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More Essays from Poland
Europe Day – What does it mean for young Europeans?
Europe Day is celebrated every year on 5 or 9 day of May. 5th May is celebrated in
countries that are not the part of the EU but there are located in Europe. 9th May is a
"European Union Day" and this day is celebrated only in countries that are a part of
EU like e.g. Poland, Italy, Germany, Spain and France.
For young Europeans this day is an opportunity to meet other people from different
nations and cultures and to have a chat with them on historical, political, social and
other topics. This is also an opportunity to support the idea of integration and
opposition to racism or homophobia. In this day everyone is happy and free so people
are nice to each other.
I think it isn't an important holiday nowadays and not many people remember about
it . However more and more younger people are starting to to celebrate it. I think that
it should be celebrated and all the people should do it.
Iza Skucińska
NATIONAL IDENTITY - AM I PROUD OF MY COUNTRY?
I'm the young teenager from Poland and I am writing about my country because I’m
really proud of it.
The first of all, Poland is a beautiful place. On the south of Poland, there are beautiful
Tatry and Bieszczady Mountain. On the north, there is the Baltic Sea. Also, we have a
lot of lakes and rivers like Morskie Oko, Wisła or Odra. Poland has many famous places
like horse stabbles in Janów Podlaski and Michałów. Other famous place is the Wawel
Castle in Kraków. Kraków is an old capital city of Poland, visited by many tourists from
all around the world.
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