“It turns out you don't have to go to Italy to go to Venice. In the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship near Żnin, between Gniezno and Bydgoszcz, there is a small town of Venice, which was once a city. It is inhabited by only 300 inhabitants, and during the tourist season there are even several times more people who visit Venice. In the 14th century, it belonged to the Nałęcz family as a settlement, but at that time it was called Mościska. It was only when Mikołaj Nałęcz, the magnate of Greater Poland, returned to his home country from his studies in Italy, that he changed his name to Venice. It was he who initiated the construction of a defensive castle and a temple."
"The Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum was opened on October 1, 1972. According to the official website of the museum, it is the largest open-air museum of this type in Europe.
The exhibits of the Museum include mainly the narrow-gauge rolling stock, which in earlier times operated, among others on the Żnińska Poviat Railway and the Bydgoszcz-Wyrzyskie Commuter Railways. Some of the displayed wagons and locomotives are open and can be visited inside. "
