The best road cycling routes around Wasilków

The five-domed Church of St. Peter and Paul, built in 1853 in the Byzantine-Russian style, features a magnificent gateway serving as a bell tower, added in 1873. A feature of the church is its historic iconostasis dating from 1836, dating twenty years earlier than the church itself.

One of the churches in Supraśl.

The Orthodox Church of the Holy Wisdom of God in Białystok, built in 1998. Architecturally interesting, somewhat unusual for Orthodox churches in Podlasie, it is modeled on Byzantine churches from the early periods of Christianity. Richly decorated with frescoes by Greek artists, the work was directed by the painter Konstantinos Xenopoulos, and the polychrome in the dome itself is a gift from the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

A very special place for me—I was baptized here. The Church of St. Piotra and Paul in Wasilków exudes a calm, spiritual atmosphere, which you immediately feel as soon as you enter the grounds. The architecture is impressive, with loving details and a beautiful iconostasis inside. For me, it's not just a place steeped in history, but also one full of personal significance. Anyone in the area should definitely make a detour—whether for cultural interest or for quiet contemplation.

A walk through the Podlaskie Muzeum Kultury Ludowej is like a journey back in time to the rural past of eastern Poland. Among traditional wooden houses, barns, and workshops, you can experience the simple life of previous generations firsthand. The tour is particularly beautiful on a dry day – in rain, the grounds can become muddy and unpleasant. The extensive grounds are idyllically situated on the edge of the forest, just a few kilometers outside of Białystok, and are perfect for a quiet stroll with plenty of photo opportunities. Ideal as a cultural stop during a bike ride or hike through the region. 📸 Tip: Be sure to bring your camera or smartphone – the play of light on the old wooden facades is particularly atmospheric at sunset!

This is truly extraordinary. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. There's a huge lying trunk of a Scots pine tree by the road, which was 350 years old when it was blown over by a strong wind in 1979. In 1981 it was brought and laid here - especially for you! Look at the characteristically interwoven fibers. What can you not find!

Podlaskie Museum of Folk Culture (until September 2016 Białystok Village Museum) – an open-air museum, collecting wooden architecture monuments and ethnographic collections from the Białystok, Łomża and Suwałki regions. It was created by merging the Białystok Village Museum and the Ethnography Department of the Podlaskie Museum, previously it was a branch of the Museum. The Museum is located on the northern border of Białystok, in the town of Wasilków, on the road to Augustów. The Ethnography Department has been operating since 1962, and the open-air museum was established in 1982 as a branch of the then District Museum in Białystok. The open-air museum was to implement projects to protect the wooden architecture of the Białystok region, created in the 1960s. The author of one of the first program assumptions was Prof. Ignacy Tłoczek. The project finally accepted for implementation was authored by Prof. Marian Pokropek. It assumed the reconstruction of entire settlement systems found in north-eastern Poland, such as: terraced houses, linear houses, small-nobility hamlets, colonial buildings, and manor and forest complexes.

Podlaskie Museum of Folk Culture (until September 2016 Białystok Village Museum) – an open-air museum, collecting wooden architecture monuments and ethnographic collections from the Białystok, Łomża and Suwałki regions. It was created by merging the Białystok Village Museum and the Ethnography Department of the Podlaskie Museum, previously it was a branch of the Museum. The Museum is located on the northern border of Białystok, in the town of Wasilków, on the road to Augustów. The Ethnography Department has been operating since 1962, and the open-air museum was established in 1982 as a branch of the then District Museum in Białystok. The open-air museum was to implement projects to protect the wooden architecture of the Białystok region, created in the 1960s. The author of one of the first program assumptions was Prof. Ignacy Tłoczek. The project finally accepted for implementation was authored by Prof. Marian Pokropek. It assumed the reconstruction of entire settlement systems found in north-eastern Poland, such as: terraced houses, linear houses, small-nobility hamlets, colonial buildings, and manor and forest complexes.