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Poland
over recent years has become a major holiday destination for
British and European tourists. It is a country in Central
Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic
and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania
to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a
Russian exclave, to the north. It has a population of over
38 million people. Though a Polish state has existed since
966 AD, various conquests, invasions and political unions
resulted in its territory being partitioned among Prussia,
Russia, and Austria. Later, in World War II, its was occupied
by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, losing over six million
citizens during that time, and emerging afterwards as a socialist
republic within the Eastern Bloc under strong Soviet influence.
In 1989 communist rule was overthrown and Poland became what
is constitutionally known as the "Third Polish Republic".
Poland is a member of the European Union and NATO and since
joining has become a popular destination for British holidaymakers.
Map of
Poland Copyright © 2008 John Moss, Papillon Graphics.
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Warsaw
Warsaw
is the capital and largest city of Poland and is located
on the Vistula River roughly 162 miles from the Baltic Sea
and 186 miles from the Carpathian Mountains. The city's
population as of June 2010 was estimated at around 1¾
million, with the greater metropolitan area at approximately
2¾ million, making it the 9th largest city in the
European Union by population. Warsaw is widely known as
the "phoenix city", as it recovered from extensive
damage during World War II, during which 80% of its buildings
were destroyed, being rebuilt with the effort of Polish
citizens. Since its entry into the EU in 2004, Warsaw is
currently experiencing the biggest economic boom of its
history. The city climate
is humid continental with relatively cool winters and mild
summers. The average winter temperature is -3°C and
19.3°C in midsummer, often reach 30°C in tits occasional
heatwaves. Warsaw offers a variety of tourist attractions
including historical sights, monuments, museums, theatres.
It also has places related to scientist Marie Curie as well
as composer/musician/pianist Frederic Chopin. Since 1980,
the old town, one of the main attractions, has been a UNESCO
World heritage site. Notable
landmarks of the Old Town are the Royal Castle, King Sigismund's
Column, Market Square, and the Barbican.
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Krakow (Crakow)
Kraków
(also 'Cracow'), is the second largest and one of
the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River
it dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally
been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural
and artistic life and is one of the country's most important
economic centres. In 1978 UNESCO placed Kraków on
the list of World Heritage Sites. In the same year, Karol
Wojtyla was elevated to the papacy as John Paul II, the
first non-Italian pope in 455 years. The metropolitan city
of Kraków is known as the city of churches. The abundance
of landmark, historic temples along with its many monasteries
and convents earned the city a countrywide reputation as
the "Northern Rome" in the past. The Old Town
district of Kraków is home to about six thousand
historic sites and more than two million works of art. Its
rich variety of historic architecture includes Renaissance,
Baroque and Gothic buildings. Kraków's palaces, churches,
theatres and mansions display great variety of colour, architectural
details, stained glass, paintings, sculptures and furnishings.
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Gdansk
Gdansk
(in German: Danzig) is a city on the southern edge
of Gdansk Bay on the Baltic coast in northern Poland. With
its wider conurbation with the city of Gdynia, the spa town
of Sopot and their suburban communities, together they form
a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto),
with a population of over 800,000. Gdansk itself has a population
of 435,830 as of 2010), making it the largest city in the
Pomerania region of Northern Poland. The city is also Poland's
principal seaport and is located close to the former late
medieval/modern boundary between West Slavic and Germanic
lands and it has a complex political history with periods
of Polish rule, periods of German rule, and extensive self-rule,
with two spells as a free city. It has been part of modern
Poland since 1945. Together with the nearby port of Gdynia,
Gdansk is also an important industrial centre as well as
an important seaport and shipbuilding centre. It enjoys
a temperate climate, with cold, cloudy, moderate winters
and mild summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms.
Most tourist attractions are located along or near Ulica
Dluga (Long Street) and Dlugi Targ (Long Market), a pedestrian
thoroughfare surrounded by buildings reconstructed in historical
17th century style and flanked at both ends by elaborate
city gates. This part of the city is sometimes referred
to as the Royal Road as the former path of processions for
visiting kings.
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Poznan
Poznan
is located on the Warta River in west-central Poland, with
a population of 556,022 as of 2009. It is among the oldest
cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres
in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried
at Poznan's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be the
first capital of the kingdom of Poland. The city is now
Poland's fifth largest city and the historical capital of
the Wielkopolska ("Greater Poland") region, and
is currently the administrative capital of the province
called Greater Poland Voivodeship. It has long been an important
centre of trade, industry and education and hosts regular
international trade fairs. It was the host city for the
United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2008,
a key stage in the creation of a successor to the Kyoto
Protocol. Poznan has been nominated as a candidate city
for European Capital of Culture in 2016.
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Lodz
Lodz
(in Polish: Lódz) is the third largest city
in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, it
had a population of around three-quarters of a million in
December 2009. It is the capital of Lódz Voivodeship,
and is approximately 84 miles south-west of Warsaw. The
city's coat of arms depicts a boat, which alludes to the
city's name which translates literally as "boat".The
Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television
and Theatre in Lódz is the most notable academy for
future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators
and TV staff in Poland. Before 1990, Lódz's traditional
economy textiles. Its 19th century growth in this industry
resulted in the city sometimes being called the "Polish
Manchester". Lódz has one of the best museums
of modern art in Poland which displays art by all important
contemporary Polish artists. Another popular source of recreation
is the Lunapark, an amusement park featuring a massive rollercoaster
and other rides and features, located near the city's zoo
and its botanical gardens. The
city's one-time largest textile factory complex has been
turned into a shopping centre called "Manufaktura"
which is held as a fine example of how a successful modern
business operation can be installed in restored 19th century
buildings.
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Katowice,
Bielsko-Biala (near Krakow)
Katowice
(alternatively in Silesian: 'Katowicy', in German:
'Kattowitz', in Czech: 'Katovice') is located
in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Klodnica and Rawa
Rivers about 31 miles north of the Carpathian Mountains
and about 62 miles south-east of the Sudetes Mountains.
It has an estimated population of 2 million. Katowice is
the centre of science, culture, industry, business and transportation
in southern Poland with a wider metropolitan area populated
by 5,294,000 people. Tourist attractions include the Old
Town (the ' Rynek') which contains many historic monuments
and buildings. The market square and most of the streets
in this old quarter are prohibited or impose restrictions
on motor vehicles and have been made into a shopping precincts
and pedestrianised promenades.. Central Katowice also contains
a significant number of Art Nouveau buildings along with
the Communist Era giants such as Spodek or Superjednostka.
Regretably, many fine old buildings were demolished in the
1950s to make way for such modern buildings.
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Wroclaw
Wroclaw
(known in German as 'Breslau') is the chief city
in south-western Poland, situated on the River Oder (and
was the former capital of Silesia. Over the centuries, the
city has been either part of Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia
or Germany. According to official population figures for
June 2009, its population is 632,240, making it the fourth
largest city in Poland. Wroclaw is one of the warmest cities
in Poland, lying as it does in the Lower-Silesian region,
the mean annual temperature is 9.8°C. The coldest month
is January (average temperature -0.5°C), and the warmest
is July (average temperature 19.9°C). The longest season
is summer, which lasts 114 days. The highest temperature
ever recorded in Wroclaw was on 31 July 1994 when temperatures
reach around 40°C. Things worth seeing include the Rynek,
or old market square, the 14th century Town Hall and St
Elisabeth's Church ("Kosciól Sw. Elzbiety").
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