there is an information plate with the age and size of the tree and a biography of the ruler whose name the oak bears. It takes less than a quarter of an hour to walk the path. Resting places have been created on the Royal Oaks Trail: a shelter in a clearing, benches along the route, a place for bonfires and outdoor events.

There are numerous hiking and biking trails in Bialowieza and the surrounding area. The trails vary in length and degree of difficulty. Every cyclist will choose a suitable route for himself.

We are pleased to announce that our facility has a recommendation of MPR - Bicycle Friendly Place on the Eastern Green Velo Bicycle Route.

The Eastern Green Velo B icycle Route is the most spectacular bicycle project to date in Poland. It is more than 2,000 kilomet ers of specially marked route (main route 1887.5 kilometers, liaison and side routes: a total of 192 kilometers), which was prepared from start to finish to give the joy of traveling and exploring. The route leads through five provinces of eastern Poland (Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Podkarpackie and Świętokrzyskie). Just getting to know each of them individually is an extraordinary experience, and getting to know them all seems like reading a wonderful fairy tale.

You can start your adventure on the trail at any point. You can travel alone, with your family or with friends. You can go from north to south or from south to north. Start at the ends of the route or somewhere in the middle, choosing what fascinates you. Green Velo shows the beauty of Eastern Poland at its best. With a palette of colors, smells and tastes that you won't find anywhere else. So head out into Poland! Taste it. And let yourself be enchanted.

The Green Velo Eastern Bicycle Route is the longest consistently marked bicycle route in Poland. It runs mainly on paved public roads with low vehicle traffic, through the area of five provinces located in the eastern part of the country: the Warmian-Masurian (397 km), Podlasie (598 km), Lublin (414 km), Subcarpathian (459 km) and Świętokrzyskie (210 km) provinces. Almost 580 km (29% of the route's length) are sections leading through forest areas, and 180 km (9% of the route's length) are in river valleys.