1. POLAND

2. Poland is a country in Central
Europe.

3. Poland, officialy the Rebublic of Poland was established in 966
when the ruler Mieszko I accepted Christianity.

4. FACTFILE
GOVERMENT:
AREA: Parliamentary republic
312,685 sq. km
(120,728 sq. mi) Currency:
złoty (PLN)
POPULATION:
38 544 mln
CAPITAL:
Warsaw

5. Famous people

6. Polish Pope
John Paul II – blessed pope, died in 2005.
After his death all Poles felt mourning.

7. Polish President
Lech Wałęsa - a Polish politician, trade-union
organizer, and human-rights activist. A charismatic
leader, he co-founded Solidarity and the Soviet bloc's
first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland
between 1990 and 1995

8. Polish scientist
Marie Skłodowska-Curie - was a Polish
physicist and chemist, working mainly in France. She
was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her
achievements included a theory of radioactivity and the
discovery of two elements, polonium and radium.

9. Chopin
The greatest Polish composer, well –
known around the whole world.

10. Polish sportsmen
Adam Małysz - is a former ski jumper, one of the
most successful in the history of the sport. The most
important of his successes are 4 individual Olympic
Games medals, 4 individual World Championships gold
medals (all-time record), 4 individual World Cup titles
(all-time record), 39 individual competition wins and 92
podiums in total.

11. Robert Kubica
He`s a Polish racing driver. He became the first Polish
driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and
2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted
from test driver to race driver during 2006.

12. Polish models: Kasia
Struss, Anja Rubik, Magda
Frąckowiak

15. Polish lanscapes

16. Baltic Sea

17. Tatra Mountains

18. Mazury - lakes

19. Puszcza Białowieska

20. Bieszczady Mountains

21. Salt Caves

22. The most beautiful
cities

23. Warszawa (Warsaw)
The capital of Poland and its largest city

24. Kraków (Cracow)
Formerly the capital of Poland and now
the cultural and intellectual centre

25. Wrocław
The fourth largest city in Poland

26. Toruń
Birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus

27. FOOD

28. Polish breakfast
We usually eat milk with cornflakes or
sandwiches with butter, cheese or ham,
somentimes eggs and sausaes. We drink tea or
coffee.

29. Dinner
Pierogi – filled with cheese and potatoes; cheese;
meat; mushrooms and cabbage;
Strawberry.
Chicken soup – with pasta or rice

30. Gołąbki - cooked minced meat and rice wrapped in
cabbage leaves
Żurek - sour soup with sausages and boiled eggs

31. Bigos – cooked meat and cabbage with mushrooms
and plums
Flaki – this soup is tasty but it`s ingredients are
…rather disgusting

32. Pork chop served with potatoes or fries and salad.
Meat patty usually served with fried beets and
potatoes.

33. Polish brands
Vodka:
Sweets:
Oscypek:

34. VISIT POLAND AND ENJOY
BEAUTY OF THIS COUNTRY.