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Zoos
Międzyzdroje
The European Bison Show Reserve in Międzyzdroje (Zagroda Pokazowa Żubrów; say "myen-dzy-ZDROH-yeh") is a breeding enclosure for European bison run by Wolin National Park, set in the forest on the edge of this Baltic resort. Besides a small…
Zoos
Pszczyna
The European Bison Show Farm in Pszczyna (PSHCHI-nah) lets you get close to Europe's heaviest land mammal in the leafy historic park of a small Silesian town. Its animals belong to the famous Pszczyna line of lowland bison, which helped sa…
Zoos
Łódź
Sharks and rays glide over a 26-metre underwater tunnel, and a few steps away lies Kraken, a false gharial that the zoo describes as the largest of his species in Europe. Łódź Zoo was founded in 1938, and in 2022 it opened the Orientarium,…
Zoos
Borysew
White Bengal tigers that swim in their own pool, and white lions – these are what made Zoo Safari Borysew famous, a family-run zoo near Poddębice in central Poland's Łódź region. It started in 2008 with 15 hectares and 30 species; today it…
Zoos
Nowy Tomyśl
Nowy Tomyśl Zoo (NO-vih TOH-mishl) is a small, leafy zoo in the town park of Nowy Tomyśl, a market town in western Poland between Poznań and the German border. Open since 1974, it keeps around 200 animals of 48 species, from camels and zeb…
Zoos
Wrocław
Wrocław Zoo (Zoo Wrocław; the city is pronounced VROTS-wahf) is the oldest zoo within Poland's present borders, open since 1865, and one of the most visited zoos in Europe. Around 12,000 animals of more than 1,100 species live on about 32…