1 European Union memeber since 2004POLAND area: 312,685 square km population: 38,2 million European Union memeber since 2004

2 The national emblem and the flagHello!

3 POLAND Katowice

4 The river Wisla and the biggest citiesGdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow

5 The Landscape

6 The Baltic Sea coast – Hel peninsula

7 Mazury – lake district

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9 The Carpathians – Tatra Mountains (the south of Poland)Zakopane

10 RYSY - the highest peak of Poland (2,499 m)

11 Bieszczady

12 The magic forest of Bialowieza

13 The European Bison – a unique animal

14 The Main Cities

15 Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow

16 WARSZAWA (Warsaw) Population: 1,7 millionthe capital and the largest city of Poland

17 The Old Town in Warsaw (rebuilt after total destruction of the city in World War II)

18 Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow

19 Krakow The old capital of Poland

20 Wawel – the Royal Castle

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22 Wawel Cathedral

23 Jagiellonian University - the oldest in Poland (1364)

24 Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow

25 Wroclaw

26 Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow

27 Gdansk – ”A trace of Holland in Poland”

28 The „long” Market

29 The Old Port

30 Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow

31 Poznan

32 Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Lodz Wroclaw Katowice Krakow

33 Katowice – our city population: 308,000.Spodek – „flying saucer”

34 Coal mine „Wieczorek”

35 Nikiszowiec – the estate of miners

36 The Centre of Katowice

37 Famous Poles

38 Mikolaj Kopernik, Copernicus (astronomer)

39 Fryderyk Chopin (composer, pianist)

40 Karol Wojtyla – John Paul II, the Pope

41 Lech Walesa Legendary leader of „Solidarity”Lech Walesa Legendary leader of „Solidarity”. Former president of Poland.

42 Thank you and see you in Poland