Experience
Poland
Fast Facts
Country Name : Population : Capital : Currency : Time Zone :
Electricity :
Poland 38.5 Million Warsaw Polish Zloty
9 hours behind New Zealand ( except during daylight saving )
Current is 230V , 50HZ Plug is a 2 point round-pin adaptor
Festivals and Events 2017
27 Jan International Holocaust Remembrance Day , Krakow
28 May-04 Jun Krakow Film Festival Jun Jul Jul
Orange Warsaw Festival Open ’ er Festival , Gdynia Gdansk Shakespeare Festival
03-05 Aug Woodstock Festival Poland , Kostrzyn nad Odra
Until recently Poland has been one of the most underrated tourist destinations in Eastern Europe , and yet its biggest drawcard remains exactly that ; an amplitude of undiscovered charm .
A born survivor , Poland has seen its fair share of wars and bares the wounds to prove it . During WWII Warsaw was all but obliterated , whereas Krakow , too beautiful , with its cobbled streets and fairy-tale charm , was left relatively untouched . Littered with monuments , museums and holocaust memorials , Poland ’ s painfully blighted past cannot – and should not – be ignored . But it ’ s not history alone that shapes this revered country . Home to the biggest medieval town square in Europe and the largest Gothic brick castle , Poland ’ s landscape is saturated in cultural beauty , from forts and ruins , monasteries , abbeys , wooden churches and an architecture that combines everything from the Gothic to the medieval , Baroque and Art Nouveau .
Whether you ’ re tramping from cities to towns , or Baltic coastal villages and ethereal forests , seek out a traditional Polish way of life . Frequent the many milk bars ( bar mleczny ) and eat wood grilled sausage with a side serving of cabbage . Stand before the windows of elaborate cake displays and salivate over poppy cakes , cream cakes and fruit filled strudels , and experience orchestras , operas and choirs in the grandest of concert halls . If you tire of town life , venture away from the hustle and into Poland ’ s rich countryside which is teeming with woodland , rivers and forests , Carpathian hillside and a network of lakes and waterways perfect for kayaking and canoeing .
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