Oświęcim, obóz koncentracyjny "Auschwitz-Birkenau", 1940-1945

Shoes of victims of Auschwitz I in the Museum.

Auschwitz death wall located near block 11.

Gate in Auschwitz-Birkenau leading to crematorium IV and V.

Kraków is the second-largest city in Poland and one of the oldest. In medieval times it was the capital of the Kingdom of Poland. Now Kraków is very popular among tourists because of the old town, which is surrounded by medieval castle walls. It contains dozens of restaurants and cobbled streets.

Kraków

Katowice is a large business, conference and trade fair center. Unlike most other large Polish cities, Katowice did not originate as a medieval town. Katowice's urban layout is a result of expansion and annexation of various towns, industrial worker estates, and villages.

Katowice

The Wieliczka Salt Mine, located in southern Poland and excavated from the 13th century, has been producing table salt continuously since then. Its attractions include the shafts and passageways, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Zakopane is a town in the extreme south of Poland. It is a popular destination for mountaineering, skiing, and tourism. Zakopane lies in a valley between the Tatra Mountains and Gubałówka Hill. Popular tourist activity is taking a stroll through the town's most popular street: Krupówki.

Zakopane

Częstochowa is one of the main tourist destinations in southern Poland. Among it's attractions are old townhouses and the urban core of the city centre. The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery, is a particularly popular religious attraction.

Częstochowa

Żywiec Brewery is one of the largest breweries and beer producers in Poland. The brewery museum offers to visit guided tours, manufacturing museum and a beer cellar.

Zywiec Brewery Museum

Cieszyn is a border town in southern Poland. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia. The larger part of the town joined Poland as Cieszyn. The smaller western suburbs became part of Czechoslovakia as a new town called Český Těšín. Three bridges connect the twin towns.

Cieszyn

Ogrodzieniec Castle - ruins of a castle built in the system of the so-called Eagles' Nests in the 14th-15th centuries. The castle is located on the highest elevation in the Krakow-Czestochowa Jurassic Highlands - Castle Mountain rising to 515.5 meters above sea level.

Ogrodzieniec Castle

Pszczyna is a town in southern Poland. It is worth visiting because of the Old Town, with the layout dating back to the Middle Ages, Pszczyna Castle and the historical Park of Pszczyna.

Pszczyna

Ojców National Park is the smallest national park in Poland, but it is the closest to Kraków and has many hiking and cycling pathes. The area is popular for its rock formations, which together with two river valleys form numerous limestone cliffs, canyons, and caves.

Ojcowski National Park

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a museum on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. It is a World Heritage Site since 1979 and has been preserved by the Polish government in memory of the 1.1 million people who died there during the Holocaust.

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Bronze gate and wall in Biskupin - reconstructed Lusatian culture settlement from Bronze Age

Interior of the Archaeological Musem in Biskupin, Poland

Grodzisko starosłowiańskie w Biskupinie

Poznań is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland. There are many historic buildings and heritage sites, mostly concentrated around the Old Town and other parts of the city centre. Many of these lie on the Royal-Imperial Route – a walk leading through the most important parts of the city.

Poznań

Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland. It is an architecturally rich city, with many styles present. The city is mostly associated with water, sports, Art Nouveau buildings, waterfront, music, and urban greenery. It is worth noting that Bydgoszcz boasts the largest city park in Poland.

Bydgoszcz

Toruń is a historical city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland. The city is famous for having preserved almost intact its medieval spatial layout and many Gothic buildings. Toruń is well known for Toruń gingerbread, a type of piernik often made in elaborate molds.

Toruń

The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is a Roman Catholic church built between 1994 and 2004. With a tower measuring 141.5 meters in height, it is one of the tallest and largest churches in the world.

Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń

Gniezno is a city in central-western Poland, about 50 kilometers east of Poznań. It was the first historical capital of Poland in the 10th century and early 11th century.

Gniezno

Ciechocinek is a unique spa town in north-central Poland, known for its saline graduation towers that are used for curing various diseases.

