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:''This is a sub-article to [[Białystok]]''
Białystok is a rather small city in terms of size, considering its big population - it is the second most densely populated city in Poland after Lodz. Most of the sights worth visiting are in the strict center of the town, so you will not be likely to use the public transport a lot. The exception is the south-eastern district of Dojlidy with a couple of palaces worth visiting.

In Białystok operates more than 570 non-governmental organizations (including 56 companies and associations such as Białystok Scientific Society, Belarusian Socio-Cultural Association).

Białystok in 2010, was on the short-list, but ultimately lost the competition to become a finalist for [[European Capital of Culture]] in 2016.<ref>[http://www.bialystok2016.eu/ Bialystok 2016]</ref>

==Museums and galleries==
[[File:Podlaskie - Białystok - Białystok - Elektryczna 12 - TD Węgierki - Front lewa.JPG|200 px|thumb|right|Wegierko Drama Theatre]]
[[File:Podlaskie - Białystok - Białystok - Elektryczna 12 - TD Węgierki - Front lewa.JPG|200 px|thumb|right|Wegierko Drama Theatre]]
[[File:Filharmonia Podlaska.jpg|200 px|thumb|right|Opera and Philharmonic]]
[[File:Filharmonia Podlaska.jpg|200 px|thumb|right|Opera and Philharmonic]]
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[[File:Town hall in Białystok.png|200 px|thumb|right|Bialystok Historical Museum]]
[[File:Town hall in Białystok.png|200 px|thumb|right|Bialystok Historical Museum]]
[[File:Bmw 3.jpg|200 px|thumb|right|Bialystok Village Museum]]
[[File:Bmw 3.jpg|200 px|thumb|right|Bialystok Village Museum]]
[[File:Park Planty Białystok (2008).jpg|225px|thumb|right|Planty park]]
[[File:PałacBranickich.jpg|225px|thumb|right|Branicki Palace and Gardens]]
:''This is a sub-article to [[Białystok]]''
Białystok is one of the largest cultural centers in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The attractions include performing arts groups, art museums, historical museums, walking tours of architectural / cultural aspects and a wide variety of parks and green spaces. Białystok in 2010 was on the short-list, but ultimately lost the competition, to become a finalist for [[European Capital of Culture]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Białystok 2016
| url = http://www.bialystok2016.eu/
| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}</ref>
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==Performing Arts==
The city has a number of performing arts facilities including:

* Białystok Puppet Theater ({{lang-pl|Bialostocki Teatr Lalek}}), established in 1953, is one of the oldest Polish puppet theaters.<ref name=BTL>{{cite web |url=http://www.btl.bialystok.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=18&lang=en|title=Białystok Puppet Theater| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}</ref> The facility is located at Kalinowskiego 1 in Białystok. The repertoire includes performances for both children and puppet adaptations of world literature for adults.<ref name=BTL /> Because of the high artistic level of productions, the theater has been recognized as one of the best puppetry arts centers in Poland.<ref name=BTL />

* Aleksandra Węgierki Drama Theatre. Housed in a building designed by Jaroslaw Girina , built in the years 1933-1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miasta.gazeta.pl/bialystok/1,35233,4645451.html|title=Z sesji miejskiej. PiS przegrał z Węgierką| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}</ref>

Puppet Theatre With Białostockiemu and Department of Puppetry Art Theatre Academy in Warsaw has been called Białystok Polish puppetry arts center. In addition to the BTL-u, there are also the Wegierko Drama Theatre as well as several private theaters (including the Suprasla Wierszalin Theatre and Theatre K3 from Bialystok). The city also has a philharmonic. City Marshal's Office along with the planned construction of the European Centre for Music and Art, which shall consist of are: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, an extensive puppetry and cinema.

==Museums==
There are a number of museums in the city including:

* Historical Museum in Białystok ({{lang-pl|Muzeum Historyczne w Białymstoku}}) is part of the Podlaskie Museum.<ref name=museumpodlaskie>{{Cite web
| title = Oficjalna strona Muzeum Podlaskiego
| url = http://www.muzeum.bialystok.pl/historyczne/index.php
| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}</ref> The facility has a rich collection of archival materials and iconography illustrating the history of Białystok and Podlasie, and a number of middle-class cultural relics, especially in the field of craft utility.<ref name=museumpodlaskie/> There are also the Numismatic Cabinet of the collection of 16 000 coins, medals and securities.<ref name=museumpodlaskie/> The museum is in possession of the only collections in the country memorabilia connected with the Tatar settlement on the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian region.<ref name=museumpodlaskie/>

