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In the south of Poland, the <strong>Tatra Mountains</strong> rise from the Carpathian foothills to form the only alpine landscape in Central Europe north of the Alps. The Polish Tatras are a national park with glacial valleys, granite peaks, and clear mountain lakes.
Poland occupies a sweet spot in European nightlife with world-class DJs and venues at a fraction of Berlin prices, with late hours of operation (clubs regularly go until 6–8am), and a nightlife culture of going out. Warsaw Poland's capital has th...
At 4:45am on 1 September 1939, the German warship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish military transit depot at Westerplatte, on the outskirts of Gdańsk. The 182 Polish defenders held for seven days against overwhelming German force. It was ...
There is a statistic that stops people cold when they first hear it. Since 1990, Poland has grown its GDP by over 900 percent in real terms. No other country in Europe comes close. Germany grew by roughly 90 percent in the same period. France by ...
Poland is a safe country for travelers going to Poland. Its crime rate is low by European standards, violent crime against tourists is limited, and the country's hospitality tradition means foreigners are generally treated well. Overall Safety Lev...
Poland is well connected internally and surprisingly easy to navigate. The country has invested heavily in modernising its rail infrastructure over the past decade, and combined with an excellent intercity bus network, getting between Poland's major ...
Wrocław (formerly the German city of Breslau) is one of Central Europe's most interesting cities — not just for its jaw-dropping Gothic and Renaissance market square, but for the layered, complicated history carved into every stone of this place that...
Polish food has a reputation problem abroad. Most people know only pierogi and perhaps bigos — and they've usually eaten mediocre versions of both outside Poland. In reality, Polish cuisine is deeply seasonal, regionally varied, and forms the backbon...
Of all the cities in Central Europe, Kraków is arguably the most complete. Warsaw was obliterated and rebuilt. Prague dazzles but floods with tourists. Kraków — Poland's ancient royal capital — survived the Second World War almost entirely intact, le...
Esperanto is the most neutral language in the world, sometimes referred to as the language of peace. This language was designed to be easy to learn, it is politically neutral, and it is culturally inclusive. Esperanto: The International Language ...
No major European capital suffered more in the Second World War than Warsaw. By January 1945, when Soviet troops entered the city, it was a sea of rubble — 85% of its buildings destroyed, its entire pre-war population of 1.3 million expelled or kille...
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