Hello! Nice to meet you!
Our names are Bolek and Lolek. We’re popular cartoon characters from Poland.Today we’ll show you
some of the most interesting places in our country.
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But are there any interestingplaces in Poland?
Of course! There are plenty!
It’s our sea area called Pomorze.
Gdańsk
GdyniaHel
We’re in Słowiński National Park. There are over 140 kilometres of tourist walking trails
here.
There are also observation towers,
dunes, lakes and beautiful beaches.
The Polish seaside
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This is an area we call a one thousand
lakes place.
It’s Mazuria.
Giżycko
Isn’t it beautiful?
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Here’s the heart of our country – the capital city, Warsaw.
This region is called Mazowsze.
Warszawa
There are a lot
of landmark
s in Warsaw, but the
Palace of Culture
and Science is the most well-
known .
It’s 237
metres high!
Warsaw is a huge and modern city.
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There is a place where people used to mine
coal. It’s Śląsk or Silesia –
our region!
Katowice
This is
Spodek,
a sports
and
concert
hall.
‘Spodek
’ means
a
‘saurcer
’ in
Polish.
Doesn’t
it look
like
one?
Yes! There’s also a
swimming pool, an ice
rink and even a
hotel inside.
This is the Statue of a
Polish Soldier in Katowice. There are names of
battlefields from World
War II written on
the statue.
It’s one of the
biggest and
heaviest Silesian
statues. It weighs 80
tones!
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It’s our school in the background!
This is the football stadium of GKS
Katowice, a well-known sports
club.
GKS is short for
‘Górniczy Klub
Sportowy’, which means ‘Miners’ Sports
Club’. They currently play in
Polish First League.
Football is one of the most popular sports in Poland.
Karpaty, the highest mountains in Poland.
Zakopane
This mountain is located in Little Beskids . There is a
lake underneath the mountain.
Żar Mountain is very popular among paragliders.
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Where are we now?
This is Wielka
Krokiew, a ski
jumping venue in Zakopane
.It is a regular
place for the World
Ski Jumping
Cup.
There are many outstanding ski jumpers in Poland.
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Welcome to Tatra Mountains. Behind us is the highest mountain in Poland, Rysy. It’s 2499 metres
high!
Breathtaking!
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Karpaczz
There are also other mountains in Poland. Let’s visit Sudety.
.
This is the Vang church in Karpacz. It was built in the 12th
century. Guess
where? In Norway! It was later
transported to this town.
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Sudety are so much different from Karpaty – much wilder and less crowded.
Małopolska, or Lesser Poland, is a
historical region in Poland. Its capital
is the city of Kraków.
Krakóww
Sandomierz
..
This is the Royal Castle and the Wawel Cathedral.
They’re located on a hill by the Vistula River. Some of the
buildings on the Wawel Hill were built in 970!
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Wawel from the Vistula River.
And this is the city of
Sandomierz. It was once
an important urban centre in Europe.
The Town Hall in Sandomierz.
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Toruńń
Toruń is located in Kujawy, another historical region of Poland.
.
Let’s vist Toruń, one
of the oldest
cities in Poland. The old town of
Toruń is the place
where the famous
astronomer Nicolaus
Copernicus was born.
Toruń by night.
Nicolaus Copernicus proved that the Earth turns around the Sun.
Toruń is also famous for its delicious gingerbread. It has been made here since the
Middle Ages!
Zakopane
Katowice
Warszawa
Giżycko
Gdańsk
GdyniaHel
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Karpaczz
KrakówSandomierz
Toruń
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We hope you liked our trip around Poland. Maybe you will visit us one day… who
knows?
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