HISTORY
Olsztyn prides itself on its castle of the Warmian Chapter. Construction of the oldest wings began in 1348, and in the XV - XVI century, a wing was added to the southern upper part of the tower. Olsztyn castle is a perfect example of Gothic architecture. Currently headquartered is the Museum of Warmia and Mazury. During the years between 1516 - 1519 and 1520 - 1521 the castle was the administrator of Nicolaus Copernicus. Among the many original memorabilia on the wall of the castle is the gallery personally created  by Nicolaus Copernicus astronomical table to indicate the equinoctial spring and autumn. The Museum offers its guests a meeting under the banner of  "Sunday in the museum" (Niedziela w muzeum), where you can explore the exhibitions in unconventional ways, such as ancient armor to try or take. National Meeting of the Castle "Singin poetry" ( Śpiewajmy poezję) and concerts of chamber music ensemble "Pro Musica Antiqua" acting under the auspices of MWiM (concerts once a month) has been permanently added to the calendar of cultural events in Olsztyn.
Olsztyn is the capital of Warmia and Masurian region - a region which is famous not only for its interesting history, but primarily with unusually charming scenery and the largest concentrations of lakes in Poland. Not only the reasons Warmia and Masuria is called the Land of Thousand Lakes, and is believed to be "green lungs of Poland"(Zielone Płuca Polski). Entrepreneurs happily invest here, who are interested in profits from tourism, and the ones who are familiar with eco-friendly economy. Large tracts of undeveloped land and relatively small population density create opportunities for further development of the region. Through the heart of Olsztyn, swift stream, creating a picturesque gorges, flows river Łyna. You can reach by canoe into the eastern Polish-Russian border, and After crossing the border, you can continue down the Pregoła River to Kaliningrad. The city lies within the forest complex covers over 1000 ha - very popular among the inhabitants of Town Forest. The administrative boundaries of the city contains 11 (and some of them say that even 15) lakes. Lakes provide water sports, especially sailing, canoeing and in the winter ice-boating. There are six beaches and bathing facilities. In the summer season, there are being held river boat cruises at the largest lake of Ukiel. Olsztyn Belongs to the Federation of Copernicus Towns, Which has its main office in the Planetarium and the Astronomical Observatory in Olsztyn. It offers a wide-ranging activities, teaching of popularize astronomy, as well as it offers interesting projections of astronomical observations of the Sun, shows of starry sky, moon and the planets. The High Gate is the starring beginning point of "Red Copernicus Trail", which goes through the Dobre Miasto, Lidzbark Warmiński, Pieniężno, Braniewo and Frombork (where Copernicus lived and died). The city operating of more than 40 travel agencies offering various forms of recreations. The city offers 49 dining restaurants, 28 bars and 18 cafes. You can find a wide range of various types of dishes, such as French cuisine, Chinese, Vietnamese, Yugoslavian, Arabian, but above all the traditional Polish cuisine. Holiday houses, hotels, guesthouses, forester's houses, and camps, offering varying standards of accommodations to meet each pocket.

HANDY INFORMATION

TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE
The Voivodship Centre of Tourist Information, ul. Staromiejska 1, tel. +48 89 535 35 65, +48 89 535 35 66, 
e-mail: wcit@warmia.mazury.pl, http://mazury.travel

CULTURE
The Museum of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Zamkowa 2, tel. +48 89 527 95 96, www.muzeum.olsztyn.pl

MUSEUM - open daily except Mondays from 9.00 a.m. to 5 p.m. and outside the season from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. 

