Chełmno
Chełmno [ˈxɛu̯mnɔ] (older English: Culm; German: Kulm ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 20,000 inhabitants and the historical capital of Chełmno Land.
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The Municipal Stadium in Wrocław, Poland, (Polish: Stadion Miejski we Wrocławiu) is the highest fourth category football (soccer) stadium built for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. The Stadium is located on aleja Śląska in the western p…
Silesian Stadium
Silesian Stadium (Polish: Stadion Śląski) is a sport stadium located between Chorzów and Katowice, Silesia, Poland. It opened on 22 July 1956 and has since hosted crowds of over 120,000 for both football matches and motorcycle speedway world champio…
Siedlce
Siedlce (Polish pronunciation: ['ɕɛdlt͡sɛ]; Yiddish: שעדליץ Shedlits) is a city in eastern Poland with 76,438 inhabitants (as of 2013). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voiv…
Open'er Festival
The Open'er Festival (formerly as Heineken Open'er Festival from its principal sponsor, Heineken International) is a music festival which takes place on the North coast of Poland, in Gdynia. The first edition of the festival was organized in Warsaw …
Lubin
Lubin, [ˈlubʲin] (German: Lüben) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. From 1975–1998 it belonged to the former Legnica Voivodeship. Lubin is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called G…
Krosno
Krosno [ˈkrɔsnɔ] (in full The Royal Free City of Krosno, Polish: Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a town and county in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland with 47,455 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009.
Zgorzelec
Zgorzelec [zɡɔˈʐɛlɛt͡s] (German: Görlitz, Upper Sorbian: Zhorjelc) is a town in south-western Poland with 32,322 inhabitants (2012). It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Jelenia Góra Voivodeship). It is the seat…
Wrocław University of Technology
Wrocław University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Wrocławska, founded as German: Technische Hochschule Breslau) is an autonomous technical university in Wrocław, Poland. With buildings dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gath…
Wieliczka
Wieliczka [vʲɛˈlʲit͡ʂka] is a town (2006 population: 19,128) in southern Poland in the Kraków metropolitan area, and situated (since 1999) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship; previously, it was in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998).
Trawniki concentration camp
The Trawniki concentration camp was set up by Nazi Germany in the village of Trawniki about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Lublin during the occupation of Poland in World War II. Throughout its existence the camp served a dual function.
Poznań-Ławica Airport
Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (IATA: POZ, ICAO: EPPO), built in 1913, is one of the oldest airports in Poland. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Poznań city centre.
Piła
Piła [ˈpʲiwa] (German: Schneidemühl) is a town in northwestern Poland. It had 77,000 inhabitants as of 2001. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Piła Voivodeship (1975–1998). Piła is the largest town …
Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
The Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig (Gdańsk) was one of the first acts of World War II in Europe, as part of the Invasion of Poland.
Szczekociny
Szczekociny [ʂt͡ʂɛkɔˈt͡ɕinɨ] (German: Schtschekotzin) is a town on the Pilica river, in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,115 inhabitants (2004). The Battle of Szczekociny was fought near the town on June 6, 1794 during the Kościuszko Uprising. E…
Gdańsk Bay
Gdańsk Bay or the Bay of Gdańsk or Danzig Bay (Polish: Zatoka Gdańska; Kashubian: Gduńskô Hôwinga; Russian: Гданьская бухта, Gdan'skaja bukhta, and German: Danziger Bucht) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea. It is named after the adjacent port …
Belweder
Belweder (Polish pronunciation: [bɛlvɛdɛr]; in full Pałac Belwederski, Belweder Palace, from the Italian belvedere) is a palace in Warsaw, a few kilometers south of the Royal Castle.
Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport
Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (IATA: LCJ, ICAO: EPLL), formerly known as Łódź-Lublinek Airport, is a regional airport in central Poland, located approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of the Łódź city center.
Łazienki Palace
The Łazienki Palace ([waˈʑɛŋki], Polish: pałac Łazienkowski — in English the Baths Palace, also called the Palace on the Water and the Palace on the Isle) is a Baroque palace in Warsaw's Royal Baths Park.
Słowiński National Park
Słowiński National Park (Polish: Słowiński Park Narodowy) is a national park in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It is situated on the Baltic coast, between Łeba and Rowy.
St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk
St. Mary's Church (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka, German: St. Marienkirche), or formally the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Gdańsku), is a Roman Catholic church i…
Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski [ˈpʲɔtrkuf trɨbuˈnalskʲi] (also known by alternative names) is a city in central Poland with 76,717 inhabitants (2011). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), and previously was the capital of Piotrków Voivodeship …
Leszno
Leszno [ˈlɛʂnɔ] (German: Lissa, between 1800 and 1918 also called Polnisch Lissa or Lissa in Posen) is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants (2008). Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previo…
Krzywy Domek
Krzywy Domek (pronounced [ˈkʂɨvɨ ˈd̪ɔmɛk], Polish for "crooked little house") is an unusually shaped building in Sopot, Poland.
Krzeszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Krzeszów [ˈkʂɛʂuf] (German: Grüssau) is a village in south-western Poland. It is part of the administrative district of Gmina Kamienna Góra, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (formerly in Jelenia Góra Voivodeship).
Bieszczady Mountains
Bieszczady [bʲɛˈʂt͡ʂadɨ] is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland through Ukraine and Slovakia. It forms the western part of the Eastern Beskids (Beskidy Wschodnie), and is more generally part of the Outer Eastern Carpathi…
Warsaw School of Economics
The Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) is the oldest business school of university standing in Poland.
Silesian Metropolis
The Silesian Metropolis (Polish: Metropolia Silesia), formally Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (Polish: Górnośląski Związek Metropolitalny) is an association of municipalities composed of 14 adjacent cities in the Polish Province of Silesi…
Książ
Książ (German: Schloss Fürstenstein) is a castle in Wałbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was built in 1288-1292 under Bolko I the Strict.
JW Formoza
Jednostka Wojskowa Formoza, (en. Military Unit Formoza) (2007-2011 Morska Jednostka Działań Specjalnych, MJDS) (en.
Czartoryski Museum
The Czartoryski Museum and Library (Polish: Muzeum Książąt Czartoryskich w Krakowie) is a museum located in Kraków, Poland, founded in Puławy in 1796 by Princess Izabela Czartoryska. The Puławy collections were partly destroyed after the November up…
Żywiec
Żywiec /ˈʒɪvjɛts/ (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʐɨvjɛt͡s]; German: Saybusch) is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants (Nov. 2007).
Presidential Palace, Warsaw
The Presidential Palace (in Polish, Pałac Prezydencki; also known as Pałac Koniecpolskich, Lubomirskich, Radziwiłłów, and Pałac Namiestnikowski) in Warsaw, Poland, is the elegant classicist latest version of a building that has stood on the Krakowsk…
Hel Peninsula
Hel Peninsula ( listen ; Polish: Mierzeja Helska, Półwysep Helski; Kashubian: Hélskô Sztremlëzna; German: Halbinsel Hela or Putziger Nehrung) is a 35-km-long sand bar peninsula in northern Poland separating the Bay of Puck from the open Baltic Sea.
…Frombork
Frombork [ˈfrɔmbɔrk] (German: Frauenburg ) is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon, in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Bolesławiec
Bolesławiec [bɔlɛˈswavʲɛt͡s] (German: Bunzlau) or Boleslawiec is a town on the Bóbr river in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, with 40,837 inhabitants (2006). It is the administrative seat of Bolesławiec County, and of Gmina Bol…