Spreading over 1700 acres, it is one of the largest landscape parks in Europe.
Spreading over 1700 acres, it is one of the largest landscape parks in Europe. The park stretches on both sides o...
The capital of Mazowsze, Warsaw is, after Helsinki, considered as one of the greenest capitals in Europe. There are many parks, gardens and grassy promenades in the city.
The capital of Mazowsze,...
Tours with Fryderyk Chopin
In 2010, people celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of this great Pole by way of a large artistic sensitivity and a love for popular music.
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It is not often that a building that is merely 100 years old is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site but the construction of the Centennial Hall is one of the turning points in the history of the ut...
In Rzeszów(160,000 inhabitants) a couple of interesting pieces of the 18th and 19th century architecture stand till today. The parish church dates from the 15th century and the early 17th century B...
Lodz, with its 742,000 inhabitants, is the third largest city in Poland. Lodz is a cultural phenomenon and a fascinating place inhabited by distinguished artists, scientists and industrialists.
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Lodz with its 742,000 inhabitants is the third largest city in Poland. In the 19th century the textile industry began developing here with unimaginable speed.
Lodz
Lodz with its 742,000 inhabit...
The Pieniny are the largest and the most beautiful mountain range within a belt of lime-rock peaks that stretch a length of more than 500km from Bratislava through Moravia, along the southern slope of...
The Tatra Mountains, the highest mountains in Poland, make up part of the Carpathian Mountain range. They exhibit extreme Alpine characteristics and also have five climatic vegetation belts.
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Blue, white, red are the colours of the flag of the Warmia and Masuria Voivodship. The deep "blue" of the lakes, the "white" of sails and the wings of the storks and as a contrast the "red" of bricks ...
Mysterious tunnels, castles on high hills and manor houses hidden in romantic parks. When it comes to the amount and beauty of the buildings, the Dolnoslaskie Voivodship (Lower Silesian Province) can ...
The tiny Opole Province is an exceptional region of Poland. It is here that the oldest dinosaur fossils in the world were discovered.
The tiny Opole Province is an exceptional region of Poland. I...
You cannot say you know Poland if you have not visited the Malopolskie (Lesser Poland) Voivodship. Krakow, the former capital of Poland can be found here.
You cannot say you know Poland if yo...
The outlines of foundries can bee seen on the horizon. Factories and mining towers dominate the landscape of Silesia, one of the smallest Voivodships in Poland. There are not many rural settings here,...
This region in Poland is sometimes called the "Wild East". It still has not been affected to any great extent or overwhelmed by today's great movement in tourism.
This region in Poland is some...
The third largest Voivodship in Poland lies along the eastern borderlands of the country. Its neighbours are Belarus and the Ukraine across the wild and twisting River Bug.
The third largest Voiv...
This is the location of the Pepper Mountains, the oldest mountains in Europe, also of caves filled with marvels from the Cambrian era, dinosaur footprints and the fossils of unique shell fish, many hi...
Both of these are sacral buildings that transcend their religious function and their architectural value is less important than the message that they carry.
Both of these are sacral buildings ...
Torun's historic centre with its well preserved complex of medieval buildings and its original urban layout was included in UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1997.
Torun's historic centre with i...
The National Museum in Warsaw contains examples of masterpieces by Polish and international artists which is open to the public every day except Mondays.
The National Museum in Warsaw contains...
Lake Wigry, one of the largest lakes in north-east Poland, is an important feature of this National Park which also contains 25 smaller lakes that are interconnected by a network of rivers.
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In the Wielkopolski National Park in western Poland there are hills that are 130 meters above sea level, sub glacial channels and lakes. Pine and mixed tree forests cover a major part of the park.
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Open meadows that are overgrown with alder trees and criss-crossed by a complex network of canals and old riverbeds are the main characteristics of this National Park's landscape in northern Poland.
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The greatest attraction of this National Park, which stretches along the Baltic coast in the north of Poland are the moving sand dunes.
The greatest attraction of this National Park, which str...
