Republic
Capitale: Warsaw
Surface area: 313 00 km2
Population: 38,5 millions
Population density/km: 123
Member of the EU since 2004
National day: 3 May
- 97% of the Polish territory rises no higher than 500 metres above the sea level.
- The Polish history is marked with invasions by the neighbouring states: Austria, Germany and Russia.
- The proverb "A guest at home is a blessed home" captures the quintessence of the Polish hospitality.
- Poland has 9300 lakes over 1 ha area. Together, they occupy 1% of the territory.
- Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that Earth resolves around the Sun.
- Poland is one of the countries that has undergone the greatest number of changes in its borders and even disappeared entirely in 1795.
This is where western lifestyle and eastern history meet, a good place to enjoy a bottle of vodka and a traditional stew. The Poles are known for their generosity, and the cities of Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan and Czestochowa are known for their ancient beauty, as are the lake, forest and wild bison, filled national parks of Bialowieza and Slowinski.