Ciechocinek

Kórnik Castle is a castle in the Polish town of Kórnik, which was constructed in the 14th century. The current look of the castle resembles Gothic Revival architecture, one of the popular historicising styles in the 19th century. The castle currently houses a museum and the Kórnik Library.

Kórnik Castle

Gopło is a lake in north-central Poland, near the city of Gniezno. It gives its name to the protected area called Gopło Landscape Park. At the northern end of the lake stands the "Mice Tower" of Kruszwica.

Lake Gopło

Golub Castle is a four-wing conventional Teutonic fortress built at the turn of the fourteenth century, built on a hill as a look-out point over the whole town of Golub-Dobrzyń. Today, the castle is used as a regional museum, housing a vast collection of militaristic exhibits.

Golub Castle

Słupca Lake is an artificial reservoir located in central–western Poland. From the south, the lake borders on Słupca Town Park, with the amphitheater, shooting range and two stadiums. Jogging, walks and cycling are among most popular activities along the shoreline for the locals.

Słupca Lake

Biskupin is an archaeological site and a life-size model of a late Bronze Age fortified settlement in north-central Poland that also serves as an archaeological open-air museum. The site is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments.

Biskupin

Fotografia wykonana w zabytkowej Sztolni Czarnego Pstrąga w Tarnowskich Gorach

The Moszna Castle is a 200-year-old castle building that now operates as a hotel. It is located in the small village of Moszna. It has a chapel which is used as a concert hall and a gallery with regular exhibitions. The entire complex includes a park with nearby fields, meadows, and a forest.

Moszna Castle

Step back in time and experience the hardships of miners in the 18th and 19th centuries at the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry, Poland. The mine is normally open for tourists, and guided tours in several languages take place every day.

Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry

The Tyskie Brewing Museum is a museum in Tychy in Silesia. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. Tyskie brewery gave it's name to one of the leading brands of beer in Poland.

Tyskie Brewing Museum

Kopalnia soli w Wieliczce - Kaplica Świętej Kingii,

A bottom view of one of the tallest rooms in the Wielicka Salt Mine in Poland

a Horse mill at the Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland.

Composite image of surface and underground views of the Wieliczka Salt Mines

Niedzica Castle, also known as Dunajec Castle, is a medieval stronghold located on the right bank of the Czorsztyn Reservoir in the village of Niedzica-Zamek. This castle was probably built in the early 14th century, probably on the site of an earlier defensive structure.

Niedzica Castle

Morskie Oko, or Eye of the Sea in English, is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains, in southern Poland. It is located deep within the Tatra National Park in the Rybi Potok Valley, of the High Tatras mountain range.

Morskie Oko

Tropsztyn Castle is a reconstruction of a defensive castle near the Czchowskie lake. The history of the castle is connected with the village of Tropie, located on the opposite side of the river.

Tropsztyn Castle

Remains of Hitler's bunker in Wolfsschanze (now Poland)

Giżycko is a popular summer tourist destination in Masurian Lake District. It is home to many historical monuments, including a 14th-century Teutonic castle.

Giżycko

Śniardwy is the largest lake in Poland. It covers 113.8 square kilometers. There are eight islands on the Śniardwy lake. It is connected with other lakes by the system of canals known as Kanały Mazurskie. Together, they form the Polish Masurian Lake District.

Śniardwy

Mikołajki is a resort town in north-eastern Poland. It is located near the Śniardwy, the largest lake in both the Masurian Lake District and Poland. Ice sailing in winter is an especially popular attraction in the town.

Mikolajki

Mrągowo is a resort town located near lake Czos in northeastern Poland. It is known for its annual Country Picnic, held since 1982. Mrągowo is a popular tourist and vacation center with plenty of green spaces and walking routes.

Mragowo

Lake Ukiel is a lake in Poland which is located on Pojezierze Olsztyńskie, in the northwest part of Olsztyn. There are pensions, hotels and a municipal beach.

Lake Ukiel

Lawendowe pole near Olsztyn is a lavender plantation with a museum, accommodation, and a shop.

Lawendowe pole

The Wolf's Lair served as Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II. Discover the site of the infamous assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944. The Wolf's Lair is a fascinating and unique destination for those interested in the history of the Third Reich.