Czarny Dunajec [ˈt͡ʂarnɨ duˈnajɛt͡s], (Slovak: Čierny Dunajec) is a village located in southern Poland near the Polish-Slovakian border. Czarny Dunajec is in the Nowy Targ County (Polish: Powiat Nowotarski) and in the Lesser Poland.
Population: 3,594
Latitude: 49° 26' 11.87" N
Longitude: 19° 51' 5.80" E
Zakopane (pronounced [zakɔˈpanɛ]) is a town in the extreme south of Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser P…
Nowy Targ [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtark] (Latin: Novum Forum, Slovak: Nový Targ, German: Neumarkt) is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants (2006). It is the historical capital of the Podhale region. The town is situated in a valley beneath the Gorce Mou…
Giewont ([ˈɡʲɛvɔnt]) is a mountain massif in the Tatra Mountains of Poland, and is 1,895 metres AMSL at its highest.
Carpathian Wooden Churches is the name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of nine wooden religious buildings constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries in eight different locations in Slovakia. They include two Roman Catholic (Hervar…
Wielka Krokiew im. Stanislawa Marusarza (The Great Krokiew, in Polish krokiew means rafter) is a ski jumping venue in Zakopane, Poland. It is a regular venue in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup.
Rabka was always known for its salt-works, and from 1864 became a popular spa town. The first treatment centre for children was established a few years later and continues to this day. Hydrotherapy continues to be utilised in local hospital and sana…
Gorce National Park (Polish: Gorczański Park Narodowy) is a national park in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland.
Poronin [pɔˈrɔnin], is a village in southern Poland situated in Tatra County of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975-1998).
Bukowina Tatrzańska [bukɔˈvina taˈtʂaɲska], (Slovak: Tatranská Bukovina) is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmi…
The 2001 Winter Universiade, the XX Winter Universiade, took place in Zakopane, Poland.
Białka Tatrzańska [ˈbjau̯ka taˈtʂaɲska], (Slovak: Tatranská Biela Voda) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.
…Waksmund [ˈvaksmunt] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Targ, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Skawa (German: Schaue) is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. It originates in the Western Carpathians (Beskids), is 96 km long and drains 1,160 km².
Orava is a reservoir in northernmost Slovakia, forming the largest lake in Slovakia (35.2 km²). It was created by the construction of a dam between 1941 and 1953 on the former two sources of the Orava river. Several former villages had to be inundat…
Murzasichle [ˈmur zaˈɕixlɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Jurgów [ˈjurɡuf] (Hungarian: Szepesgyörke, Slovak: Jurgov, German: Jurkau or Joerg) is a small village (c. 900 inhabitants) in the Spisz region of southern Poland, near the border with Slovakia and the town of Bukowina Tatrzańska, on the Białka rive…
Jabłonka [jaˈbwɔnka] (Slovak: Jablonka) is a village in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jabłonka. It lies approxim…
Biały Dunajec [ˈbjawɨ duˈnajɛt͡s], (Slovak: Biely Dunajec) is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975-1998. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) no…