POLAND - CITIES

Borne Sulinowo

Borne Sulinowo is a town in Poland's Western Pomeranian Voivodship, in the Powiat of Szczecinek. The town is notable for the fact that between 1945 and 1992 it was a secret Soviet military base, erased from all maps and it was not transferred to Polish jurisdiction until October 1992.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Warsaw

The Saxon Garden (Ogród Saski) is a 15.5–hectare public garden in central Warsaw, Poland, facing Piłsudski Square. It is the oldest public park in the city. Founded in the late 17th century, it was opened to the public in 1727 as one of the first publicly accessible parks in the world. Fountain, with an elaborately carved plaque resting on a shell form basin supported by a scrolled bracket, is often used by dating couples as their meeting place. It was established in 1855. The fountain is the centrepiece of gardens designed by the 19th-century designer Henryk Marconi and also one of most precious urban symbols of Warsaw.

 

 

 

 

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Wroclaw

Wrocław is situated on the River Oder, in Lower Silesia. It is the largest city in western Poland. Wrocław is now a unique European city of mixed heritage, with architecture influenced by Bohemian, Austrian and Prussian traditions, such as Silesian Gothic and its Baroque style of court builders of Habsburg Austria (Fischer von Erlach). Wrocław has a number of notable buildings by German modernist architects including the famous Centennial Hall (Hala Stulecia or Jahrhunderthalle) (1911–1913) designed by Max Berg.

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Grudziądz

Grudziądz is a city on the Vistula River in northern Poland. The town is located on the right bank of the Lower Vistula River, in the Grudziadz valley. Within the city borders are three lakes, the biggest one being Lake Wielkie Rudnickie. Grudziadz's Old Town offers many places to see and things to do. In the vicinity is the Gothic red-brick parish church of St. Nicolas and the Baroque Jesuit Church, while the nearby college, formerly run by Jesuits, has been turned into a town hall. There are plenty of other attractions, including a planetarium and the remnants of ancient ramparts.

 

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Racibórz

Racibórz is a town in southern Poland. The name Racibórz is of Slavic origin and comes from the name of Duke Racibor, the city's founder. On the postcard you can see two churches and an arboretum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Zakopane

Zakopane is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. Zakopane is a center of Góral culture and is known informally as "the winter capital of Poland". It is a popular destination for mountaineering, skiing, and tourism. There are a number of cross country skiing trails in the forests surrounding the town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ustka

Ustka is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northwestern Poland. Ustka is a popular tourist destination and a fishing port on the south coasts of the Baltic. There are two beaches in Ustka. The Eastern Beach and the Western Beach, divided by the river Słupia. Since the eastern part of the town contains the centre, the Eastern Beach is more popular than the Western Beach. The Western Beach runs into the territory of the Navy Training Centre. The Eastern Beach is signified by high sand cliffs. The Western Beach is flat. In the summertime, there is a regular ferry service linking both beaches.

 

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