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Railway Museum in Koscierzyna

Railway Museum in Koscierzyna

ghua June 2, 2012 0

Railway Museum is housed in the former Kościerskie roundhouse. It probably dates back to 1885 when the railway arrived Koscierzyna. In this historic place time stand still – everything here reminds best traditions of...

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Malbork Castle

Malbork Castle

ghua May 30, 2012 2

Malbork Castle is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Poland. In the plebiscite of newspaper Rzeczpospolita castle was recognized as one of the seven wonders of Poland. In 1997 it was added...

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Top 10 beaches in Poland

Top 10 beaches in Poland

ghua May 1, 2012 0

During the holiday we spent hundreds of hours sunbathing on the beach, relaxing to the sound of rolling waves or go active with swimming and water sports. Not many people know that Poland has...

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Wolfsschanze – Hitlers Bunker

Wolfsschanze – Hitlers Bunker

ghua April 26, 2012 0

Wolfsschanze is german name for Wolf’s Lair – Adolf Hitler’s World War II military headquarters for Eastern Front. The complex was located in Masurian Woods, about 8 kilometers from small town Ketrzyn. Hitler spent...

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Hel Peninsula

Hel Peninsula

ghua April 19, 2012 1

The Hel Peninsula is a scythe-shaped environmental landscape unique in Europe. At the narrowest point (in Jastarnia town) it is only 150 m wide. From the north, Hel Peninsula is surrounded by the Baltic...

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Granary Island

Granary Island

ghua November 20, 2011 0

Granary Island was founded in 1576 when the New Motlawa channel was dug. It is located in the center of Gdansk, east of Central City, and is surrounded by the river Motlawa, New Motlawa...

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Sobieszewo Island

Sobieszewo Island

ghua November 20, 2011 0

Sobieszewo Island is located on the Dead Vistula River. There are two ornithological reserves– “Bird Paradise Nature Reserve” and “Nature Reserve Mewia Lach,” where you can observe over 300 species of birds. On the...

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Coastal Zoological Garden in Gdansk

Coastal Zoological Garden in Gdansk

ghua November 20, 2011 0

Gdańsk Zoo is housed in the Tri-City Landscape Park in Valley of the Forest Mill in Gdańsk Oliwa. The Garden has been in existence since 1954 and its first inhabitants (donated by residents of...

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Falowiec

Falowiec

ghua November 20, 2011 0

The longest Polish building, Falowiec, is situated on Obroncy Wybrzeza Street in Gdansk. It is 860 meters long and 10 floors high. It is made of four segments, 4 stairways each, with about 440...

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Long Street and Long Market

Long Street and Long Market

ghua November 20, 2011 0

Long Street begins with the Golden Gate and is perpendicular to the river Motława. At the Fountain of Neptune it turns into Long Market and ends at the Green Gate. This stretch is part...

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