* Army Museum in Białystok ({{lang-pl|Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku}}) was established in September 1968 as a branch of the Podlaskie Museum to house the research and collections of many people connected with military history of north-eastern Poland.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku
| url = http://www.mwb.com.pl/
| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}[ ]</ref>


Białystok, as the seat of the Voivodeship, is one of the largest cultural centers in the north-eastern Poland. It works in the Museum of the largest in the province of Podlaskie, with branches in Białystok (Historical Museum, the Museum of Sculpture Alfons Karny, Bialystok Village Museum). In Bialystok, there are also: Army Museum and the Museum of Natural History, University of Bialystok. There 's also one of the best Polish contemporary art gallery - Gallery Arsenal. The second gallery is a municipal gallery to them. Sleńdzińskich, Poland has the largest collection of art and memorabilia archive Polish family of artists from Vilnius. In addition, working here 19 private art galleries.
Białystok, as the seat of the Voivodeship, is one of the largest cultural centers in the north-eastern Poland. It works in the Museum of the largest in the province of Podlaskie, with branches in Białystok (Historical Museum, the Museum of Sculpture Alfons Karny, Bialystok Village Museum). In Bialystok, there are also: Army Museum and the Museum of Natural History, University of Bialystok. There 's also one of the best Polish contemporary art gallery - Gallery Arsenal. The second gallery is a municipal gallery to them. Sleńdzińskich, Poland has the largest collection of art and memorabilia archive Polish family of artists from Vilnius. In addition, working here 19 private art galleries.


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www.mwb.com.pl
www.mwb.com.pl


==Libraries==
In Białystok operates several libraries. The biggest of these is Książnica Podlaska and the Białystok University Library. The elderly and the disabled free use of the Library Foundation for Education and Creativity, which offer the service "phone book" dedicated to those who are not able to reach out personally to hire. Other cultural institutions include the Białostocki Cultural Center, Orthodox Cultural Center, the Center for Esperanto. Ludwik Zamenhof, the House of Culture "Downtown", Voivodeship Center of Cultural Animation and Youth Culture


==Parks and green spaces==
Approximately 32% of the city is occupied by parks, squares and forest preserves which creates a unique and healthy climate.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Białystok portal miejski. Białostockie parki
| url = http://www.bialystok.pl/site.php?s=MDAxNTYy
| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}[ .]</ref> The green spaces include:


*[[Branicki Palace]] ({{lang-pl|Pałac Branickich}}) is a historical edifice and {{convert|9.7|ha|abbr=on}} park in Białystok. 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 [[house|residence]] suitable for a man whose ambition was to [[Royal elections in Poland|be elected king of Poland]].<ref>{{cite web |author = |url =http://palac.amb.edu.pl/node/125|title = Podlaski Wersal Branickich |work =palac.amb.edu.pl|publisher = |pages = |page = |date = |accessdate = 2009-11-26}} {{pl icon}}</ref> The [[Branicki Palace, Białystok|palace complex]] with [[Garden à la française|gardens]], [[Pavilion (structure)|pavillons]], [[Garden sculpture|sculptures]], outbuildings and other structures and the city with [[Church (building)|churches]], [[City and town halls|city hall]] and [[monastery]], all built almost at the same time according to French models was the reason why the city was known in the 18th century as [[Versailles]] of [[Podlaskie]] ({{lang-pl|wersalem podlaskim}}).<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Widok zespołu parkowo - pałacowego z "lotu ptaka"
| url = http://www.bialystok.pl/202-tereny-zielone/default.aspx
| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| title = Zielony Białystok - Ogród Branickich
| url = http://www.bialystok.pl/819-park-branickich/default.aspx
| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}</ref>


