This document provides an overview of key facts about Poland. It discusses Poland's location in Central Europe and shares its borders with Germany, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. It also lists some popular Polish symbols like the flag, coat of arms, willow trees, storks, and bisons. Famous Poles highlighted include Copernicus, Lech Wałęsa, Polanski, Pope John Paul II, Chopin, and Conrad. Several famous Polish landmarks are also mentioned such as Warsaw, Gdańsk, Kraków, Wrocław, Auschwitz concentration camp, Wieliczka salt mine, and Malbork Teutonic Knight Order castle

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3. Location
Central Europe
 GermanyNeighbours:
 Lithuania
 Belarus
Ukraine
 The Czech Republic
Slovakia
 Russia (the Kaliningrad District)
and (across the Baltic Sea) Sweden

4. Symbols
The flag
The coat of arms
(emblem)
Popular
symbols:
willow trees, storks and
bisons

5. Country itself

6. FamousPoles
Nicolaus Copernicus
(Mikołaj Kopernik)
Lech Wałęsa
Roman Polanski (Polański) Pope John Paul II
(Karol Wojtyła)
Frédéric (Fryderyk)
Chopin
Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor
Konrad Korzeniowski)
Marie Curie (born
Maria Skłodowska)
Wisława
Szymborska

7. Łódź in Poland

8. Famouslandmarks
WARSAW

10. GDAŃSK

12. KRAKÓW

14. WROCŁAW

16. AUSCHWITZ
CONCENTRATIO
N CAMP

17. WIELICZKA
SALT MINE

18. MALBORK
TUTONIC KNIGHT ORDER CASTLE

26. YOU’REALWAYS WELCOME
TO POLAND