Polish Cities

Warszawa (Warsaw)

Gdańsk

Szczecin

Olsztyn

 Białystok

 Bydgoszcz

 Gorzów Wielkopolski

 Katowice

 Kielce

 Lublin

 Kraków

 Łódź

 Opole

 Poznań

 Rzeszów

Wrocław

Poland as a country

Poland (Republic of Poland) is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ucraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Kaliningrad Odlast (Russia).

Poland is 69th largest country in the world. Poland has population over 38 million people (4.5 million people lives in Rebublic of Ireland).


Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, theUnited Nations, the World Trade Ogranisation, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD).


Poland currently has 16 voivodeships (provinces) which are: Greater Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lesser Poland, Łódź, Lower Silesian, Lublin, Lubusz, Masovian, Opole, Podlaskie, Pomeranian, Silesian, Subcarpathian, Świętokrzyskie, Warmian-Masurian and West Pomeranian.


88.4% of the population of Poland belonged to the Catholic Church.


Famous Polish people: 

• Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) - astronomer
• Marie Curie (Maria Skłodowska-Curie) - physicist-chemist, double Nobel-prize winner
• Frederick Chopin (Fryderyk Chopin) - composer, virtuoso pianist
• Henryk Sienkiewicz-  novelist and journalist, Nobel-prize winner
• Adam Mickiewicz - poet, publisher
• Jan Matejko - painter
• Roman Polański - film director, producer, writer and actor
• The Wachowskis (Brotheres) - film directors