| Tourist attractions, recreational facilities
Ostrów Wielkopolski is an attractive tourist destination, boasting precious monuments which testify to its colourful history:
- the Church of the Virgin Mary the Queen of Poland, formerly an Evengelical church, built in 1778 (Królowej Jadwigi St);
- the Town Hall (1828), designed by J.H. Haeberlin, a close associate of Berlin's famous architect K.F. Schinkel (Marketplace);
- the Church of St Stanislaus the Bishop (now the Cathedral), built between 1905 and 1907 to a design by Sylwester Pajzderski and Roger Sławski (Gimnazjalna St);
- the stained-glass windows complex of a former male school, dating from the 1880s (Gimnazjalna St);
- Neo-Baroque sights: the facade of the former Savings Bank at Rowińskiego Square, the house on the corner of Wrocławska St and Wiosny Ludów St;
- a Neo-Renaissance synagogue with Moorish influences, built between 1856 and 1860, on the edge of the former Jewish quarter (Raszkowska St);
- architecture from the period between the World Wars: the old Wagon factory buildings, designed by Bronisław Giedaczyński (Wrocławska St); the Estkowski School building (1925-1926), designed by Franciszek Sterczyński (Wrocławska St); the Polish Bank (1928-1930), designed by Stanisław Filasiewicz, now housing the local branch of Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy (Bankowy Square).
Recreational facilities:
Municipal Swimming Pool, 2-6 Paderewskiego St, tel. (+48 62) 7354334
Municipal Swimming Pool, Rejtana St, tel. (+48 62) 7354334
"Wodny Raj" Indoor Swimming Pool, 17 Wojska Polskiego St, tel. (+48 62) 7362494, 5919538, fax (+48 62) 5919538
"Delfin" Indoor Swimming Pool, 43 Poznańska St, tel. (+48 62) 7358923
"Piaski-Szczygliczka" Leisure Complex, with water recreation facilities, Plażowa St
Skate Park – Paderewskiego St (by the Municipal Stadium)
Airfield in Michałków – Ostrów Wielkopolski Air Club, tel. (+48 62) 7338054, tel./fax (+48 62) 7352023, www.aeroklub.osw.pl, www.pyrlandia-boogie.pl
"Malwa" Bowling Alley – 179 Krotoszyńska St, (+48 62) 7374331
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