is a city located in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, is the 8th-largest city in Poland, has been the seat of Bydgoszcz County and the co-capital, with Toruń, of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, is the seat of Kazimierz Wielki University, University of Technology and Life Sciences and a conservatory, as well as a Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz hosts the Filharmonia Pomorska concert hall, the Opera Nova opera house, and the Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport, Due to its location between the Vistula and Odra rivers, and the water course of the Bydgoszcz Canal, the city forms part of a water system.

Bydgoszcz is a major cultural center in the

country,Bydgoszcz was a candidate for the title of

European Capital of Culture in 2016.For example:

Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum the Pomeranian Military MuseumIgnacy Paderewski's Concert Hall Łuczniczka, Zawisza and Polonia stadiums Hieronim Konieczka's Polish Theatre Opera Nova Kazimierz Wielki University University of Technology and Life Sciences