Security The maintenance of public order and citizen security in Poland is the responsibility of the police and the municipal police. Police The police is authorised to: Check IDs in order to establish the identity of their holders (if justified) Perform a strip search, as well as check the content of luggage and cargo in harbours, […]
In the European union visas are not needed. Citizens of the following countries that can travel to Poland without Visas: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (special administrative region), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, […]
Embassies and consulates in Poland Majority of the countries have their embassies or consulates in Warsaw and other major cities (Gdansk, Poznan, Krakow, Szczecin, Lodz). Please be informed that most of the offices are opened only weekdays, so check the opening hours before. For a full list of embassies please see
Polish currency The polish currency is zloty (PLN). It consists of 100 groszy. The banknotes are 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 PLN denominations, the coins are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 groszy and 1, 2, 5 zlotys. There are numerous banks and exchange offices where you can exchange money. The main conversions are: 1 […]
Polish language About Polish language belongs to a group of west slavic languages, and is a part of the family of Indoeuropean languages. It is estimated that the Polish language is the mother tongue of about 44 million people worldwide, the Poles and Polish citizens residing abroad. It is also one of the official languages […]
Time Zone in Poland Poland is in the Central time zone (GMT + 01:00). Most European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Czech, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, belong to the same time zone. From March to October Poland is in so called summer time.
The climate in Poland is a mixture maritime and continental. There are very cold and snowy winters and warm summers with plenty of rainfalls in July. During the spring and autumn the weather can be very surprising, because of the air masses which come either from the south west (warm air) or from the north […]
Polish Landscape Diversity of Polish Landscape Diversity of Polish Lanscape The Polish landscape is very diverse due to the many elements that have formed it over millions of years. Volcanoes, glaciers, water and wind have created beautiful scenery across the whole of Poland, starting from the Mountains in the south through the central lowlands to […]
About Poland Poland Guide Warsaw & Krakow Most Important Polish Cities Poland is becoming an attractive place for holidays. Most people visit our country for only a short time; however, we believe that Poland has so much more to offer that it’s worth coming here for a longer stay. For this reason, we have created […]
Poland Now The beginning of 90’s was a time of great instability in Poland. This was caused by the young age of Polish democracy and what is more the fact that Poland had to transform its political and economic system in a very short period of time to join “Europe” in the future. Although not […]