Images of Poland

Poland is a country which lays in center Europe. It’s not well known by foreigners, although it is a really good place to spend your holidays or even settle in there. I would like to introduce you some symbols of my country, which split in four main groups: places, national symbols, famous people and nature.
National symbols of Poland are: red-white flag, white eagle with gold crown on his head, and “Mazurek Dąbrowskiego” which is our national anthem.
History of Poland is very interesting and has lots of turn points. We’ve got the times of greatness and times of fall. That made polish culture quite complex. When you’ll be visiting Poland you shall visit such places as: Warsaw (the capital of Poland) or Cracow (which is one of the most beautiful cities in our country). You can found there many historical buildings and other relics of the past.
Many great people also have born in Poland. One of them, who is also well known in the USA is Tadeusz Kosciuszko. He is a national hero of Poles and Americans. Many famous scientists also come from Poland. For instance – Marie Sklodowska-Curie (who discovered polonium and radium) or Nicolaus Copernicus (developer of the heliocentric theory).
Nowadays Poland has it’s heroes too. They’re worldwide known sportsmen like Adam Malysz (ski jumper), Robert Korzeniowski (walker) or Nobel Price owners: Lech Walesa (who led polish nation to freedom), Czeslaw Milosz and Wislawa Szymborska (poets).
Poland is a country with a beautiful countryside, fresh air and calm, snug places. An animal characteristic to Poland is stork (it become almost our national symbol).
However – our country is surely worthy visiting it, I hope that symbols I have listed above will help you recognize polish culture, people and places. Maybe you’ll some day visit my county, and I’m sure that it’ll satisfy you.