A good place to start a tour of Lomza is the Rynek – the Old Market Square, where a classicist town hall with a clock tower has survived the turmoils of history. South of the Rynek one can marvel at the 500 year old St. Michaels and St. John the Baptist Cathedral with its predominantly Baroque interior. The most precious treasure in this cathedral is a painting of the Virgin Mary dating from the 16th century and crowned by Pope John Paul II in 1991.

On Krzywe Kolo Street you should stop by the one-time “Parson’s House”, indeed a special place. Today it is the home to the Northern Masovia Museum, which takes pride in having one of the world’s largest amber collections. There is also a gallery of contemporary arts in Lomza.

Laid out at the beginning of the 19th century, the Old Cemetery here is sometimes compared to the Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw. This burial place is interesting in that it combines three cemeteries: Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox.