[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f54qmwqzklnll":3,"$f31tyhk5feba7x":72,"country-posts-PL":191,"$f24pqm1m0k3jkw":192,"mdc--rxxkuq-key":196,"mdc--v6a9vz-key":208,"mdc-d4gknx-key":222,"mdc-hhf4gb-key":241,"mdc-ze9nvr-key":268,"mdc--3j2vt7-key":276,"mdc-65dbhg-key":312,"mdc--3docwf-key":320,"mdc-l9g03i-key":339,"mdc-o3nahg-key":427},{"code":4,"slug":5,"name":6,"continent":7,"flagUrl":8,"location":9,"zoom":12,"boundingBox":13,"borders":20,"schengen":28,"flags":29,"quickFacts":31,"sections":37,"resources":67,"counts":68,"legacyKey":6,"migratedAt":71},"PL","poland","Poland","Eastern Europe","https:\u002F\u002Ffirebasestorage.googleapis.com\u002Fv0\u002Fb\u002Fcycle-planet-292f5.appspot.com\u002Fo\u002Fflags%2FFlag_of_Poland.svg.png?alt=media&token=7d1ac60b-1c28-439a-b0db-c055c3ade2ed",{"lat":10,"lng":11},51.919438,19.145136,5,[14,17],[15,16],49.0273953314,14.0745211117,[18,19],54.8515359564,24.0299857927,[21,22,23,24,25,26,27],"BY","CZ","DE","LT","RU","SK","UA",true,{"dangerous":30,"island":30,"openBorders":30,"visaFree":30},false,{"capital":32,"languages":33,"currency":34,"callingCode":35,"region":36,"subregion":7},"Warsaw","Polish","Złoty (2020: €1,- = PLN 4,40)","+48","Europe",{"about":38,"visa":42,"sleeping":46,"safety":53,"foodDrink":58,"people":61,"other":64},{"body":39,"updatedAt":40,"updatedBy":41},"To say that Poland is a gray country is a prejudice. Near the big cities there are indeed still gray areas, but in the countryside it is really quiet cycling and there is still a lot of untouched nature. You can regularly see nesting storks. The country also has more to offer in terms of culture than you might think. There are a lot of quiet roads of decent quality. It is sometimes said that you have to watch out for the trucks, but not everyone has negative experiences with that. Reason why you would cycle to this country: To meet real nature, or to get to know the taste of vodka. (Choose Zubrówka, vodka with a blade of peat grass).","2021-06-06T16:42:50.000Z","01dRgHcnFiTSprDGCEB4Jxq7iDH3",{"body":43,"updatedAt":44,"updatedBy":45},"People from EU, Canada, Japan and USA don't need a visa. All other people need a Schengen visa to visit this country. You can find more information here https:\u002F\u002Fwww.schengenvisainfo.com\u002Ftourist-schengen-visa\u002F. The visa is valid for 90 days, and allows you to travel through all Schengen countries.","2020-09-03T09:40:42.000Z","ieMGYdJeX6ZyKgKeeGhMXPFZkax2",{"updatedAt":47,"updatedBy":48,"parts":49},"2021-08-07T05:52:49.000Z","anuTmRZ5TpdGhhFhPrJTvVvDZ3e2",{"formalCamping":50,"hostels":51,"wildCamping":52},"Poles love camping, but camping sites are scarce outside the tourist zones. Sandra: \"Our experience in Western Poland was that most of the campsites indicated on the (very up-to-date) map did NOT exist. There is no camping tradition in this area.\"\n\nFarm camping sites are especially recommended. Look out for \"AGROKEMPING\", \"AGROCAMPING\" or \"AGROTURYSTYKA\". The latter is often room rental from the farmer, sometimes with the option of camping. They are not expensive and often have nice places. There are also often nice people to be found there. For example, in and around the Biebrzanski National Park, http:\u002F\u002Fwww.biebrza.org.pl, Poland's largest national park, there are several small camping areas. Website unfortunately only in Polish, click on the homepage on \"Baza Noclegowa\", Pole Namiotowe.\n\nLarger campsites are often noisy and dirty and less geared to cyclists. Outside the holiday season it is quiet. In bad weather it can happen that a campsite is closed because no visitors are expected.","In the big cities you can find hostels for €5,- and are also good.","Poland is also great for wild camping, although it is officially banned. There are many forests and fallow farmlands. If you ask you can stand on a farmer's land, we don't think this would cause a problem.\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.bdl.lasy.gov.pl\u002Fportal\u002Fmapy-en?t=0&ll=19.412949%2C52.001221&scale=4622324&map=8%2C0.7&layers=76%2C77&basemap=2&extwms=&hist=\n\nA map from national forests with areas where wildcamping is allowed (_Spend the night in the forest_ layer) and other tourist infrastructure.  \n\nBas: \"Once I camped on a farmland without permission, and was scared away in the morning by an angry farmer, so make sure to ask\".",{"body":54,"updatedAt":55,"updatedBy":41,"parts":56},"Poland is a safe country for tourists. Crimnality is at a level similar to that in other countries of the European Union.","2021-06-06T17:05:23.000Z",{"traffic":57},"Avoid the major through roads (red roads on the map). The drivers are quite courteous. In terms of crowds, it is certainly not that bad since we mostly cycled on secondary roads.