Hotel "Pod Orlem" in Bydgoszcz, Heritage hotel in Gdanska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Hotel Pod Orlem is a five-story building in an eclectic style on Gdańska Street in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The stone facade follows a neobaroque design and features a large eagle sculpture above the entrance, which gave the hotel its name.
The building was put up in 1896 on the commission of Emil Bernhardt, who wanted a high-end lodging house on one of the city's main streets. Over the following decades it changed names several times before settling on the one it carries today.
The hotel stands on Gdańska Street, one of the most recognizable streets in central Bydgoszcz, lined with historic buildings from the same era. The eagle sculpture above the entrance has become a reference point that locals use to orient themselves in this part of the city.
The hotel is in the center of Bydgoszcz and easy to reach on foot from most of the city's main attractions. Those interested in the building itself should take a moment to look at the facade from the street before going inside.
The interior still holds original Art Nouveau decorations from the time of construction, which were uncovered and restored during a later renovation. This layer-by-layer discovery makes the building a rare surviving example of its late 19th-century original state.
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