*Planty is a {{convert|14.94|ha|abbr=on}} park created between 1930–1938, under the auspices of the then Voivode Kościałkowskiego Mariana Zyndrama in the areas adjacent to Branicki Palace.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kobidz.pl/UserFiles/File/Rejestr%20Zabytk%C3%B3w/rejestr%20zabytk%C3%B3w%20-%20stan%20na%2031%20grudnia%202010/PDL-rej.pdf|title=Rejestr zabytków województwa podlaskiego|date= 2011-03-25|format=PDF}} {{pl icon}}</ref> The modernist composition of the park was designed by Stanislav Gralla.<ref>{{Cite web
In Białystok operates several libraries. The biggest of these is Książnica Podlaska and the Białystok University Library. The elderly and the disabled free use of the Library Foundation for Education and Creativity, which offer the service "phone book" dedicated to those who are not able to reach out personally to hire. Other cultural institutions include the Białostocki Cultural Centre, Cultural Centre Orthodox, the Center for Esperanto. Ludwik Zamenhof, the House of Culture "Downtown", Provincial Center of Cultural Animation and Youth Culture
| title = Akcja Planty, czyli jak za dawnych lat
| url = http://www.poranny.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060819/BIALYSTOK/60818030&SearchID=73291739577153
| accessdate = 2011-04-15}} {{pl icon}}</ref>


Approximately 32% of the city is occupied by green areas. Parks and squares and 1,779 ha of forest are located within the city which creates a unique and healthy climate. Within Bialystok, there are two nature reserves with a total area of 105 ha, that are part of the [[Puszcza Knyszyńska Landscape Park|Knyszyn Forest]]. Such a location of nature reserves in the immediate vicinity of the city is unique. Because of these advantages in 1993 as the first city of Bialystok in Poland, was admitted to the International Network of Healthy Cities project conducted by the World Health Organization.<ref>[http://www.bialystok.pl/817-zielone-pluca-polski/default.aspx Zielone Płuca Polski<!-- Tytuł wygenerowany przez bota -->]</ref>
==Performing Arts==

Puppet Theatre With Białostockiemu and Department of Puppetry Art Theatre Academy in Warsaw has been called Białystok Polish puppetry arts center. In addition to the BTL-u, there are also the Wegierko Drama Theatre as well as several private theaters (including the Suprasla Wierszalin Theatre and Theatre K3 from Bialystok). The city also has a philharmonic. City Marshal's Office along with the planned construction of the European Centre for Music and Art, which shall consist of are: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, an extensive puppetry and cinema.
Within the town there are three nature reserves; [[Zwierzyniecki Forest Nature Reserve]], Reserve Antoniuk, Swamp Nature Reserve

==Architecture==
The various historically driven changes have had a very significant influence on the architectural space of the city. Most other Polish cities have suffered similarly, but the processes in Białystok, have had a particularly intense course. Numerous historic works of architecture no longer exist, while many others have been rebuilt to their original configuration. Very few historic buildings of the city have been preserved - the sights are merely an echo of the old historical shape of Białystok.<ref name="rising">{{cite web | url=http://www.bialystok.pl/1108-bialystok-2006-2010/default.aspx | title=Białystok 2006-2010 | accessdate=2011-05-23}} {{lang pl}}</ref>
===Buildings===
Historical buildings

===Monuments===
[[File:Pomnik poświęcony poległym na froncie zachodnim.JPG|thumb|150px|right|The monument of [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]]]]
* In memory of victims of the [[Polish–Soviet War|Polish-Bolshevik war]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033143/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_1920/index.html Picture]
* "42nd Infantry Regiment" of [[Jan Henryk Dąbrowski|Jan Henryk Dabrowski]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20051215043024/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_42pl/index.html Picture]
* [[Armia Krajowa]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060107013016/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_ak/index.html Picture]
* In memory of heroes from Białystok Land in [[World War II|WWII]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060112203050/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_boh/index.html Picture]
* Jadwiga Dziekońska (soldier of Armia Krajowa) monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033040/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_jadzi/index.html Picture]
* In memory of murdered Poles in [[Katyn massacre|Katyn]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927032956/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_katyn/index.html Picture]
* Marshal [[Józef Piłsudski]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20061020003436/http://koczisss.neostrada.pl/bialystok_i_okolice/photos/r43.jpg Picture]
* [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033101/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_popie/index.html Picture]
* [[Polish Land Forces|Polish Army]] in [[western Europe]] (during WWII) monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20061101175043/http://koczisss.neostrada.pl/bialystok_i_okolice/photos/r46.jpg Picture]
* [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarność]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060216230526/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_solid/index.html Picture]
* In memory of Poles deported to [[Siberia]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20051118121052/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_sybir/index.html Picture]
* In memory of murdered Jews in the ''Great Synagogue'' (WWII) - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060112211200/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_synag/index.html Picture]
* In memory of victims of the [[Białystok Ghetto Uprising|Ghetto uprising]] in Białystok - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060216230558/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_zabia/index.html Picture]
* Defenders of Białystok monument (WWII) - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033109/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/wys_stoc/index.html Picture]
* [[L. L. Zamenhof|Ludwik Zamenhof]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20051215064542/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/zamenhof/index.html Picture]


