A trip to Poland

We'd like to invite you for a little trip to Poland...

Let's start in Szczebrzeszyn! A little town in southeastern Poland in Lublin Voivodeship, about 20 km west of Zamość.

Szczebrzeszyn is famous because of Jan Brzechwa's poem "Chrząszcz" (beetle, chafer), one of the hardest-to-pronounce texts in Polish literature. It starts with:

 W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie

 which in phonetic transcription gives these funny swirls:

/fʂt͡ʂɛbʐɛʂɨɲɛ xʂɔɰ̃ʂt͡ʂ bʐmi ftʂt͡ɕiɲɛ/

Even adult native Polish speakers may struggle to pronounce it. Do have a go at it! :-)

Szczebrzeszyn, Poland by Marianna Oklejak

Now time to go to Lublin. Marzanna would be able to show you quite a few hidden treasures of this city, like the enchanting Trinitarian Tower! 

by Marcin Surma

Located on the eastern bank of the Vistula, at the edge of historical Lublin Upland, Kazimierz Dolny is considered one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland. It is one of the art centres of Poland. Galleries can be found in almost every street, offering for sale sculptures, stained-glass, folk art, and fine art...

On 21st of March Kazimierz's Three Crosses Mountain is occupied by school kids who skip school to celebrate the 1st day of Spring.

 

by Zosia Krześlak

 Warsaw doesn't need introduction.

by Olga Oilikki

by Weronika Anna Marianna

Podlasie is a historical region in northeastern part of Poland. Throughout its early history, Podlasie was inhabited by various tribes of different ethnic roots. It is the land of the confluence of cultures – mainly Polish and Belarusian. It is the cultural center of Poland's small Tatar minority as well.

by Katarzyna Sadowska Kasia

Białystok, the largest city in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, is the capital of the international language Esperanto. The creator of Esperanto was a Polish ophthalmologist, who lived in Bialystok - Ludwik Zamenhof.

by Katarzyna Sadowska Kasia

Welcome to Hel! :-)
Hel is a town on the Polish Baltic coast, located on the tip of the Hel Peninsula, some 33 kilometres (21 miles) from the Polish mainland.

by Monika Sommer-Lapajew

Toruń, the town of gingerbread! Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland, and certainly one of the most beautiful ones. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

by Monika Sommer-Lapajew

Toruń is just two hour drive away from Poznań, a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland. Let's go there now. Poznań is very old and was one of the most important centers in the early Polish state in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Poznań is today one of the largest Polish centres of trade, industry, sports, education, technology, tourism and culture. It is particularly important academic centre, with about 130,000 students and the third biggest Polish university - Adam Mickiewicz University.

by Tinatina Wieczorek

Wrocław is the largest city in western Poland. It is situated on the River Odra. It is a loveable city. A cultural hub with some great creative ideas! An interesting way to explore the city is seeking Wrocław's dwarfs! Immense fun! The city is going to be European Capital of Culture, World Book Capital and host European Film Awards in 2016.

by Demonique

Let's go to the centre of Poland now. Łódź first appears in the written record in a 1332 document giving the village of Łodzia to the bishops of Włocławek. In 1423 King Władysław Jagiełło granted city rights to the village of Łódź. It is now the third-largest city in Poland. Piotrkowska Street, the main high-street and tourist attraction, runs north to south for a little over five kilometres (3.1 miles). This makes it one of the longest commercial streets in the world.

by Marcin Nowak

Time to go down south now. Kraków, Kraków, Kraków! The heart of Poland!

by Agata Boba

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