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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