==Events==
==Events==
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* ''Quo vadis'' - festival of Christian art
* ''Quo vadis'' - festival of Christian art


==Parks and Gardens==
Approximately 32% of the city is occupied by green areas. Parks and squares and 1,779 ha of forest are located within the city which creates a unique and healthy climate. Within Bialystok, there are two nature reserves with a total area of 105 ha, that are part of the [[Puszcza Knyszyńska Landscape Park|Knyszyn Forest]]. Such a location of nature reserves in the immediate vicinity of the city is unique. Because of these advantages in 1993 as the first city of Bialystok in Poland, was admitted to the International Network of Healthy Cities project conducted by the World Health Organization.<ref>[http://www.bialystok.pl/817-zielone-pluca-polski/default.aspx Zielone Płuca Polski<!-- Tytuł wygenerowany przez bota -->]</ref>


Within the town there are three nature reserves; [[Zwierzyniecki Forest Nature Reserve]], Reserve Antoniuk, Swamp Nature Reserve

== Monuments ==
[[File:Pomnik poświęcony poległym na froncie zachodnim.JPG|thumb|150px|right|The monument of [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]]]]
* In memory of victims of the [[Polish–Soviet War|Polish-Bolshevik war]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033143/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_1920/index.html Picture]
* "42nd Infantry Regiment" of [[Jan Henryk Dąbrowski|Jan Henryk Dabrowski]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20051215043024/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_42pl/index.html Picture]
* [[Armia Krajowa]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060107013016/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_ak/index.html Picture]
* In memory of heroes from Białystok Land in [[World War II|WWII]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060112203050/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_boh/index.html Picture]
* Jadwiga Dziekońska (soldier of Armia Krajowa) monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033040/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_jadzi/index.html Picture]
* In memory of murdered Poles in [[Katyn massacre|Katyn]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927032956/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_katyn/index.html Picture]
* Marshal [[Józef Piłsudski]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20061020003436/http://koczisss.neostrada.pl/bialystok_i_okolice/photos/r43.jpg Picture]
* [[Jerzy Popiełuszko]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033101/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_popie/index.html Picture]
* [[Polish Land Forces|Polish Army]] in [[western Europe]] (during WWII) monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20061101175043/http://koczisss.neostrada.pl/bialystok_i_okolice/photos/r46.jpg Picture]
* [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarność]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060216230526/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_solid/index.html Picture]
* In memory of Poles deported to [[Siberia]] - [http://web.archive.org/web/20051118121052/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_sybir/index.html Picture]
* In memory of murdered Jews in the ''Great Synagogue'' (WWII) - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060112211200/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_synag/index.html Picture]
* In memory of victims of the [[Białystok Ghetto Uprising|Ghetto uprising]] in Białystok - [http://web.archive.org/web/20060216230558/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/p_zabia/index.html Picture]
* Defenders of Białystok monument (WWII) - [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033109/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/wys_stoc/index.html Picture]
* [[L. L. Zamenhof|Ludwik Zamenhof]] monument - [http://web.archive.org/web/20051215064542/http://www.um.bialystok.pl/kultura/pomniki/zamenhof/index.html Picture]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:15, 6 June 2011

Wegierko Drama Theatre
Opera and Philharmonic
Puppet Theatre
Bialystok Historical Museum
Bialystok Village Museum
Planty park
Branicki Palace and Gardens
This is a sub-article to Białystok

Białystok is one of the largest cultural centers in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The attractions include performing arts groups, art museums, historical museums, walking tours of architectural / cultural aspects and a wide variety of parks and green spaces. Białystok in 2010 was on the short-list, but ultimately lost the competition, to become a finalist for European Capital of Culture in 2016.[1]

Performing Arts

The city has a number of performing arts facilities including:

  • Białystok Puppet Theater (Template:Lang-pl), established in 1953, is one of the oldest Polish puppet theaters.[2] The facility is located at Kalinowskiego 1 in Białystok. The repertoire includes performances for both children and puppet adaptations of world literature for adults.[2] Because of the high artistic level of productions, the theater has been recognized as one of the best puppetry arts centers in Poland.[2]
  • Aleksandra Węgierki Drama Theatre. Housed in a building designed by Jaroslaw Girina , built in the years 1933-1938.[3]

Puppet Theatre With Białostockiemu and Department of Puppetry Art Theatre Academy in Warsaw has been called Białystok Polish puppetry arts center. In addition to the BTL-u, there are also the Wegierko Drama Theatre as well as several private theaters (including the Suprasla Wierszalin Theatre and Theatre K3 from Bialystok). The city also has a philharmonic. City Marshal's Office along with the planned construction of the European Centre for Music and Art, which shall consist of are: Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, an extensive puppetry and cinema.

