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  Bydgoszcz-Toruń - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bydgoszcz-Toruń (Polish: aglomeracja bydgosko-toruńska) is the name of the bi-polar agglomeration in the middle of the Vistula river created by 2 cities: Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
Despite the fact that these two cities are integrating gradually, they have been in a great competition through the centuries.
In September 2004 the Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz joined Toruń University as Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bydgoszcz-Torun   (171 words)

  
 main   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Toruń (German Thorn, Kashubian Torń, Latin Torun, civitas Torunensis) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river, with 204,300 inhabitants (1995).
Toruń was the birthplace of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473).
Torun was a small settlement in Chelmno Land (Ziemia Chelminska), a western part of Mazovia.
www.sp2sgf.net /en/torun.htm   (691 words)

  
 Bydgoszcz Voivodeship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1946–1975.
Initially called the Pomeranian Voivodeship, it was created from the southern part of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodeship and superseded by the voivodeships of Bydgoszcz (2), Toruń and Włocławek.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bydgoszcz_Voivodship   (193 words)

  
 IH Bydgoszcz's Profile - International House World Organisation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bydgoszcz (pronounced, ‘bidgoshch’) is a city of approximately 400,000 inhabitants and contains all the bars, restaurants, cinemas and concerts you would expect from a city of this size.
Bydgoszcz is located about 40 minutes from the historic town of Torun (1 hour) and provides easy access to Gdansk (2 1/2 hours), Poznan (3 hours) and Warsaw (4 hours) as well as overnight trains to Krakow and the mountains in the south of Poland.
Bydgoszcz is one of the cleanest Polish cities and is situated around a picturesque market square and on the Brda river.
www.ihworld.com /recruitment/affiliate_profile.asp?affid=47   (888 words)

  
 Informat.io on Torun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Toruń together with Bydgoszcz compose a bipolar metroplex which, including those cities' counties and a number of smaller towns, may have a population of as much as 800,000.
Torun Symphony Orchestra (former Torun Chamber Orchestra) should be mentioned as well rooted in Toruń cultural landscape.
Toruń is equipped with a planetarium and astronomical observatory which boasts the largest radiotelescope in the Eastern part of Central Europe with 30 m in diameter, second only to the Effelsberg 100 m radio telescope.
www.informat.io /?title=Torun   (2695 words)

  
 The World According To Google - satellite pictures of the most interesting places on the World, satellite maps » ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bydgoszcz (in Polish pronounce: Image:Ltspkr.png [:bidgɔʃʧ], Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004).
It has been the capital of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodship (1947-1998) and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodship (1939-1947).
Bydgoszcz is a part of the metroplex Bydgoszcz-Torun with Torun, only 30 km away, and over 700,000 inhabitants.
maps.pomocnik.com /old-town-in-bydgoszcz   (365 words)

  
 Service of Municipal Corporation of Toruń - History of Toruń part 4
Furthermore, German presence in the city was strengthened by immigrants from eastern Europe and III Reich – a total number of circa 16 thousand Germans settled in Toruń by the end of 1944.
One of the first administrative decisions of the Temporary Government, inspired by PPR (Polish Labour Party), was to move voivodship capital from "intellectual" Toruń to "working class" Bydgoszcz (on 2 March 1945).
Degradation to a sub-region and transfer of numerous regional institutions to Bydgoszcz hindered economic and cultural development of the city.
www.um.torun.pl /torun/miasto/poznaj4_en.php   (1125 words)

  
 Service of Municipal Corporation of Toruń - History of Toruń part 3
The number of artisans was decreasing and only few grain merchants could recommence their businesses when rafting route to Gdańsk was re-opened and Bydgoszcz Channel was built to open water route to the heart of the Prussian state.
The first hard surface road to Grudziądz was built in 1828, a telegraphic connection with Berlin was established in 1855, in 1859 a city gas station was built, the first railway line (to Bydgoszcz) was finished in 1861, and in 1899 a power plant and the first electric tram line were ready.
However, before the conditions improved Toruń was visibly lagging behind nearby Bydgoszcz and Grudziądz.
www.um.torun.pl /torun/miasto/poznaj3_en.php   (1166 words)

  
 Archived conservation news articles on Torun
The four previous cases were discovered in Bydgoszcz, Torun, Kostrzyn and Swinoujscie respectively with the first case reported on March 5 in Torun.
Polish officials in the northwestern city of Torun, where the country's first cases of bird flu were confirmed this week, were preparing to isolate some 50...
A third wild swan which was found dead in the northern Polish city of Torun at the weekend was infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
conservation.mongabay.com /news/Torun.htm   (3897 words)

