Welcome to our town

Bielsk Podlaski

POLAND

Come with us and walk around.

Location

Bielsk Podlaski is a town in north-eastern Poland. It is situated on the Bielsk Plain, in the south of the Podlasie province. The town is located on the Biala river. It is a quite small river, but people like coming to the river bank for resting and fishing.

In our town there are about 28000 inhabitants

History

Bielsk Podlaski is one of the oldest towns in Podlasie. The first settlements came to Bielsk in the 10th century.

The town was presumably established in the 11th century by Kiev Prince Jarosław.

Bielsk became an important place when Władysław Jagiełło ascended the throne of Poland.

The town received the city laws from Witold – the Great Prince of Lithuania in 1430.

After this, Bielsk Podlaski developed very quickly until the "Swedish Deluge" when it was nearly completely destroyed.

Nowadays Nowadays, without a doubt Bielsk

Podlaski is a beautiful and exceptional town. There are a lot of old but lovely buildings. The old wooden houses and the modern buildings complete the richness of architecture of our town.

Kopernik Street

This is Kopernik Street. Let’s start our trip from here. This is our school. The school is between the Town Office (local Government is based there) and the Post Office. Next to the post Office there is the District Police Station. The park is opposite our school.

“Aquarius”

And this is the town swimming pool “Wodnik”. In English the name of this object is “Aquarius”. Children and the youth skilled in sport find opportunity to improve their fitness there.

Main Street

The main street of our town is Mickiewicz Street.

There are a lot of shops, banks, restaurants, and blocks of flats.

The Town Hall

There you can see the late-baroque Town Hall. It was built in the 18th century,

founded by Izabela Branicka. Nowadays, there is the Regional Museum.

At New Year a lot of people come there to ‘see the new year in’. At midnight they

watch fireworks.

Churches

The town of Bielsk Podlaski has several antique Churches. We are multicultural population, therefore in the landscape of Bielsk the towers of Catholic churches alternate with cupolas of Orthodox churches. The oldest Orthodox church in Bielsk Podlaski was built in 16th century. The Catholic Carmelitan Church, Church of Divine Mercy and the Church of Birth of Holy Virgin

Mary and St. Nicolas are also worth seeing.

Churches

The green belt

The green belt occupies about 14 hectares. People come here to have a rest, and walk, and parents take their children here to play with them.

Castle Hill

The biggest green belt area is the park near Castle Hill. As historians say, many years ago there was a castle on the hill. That castle was frequently visited by princes and kings. Nowadays there are not any remains. Near the Castle Hill there

are the Railway Station and National Transport Company.

Monuments In our town there are many monuments

commemorating outstanding people and important events of Polish history.

EventsJanuary: Carols Evening ; Polish Nation-wide Festivals of Carols and Pastorals ‘Kantyczka’;

March: Recitation Competition ‘Verse about Homeland’; Farewell to the Winter, Getting the Spring;

April: Recitation Competition for Secondary School Pupils;

May: Recitation Competition for Kindergarten Pupils ‘For Gold Wand’;

June: Days of Bielsk Podlaski;

August: Recitation Competition ‘Poetic Three-Voice’;

October: Festival ‘Bards Autumn’,

November: Festival of Ukrainian Culture; Presentation of Artistic Output of Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Schools;

December: New Year’s Eve Under the Stars;

All we love our town.

Authors

Pupils from Primary School

in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland

under the supervision of

Mrs Beata lenartowicz

and

Mrs Alicja Krystosiuk

Uczniowie Szkoły Podstawowej Nr 5 im. Szarych Szeregów

ul. Kopernika 3, 17-100 Bielsk Podlaski

pod opieką Beaty Lenartowicz i Alicji Krystosiuk