Museums

There are a number of museums in the city including:

  • Historical Museum in Białystok (Template:Lang-pl) is part of the Podlaskie Museum.[4] The facility has a rich collection of archival materials and iconography illustrating the history of Białystok and Podlasie, and a number of middle-class cultural relics, especially in the field of craft utility.[4] There are also the Numismatic Cabinet of the collection of 16 000 coins, medals and securities.[4] The museum is in possession of the only collections in the country memorabilia connected with the Tatar settlement on the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian region.[4]
  • Army Museum in Białystok (Template:Lang-pl) was established in September 1968 as a branch of the Podlaskie Museum to house the research and collections of many people connected with military history of north-eastern Poland.[5]


Białystok, as the seat of the Voivodeship, is one of the largest cultural centers in the north-eastern Poland. It works in the Museum of the largest in the province of Podlaskie, with branches in Białystok (Historical Museum, the Museum of Sculpture Alfons Karny, Bialystok Village Museum). In Bialystok, there are also: Army Museum and the Museum of Natural History, University of Bialystok. There 's also one of the best Polish contemporary art gallery - Gallery Arsenal. The second gallery is a municipal gallery to them. Sleńdzińskich, Poland has the largest collection of art and memorabilia archive Polish family of artists from Vilnius. In addition, working here 19 private art galleries.

Białystok Cultural Center (Legionowa 5, 15-281 Białystok) [6]

The Białystok Cultural Center was established in 1975. It organize over 200 events, festivals and local activities every year. One of the most popular event is Days of Bialystok which includes big cultural events like jazz concerts, dance & theater performances, and outdoor events. Another large festival is the Days of Modern Art festival - 2 weeks of movie, music, photographic, comic art, animation and theater events. From over 30 propositions about 25 are organizing by our center and the rest are mostly organized by Arsenal Gallery. Twice a month people interested in other culture/nations are participating in Globetrotter's World series - a meeting with lots of attractions: dance workshops, original food tasting, guest from all over the world including guest from different embassies. The biggest cultural event in autumn season is Autumn with Blues.

Śródmieście Culture House (Kilińskiego 13, 15-089 Białystok) [7]

Śródmieście ("Downtown") Culture House was created by Resolution of the City of Bialystok dated. 4 February 1991. It a local cultural institution that operates as a center of art education and carries out tasks in the fields of education, cultural education, the dissemination of culture among children and adolescents and adults.


Youth Culture Club (15-201 Białystok Warszawska 79) [8]

The Youth Culture Club in Bialystok is an extra-curricular education institution. It implements a program of teaching - educational as the statute, the work plan developed by the Teachers, the suggestions of the Parent Council and Youth Council, and according to the needs of the local community. It was established in 1983. The focal point of the work with youth is the interpretation of art and replenishment activities, education, polytechnic and sports, which enables the full development of personality of a young minds.

Białystok Puppet Theatre Kalinowskiego 1 15-875 Białystok www.btl.bialystok.pl

Sleńdzińskich Gallery (municipal institution presenting Vilnius heritage of Sleńdziński family) Waryńskiego 24A 15-461 Białystok www.slendzinski.art.pl

The Arsenał Gallerył (municipal gallery of modern art) A. Mickiewicza 2 15-232 Białystok www.galeria-arsenal.pl

The Army Museum Kilińskiego 7 15-089 Białystok www.mwb.com.pl

Libraries

In Białystok operates several libraries. The biggest of these is Książnica Podlaska and the Białystok University Library. The elderly and the disabled free use of the Library Foundation for Education and Creativity, which offer the service "phone book" dedicated to those who are not able to reach out personally to hire. Other cultural institutions include the Białostocki Cultural Center, Orthodox Cultural Center, the Center for Esperanto. Ludwik Zamenhof, the House of Culture "Downtown", Voivodeship Center of Cultural Animation and Youth Culture

Parks and green spaces

Approximately 32% of the city is occupied by parks, squares and forest preserves which creates a unique and healthy climate.[9] The green spaces include:

  • Planty is a 14.94 ha (36.9 acres) park created between 1930–1938, under the auspices of the then Voivode Kościałkowskiego Mariana Zyndrama in the areas adjacent to Branicki Palace.[13] The modernist composition of the park was designed by Stanislav Gralla.[14]

Approximately 32% of the city is occupied by green areas. Parks and squares and 1,779 ha of forest are located within the city which creates a unique and healthy climate. Within Bialystok, there are two nature reserves with a total area of 105 ha, that are part of the Knyszyn Forest. Such a location of nature reserves in the immediate vicinity of the city is unique. Because of these advantages in 1993 as the first city of Bialystok in Poland, was admitted to the International Network of Healthy Cities project conducted by the World Health Organization.[15]

Within the town there are three nature reserves; Zwierzyniecki Forest Nature Reserve, Reserve Antoniuk, Swamp Nature Reserve

Architecture

The various historically driven changes have had a very significant influence on the architectural space of the city. Most other Polish cities have suffered similarly, but the processes in Białystok, have had a particularly intense course. Numerous historic works of architecture no longer exist, while many others have been rebuilt to their original configuration. Very few historic buildings of the city have been preserved - the sights are merely an echo of the old historical shape of Białystok.[16]

Buildings

Historical buildings

Monuments

The monument of Polish Armed Forces in the West

Events

A number of recurring cultural events happen every month in Białystok. The list includes, but is not limited to:

  • Presentation of nativity scenes (January)
  • Carnival - A Voivodeship Review of Dancing Companies (January)
  • Szorty - the independent film festival (February)
  • National Festival of Belarussian Song (February)
  • Białystok Music Spring (March)
  • Documentary Film Festival (March)
  • Golden Shoes Ballroom Dancing Tournament (March - April)
  • KOPYŚĆ Festival of Sailor Songs (March - April)
  • Easter Festival (Easter)
  • The International Festival of Orthodox Church Music (May)
  • Days of Contemporary Art (May - June)
  • Juvenalia Students Festival (May - June)
  • Summer Divertimento, Sunday Chamber Music (May, September)
  • Jazz Deptak, jazz concerts (May, September)
  • Days of Białystok (June)
  • Jarmark na Jana - the craft fair (June)
  • Cathedral Organ Concerts (July - August)
  • Białystok Orthodox Music Days (September)
  • The Podlaskie Trade Fairs of folk sculpture, double warp textiles and folk smithing (September)
  • European Cinema Forum (September)
  • Białystok Summer Film Festival (August)
  • Russian Culture Days (October)
  • Papal Days (October)
  • Białystok Folk Songs (September - October)
  • Festival of Ukrainian Culture - the Podlasie Autumn (October)
  • All Saints Day with the Blues (November)
  • Autumn with the Blues festival (December)
  • KRESY - Poetry reciting contest for Poles living abroad (December)
  • Quo vadis - festival of Christian art


References

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  2. ^ a b c "Białystok Puppet Theater". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon
  3. ^ "Z sesji miejskiej. PiS przegrał z Węgierką". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon
  4. ^ a b c d "Oficjalna strona Muzeum Podlaskiego". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon
  5. ^ "Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon[ ]
  6. ^ [www.bok.bialystok.pl Białystok Cultural Center]
  7. ^ [www.dksbialystok.pl Śródmieście Culture House]
  8. ^ [www.mdk.bialystok.pl Youth Culture Club]
  9. ^ "Białystok portal miejski. Białostockie parki". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon[ .]
  10. ^ "Podlaski Wersal Branickich". palac.amb.edu.pl. Retrieved 2009-11-26. Template:Pl icon
  11. ^ "Widok zespołu parkowo - pałacowego z "lotu ptaka"". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon
  12. ^ "Zielony Białystok - Ogród Branickich". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon
  13. ^ "Rejestr zabytków województwa podlaskiego" (PDF). 2011-03-25. Template:Pl icon
  14. ^ "Akcja Planty, czyli jak za dawnych lat". Retrieved 2011-04-15. Template:Pl icon
  15. ^ Zielone Płuca Polski
  16. ^ "Białystok 2006-2010". Retrieved 2011-05-23. Template:Lang pl
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