Poland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country in Central Europe
About Poland
Poland is located at the very centre of Europe with an area of 322,575 km². Poland's western regions, including large parts ofLower Silesia,LubuskieandZachodniopomorskie, were parts of neighbouringGermanyat different periods of time. The natural border of mountain ridges separating Poland from its southern neighbours, theCzech RepublicandSlovakia, did not stop the cultural influence (and periodic warring). In the Middle Ages, Poland was part of a powerful Commonwealth withLithuaniathat governed much of today'sBelarusandUkraine. The cultural evidence of it can be found closer to the present-day borders. Lastly, the entire eastern half of Poland used to be controlled by the Russian Empire, and there was a strong Soviet influence during the communist era, leaving behind many traces in both cu
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