  
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The hotels Black Rose and Burghers' Court are located in the old centre of Torun, within a walking distance from the Institute of Physics.
If you plan on taking a train from Warsaw to Torun, it is a good idea to purchase your ticket from the "Orbis" office at the airport right after your arrival rather than at Warsaw Central.
When arriving by train, take bus 22 at Torun Glowny station to go to the Pod Czarna Roza (2nd stop) or to the Institute of Physics (4th stop).
www.phys.uni.torun.pl /zfmis/smp34/info34.html   (1027 words)

  
 Untitled Normal Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The largest centres of the region- Wloclawek, Torun, Bydgoszcz and Grudziadz are linked by the Visual River, a traditional trade rout in medieval Poland.
In the new administrative structure the city of Bydgoszcz is the seat of the voivode, while the city of Torun houses the region Council.
The region has an airport in Bydgoszcz, which is a part of a network of regional ports and will become an international one in the future.
www.domdunski.com.pl /new/gb/sider/busin4.htm   (933 words)

  
 Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region of Poland
It is the home of numerous beautiful towns such as Torun, Golub-Dobrzyn, Biskupin and Wenecja in a land which is primarily agricultural.
Iron Age settlement dating to 3000 years ago that was discovered in the summer of 1933 when the waters covering it receded and was subsequently partially reconstructed.
Torun awarded with the Council of Europe Flag of Honor
info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/geography/regions/kujawy/link.shtml   (518 words)

  
 Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie - Home
The industrial-technological parks are being established in Toruń and in Bydgoszcz and several industrial parks in Solec Kujawski and Świecie for example.
We support the extension of the airport in Bydgoszcz with the planned terminal cargo.
In further future we are going to clean the water way E-70 from the West Europe throw Odra, the Canal in Bydgoszcz and the Vistula River to Kaliningrad.
coi.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl /en   (705 words)

  
 Plotki3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the towns like Rybnik, Gniezno, Czestochowa or Bydgoszcz, the boys' support for their local speedway club is greater than their fascination for football.
In Torun there's only one driver - "Zaba" ("The Frog"), one of the best in Poland - who will have a big, professional bike made from a special light alloy next year.
The one from Torun consists of 7 teams (among them: MKS Gagarina, RKS Rybaki and Bydgoska Speedrower Team).
userpage.fu-berlin.de /~hurrle/articles/piotrk.htm   (847 words)

  
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The hotels, except for DS-10, are located either in (Pod Czarna Roza) or very close (Helios) from the old centre of Torun, and also within a walking distance from the Institute of Physics.
If you plan on taking a train from Warsaw to Torun anyway, it is a good idea to purchase your ticket from the "Orbis" office at the airport right after your arrival rather than at Warsaw Central.
When arriving by train, take bus 22 at Torun Glowny station to go to the Pod Czarna Roza (2nd stop) and to the Helios hotel (3rd stop) or to the Institute of Physics (4th stop).
www.phys.uni.torun.pl /zfmis/smp33/info33.html   (1100 words)

  
 ...:::WERLING SOLARSYSTEMS POLSKA:::...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
According to the request articulated in the letter, we present the appropriate metropolitan plans with a brief description.
The system will be based on the modernization of the existing rail network between Toruń and Bydgoszcz, which will be extended by the new section running along the right-bank part of the Vistula, connected into an integrated system for local and suburban public transport.
The plan presupposes the construction of modern transfer junctions, and the modernization and adaptation of track, road and air communication within the exchange of transport means.
www.werlingsolarsystems.org /airmay1.htm   (942 words)

  
 Flights to Bydgoszcz, details of UK to Bydgoszcz flights
Other connecting flights to Bydgoszcz are available via Warsaw, with Polish national airline LOT, although naturally, expect the flight prices to match the airline's name.
Bydgoszcz in a nutshell: Bydgoszcz itself is a largely unappealing industrial city in the Polish region of Pomerania.
However, the nearby city of Torun is a historic gem noted for its Gothic architecture.
www.flightmapping.com /Europe/Poland/Bydgoszcz   (270 words)

  
 Out and about on February 26-27, 2000
I met Pawel at the Bydgoszcz station on Saturday morning when he arrived from Warsaw, and this is what we did.
Train #2021-1149 Bydgoszcz Glowna-Laskowice Pomorskie (53 km): A two-unit set of EN57-class electric multiple units working a Bydgoszcz-Gdynia service whisks us out of the bay platform at Bydgoszcz, and we are on our way.
The timetable indicates several connections from Torun Glowny to Bydgoszcz, so I decide to detrain at Torun Miasto, from where I can walk through the historic city of Torun, cross the river, and end up at the Torun Glowny station.
polrail.com /Report3   (1122 words)

