Birkirkara, Malta · Europe
Birkirkara works well as a base: 8km from Blue Grotto, Malta.
Birkirkara is in Malta, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the left here.
Birkirkara (abbreviated as B'Kara or BKR) is a city in the Eastern Region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the island, with 30,166 inhabitants as of July 2026. The town consists of five autonomous parishes: Saint Helen, Saint Joseph the Worker, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saint Mary and San Gorg Preca. TheRead more
city's motto is In hoc signo vinces, and its coat of arms is a plain red cross, surmounted by a crown.
The population of Birkirkara was 30,166 in july 2026. 20,095 Maltese nationals and 10,071 foreign nationals.
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Within an hour or so of Birkirkara: Rotunda of Mosta (3 km), Valletta (5 km), Mdina (5 km), St John's Co-Cathedral (5 km).
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Parish church with one of the world's largest unsupported domes (37 m), modelled on the Pantheon and built by villagers between 1833 and 1860. In 1942 a Luftwaffe bomb pierced the dome during Mass and failed to explode: a replica sits in the sacristy.
3 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
UNESCO-listed Baroque fortress city built by the Knights of St John, packed with more historic monuments per square metre than any other city.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Malta's ancient walled capital known as the 'Silent City', with narrow medieval streets and sweeping views over the island.
5 km · about 10 min drive
cathedral
Baroque cathedral in Valletta built by the Knights of St John, housing Caravaggio's Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.
5 km · about 10 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Terraced garden on Valletta's bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour and Three Cities, with a daily saluting battery firing.
5 km · about 10 min drive
castle
Bastioned fort at the tip of Birgu commanding the Grand Harbour, central to the 1565 Great Siege and now a museum site.
5 km · about 10 min drive
ancient ruins
The world's only known prehistoric underground temple: three levels of chambers carved into living rock around 3300-3000 BC, with red-ochre spirals still on the ceilings. Only 80 visitors a day are admitted; book weeks ahead.
5 km · about 10 min drive
natural wonder
Series of sea caverns on Malta's southern coast where sunlight creates a luminous phosphorescent blue glow on the water.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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