January 6, 2011
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Sopot Pier (Molo w Sopocie) is the longest wooden pier in Europe — an elegant 511.5-metre structure extending into the Baltic Sea from one of Poland’s most glamorous seaside resorts, offering panoramic views of the Gulf of Gdańsk and a quintessential Polish seaside experience that has drawn visitors since the 1820s. Part of the Tri-City […]
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Categories: Poland, Sights
September 30, 2010
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Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians in Slovakia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians (or in Slovak Chránená krajinná oblasť Východné Karpaty) is bordering the north-western part of the original territory of the national park Poloniny. The area is built of flysch formations, mainly […]
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Categories: Nature, Slovakia
September 19, 2010
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Poznań is one of Poland’s most dynamic and historically significant cities — a vibrant commercial and cultural hub in the west of the country whose magnificent Renaissance Old Market Square (Stary Rynek), with its famous mechanical goats that butt heads at noon on the Town Hall tower, is one of the most beautiful public spaces […]
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Categories: Poland, Sights
September 18, 2010
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Poloniny National Park is Slovakia’s most remote and wild protected area — a UNESCO-listed wilderness of primeval beech forests, high mountain meadows (poloniny), and traditional wooden churches in the far northeast of the country, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine meet. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the “Ancient and […]
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Categories: Nature, Slovakia
September 17, 2010
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Krkonoše National Park (Karkonosze in Polish) is the oldest national park in the Czech Republic and one of Central Europe’s most beloved mountain destinations — a dramatic granite and schist range on the Czech-Polish border whose highest peak, Sněžka (1,603m), crowns a landscape of glacial cirques, alpine meadows, and the unique subarctic tundra ecosystem that […]
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Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
September 14, 2010
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Toruń is one of Poland’s most beautiful and historically significant cities — a UNESCO World Heritage Gothic masterpiece on the banks of the Vistula River whose perfectly preserved medieval Old Town of red-brick churches, merchant houses, and defensive walls is one of the finest ensembles of Gothic architecture in Europe. Birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus in […]
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Categories: Poland, Sights
September 12, 2010
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Wrocław is one of Poland’s most vibrant and architecturally stunning cities — a colourful tapestry of Gothic spires, Baroque palaces, and modernist landmarks spread across 12 islands and over 100 bridges. Known as the “Venice of Poland,” this Lower Silesian gem has reinvented itself as a cultural powerhouse, crowned European Capital of Culture in 2016 […]
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Categories: Poland, Sights
September 9, 2010
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Gdańsk – A port with great historical significance | Poland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Gdańsk is the capital of Poland’s “Pomorze” province and Poland’s principal seaport. It is located on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay on the Baltic Sea. The main industry in the city is around shipbuilding […]
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Categories: Poland, Sights
September 5, 2010
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Słowiński National Park is one of Poland’s most extraordinary natural landscapes — a UNESCO World Heritage coastal reserve on the Baltic Sea whose defining feature is its shifting sand dunes, massive golden mountains of sand up to 42 metres high that move inland at a rate of 3–10 metres per year, slowly consuming the pine […]
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Categories: Nature, Poland
August 24, 2010
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Pieniny National Park in Poland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Pieniny National Park (Polish: Pieniński Park Narodowy) is a protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the heart of the Pieniny Mountains. Pieniny National Park is one of the smallest Polish National Parks, lying in the southernmost part of […]
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Categories: Nature, Poland