\n\nMore and more Poles have a car. Because there are not that many highways, most traffic is handled on the N-roads. These are therefore quite busy. Driving is quite fast on these roads. On roads with a lane for slow traffic, left overtaking maneuvers are often performed.\n\nNear the larger towns, the drivers can be quite brutal and aggressive. It helps to be clearly visible and to make yourself wider than you are, so that you can swerve if necessary. On the smaller roads the traffic is less busy and it is quieter cycling.",{"body":59,"updatedAt":60,"updatedBy":41},"Polish cuisine is quite simple, sometimes surprising and consists of soup (always) and a meal, usually something with potatoes, vegetables and a piece of meat. Recommendations: gołąbki: dish of meat rolled in cabbage leaves, buckwheat, pierogi: ravioli, bigos: sauerkraut dish (mushrooms, sauerkraut, sausage, meat, real winter dish), nalesniki: pancakes.\n\n**Cooking fuel**\n\nWe found a few very well-equipped outdoor sports specialists, but cooking fuel proved elusive. We just used gasoline. Spiritus (\"denaturat\") can only be found in the large supermarkets (we have not tried hardware stores), in half litres. Note: there are several types of denaturate: look on the label for 90% (or more) ethanol \u002F ethyl alcohol.  \n\n**Markets**\n\nCan be found in almost every place, sometimes huge with literally everything for sale, sometimes just a few stalls. Open early in the morning, closing time: between 2 and 4 pm.\n\n**Supermarkets**\n\nCan be found everywhere, even in the small villages there are mini-supermarkets, recognizable under the name sklep. These shops (sklep) are open from early in the morning until late at night, often also on Sundays. You never have to buy large packages; almost everything can be done individually. Supermarkets, but also the village shops usually have a reasonable to wide range of fruit and fresh, canned and frozen vegetables.\n\n**Stalls on the street**\n\nIn kiosks you can sometimes order a zapiekanka, a baked baguette with tomato, cheese and onion. Sometimes they offer more: typical Polish soups (Zurek), Bigos (sauerkraut dish) or other delicacies.\n\n**Restaurants**\n\nAvailable in most villages, in the cities there are many eateries. In some cities there are still \"bar mleczny\" (literally milk (product) bars): self-service canteens with a limited menu. Traditional dishes, a legacy of the former communism.\n\n**Drinkable water**\n\nNo problem at all. Tap water is generally safe, although depending on the region, a lot of chlorine may have been added. In some cities (Wroclaw for example) Poles never drink tap water themselves: too dirty! They buy spring water, or get water from the countryside. Pump water in the very small villages is sometimes of questionable quality and sometimes tastes very much like rust. There is plenty of bottled water for sale. The water at the campsites is usually questionable, purifying or filtering is recommended. Sometimes there are 2 pumps, one for drinking water (woda do picia).","2021-06-06T17:14:36.000Z",{"body":62,"updatedAt":63,"updatedBy":41},"The local population is generally friendly, especially in the cities, in the villages they are a bit shy. If you speak a word of Polish, the people appear to be very hospitable.\n\nIn the cities the knowledge of English is not a problem, in the smaller villages it is more difficult to find someone who speaks some English, often the local youth knows a little bit of English. You sometimes come across German or French speakers. If it's to find a place to sleep or something to eat or drink, sign language is always an option too. A language guide is useful. People often react very positively when you try to speak Polish!","2021-06-06T16:46:47.000Z",{"body":65,"updatedAt":66,"updatedBy":41},"**Best time to cycle**\n\nJune-July-August are the most humid months, and even then it hardly ever rains. The chance of rain is highest in August. September is called the golden autumn and is drier. It can get a bit warmer in the south. For nature lovers, the end of May, the beginning of June is the most interesting period.\n\n**Spare parts**\n\nCheap mountain bikes with 26\" tires are often sold. But there are also other bicycles, conventional 28\" tires are also easy to buy. Dutch bicycles (grandma bicycles) are a trend in large cities.\n\nThere are bicycle repair shops. Pay special attention to the inscription rowery (rower is bicycle). Usually they are shops where they sell bicycles and bicycle parts in addition to home appliance (AGD) audio, video or TVs. You can recognize a bicycle repairman by naprawy rowerów (bicycle repair). After a bit of searching and asking, you can find something you can go to in almost every provincial town.