Everything you need to know about Poland
Explore Poland from Gdaลskโs Baltic waterfront and the lakes of Warmia-Masuria to Warsaw, Krakรณw and the Tatra Mountains. Learn how the regions, cities and rivers connect, discover the countryโs history and everyday traditions, then practise Polish.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Poland
Sixteen voivodeships connect Baltic ports, northern lakes and cities along the Vistula.
Know the shape of the country
Start with all sixteen voivodeships, then place twenty-four selected cities and towns, including all eighteen regional administrative seats. Follow four rivers and find four lakes, from the Vistula and Oder to ลniardwy and Wigry. Zoom in to separate Gdaลsk, Sopot and Gdynia. Modern regional boundaries differ from historic lands. Regions, rivers and Dฤ bie: Natural Earth, public domain. Other lakes: ยฉ OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. City coordinates are curated. These are generalised learning maps.
Places worth visiting
Essential ยท Royal castle
Wawel Castle
Polish kings were crowned and buried on Wawel Hill. See the cathedral, then the dragon statue below.
Pair Krakรณwโs old town and Wawel with Warsaw and the port of Gdaลsk, then go south to the Tatras or east to the primeval forest. Essential is our shortlist for a first trip, and worth a detour goes further. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Polish with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
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