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Mill Island (Wyspa Młyńksa) in Bydgoszcz

Poland Traditions & Interest

Tim Firkowski

Wednesday, 10 August 2016

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White GranaryI have yet to see anything in Bydgoszcz, Poland, so while I was there to pick up my rental car, I was going to see some of
Bydgoszcz for the first time along with Adam, Ania & Artur. Since they had not visited the area either it was going to be an adventure for all of us. The first adventure was finding the place we were looking for & some associated parking.

Our first stop was at Mill Island in Bydgoszcz Stare Miasto (Old Town), which was one of the recommendations from tour info & in 2012 won an award for one of the best tourist attractions. Bydgoszcz is not as old as Toruń, as it was only a small village for a long time after the city of Toruń was established. The island is separated from the mainland by the Brda River. At one time there were more smaller islands, but man made some changes to what is seen today.

There is only one road that passes through the island and you can enjoy a very leisurely walk along the walking path to view the scenes along the Brda River.

As I have so many photos & will not put them in the blog post, I have added more photos to my Facebook page. You can visit the page here & if you LIKE my page you can get notified of more photos & posts I add.

Brda River

Lover's Locks on the Jan Kiepury bridge.

Scene from Mill Island

Artistic flow of water

Stare Rynek (Old Market place)

Now a restaurant

Mini waterfall surrounded by ground vines

White Granary in the distance

Swans came to me to say hello

Opera house in Bydgoszcz

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Tim Firkowski

I have been doing genealogy research since 2002 & have worked full time as a Professional Genealogist since 2008. I specialize in Polish and American-Canadian Genealogy. As a member of APG, I was the 2010/2011 President of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG). I have Certificates of Completion for studies in "Foundations of Forensic Genealogy" and "Advanced Forensic Genealogy Techniques". I have been a volunteer librarian at the local Family History Center, and a genealogy research consultant at “Ask the Expert” Ancestry Road Shows. I have traveled to Poland numerous times & researched in churches and archives. At conferences and special events, you may find me dressed up in my Sherlock Holmes outfit, or my Kujawy (the folk costume from the region in Poland where my ancestors came from).