\n\n**Special sightseeing**\n\n-   Warsaw (Warszawa) is a big city, there are beautiful churches, palaces and parks. They are a bit apart, but for a cyclist that is of course no problem.\n-   Krakow (Kraków) has a very picturesque and compact city center.\n-   From Krakow you can take the bus to Wieliczka where there is a beautiful salt mine (with guided tour in several languages). These salt mines are on the UNESCO World Heritage List and are highly recommended.\n-   Treblinka and Auschwitz (Oswiecim) and Auschwitz Birkenau (Brzezinka) are sad but well worth a visit, even the small road there.\n-   Gdańsk The \"old\" city center is well worth a visit. In 1939, at the beginning of W.W. II, this city center has been totally destroyed. After the war it was rebuilt exactly as it was before the war. It is striking that it is not visible that all this is \"new\".\n-   Toruń My hometown and the birthplace of Copernicus. One of the few cities in Poland that was not bombed in WWII (just like Kraków). The old town is in its entirety on the UNESCO World Heritage List. One large succession of brick Gothic. From the south bank of the river Wisła (German: Weichsel), where there is also a camping site, a magnificent view of the old town, ramparts and gates.\n-   Malbork The town itself, in the north of Poland on the river Nogat, is not much. A major attraction is the largest brick castle in Europe, the Marienburg, the headquarters of the Teutonic Order (Knights of the Cross) from the early 14th century to the mid-15th century. There is a campsite in Malbork.\n-   Wroclaw City in Silesia on the river Odra: many monuments, churches, beautiful Rynek (market) with Ratusz (town hall). Interesting is Panorama Raclawicka. There are several campsites in Wroclaw.\n-   Primeval forest Bialowieza Around Bialowieza, close to the border with Belarus is the largest remnant of the primeval forest that once covered central Europe. Half of the forest (as large as the province of Utrecht) is located in Belarus and is not easily accessible. Bialowieza is located in Podlasie, 20 km east of Hajnówka.\n\n**Fun tracks**\n\n-   Warsaw -> Kazimierz Dolny -> Sandomierz -> Krasniow -> Krakow -> Miedzybrodzie Bialskie.\n-   From just outside Warsaw you can follow the Vistula River to Kraków. Start in Warszawa on the east side of the Vistula. The first 15 km is largely a cycle path. Then you drive along a main but not too busy road. Sometimes you drive right next to the rivers, sometimes you drive a few km from them. It is a relatively easy course without difficult slopes. There is a hotel boat in Kazimierz Dolny where you can enjoy the tranquility and sunset.\n\n-   The Bialowieski and Biebrzanski National Parks are well worth a visit: moose, bison, the last virgin forest in Europe. 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You an Wake up with beautiful view on lake, and in that area we can hear Bird Botaurus…",{"id":144,"type":83,"title":145,"countryCode":4,"location":146,"likes":88,"excerpt":149},"44a1a35b-d3e7-4aa2-af13-d3e4b0c3a7f1","Memorial and Auschwitz museum",{"lat":147,"lng":148},50.0233992,19.1984345,"Very interesting museum: What all happend in the 3 camps of WOII with the deported Jews and some other people.",{"id":151,"type":122,"title":152,"countryCode":4,"location":153,"likes":88,"excerpt":156},"3ded020e-bcb3-4f67-9377-5197accf709f","Mróz Rowery",{"lat":154,"lng":155},52.40234883060406,16.929159164428714,"That is very good bike shop located in Poznań city. They have certificates, knowledge and experience (also experience from being a sportmans) . There you can…",{"id":158,"type":83,"title":159,"countryCode":4,"location":160,"likes":88,"excerpt":163},"d51e0858-0572-43ab-854c-a83cb10223f0","Niedzica castle",{"lat":161,"lng":162},49.42248405893149,20.319764614214368,"Nice castle but Lookout on weekends couse of many mang tourists....",{"id":165,"type":83,"title":166,"countryCode":4,"location":167,"likes":88,"excerpt":104},"bf87aaf7-3434-40ca-96e7-518ee102749f","Pieskowa skała castle",{"lat":168,"lng":169},50.244157662418,19.77964639685524,{"id":171,"type":99,"title":172,"countryCode":4,"location":173,"likes":88,"excerpt":176},"3de94cb6-9876-4cd4-ae38-433c0ac88cf7","Podzamcze",{"lat":174,"lng":175},50.250455452330314,19.792524576187137,"There is a tent field close to the \"Pieskowa skała\" castle. Owner and his father are very friendly guys, and here is a fire place too! 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If you speak a word of Polish, the people appear to be very hospitable.