Poland - Puola

Poland[1] (half. Poland) is located In Central Europe.

Regions

Poland is divided administratively into sixteen provinces or voivodships (województwa, unit - Województwo):

• Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie)
• Silesian Region (Śląskie)
• Wielkopolskie County
• Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Dolnośląskie)
• Pomerania (Pomorskie)
• Lesser Poland Province (Małopolskie)
• Łódź County
• Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (Kujawsko-Pomorskie)
• West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie)
• Lublin County (Lubelskie)
• Lower Carpathians (Podkarpackie)
• Swietokrzysk Oblast, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
• Lubusz County (Lubuskie)
• Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Warmińsko-Mazurskie)
• Opole Oblast (Opolskie)
• Podlaskie Oblast (Podlaskie)

Cities

• Warsaw (1 700 536)
• Krakow (757 500)
• Wrocław (635 800)
• Gdańsk (458 053)
• Szczecin (417 300)
• Bydgoszcz (369 151)
• Lublin (355 954)
• Katowice (328 404)
• Białystok (295 000)
• Bielsko-Biała (176 453)

Other items

• Auschwitz concentration camp In southern Poland Krakow close to Oswiecimin in a small town.
• Malbork Castle In northern Poland
• Białowieza Forest, a national park inhabited by wild vents.
• Karkonoski Park Narodowy, national park Czech on the border.
• Tatra Mountains, South of Zakopane Slovak on the border.

Understand

Come

By plane

Finnair [2] fly straight From HelsinkiTo Warsaw and To Krakow. LOT Polish Airlines [3] flies from Helsinki to Warsaw. Wizz Air [4] fly From Turku To Gdansk.

By train

By road

You can come to Poland by driving Via Baltica along Baltic countries.

By bus

There are connections to Poland from Tallinn bus station and ports Eurolines and Ecolines.

By boat

Poland's most important port city From Gdansk mixed Świnoujściesta there are several ship connections To Sweden. Finnlines has been operating between Helsinki and Gdynia since June 2009.

Move

You can search for bus and train timetables from the e-podroznik page.

By train

There is a national train company in Poland [5] as well as local companies.

By bus

Bus travel can become cheaper than train travel. There are many private bus companies in Poland.

It operates connections between some large cities PolskiBus.

By plane

By road

Perhaps the biggest cultural shock every tourist faces in Poland is the country’s infamous traffic culture. Poles often drive really hard, and it is not at all uncommon for traffic to flow at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour in the 70’s and for the busiest to still pass even if the road is dual-lane and cars hit. In addition, Polish roads are in really poor condition in places and often in the countryside local grandmothers stand next to the road selling honey, berries and mushrooms to passers-by. Polish traffic is one of the most dangerous in Europe. There is a relatively large number of police patrols on the roads and the most dangerous sections of the road are warned by yellow traffic signs which read: Czarny dot, "black dot".

Talk

There is talk in Poland polish, German and Russia, but youth also speaks English.

Buy

The Polish currency is Złoty (pronounced "zwoti"), which is divided into 100 groszy. The zloty exchange rate is hovering around 4 zl = 1 euro.

Price level

With the exception of imported goods, the price level in Poland is lower than the price level in Finland.

Eat

The most important dishes in Polish food culture include meat, but you can also find vegetarian dishes.

• Krupnik, thick barley or buckwheat soup.
• Pierogi, meat-cabbage or cheese pies.
• Bigos, Cabbage sauerkraut with meat and / or sausages. simmer for a long time. Polish national food.
• Kiełbasasausage.

Juo

Poland is one of the largest vodka countries in the world. The biggest brands are, for example, Wyborowa and Zubrówka. A lot of tea is also drunk in Poland.

Sleep

Study

Work

Stay safe

In the largest cities, beware of pickpockets and car thieves.

Stay healthy

Respect

Take contact

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