Bialowieza Forest Info

Since the village of Bialowieza is only a kilometre from the heart of the Bialowieza National Park, itself a protected site on the Unesco World Heritage List, it is often used as a starting point for excursions into this magnificent woodland. Some of the interesting things to see in the little village include the Palace Park, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Natural History Museum. Bialowieza has many places that offer food and accommodation at very reasonable prices.
Lying in the direct vicinity of Bialowieza, the Bialowieza National Park preserves the largest remaining area of original lowland forest in Europe. The primeval forest covers a total of approximately 105 sq km, of which 4 km is under strict protection. Wolves, wild boar, elks, stags and lynx can be seen as well as huge, five-hundred-year-old oak trees.

The village is more than a gateway into the Bialowieza National Park, there is a 19th century rectangular Palace Park featuring some 90 species of trees and bushes, and housing the Natural History Museum. If you have some time to spend in Bialowieza before your tour into the national park, this museum is a great way to learn about the local habitat and the animals living in it. On display are hunting trophies as well as geological, ethnographic and geographical artefacts. You can also climb a viewing tower, which offers a beautiful prospect of the village, dominated as it is by well-preserved wooden buildings.

Worthy of a visit are the two churches of Bialowieza – the 19th century Russian Orthodox Church and the neo-Gothic sanctuary built in the 1930s.

 

If you decide to visit Bialowieza Forest we can arrange for you

- tailor made tours: See polish object on the list of UNESCO