  
 Department of Cell Biology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
53 Zjazd PTB, Toruń - Bydgoszcz, 6 - 11 września 2004: 16 - 17.
Intracellular localization of poly(A)mRNA and splicing machinery elements in mature pollen grains and growing in vitro pollen tubes of Hyacinthus orientalis L. [In:] Przyroda Polski w europejskim dziedzictwie dóbr kultury.
53 Zjazd PTB, Toruń - Bydgoszcz, 6 - 11 września 2004: 19 - 20.
www.biol.uni.torun.pl /biologia_en/biol_kom.html   (819 words)

  
 Weekend Break to Torun: March 2006
Torun is a beautiful historic city with great nightlife, plenty of cultural events and shopping opportunities.
With over 30,000 students, Torun has a vibrant night life, vodka shots (a double) start at just over £1.
This trip was offered by Torun Meetings, an established tour agent based in Torun, Poland.
www.toruntrips.co.uk /march-2006.php   (184 words)

  
 PGSA - Notes Surnames 11
But a search of the Bydgoszcz province phone directory, for instance, might turn up one or two Pryl~a's and give you their addresses; you could write (the letter would almost certainly have to be in Polish) and see if there are any connections...
The largest numbers lived in the provinces of Bydgoszcz (233), Poznan (268), Torun (173), and Wloclawek (324), so the numbers are particularly large in north central and west central Poland; but those are provinces with large populations anyway, so I don't know that there's much to be concluded from that pattern.
Unfortunately, they're not often all that helpful, because the places involved are too small to show up on maps, have changed their names over the years, have been absorbed by other communities, or a number of different villages use the same name.
www.pgsa.org /NotesSurnames/nazw11.htm   (7410 words)

  
 NCU - Careers and Appointments Service
The Careers Service at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun was set up for the purpose of helping our students and graduates to plan their careers and easing difficulties in finding appropriate employment.
The Careers Service at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Torun is the first one in Poland.
The service is funded and administered jointly by the NCU and the Regional Labour Office in Torun.
www.umk.pl /en/units/careers   (1011 words)

  
 Torun travel guide - Wikitravel
There is an international airport in the near town of Bydgoszcz.
Ryan Air operate a daily service from the UK at budget rates.
All of the city attractions of Torun are walkable.
wikitravel.org /en/Torun   (420 words)

  
 Welcome Poland - Informations about Torun in Poland.
Welcome Poland - Informations about Torun in Poland.
The plan starts being in effect 30 days after its publication.
Bialystok, Cracow, Gdansk, Gdynia, Katowice, Lublin, Lodz, Poznan, Sopot, Szczecin, Torun, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zakopane
www.welcomepoland.com /torun   (950 words)

  
 Innovating regions in Europe - regions search
The administrative, scientific and cultural centres are Bydgoszcz and Torun.
The region has a both industrial and agricultural character, and employment is quite equally distributed between the agriculture, industry and service sectors.
The most important ones are the University of Technology and Agriculture in Bydgoszcz (the only one which educates engineers and carries out research of a strictly technological nature), Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, the University of Music in Bydgoszcz and the Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun with Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz.
www.innovating-regions.org /network/whoswho/regions_search.cfm?region_id=279   (351 words)

  
 Trip to Lithuania and Eastern Poland--July 12-18, 2000
Train #52100 "Wieniawski"-0836 Bydgoszcz Lesna-Torun Glowny (47 km): The first leg of the trip uses this fast train, which is headed for Warsaw.
Train #30037-0933 Torun Glowny-Olsztyn Glowny (163 km): The Torun station departures poster shows this train to be leaving from platform 3, but we walk over and find no train.
We are delayed on the first leg of the trip, as we have to wait for a late southbound train to pass on the single track.
www.polrail.com /Report4   (3571 words)

  
 Vacancy: English Teacher, Bydgoszcz and Torun, Poland - TEFL.com
IH North (Bydgoszcz and Torun) provides opportunities for both newly qualified teachers and experienced alike.
Ideal candidates seek professional development and show enthusiasm for teaching, and be interested in aiding the school's development outside of the classroom — through the social programme and other events.
IH North also arranges your flight and travel from London to Bydgoszcz, and provides return transport, Bydgoszcz - London on completion of the contract.
www.tefl.com /jobs/job.html?jo_id=23194&from=rss   (1367 words)

  
 Earth, Construction and Road Works   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The area of the peat mine is situated in Solec Kujawski commune, about 8 km from Bydgoszcz - Toruń road on the left side of the Vistula.
It creates favourable conditions for peat road transport.
The examined peat is characterised by good quality parameters and for this reason it can be used for gardening, agriculture and heating purposes.
www.rzbd.com.pl /e_kopalnia.html   (110 words)

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