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Buildings, streets...   Warsaw

Buildings, streets..., Warsaw

 32 Reviews  This kiosk with newspapers adjacent to Church of the Holy Spirit (Paulite Church) in the New City is the smallest house in Warsaw. Local law says that only seperate houses have own numbers and this... 

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Jewish Life   Warsaw

Jewish Life, Warsaw

 15 Reviews  As Jewish people and culture strongly influenced the life of pre-WWII Warsaw it is important to mourn the victims and attrocities they faced from German nazis together with the rest of Warsaw and its... 

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Monuments   Warsaw

Monuments, Warsaw

 22 Reviews  Walking around the Three Crosses Square (Plac Trzech Krzyzy) I found in its eastern part the bust signed: "For Rev. Jakub Falkowski (1t75 - 1845), a founder of the Institiute for the Deaf, grateful... 

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Gardens   Warsaw

Gardens, Warsaw

 14 Reviews  In nothern side of the viewpoint terrace in the Rydz-Smigly Park there is the gate in my picture with inscription "Ogrodki Teatralne" which means the courtyard theatres. There is a pub/restaurant with... 

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Kabaty Forest   Warsaw

Kabaty Forest, Warsaw

 7 Reviews  Just get to the metro train and go all the way to the very last station Kabaty. Getting out, pass Tesco mall and go straight. You'll easily get to the Kabaty Forest. Great place for walking, biking or... 

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Warsaw's Districts   Warsaw

Warsaw's Districts, Warsaw

 4 Reviews  In and around the old Stadium Dziesieciolecia (Tenth-Anniversary Stadium) one of the largest outdoor markets in Europe can be found. It is also often referred to as "Russian Market". The market... 

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Churches   Warsaw

Churches, Warsaw

 12 Reviews  It's not easy to introduce our church, because our church is not fundamentally a building or a set of programs. Our church is people — a community with a shared vision and a shared faith in Jesus... 

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Old Town   Warsaw

Old Town, Warsaw

 10 Reviews  If you like old small and medium-size clocks, other precise devices and jewelry it's place for you. There are masterpieces of old masters and those who wanted to achieve a title of master in engraving... 

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Zoological Garden   Warsaw

Zoological Garden, Warsaw

 5 Reviews  The Warsaw Zoo (in Praga district , just opposite the Old Town) is certainly a great place to spend a warm summer afternoon! The point is not only to see the animals, but also the beautiful park with... 

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Memories from 1974   Warsaw

Memories from 1974, Warsaw

 3 Reviews   Lala is my beautiful doll from Warsaw, which I actually bought for my daughter on our first trip to Poland. Years later after Susan was out of college, I realized the dolls were still packed in the... 

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Pawiak   Warsaw

Pawiak, Warsaw

 3 Reviews  On the city of Warsaw you will also find Pawiak. Before the WW II it was a prison but when the WW II started Nazis made Pawiak as their head sqaud. When war ended it was destroyed but now days there... 

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Maria Sklodowska-Curie   Warsaw

Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Warsaw

 2 Reviews  Maria Sklodowska-Curie during 1927 Conference in Brussel. The Society in Tribute to Maria Sklodowska-Curie occupies a building on ul. Wawelska 15. The society's main goal is to preserve her memory and... 

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Wilanow   Warsaw

Wilanow, Warsaw

 7 Reviews  The Wilanow Park forms an integral part of the Wilanow Palace and Gardens. Perfect for a pleasant walk, it is a destination of choice for Varsovians seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the... 

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Zelazowa Wola   Warsaw

Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw

 2 Reviews  Zelazowa Wola is situated on the edge of Poland's Kampinos National Park and is the birthplace of Cjopin. Explore Zelazowa Wola's enchanting woods or take a visit to Kampinos National Park. Nearest... 

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Zegrzynski Reservoir   Warsaw

Zegrzynski Reservoir, Warsaw

 1 Review  Zalew Zegrzynski - Zegrzynski Reservoir - a great place for watersports, walking, fishing and sunbathing - just 20 kilometers north of the city. Two huge rivers - Narew and Bug - bring their waters... 

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Grabarka - the 'orthodox...

by sphynxxs

Grabarka - the 'orthodox Czestochowa'It´s really difficult to get more away from tourist regions - if you want to see Grabarka, you have to go near the Belarussian border. Most travellers going to Poland will have heard about the monastery of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa with the famous picture of the Black Madonna. In Grabarka near the village of Szyce (take the train from Siedlce) you´ll find the Orthodox counterpart. This monastery, set on a hill in a wood, is surrounded by a 'valley of crosses' - pilgrims bring them to pray for the fulfillment of a wish. A very special time to go here is the night of 19.th of august, when thousands of pilgrims from Poland and Belarus spend the night singing and praying on the open ground around the monastery. This is a place to go if you want to catch a glimpse of Eastern Europa within Poland.

