Some facts about Poland!
Poland is a picturesque country.
Poland is a picturesque country.
Poland is a member of the European Union
Poland has 38 million citizens
312,679 - total area in km²
Time zone: the UTC+01:00 Central European Time
We speak Polish, but most of us also know English, so you can easily communicate with others
Prices in Poland are lower than in other European countries
USD 1 is PLN 4.40
EUR 1 is PLN 4.70
| Examples of prices in Poland: | Prices in EUR | Prices in PLN |
| Dormitory | 85 – 172 | 400 – 810 |
| Flatshare | 255 | 1200 |
| Public transport (3-month ticket) | 30 | 140 |
| Cinema ticket | 6,4 | 30 |
| Theatre ticket | 8,5 – 38 | 40 – 180 |
| Pool access (1h) | 4,3 | 20 |
| Ice rink access (1h) | 2,1 | 10 |
| Dinner | 7,5 | 35 |
| Beer | 2,1 – 4,3 | 10-20 |
You may have heard of:
Maria
Skłodowska-Curie
She won the Nobel Prize twice, first in Physics, for research she has done on radioactivity, and then in Chemistry, for the discovery of polonium and radium.
Fryderyk
Chopin
Polish composer and pianist.
Olga
Tokarczuk
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018. Polish writer, essayist, poet, screenwriter, and psychotherapist.
Robert
Lewandowski
Polish footballer playing for FC Barcelona.
Lech
Wałęsa
Polish statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1983.
Iga
Świątek
Polish tennis player, winner of eleven WTA singles tournaments. She won three Grand Slam tournaments: French Open 2020 and 2022 and US Open 2022.
John
Paul II
Pope from 1978 until 2005.
Wanda
Rutkiewicz
An outstanding Himalayan mountaineer. She is also the first woman in the world to summit K2 (8611 m above sea level).