Language – Polish

Capital – Warsaw

Government – Parliamentary republic

President – Bronisław Komorowski

Prime Minister – Donald Tusk

Area – 312, 685 km²

Population – 38, 186, 860

Currency – Złoty (PLN)

Warsaw is one of the biggest cities and a capital city of poland. It has over 1 720 000 citizens on a surface over 517 km² including the river -Wisła (Vistula).

ORoyal Castle in Warsaw

OThe Palace of Culture

and Science

Cracow is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Małopolska region.

OMain Market SquareMain Market Square OSt. Mary's BasilicaSt. Mary's Basilica

Tricity is an urban area consisting of three Polish cities: Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated adjacent to one other, in a row, on the coast of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, in Pomerelia northern Poland.

O WesterplatteO The Sopot

Pier

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland. Poznań is now Poland's fifth largest city. It is the historical capital of the Wielkopolska ("Greater Poland") region, and is currently the administrative capital of the province called Greater Poland Voivodeship.

OPoznań Town Hall OGrand Theatre

Wrocław is the main city in south-western Poland, situated on the River Oder . Wrocław was the historical capital of Silesia and is today the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

OWrocław Town HallOWrocław Town Hall

O The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football teams sanctioned by UEFA. The final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012.

Frédéric François Chopin

Karol Maciej Szymanowski

The first edition of the festival was organized in

Warsaw in 2002 as Open Air Festival. 2011 edition of

Open'er will be held from 30 June to 3 July. Open’er

Festival was given the Best Major Festival prize on

European Festival Awards awards ceremony in 2010 and

2011.

The Heineken Open'er Festival is a music festival which takes place on the North coast of Poland, in Gdynia.

OPOLISH POLISH FOLK FOLK DANCES:DANCES:

DUMPLINGSThey are boiled, baked or fried dumplings of

unleavened dough traditionally stuffed with

potato filling, sauerkraut, ground

meat, cheese, or fruit. They are usually

semicircular.

CABBAGE ROLL

Cabbage roll is a dish consisting of cooked cabbage

leaves wrapped around a variety of fillings. In Europe,

the filling is traditionally based around meat, often beef, lamb or pork and is

seasoned with garlic, onion and spices.

Blessed Pope John Paul II

Born Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 –

2 April 2005), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church

and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978

until his death on 2 April 2005, at 84 years and

319 days of age.

Marie Skłodowska Curie

Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish–French physicist –chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes — in physics and

chemistry.

Robert Kubica

He is the first Polish racing driver to compete in

Formula One. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden F1

victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th driver to win a World

Championship race.

Adam MałyszHe is a legendary former Polish ski jumper, one of the greatest ski jumpers in the history. The

most important Małysz's successes are 4 individual Olympic Games medals, 4

individual World Championships gold medals, 4 individual World

Cup titles, 39 individual competition wins and 92

podiums in total.

Lech WałęsaLech Wałęsa is a Polish politician, trade-union

organizer, and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader,

he co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President

of Poland between 1990 and 95.

Nicolaus Copernicus

was a Renaissance astronomer and the first

person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center

of the universe.

FIAT The Fiat 126 is a city

car introduced in October 1972 at the Turin Auto Show as a replacement for the

Fiat 500.

SWEETS WEDEL

Wedel is a famous Polish confectionery company,

producing many varieties of high-quality chocolates,

cakes, and snacks.

BOLEK AND LOLEK – Bolek

and Lolek are two Polish cartoon

characters from the TV animated series by the same title.

REKSIO – Polish cartoon whose

main character is a dog invented

by the director and screenwriter Lechosława Marszałka.

MATOŁEK THE BILLY-GOAT –

Is a fictional character created

by Kornel Makuszyński (story)

and Marian Walentynowicz (art)

in one of the first and most famous Polish comics back in

1933.

VODKASome Polish vodka blends go back centuries. Most notable are Żubrówka,

from about the 16th century; Goldwasser, from the early 17th; and aged Starka vodka, from the

16th.

ONatalia Pacek Natalia Pacek ONatalia MichalikNatalia Michalik

OJoanna JackiewiczJoanna Jackiewicz

O Joanna KontraktowiczJoanna Kontraktowicz