The nature of the exhibitions - the permanent exhibitions devoted to Copernicus and the city's history: Nicolaus Copernicus - the resident of the Olsztyn Castle, from the treasury of the Museum,  ancient Arts and crafts, folk art of Warmia and Mazury; temporary exhibitions: the cycles "one painting gallery", a cycle of  "Biographies" in the Chamber of Kromer, cycle "Cavata at the Olsztyn Castle" and "Cymelia muzealne" (library safe, where most valuable prints and manuscripts are kept)

The House of the Gazeta Olsztyńska, ul. Targ Rybny 1, tel. +48 89 534 01 19
The Museum of Natural History, ul. Metalowa 8, tel. +48 89 533 47 80
The Town Community Centre, ul. Dąbrowszczaków 3 (Naujacka mansion),
tel. +48 89 522 13 72 (switchboard), +48 89 522 13 70 (cultural information), www.mok.olsztyn.pl 
The Olsztyn Planetarium, Al. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego 38, tel. +48 89 533 49 51, +48 89 527 67 04, www.planetarium.olsztyn.pl
The Astronomic Observatory, ul. Żołnierska 13, tel. +48 89 527 67 03, www.planetarium.olsztyn.pl
Stefan Jaracz Theatre, ul. 1-go Maja 4, tel. +48 89 527 59 58, www.teatr.olsztyn.pl
Olsztyn Puppet Theatre, ul. Głowackiego 17, tel. +48 89 538 70 20, www.teatrlalek.olsztyn.pl
Philharmonic of Warmia - Masuria called:  F. Nowowiejski, ul. Kościuszki 39, tel. +48 89 527 51 75, www.filharmonia.olsztyn.pl
Gallery of Modern Art BWA, Al. Marsz. J. Piłsudskiego 38, tel. +48 89 527 94 66, www.bwa.olsztyn.pl 

ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Dyplomat****, ul. Dąbrowszczaków 28, tel. (89) 512 41 41, www.hoteldyplomat.com
Hotel Wileński***, ul. Knosały 5, tel. +48 89 535 01 22, www.hotelwilenski.pl
Hotel Warmiński"***, ul. Kołobrzeska 1, tel. +48 89 522 14 00, www.hotel-warminski.com.pl
Hotel Park***, ul. Warszawska 119, tel. +48 89 524 06 04, www.beph.pl
Hotel Omega***, (former Novotel), ul. Sielska 4a, tel. +48 89 522 05 00, www.omegahotel.pl
Hotel Kur***, ul. Bałtycka 89, tel. +48 89 672 40 02, www.hotelkur.pl
Hotel Gromada***, pl. Konstytucji 3 Maja 4, tel. +48 89 534 58 64, www.gromada.pl
Villa Pallas, ul. Żołnierska 4, tel. +48 89 535 01 15, www.villapallas.pl
Hotel Manor, ul. Kanarkowa 47, tel. +48 89 524 17 00, www.manorhotel.pl
Polish-German Youth Center, ul. Okopowa 25, tel. +48 89 534 07 80, www.pncm.olsztyn.pl
Hotel Kopernik**, ul. Warszawska 37, tel. +48 89 522 99 29, www.hotelkopernik.eu
Hotel Pod Zamkiem **, ul. Nowowiejskiego 10, tel. +48 89 535 12 87, www.hotel-olsztyn.com.pl
Hotel Na Skarpie**, ul. Gietkowska 6a, tel. +48 89 526 92 11, www.naskarpie.wm.pl
Hotel Relaks**, ul. Żołnierska 13a, tel. +48 89 527 75 34, www.osir.olsztyn.pl
Hotel Tawerna Pirat*, ul. Bałtycka 95, tel. +48 89 523 90 85, www.pirat.com.pl
Hotel Wysoka Brama*, ul. Staromiejska 1, tel. +48 89 527 36 75, www.hotelwysokabrama.olsztyn.pl
Guest house Stadion, Al. Marsz. J. Piłsudskiego 69a, tel. +48 89 533 23 82, www.hotelstadion.cba.pl
Pension U Sąsiada, ul. Dębowa 6, tel. +48 89 527 68 91, www.usasiada.olsztyn.pl
Pension Paradise, ul. Głogowa 2, Gutkowo, www.paradise.mazury.pl
Pension Graf, ul. Bałtycka 44, tel. +48 89 527 08 88, www.graf.prv.pl
Lodging Podgrodzie, ul. Osińskiego 12/13, tel. +48 89 527 27 80, www.podgrodzie.eu
Lodging Czajka, ul. Kołobrzeska 32 a, tel. +48 89 533 02 07, www.hostelczajka.pl
Lodging Bio Farma, ul. Warszawska 105, tel. +48 89 534 95 31, www.biofarma.com.pl
Youth Hostel, ul. Kościuszki 72/74, tel. +4889 527 66 50, www.ssmolsztyn.pl
ŻAK - Students Aid Foundation, Olsztyn - Kortowo, tel. +4889 523 33 66, www.zak.olsztyn.pl
Hotel Sak, Bartąg 109, the route Olsztyn - Warsaw, downhill towards the village of Ruś, about 5 km from the city center of Olsztyn, tel. +4889 541 45 45, www.sak.olsztyn.pl
Inn "Zajazd U Leszka", Bartąg 107, the route Olsztyn - Warsaw, downhill towards the village of Ruś,  about 5 km from the city center of Olsztyn, tel. +4889 541 03 66, www.uleszka.pl
Agrotourism Forestery Farm, Bartąg 63, about 8 km from Olsztyn, tel. +48 604 612 402
Agrotourism Farm Krys - Tad, ul. Żurawia, Gutkowo 9, on the way from Olsztyn to Morąg in the Gutkowo area,
tel. +4889 523 85 21, +48 607 623 865, www.kryst-tad.wm.pl
Agrotourism Pension Ziołowa Dolina, Wilimowo 10a, 10 km from Olsztyn, in the valley of Łyna river, tel. +4889 527 21 22, +4889 523 90 63, www.dolina.hg.pl
Pension Andrzej Żółtowski, Szczęsne 43a, Klebark Wielki, 7 km from the center of Olsztyn, in the direction of Szczytno, tel. +4889 539 17 19, +48 607 559 544, www.hotelik.cso.pl
Guests Rooms Czapla, Ługwałd 38, Dywity, 10 km from the center of Olsztyn, in the direction of the Dobre Miasto, tel. +4889 512 06 54, www.czapla.eu.org
Camping*** Tumiany, Tumiany 1a, Barczewo, close to the national road nr. 16, between the Olsztyn and Biskupiec, at the lake of Pisz, tel. +48 602 757 481, www.camping-tumiany.pl
Camping Nr 173 Dywity, ul. Barczewskiego 47, Dywity, at the curve of Łyna river, about 10 km from the center of Olsztyn, in the direction of Lidzbark Warminski, tel. +48 512 06 46, www.dywity.com.pl
Camping Ukiel, ul. Poranna 6, Olsztyn, Olsztyn - Gutkowo, straight at the Ukiel lake, tel. +4889 522 27 66,
+48 509 382 924, www.camping.mazury.pl
Campsite Słoneczna Polana, ul. Sielska 8, Olsztyn, at the Ukiel Lake, 6 km from the city center,
tel. +4889 527 12 03, +48 601 628 794
Campsite and Camping - Trzcinowa Dolina, Wadąg 8, Olsztyn, 5 km from city center, tel. +4889 513 51 76,
+4889 534 82 84, +48 501 214 850, e-mail: zaklad@polbiznes.com

CATERING
For more handy information please visit: http://www.turystyka.olsztyn.eu

EVENTS -  a series of events known as the Olsztyn Artistic Summer, "Sunday at the Museum", the festival "Let's Sing Poems", "Olsztyn Blues Nights", "Cavata at the Olsztyn Castle" with concerts of classical music by "Pro Musica Antiqua"

The Town Office (Urząd Miasta Olsztyn)
pl. Jana Pawła II 1 phone:  +4889 527 46 23, 527 31 11, e-mail: bok@olsztyn.eu
www.olsztyn.eu