This National Park covers the central area of the Roztocze Mountain range in central-eastern Poland. It spreads from the Lublin uplands south-eastward across the border into the Ukraine.
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The Poleski National Park in south-eastern Poland has landscapes reminiscent of the transitional zone between tundra and taiga.
The Poleski National Park in south-eastern Poland has landscapes...
The greatest natural feature of this National Park in the eastern part of Poland is the unspoilt swampy Narew river valley which features a unique system of flood waters, old riverbeds, bulrushes and ...
This National Park occupies the central part of the Lower Beskid Range that is dominated by Mount Watkowa standing some 846 meters above sea level.
This National Park occupies the central part...
The National Park encircles the upper reaches of the Karkonosze Mountains in south-west Poland and includes their highest peak, Mount Sniezka which stands 1,603 meters above sea level.
The Nat...
The National Park is located in the vicinity of the capital Warsaw and encompasses the Kampinoska Forest which spreads over the prehistoric Vistula River glacial valley.
The National Park is l...
The National Park in the south-west of Poland includes the "Gory Stolowe" massif (Table Mountains) which are located in the central section of the Sudety Mountain Range.
The National Park in t...
This National Park, in the south of Poland, spreads over the central part of the Gorce Mountain Range in the Western Beskid which culminates with the parks highest peak, Mount Turbacz (1,310 meters ab...
This is a former mine which had been worked for both lead and silver.
This is a former mine which had been worked for both lead and silver. The mine was closed down but the labyrinth of galler...
The Old Town complex, built in the 6th and 17th centuries, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Old Town complex, built in the 6th and 17th centuries, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List...
The former seat of the Warmia bishops and the capital of the region, the pride of Lidzbark Warminski is the Bishops' castle.
The former seat of the Warmia bishops and the capital of the region...
Paczków lies on the tourist route leading from Silesia and the Małopolska region to the Kłodzko valley, and offers many cultural sites as well as a beautiful landscapes. Paczków lies on the tourist ro...
Biskupin is a fortified lake village built around 700 B.C. by a tribe belonging to the Lusatian culture.
Biskupin is a fortified lake village built around 700 B.C. by a tribe belonging to the ...
Hitler's headquarters at Gierloz, known as Wolf's Lair, is one of the most sinister places in the region, but it attracts many tourists because of its recent historical associations.
Hitler's ...
The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived and worked here for many years, and here he is buried. The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived and worked here for many years, and here he is bu...
The pride of place in the town is held by the monumental Gothic cathedral, one of the most sumptuous Cistercian basilicas in Poland.
The pride of place in the town is held by the monumental Go...
The Drawa National Park has outstanding natural and landscape features and encompasses the Mysliborski and Walcz Lake Lands as well as the Drawa Forest in north-western Poland.
The Drawa Natio...
This National Park can be found on the country's southern border which runs through the Carpathian Mountains between Poland and Slovakia. The park encompasses the vast Tatra massif.
This Natio...
This National Park encompasses the central section of the Pieniny Mountain range in the south of Poland and including its highest peak Mount "Trzy Korony" standing at 982 metres above sea level and th...
This National Park is located near Krakow in the south of Poland and encompasses the southern region of the Krakow-Czestochowa Plateau and includes the valleys of the Pradnik and Saspowka rivers.
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This National Park, in north-western Poland, protects the most important part of the "Bory Tucholskie" Forest. It is made up of sandy flatlands, overgrown with pine trees and dotted with post-glacial ...
The National Park boundaries encircle the highest part of the Western Bieszczady Mountains, in the corner of Poland bordering on Slovakia and the Ukraine.
The National Park boundaries encircle...
The largest of Poland's national parks, the Biebrzanski National Park in north-eastern Poland is Europe's major natural expanse of peat bogs and aquatic bird habitat.
The largest of Poland's n...
The Wielkopolska Voivbodship is a special place on the map of Poland. This is where the first ruler of the Piast dynasty became the leader of several of the united Slavic tribes and was baptised as a ...
The National Park is situated in the southern part of Poland and includes the highest peak in the Western Beskid Range.
The National Park is situated in the southern part of Poland and include...
