European Union memeber since 2004 POLAND area: 312,685 square km population: 38,2 million European Union memeber since 2004
The national emblem and the flag Hello!
POLAND Katowice
The river Wisla and the biggest cities Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow
The Landscape
The Baltic Sea coast – Hel peninsula
Mazury – lake district
The Carpathians – Tatra Mountains (the south of Poland) Zakopane
RYSY - the highest peak of Poland (2,499 m)
Bieszczady
The magic forest of Bialowieza
The European Bison – a unique animal
The Main Cities
Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow
WARSZAWA (Warsaw) Population: 1,7 million the capital and the largest city of Poland
The Old Town in Warsaw (rebuilt after total destruction of the city in World War II)
Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow
Krakow The old capital of Poland
Wawel – the Royal Castle
Wawel Cathedral
Jagiellonian University - the oldest in Poland (1364)
Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow
Wroclaw
Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow
Gdansk – ”A trace of Holland in Poland”
The „long” Market
The Old Port
Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow
Poznan
Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow
Katowice – our city population: 308,000. Spodek – „flying saucer”
Coal mine „Wieczorek”
Nikiszowiec – the estate of miners
The Centre of Katowice
Famous Poles
Mikolaj Kopernik, Copernicus (astronomer)
Fryderyk Chopin (composer, pianist)
Karol Wojtyla – John Paul II, the Pope
Lech Walesa Legendary leader of „Solidarity” Lech Walesa Legendary leader of „Solidarity”. Former president of Poland.
Thank you and see you in Poland