POLAND

Population:38.466.661 people
Surface:323.250Km2
Capital: Varsovia (Warzaw)

The major Polish cities: Cracow, Gdansk, Katowice, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin, Wroclaw and Lublin.

Currency: Zloty polish

Languaje: Polish

Religion: Mainly catolic (90.70%)

Agriculture: Potatoes, vegetables, fruits, wheat, poultry keeping and eggs, meat of pig
Minerals and resources: Coal, salt, sulfur, receive, natural gas, silver, lead Poland, one of the largest countries in Europe, with broad access to the Baltic Sea, is situated in the middle of the European continent on the crossroads between West and East.

In the Polish national kitchen we found the elegance refined, than it arrived with the election of the first monarch. The dishes are prepared of a natural way, without chemical additives, with an authentic homemade eagerness. The ingredients used in the Polish kitchen are many traditional that are exotic for the foreigners. These dishes are based on fish, duck, potatoes, smoked sheep’s-milk cheese and the typicals biscuites, does not exist the Polish kitchen without fish, crabs, meat of hunting. The Polish kitchen is a true "kitchen with heart".

Shops with regional souvenirs, local handcrafts, contemporary and antique art are found all over the country. Foreign visitors willingly buy amber and silver jewellery, paintings on glass by folk artists, laces and tablecloths from Koniakow and Bobow, articles made of natural colour leather, Polish contemporary paintings and graphic art, artistic furniture and pottery, polish vodka.

The city is famous for its colorfull Corpus Christi processions during which the participants are dressed in traditional costumes. The old missionary college (17th c.) houses the Regional Museum with a fine collection of folk art. In this museum we find one of the most famous picture: Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci

Reszel is a small market town with many well preserved historical buildings. Its narrow streets are lined with eclectic old houses, in the market square stands a 19th century town hall and Gothic bridges span the banks of the river. Today the castle contains a gallery of modern art.

A medieval castle stands on the waterfront of the Odra River, partly renovated and partly preserved as a permanent ruin.

The Main Square (city center) offer interesting cultures acts and entertainment on this places driking beer that its national drink. This place is visited by thousands tourists and businessmen and are also places to make purchases and, sometimes, also attractive to take a break the rutine.

Amber is the fossilized resin of coniferous trees that existed on earth millions of years ago. Amber has been collected on the shores of the Baltic Sea since at least the 1st century B.C. In the times of the Roman Empire, merchants came to Gdansk from the Mediterranean basin in search of amber.

The Swietokrzyski National Park has taken under protection the highest and most scenic parts, including the Fir Forest.

Cracow, the old capital of Poland, calls to account of the Polish kings with hundreds of churches and one more a older university of Poland, offers to the traveller an atmosphere only full of art and music.

Is really very interesting to know Poland.