Poland

The Beauty of Poland
Poland
Poland is an North Central European country with a long and colorful history. The year 966 was recognized as the birth of the Polish Nation. Through wars over several thousand years, Polish people sometimes did not even have a country to call their own. Yet, the Polish people survived and are the proud residents of an amazing country in Europe that is rich with culture and beauty. TIMELINE OF POLISH HISTORY My family roots can be traced back to the 1300's in Poland. My parents both immigrat...

Focus on Poland - Visit Gdansk
Gdansk - Polish Window to the World
Gdansk (Danzig), located at the Baltic sea, has a long history. Now a big industrial and cultural city, it was founded in 10th century and in time has become an important Polish center of trade, being one of the richest cities in Europe. Gdansk is also the place where the Solidarity movement arose and started to tear down the Iron Curtain. Now it is a popular tourist destination, especially for Scandinavians and Germans. Here is an attempt to present this city to you by showing its past, cult...

Focus on Poland - Visit to Warsaw
The city of the Mermaid
Warszawa (Warsaw) is the capital of Poland and its biggest city. You cannot be familiar with a country, not knowing its capital, so I try on these pages to give you some idea of what Warsaw is like. I write a little about its history, main attractions, cultural, scientific, business life, illustrating this with photographs. I hope you will find here a good basis for further exploration of Warsaw and Poland in general. Photo credit: (c) http://opentravel.com

The Best Polish T-Shirts Ever
Show Some Polish Pride With These Unique Poland T-Shirts and Gifts!
Love your Polish heritage? Show your pride with these unique Polish t-shirts and apparel offered on this page! These are some of the best offered on the internet anywhere. Click through any of these shirts to read product details or to change the shirt style. Whether you're looking for a shirt for your girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband, Mom, Dad, or baby, you can find a great selection of Poland T-Shirts to choose from here.

Poland and the Baltic
In the 19th and 20th century, whenever Europen wars were settled, whether a matter of spoils being shared by the victors or punishments meted out to the losers, Poland's access to the Baltic was always at issue. See History of Pomerania Now, as Poland tries to develop as a Western-style economy, the "Polish Riviera" becomes ani important componenet of its tourist industry. But in August 2008 during Russia's invasion of Georgia, Poland watches Russia's Baltic Fleet sally forth from the Kalini...

Travel, Visit & Living in Poland
Travel & Living: Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine and Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Kalinigrad Oblast (Russian exclave) to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679km, making it the 69th largest country in the world. Poland's population is over 38.5 million people, concentrated mainly in large and medium cities.

Poland Undiscovered: A Mini-Guide NEW!
Unknown places and facts about Poland
Beautiful Polish nature, treasures still undiscovered by tourists, unknown facts and places, Polish curiosities and customs. Everything that is hard to find in popular travel guides. Poland, after tearing down the Iron Curtain, has become more accessible tourist destination, with growing popularity in recent years. The country offers many attractions for tourists, no matter what are they looking for: an still unspoiled nature, folklore, castles and other historical monuments, vibrant nightli...