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Discover Beautiful Zywiec Poland – Your Ultimate Travel Guide for Poland
Zywiec (Żywiec) is on the Soła River and Koszarawa stream in the Zywiec Valley. It’s situated on Lake Zywiece, 345-350 meters above sea level. The highest mountain peaks, such as Grojec (612 m), Łyska (646 m), Pilsko (1557 m), Babia Góra (1725 m above sea level), Lipowska (1394 m), Wielka Rycerzowa (1226 m), Romanka (1200 m) and Wielka…
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Discover Bytom Poland – The Ultimate Travel Guide for Eastern Europe
Bytom is most often associated with steel mills and coal mines. Only a few know that this place is also famous for its beautiful architecture and the victories of local sportsmen. The city’s developing infrastructure allows tourists for an active rest and nature reserves give them a chance to admire rare species of trees and…
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Bielsko-Biala Poland Guide
Being a large town, an important administrative and a cultural center, Bielsko-Biala (Bielsko-Biała) is attractive as a base for your next vacation. The nearby mountains, some of them lying within the town’s suburban area, the many green areas and the well-developed skiing infrastructure all make it a great destination for anyone seeking a break that…
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Explore Charming Tychy Poland – Your Ultimate Travel Guide for Poland
Aside from the large Fiat car plant and the beer brewery brewing the famous “Tyskie” Polish Beer brand, Tychy has many parks, somewhat surprising for a Silesian city. But while one can’t but help notice the ugly, big Soviet-era blocks of flats, the Old Town is interesting and worthy of an afternoon’s exploration. The city…
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Discover Beautiful Gliwice Poland Travel Guide
Gliwice is one of many towns in the largest industrial area in Poland, being very different from the stereotype of an Upper Silesian town. It’s a city of culture, science, and enterprise, with aspirations to become a separate administrative center in Silesia. As one of the oldest towns of the Upper Silesian region, it boasts…
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Discover Charming Rybnik Poland – The Ultimate Rybnik Travel Guide
There’s little known about the origins of Rybnik. In the Middle Ages, it was a fishermen’s settlement on an often-used merchant route passing from Krakow, Oswiecim to Raciborz and Wroclaw. The settlement’s name comes from the local fishing ponds (‘ryba’ means ‘fish’ in Polish). At the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries, the area…
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Discover Sosnowiec Poland – Your Ultimate Travel Guide for Eastern Europe
Sosnowiec belongs to the group of most important towns of Upper Silesia. Typical for the urban areas of the region, Sosnowiec is an industrial center with 4 mines and several factories. But recently it has striven to develop its trade and services. The town is mostly visited for business purposes, attracting people with its good…
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Ultimate Zabrze Poland Travel Guide – Explore Central and Eastern Europe
The oldest district of Zabrze is Biskupice, a place first mentioned in 1242. Some small houses in what was a small village were along the street now known as Staromiejska, which runs towards Gliwice. The inhabitants farmed the land, especially hops. Zabrze started to develop towards the close of the 18th century thanks to the…