New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count is incremented. In many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner.

Valentine’s Day- is observed on February 14 each year. Today Valentine's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them.

Woman’s Day-originally

called International Working Women’s

Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different

regions the focus of the celebrations

ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a

celebration for women's economic, political and social

achievements.

Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament. Easter is preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of

June, but it is also celebrated widely on other days. Father's Day complements Mother's Day, a celebration that

honors mothers and motherhood.

All Saints' Day .often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday

after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In the

Western calendar it is the day after Halloween and the day before All Souls' Day.

The process of restoration of Poland's independence was gradual; the date chosen is the one on which Józef Piłsudski assumed control of Poland. The Independence Day was constituted in 1937 and was celebrated only twice before World War II. In the People's Republic of Poland (PRL) the national holiday was moved to July 22 the day the PKWN Manifesto was issued. In 1989 the Independence Day was moved back to November 11.

is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated generally on December 25 as a

religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world. A feast central to

the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of

Christmastide.

Poland is a country in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), and mostly temperate climate. Generally

speaking, Poland is an almost unbroken plain reaching from the Baltic Sea in the north, to the Carpathian Mountains in the south. Within that plain, terrain

variations run in bands east to west. The Baltic coast has two natural harbors, the larger one in the Gdańsk-Gdynia region, and a smaller one

near Szczecin in the far northwest. The northeastern region also known as Masurian Lake District with more than 2,000 lakes, is densely wooded,

sparsely populated and lacks agricultural and industrial resources.

The country extends 876 kilometers from north to south and 689 kilometers from east to west, at an area of 564,5897 square

kilometers including inland waters. The average elevation is 173 meters, and only 3% of Polish territory, along the southern border, is higher than 500 meters. The highest elevation is Mount Rysy, which

rises 2,499 meters in the Tatra Range of the Carpathians, 95 kilometers south of Kraków. About 60 square kilometers along the Gulf of Gdańsk are below sea level. Poland is traditionally

divided into five topographic zones from north to south.

Nearly all of Poland is swirled northward into the Baltic Sea by the Vistula, the Oder, and the tributaries of these two major

rivers. About half the country is drained by the Vistula, which originates in the Tatra Mountains in far south-central Poland.

The Vistula Basin includes most of the eastern half of the country and is drained by a system of rivers that mainly join the Vistula from the east. One of the tributaries, the Bug, defines 280 kilometers of Poland's eastern border with Ukraine and

Belarus.

Poland's long-term and short-term weather patterns are made transitional and variable by the collision of diverse air masses

above the country's surface. Maritime air moves across Western Europe, Arctic air sweeps down from the North Atlantic Ocean,

and subtropical air arrives from the South Atlantic Ocean. Although the Arctic air dominates for much of the year, its

conjunction with warmer currents generally moderates temperatures and generates considerable precipitation, clouds,

and fog. When the moderating influences are lacking, winter temperatures in mountain valleys may drop to a minimum of −20

°C (−4 °F).

 

Polish cuisine (Polish: kuchnia polska) is a style of cooking and food preparation originating from Poland. It has evolved over the centuries due to historical circumstances. Polish national cuisine shares some similarities with other Central European and Eastern European traditions as well as French and Italian similarities. It is rich in meat, especially pork, chicken and beef (depending on the region) and winter vegetables (cabbage in the dish bigos), and spices.

Traditional Christmas Eve supper called Wigilia is meatless, usually

consists of barszcz (borscht) with uszka (small dumplings) – a

classic Polish Christmas Eve starter, followed by fried carp, carp fillet or cod

with apple & leeks fresh salad, carp in aspic etc. traditionally carp (fried or

Jewish style) provides a main component of the Christmas Eve meal

across Poland.

Fat Thursday is a Catholic feast celebrated on the last Thursday before the Lent, which is also the last day of carnival. Traditionally it is an occasion to enjoy fair

amounts of sweets and cakes which afterwards are technically forbidden until

Easter. "Tłusty Czwartek" belongs to moveable feasts, as it is connected with the date of Easter and beginning of the

Lent. The next Thursday falls already after Ash Wednesday that is the period of the Lent when the Catholics should refrain

from overeating.

A typical Easter Breakfast often consists of cold-cuts served with horseradish sauce and beet salads, breads, bigos, żurek,  kiełbasa,smoked salmon or herring, marinated vegetable salads, Easter salad - (chopped boiled eggs, green peas, cwikła, carrot, apple,  potato,parsley and mayonnaise) coffee, tea and cakes, i.e. chocolate cake, makowiec, mazurek,  sernik, etc

The Baltic Seaside is a brackish mediterranean sea located in

Northern Europe. The Baltic Sea is one of the youngest seas of the

Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 12 thousand years old. The Baltic Sea is surrounded by land from all sides.The surface of the Baltic Sea is 392 979 km². The sea’s volume is 21 721 km³. The average depth

is 52,3 m, while the maximum depth is 459m.

The Tatra Mountains are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in

the Carpathian Mountains. In the Tatras there are many well-known peaks. The most recognizable include

Kasprowy Wierch, Giewont, KościelecŚwinice and Wolowiec

Masuria is famous for its lakes and forests,

offering a wide range of outdoor activities from sailing to kayaking and swimming. The region

includes the largest lake in Poland called

Śniardwy.

Silesia is a region in the South of Poland which is famous for its mines. One may find a lot of mines, in which carbon is mined as well as salt. There are also many factories in Silesia. Therefore, this region is a bit polluted. However, there are a lot of fantastic places,which you can visit.

Surface- 12 333,51 km²

Population- 4 654 115

Capital WarsawLanguage PolishCurrency PLNPopulation 38 200 037 mlnSurface 312 679 km²

Warsaw is an Alpha- global city, a major international tourist destination and an

important economic hub in Central Europe. It is also known as the

"phoenix city" because it has survived many wars throughout its history. Most notably, the city had to be painstakingly

rebuilt after the extensive damage it suffered from World War II, during which 90% of its buildings were destroyed. On 9

November 1940 the city was awarded Poland's highest military decoration for

heroism, the Virtuti Militari, for the Siege of Warsaw (1939).

The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was already being reported as a busy trading centre of Slavonic Europe in 965. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and artistic centre. The city has a population of approximately 760,000 whereas about 8 million people live within a 100 km radius of its main square.

Łódź first appears in the written record in a 1332

document giving the village of Łodzia to the

bishops of Włocławek. In 1423 KingWładysław Jagiełło granted city rights to the village

of Łódź. From then until the 18th century the town

remained a small settlement on a trade

route between Masovia and Silesia. In the 16th century the town had

fewer than 800 inhabitants, mostly

working on the nearby grain farms.

Presentation made by:

- Jakub Klimek

- Fabian Skupień