Very cool. I just looked up pics and stuff. Very historical region. The landscape photos remind me a little of the east half of South Dakota or North Dakota. The architecture not at all!!! I ;loved the architecture in Gdansk, it fascinates the shit outa me. Maybe I'll make my way there some day. In the fall or spring!
There is some nice old European architecture in Podlasie and other regions that didn't get destroyed by Second World War or got rebuilt.
Look up Branicki Palace in Bialystok and surrounding park if you didn't already or Tykocin Synagogue. St. Roch's Church in Bialystok and Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also in Bialystok. Wawel Castle in Krakow (although it's Małopolska; close to Śląsk), old castle of our kings and former capitol city. Look for some ol factories in Śląsk. Royal Castle in Warsaw is also worth a look.
In Poland most fascinating architecture comes down to castles, palaces and churches, sometimes factories - like the rest of Europe. You won't find it in US.
Śląsk is really industrial. Old and new factories, active coal mines. Kinda dirty air - to the point it is visible (although barely) if you visit it after some time in more clean regions - Podlasie has the most clean air if you'll ever need this type of rest. It's sometimes called "the green lungs of Poland".
Mazowsze is all about lakes, lakes and lakes. If someone doesn't want/or can't go to the sea but needs some water or fishing/angling, that's their place. Capitol city is also there, but Mazowsze isn't a small region and it has many more rural places.
Kinda wish you hadn't sent that, I spent over 3 hours looking through all of this on google earth etc. Amazing the crap I don't know about our world at my age. We get all this shit straightened out on the planet, I'm headed back to Poland and bringing my wife! Thanks!
Very cool. I just looked up pics and stuff. Very historical region. The landscape photos remind me a little of the east half of South Dakota or North Dakota. The architecture not at all!!! I ;loved the architecture in Gdansk, it fascinates the shit outa me. Maybe I'll make my way there some day. In the fall or spring!
There is some nice old European architecture in Podlasie and other regions that didn't get destroyed by Second World War or got rebuilt.
Look up Branicki Palace in Bialystok and surrounding park if you didn't already or Tykocin Synagogue. St. Roch's Church in Bialystok and Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also in Bialystok. Wawel Castle in Krakow (although it's Małopolska; close to Śląsk), old castle of our kings and former capitol city. Look for some ol factories in Śląsk. Royal Castle in Warsaw is also worth a look. In Poland most fascinating architecture comes down to castles, palaces and churches, sometimes factories - like the rest of Europe. You won't find it in US.
Śląsk is really industrial. Old and new factories, active coal mines. Kinda dirty air - to the point it is visible (although barely) if you visit it after some time in more clean regions - Podlasie has the most clean air if you'll ever need this type of rest. It's sometimes called "the green lungs of Poland".
Mazowsze is all about lakes, lakes and lakes. If someone doesn't want/or can't go to the sea but needs some water or fishing/angling, that's their place. Capitol city is also there, but Mazowsze isn't a small region and it has many more rural places.
Kinda wish you hadn't sent that, I spent over 3 hours looking through all of this on google earth etc. Amazing the crap I don't know about our world at my age. We get all this shit straightened out on the planet, I'm headed back to Poland and bringing my wife! Thanks!
In Gdansk, Westerplatte is of the most, almost sacred importance.
It's the place where Schleswig-Holstein started shelling and basically Second World War...
One of the first major things Polish kids learn about modern history/war period in schools. Many poems and songs were written about this place.
Interesting, thank you!