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there is hardly a place more...

by sphynxxs

there is hardly a place more off the beaten track than bialowieza forest in Eastern Poland, near the Belarussian border. It´s one of the oldest primeval forests of Europe, and one of the very few that survived until today. The national park may be entered only with a licenced guide and there are still bears and wolves living in the areas. It´s also known for its bison reserve. Next inhabited places are the village of Bialowieza and the small town Hajnowka, where the railway from Warsaw or Bialystok towards the Bialowieza region ends.

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Holidays in the saddle...

by Janina_B.

Holidays in the saddle organized in famous studs are another special tourist attraction.HORSE RIDING has long been considered a fairly exclusive pastime - and one with very ardent devotees. While it is rather unlikely that anyone today will repeat the offer made by Shakespeare's Richard III, 'A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!', many of those who love these magnificent animals are ready to give a lot to be able to spend their holiday in the saddle. This is easily arranged in Poland, which can claim stables and studs of established international repute.

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Over 300 BISON live in the...

by Janina_B.

Over 300 BISON live in the Bialowieski Forest, the largest such herd in the world. Foreigners paying a visit here are intrigued by this - to them - exotic beast, which had long since disappeared in other parts of Europe (in England at the end of the 12th century, in France and Italy in the 14th). By the early twentieth century, excessive hunting, poaching, and the havoc of World War I had almost killed off the European bison. In 1919 the last one left in Poland's Bialowieska Forest fell, and in 1925 the last one in the Caucasus was killed. They were the last two left in the wild. Fortunately some remained in zoos and private refuges. In the 1920's, at the initiative of the Polish zoologist Jan Sztolcman, the International Society for Preservation of the European Bison was established. Today these animals are allowed to live free in protected wilderness areas.

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ZUBROWKA - BISON BRAND VODKA...

by Janina_B.

ZUBROWKA - BISON BRAND VODKA owes its delicate flavour to bison grass, which grows only in the wild in small clumps scattered all over the Bialowieska Forest glades and meadows. There have been numerous attempts to cultivate it for commercial purposes but the farmed grass could not match the real thing.

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BIALOWIEZA FOREST (Puszcza...

by Janina_B.

BIALOWIEZA FOREST (Puszcza Bialowieska) is listed by UNESCO as one of the monuments of the world heritage. It is the last natural forest with the elements of the primordial forest (Bialowieski National Park) in Central Europe. There are enourmous oak trees, pines and spruce over 50 metres high. It is a habitat of lynx and beaver. Horse-cart excursions through the most interesting parts of the reserve take 4 hours.

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Polish APICULTURE is...

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Polish APICULTURE is 99-percent dominated by small private beekeeping farms, most of them owned by elderly people for whom beekeeping is either a long-standing hobby or an additional source of income.Domestic production of 13,000 tonnes annually fully satisfies the needs of the market (per capita annual consumption of honey in Poland is 350 g). The fashion for a healthy lifestyle should spur its consumption. There is hope among honey producers that despite the lack of funds for its promotion, honey will make a comeback under the guise of a folk remedy.

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The village of Znin, which can...

by seraphim

The village of Znin, which can be reached by slow train (osobowy) from Inowroclaw (on the railway line between Poznan and Gdansk), is a good base for going to Biskupin. The campiste is at ul. Szkolna 16. Znin itself has a nice old church and ethnographic museum. A small tourist train (the station is across the street from the 'real' train station) goes to Wenecje, Biskupin and Gasawa several times daily. Tickets (single, not return) cost 5 zl.

If you like gothic, metal or...

by seraphim

If you like gothic, metal or any other form of dark music, go to the Castle Party in Bolkow during the last weekend of july. You can get to Bolkow by bus from Wroclaw or Jelenia Gora. More information at the Castle Party official Website

Tatra and Pieniny mountains in...

by rtroth

Tatra and Pieniny mountains in the south are spectacular! There's an exciting rafting trip through the Dunajec Gorge between Poland and Slovakia that is really worthwhile. (Thanks to 'rolnik' for helping me with the geography.)

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A: Hi Gloria! From Krakow, I'd recommend that you pay a visit to Wadowice, the home town of Pope John Paul 11 - visit the cathedral where he served - then the house where he... 

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