Poland General Tips

by ania70pl

Language: Polish
Time: GMT/UTC plus one hour
Electricity: 220 volts, 50 Hz AC
Weights & measures: Metric
Currency: 1 zloty = 100 grosz

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	Polish provinces Tip Rating:

Updated By ania70pl on November 26, 2002

by ania70pl

Poland has 16 provinces (wojewodztwa):
Zachodnio-Pomorskie
Pomorskie
Warminsko-Mazurskie
Podlaskie
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Mazowieckie
Lubuskie
Wielkopolskie
Lodzkie
Lubelskie
Dolnoslaskie
Opolskie
Slaskie
Swietokrzyskie
Malopolskie
Podkarpackie

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	Currency Tip Rating:

Updated By ania70pl on November 14, 2002

by ania70pl

Polish currency is zloty (1 zloty = 100 groszy). Now (in Nov 2002) 1 $ is worth about 4 zloties.
Here are notes:200 zl, 100 zl, 50 zl, 20 zl, 10 zl and coins: 5 zl, 2 zl, 1 zl, 50 gr, 20, gr, 10 gr, 5 gr, 2 gr, 1 gr.

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	The oldest Polish city Tip Rating:

Updated By ania70pl on September 27, 2003

Town Hall in Kalisz

by ania70pl

The oldest Polish city is probably Kalisz. For the first time it was mentioned in II century (as a Calisia).
Gniezno, former Polish capital city is from VIII century
Cracow was mentioned for the first time in 965.

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	What I love in Warsaw is of... Tip Rating:

By dreamworld on September 13, 2002

by dreamworld

What I love in Warsaw is of course the Old Town which has partly been rebuilt after WWarII, looks very clean and beautiful, including a castle.
Also the long street often referred at the 'Champs-Elysees' of Warsaw, called Nowakrakowsky...? well something like this...is great. Along this avenue you will see many interesting buildings including the president's palace (you can not get in).
This PICTURE shows the main place in the Old Town of Warsaw.

The Polish people may look at the first approach, a bit 'cold', but actually they are very very nice. I really met great people. And most of them (especially the young ones) speak at least some English.

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	Aushwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Tip Rating:

Updated By matcrazy1 on September 28, 2002

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The main gate to Auschwitz I
concentration camp

by matcrazy1

All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim (you say Auschwitz, we say Oswiecim) which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War.
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The main gate over which runs the infamous credo "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Liberates). Few who passed through this gate lived.
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The overall number of victims of Auschwitz in the years 1940-1945 is estimated at between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 people.
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MORE: welcome to my Oswiecim page:
www.virtualtourist.com/m/9ecb/757cc
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	AUTUMN IN POLAND. Every place... Tip Rating:

By Irato on August 27, 2002

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AUTUMN IN POLAND. Every place is good enough to admire lovely, colourful Polish autumn, but for me the most excellent are BIESZCZADY MOUNTAINS. Autumn, great time for hikking and taking the pictures.

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	SPRING IN POLAND The best time... Tip Rating:

By Irato on August 27, 2002

by Irato

SPRING IN POLAND The best time for bird-watching. But it's a great season for hikking too. Many palces are lovely, but my favourite is Ponidzie. The beautiful region of colourful landscapes and charming towns.

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	SUMMER IN POLAND So many... Tip Rating:

By Irato on August 27, 2002

by Irato

SUMMER IN POLAND So many things to do. Sailing in Mazury, sunbathing in Polish Baltyk coast, hikking in Holy Cross Mountains, Beskidy, Sudety, climbing in Jura Upland, trekking in Tatra Mountains and Karkonosze...

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	WINTER IN POLAND Long walks... Tip Rating:

By Irato on August 27, 2002

by Irato

WINTER IN POLAND Long walks may not be that fascinating, but just go South. Tatra Mountains, Beskidy, Karkonosze are waiting for you. Take your ski or snowbaord and enjoy yourself.