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The Wang Church

The Wang Church, Karpacz

 GeoV Says:  The Wang Church is a 12th century Norwegian stave church, moved here in the 1840s. It had become redundant in its original location, Vang in the Valdres region - where a number of similar churches still exist - and was due for demolition. The re-erected church clearly... 

The Toys Museum

The Toys Museum, Karpacz

 evona Says:  This museum can you visit in the upper part of Karpacz. You can see there a unique collection of dolls all over the world. The exposition has more than 2000 toys. Many of the toys was given for the museum by Henryk Tomaszewski. He was the famous creator of the Pantomime... 

Liczyrzepa

Liczyrzepa, Karpacz

 evona Says:  According to legend, Krummhübel (Karpacz) was the home to Liczyrzepa (Rübezahl), a giant. He is a folklore mountain spirit (woodwose) of the Giant Mountains (Riesengebirge, Krkonoše, Karkonosze). We have meet him in Karpacz like you can see on the pic :) 

The Vang church

The Vang church, Karpacz

 evona Says:  The Vang stave church (Swiatynia Wang, also Vang stavkirke) - the pearl of the Scandinavian wooden architecture - it is a middle-aged temple, wich was built at the turn of the XII and XIII century in the Vang town in the north of Norway and transferred and re-erected in 1842... 

Snow

Snow, Karpacz

 evona Says:  Karpacz is great in the winter time, when there is snow. The wood looks so beautiful. 

Great architecture

Great architecture, Karpacz

 evona Says:  In Karpacz there some great houses, this on the foto this is a apotheke. 

Zapora

Zapora, Karpacz

 evona Says:  a small water body Zapora on the Lomnica River 

Outumn in the Sudety Mountains

Outumn in the Sudety  Mountains, Karpacz

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Outumn in the mountains

Outumn in the mountains, Karpacz

 Pablo_krak Says:  Beautful colors of outumn - polish mountains 

Hotels  

Skalny Hotel

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Alpejski Hotel

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Hotels  

GRAN: Pension

GRAN: Pension, Karpacz

 evona Says:  We was there one week to New Year. The room was very little. The eating was too not very good. 

Pruivate pension

Pruivate pension, Karpacz

 Pablo_krak Says:  Clean and comfortable rooms Great view on the mountains, bar on the ground floor, and near to the mountains. 

Restaurants  

Kolorowa: jummy

Kolorowa: jummy, Karpacz

 evona Says:  Very good food, but we must wait very longe for the dishes.Very nice interior. 

Shopping  

pamiatki: souvenirs

pamiatki: souvenirs, Karpacz

 evona Says:  On the way to the Wang church there are some shops on the street with souvenirs. 

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 Clean and comfortable rooms Great view on the mountains, bar on the ground floor, and near to the mountains. 

 

Questions and Answers

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Q:  Hello Travelers, Can someone tell me please what is the train station closest to Karpacz? We'll be arriving there from Prague... 

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A: Jelenia Góra, 20 km to the north west. 

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Karpacz - mountain City in South West Poland

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 Karpacz is located in SUDETY Mountains, in the south west Poland near to Czech border. In Karapcz is located many oprivate rooms, pensions and hotels. It is a good start point to the mountains... 

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KARPACZ

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 Karpacz is a little town in the mountain Karkonosze. The town is situated at the foot of Sniezka Mountain (1602 meters above the sea level), in the valley of the Lomnica river. 

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Karpacz

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  The Wang Temple The Wang temple was built in Norway in Xii/XIII century. The name was brought from Vang lake. In XIX century people in Vang wanted to built a new emple but because they didn't have... 

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Norwegian church in Southern Poland?

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 Karpacz is not only a popular holiday resort in the mountains. You can see something really extraoridnary there - a true, medieval, wooden Norwegian church, called "The Wang Church". 

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