7. Poland has one of the highest
numbers of lakes in the world
The Masurian Lake District
is in the northeastern Poland.
It contains more than 2,000 lakes.
The district had been elected as
one of the 28 finalists of the
New7Wonders of Nature.
8. Warsaw is the most
beautiful and the largest
city in Poland
Warsaw
In capital live 1 750 000
9. Roof Garden
of Warsaw University Library
Palace of Culture and Science
in Warsaw
Royal Castle in Warsaw
15. FLAG
The flag of Poland consists of two horizontal
stripes of equal width, the upper one white
and the lower one red. The two colors are
defined in the Polish constitution as the
national colors. White and red were officially
adopted as national colors in 1831.
COAT OF ARMS
The White Eagle is the national coat of
arms of Poland. It is a stylized white eagle
with a golden beak and talons, and
wearing a golden crown, in a red shield.
OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM
17. THE MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM POLAND
Pope John Paul II Marie Skłodowska Curie
physicist and
chemist
18. Lech Wałęsa
The President of Poland Lech Wałęsa won
between 1990 - 1995 The Nobel Peace Prize in 1983
19. Henryk Sienkiewicz
novelist
Frederick Chopin
composer and
virtuoso pianist Jan Matejko
painter, drawer
20. TRADITIONAL DISHES
Bigos, known as a Hunter's Stew, is a
traditional stew typical of Polish and
Lithuanian cuisines that many consider to
be the Polish national dish.
„Kotlet schabowy” is a Polish
variety of pork breaded cutlet
coated with breadcrumbs similar to
Viennese schnitzel but made of pork
tenderloin (with the bone or
without), or with pork chop.