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Piekary Śląskie
Every Christmas Eve, after Midnight Mass, the Piekary Bethlehem (Piekarskie Betlejem) opens on Rajski Plac (Paradise Square) by the basilica in Piekary Śląskie – an open-air nativity scene that is both living and moving. Figures of Polish…
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Wągrowiec
Every day at noon and after dark, Wągrowiec's market square turns into a small stage: the water in the fountain dances to music, and in the evening coloured lights join in. The dancing fountain was built during the revitalisation of the sq…
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Kruszyniany
Kruszyniany is a village that Poland's Tatars received from King Jan III Sobieski, and the Tatarska Jurta is the best-known address for tasting their cuisine. The agritourism farm with a restaurant is run by Dżenneta Bogdanowicz and her hu…
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Gdynia
Poland's largest musical theatre is not in Warsaw or Kraków but on Grunwaldzki Square in Gdynia. The Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre has three stages seating more than 1,580 people in total, and in terms of capacity only the Grand Theatr…
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Wieliczka
The brine graduation tower in Wieliczka (say "vyeh-LEECH-kah") is a wooden structure shaped like a medieval fortress, standing in St. Kinga's Park right next to the Daniłowicz Shaft – the entrance to the Wieliczka Salt Mine's Tourist Route…
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Frombork
In the park on ulica Dworcowa, between the Water Tower and the former railway station, stand two wooden brine graduation towers (tężnie), with curved rows of benches facing them as if they were a stage. They were officially opened on 11 Ju…
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Międzybrodzie Żywieckie
The summit of Mount Żar (761 m) in the Beskid Mały range has a power-station reservoir, gliders and paragliders taking off, and, for children, the main event: an all-year toboggan run. A ride on it is the highlight of a family trip to the…
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Podzamcze
A ride down a twisting chute with a view of the ruins of Ogrodzieniec, one of the best-known castles of the Polish Jura – that, in short, is the toboggan run in Podzamcze. It is part of Park Ogrodzieniec, a family amusement complex at the…
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Wisła
Beskidy Culture Week (Tydzień Kultury Beskidzkiej, TKB) is an annual international folklore festival that has turned the Beskidy mountains into one big stage at the turn of July and August since 1964. Ensembles from Poland and around the w…
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Kraków
Poland has been on the World Heritage List from the very start: the first list, announced in September 1978, included the Old Town of Kraków and the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Today the Polish National Commission for UNESCO counts 18 Polish site…
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Zakopane
Wielka Krokiew (VYEL-kah KRO-kyef, "Great Krokiew") in Zakopane is Poland's largest and most famous ski jump, and one of the top things to do in Zakopane even if you have never watched ski jumping. In January it hosts a World Cup weekend w…
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Zielona Góra
In communist-era Poland a rumour went around that during Winobranie in Zielona Góra you were fed for free and even offered wine — which may explain why crowds poured into town. Today Winobranie, also called Zielona Góra Days, is a 9-day ev…
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Świnoujście
Wybrzeże Władysława IV (Władysław IV Waterfront) is a quayside street and promenade along the Świna river in central Świnoujście, on the island of Usedom (Uznam) – the place where it is clearest that this is first and foremost a port town.…
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Bydgoszcz
Mill Island (Wyspa Młyńska, roughly "VIS-pah MWIN-skah") is a leafy river island in the heart of Bydgoszcz, Poland, wedged between the Brda River and a narrow side channel called the Młynówka. On just 6.5 hectares (16 acres) you'll find 19…
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Wrocław
Słodowa Island is a small, green island in the Oder right next to the Old Town, where students sit on the grass on warm evenings and the riverside offers a view of the Baroque main building of the University of Wrocław. It looks like a pla…