General information:• Official language: Polish

• Capital City: Warsaw

• The President: Bronisław Komorowski

• Currency: Złoty (PLN)

• Dominant religion: Catholic

• The anthem: Mazurek Dąbrowskiego

Poland is divided into 16 regions that are called the voivodeships.

POLAND:• is situated in Central Europe

• is located by the Baltic Sea

• in the south there are mountains – Karpaty and Sudety

• lowlands dominate

• borders with Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia

CLIMATE

• There are four seasons in Poland: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Summers are generally hot, winters are cold and freezing, it sometimes snows a lot. Autumns are rainy. The most beautiful season is spring. It is sunny and warm.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

The biggest cities in our country:

Warsaw

Cracow

Wroclaw

Famous people

JOHN PAUL II- The Pope

Fryderyk Chopin - pianist

Mikołaj Kopernik

- astronomer

Maria Skłodowska Curie - chemist

Adam Mickiewicz - poet

Many sports are popular in Poland. Football (soccer) is the country's most

popular one, with a rich history of international competition. Athletics,

basketball, boxing, ski jumping, fencing, handball, ice hockey, swimming,

volleyball, and weightlifting are other popular sports.

UEFA European Football Championship in 2012

• Poland and Ukraine are going to be a host of Europe Football Championship in 2012. We have got some modern stadions because of this huge enterprise in Poland.

Traditional Polish food is good BIGOS – cabbage

and meat

PIEROGI – the most popular dumplings with meat or cheese

GOŁĄBKI – cabbage, rice and meat

PĄCZKI – daughnuts, usually with marmolade

ROSÓŁ – brooth,chicken soup

PORK CHOP

– with potatoes