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":218,"children":219},{},[220],{"type":207,"value":221},"In the cities the knowledge of English is not a problem, in the smaller villages it is more difficult to find someone who speaks some English, often the local youth knows a little bit of English. You sometimes come across German or French speakers. If it's to find a place to sleep or something to eat or drink, sign language is always an option too. A language guide is useful. People often react very positively when you try to speak Polish!",{"data":223,"body":224},{},{"type":199,"children":225},[226],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":227,"children":228},{},[229,231,239],{"type":207,"value":230},"People from EU, Canada, Japan and USA don't need a visa. All other people need a Schengen visa to visit this country. You can find more information here ",{"type":202,"tag":232,"props":233,"children":237},"a",{"href":234,"rel":235},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.schengenvisainfo.com\u002Ftourist-schengen-visa\u002F",[236],"nofollow",[238],{"type":207,"value":234},{"type":207,"value":240},". The visa is valid for 90 days, and allows you to travel through all Schengen countries.",{"data":242,"body":243},{},{"type":199,"children":244},[245,250,263],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":246,"children":247},{},[248],{"type":207,"value":249},"Poles love camping, but camping sites are scarce outside the tourist zones. Sandra: \"Our experience in Western Poland was that most of the campsites indicated on the (very up-to-date) map did NOT exist. There is no camping tradition in this area.\"",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":251,"children":252},{},[253,255,261],{"type":207,"value":254},"Farm camping sites are especially recommended. Look out for \"AGROKEMPING\", \"AGROCAMPING\" or \"AGROTURYSTYKA\". The latter is often room rental from the farmer, sometimes with the option of camping. They are not expensive and often have nice places. There are also often nice people to be found there. For example, in and around the Biebrzanski National Park, ",{"type":202,"tag":232,"props":256,"children":259},{"href":257,"rel":258},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.biebrza.org.pl",[236],[260],{"type":207,"value":257},{"type":207,"value":262},", Poland's largest national park, there are several small camping areas. Website unfortunately only in Polish, click on the homepage on \"Baza Noclegowa\", Pole Namiotowe.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":264,"children":265},{},[266],{"type":207,"value":267},"Larger campsites are often noisy and dirty and less geared to cyclists. Outside the holiday season it is quiet. In bad weather it can happen that a campsite is closed because no visitors are expected.",{"data":269,"body":270},{},{"type":199,"children":271},[272],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":273,"children":274},{},[275],{"type":207,"value":51},{"data":277,"body":278},{},{"type":199,"children":279},[280,285,294,307],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":281,"children":282},{},[283],{"type":207,"value":284},"Poland is also great for wild camping, although it is officially banned. There are many forests and fallow farmlands. If you ask you can stand on a farmer's land, we don't think this would cause a problem.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":286,"children":287},{},[288],{"type":202,"tag":232,"props":289,"children":292},{"href":290,"rel":291},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bdl.lasy.gov.pl\u002Fportal\u002Fmapy-en?t=0&ll=19.412949%2C52.001221&scale=4622324&map=8%2C0.7&layers=76%2C77&basemap=2&extwms=&hist=",[236],[293],{"type":207,"value":290},{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":295,"children":296},{},[297,299,305],{"type":207,"value":298},"A map from national forests with areas where wildcamping is allowed (",{"type":202,"tag":300,"props":301,"children":302},"em",{},[303],{"type":207,"value":304},"Spend the night in the forest",{"type":207,"value":306}," layer) and other tourist infrastructure.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":308,"children":309},{},[310],{"type":207,"value":311},"Bas: \"Once I camped on a farmland without permission, and was scared away in the morning by an angry farmer, so make sure to ask\".",{"data":313,"body":314},{},{"type":199,"children":315},[316],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":317,"children":318},{},[319],{"type":207,"value":54},{"data":321,"body":322},{},{"type":199,"children":323},[324,329,334],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":325,"children":326},{},[327],{"type":207,"value":328},"Avoid the major through roads (red roads on the map). The drivers are quite courteous. In terms of crowds, it is certainly not that bad since we mostly cycled on secondary roads.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":330,"children":331},{},[332],{"type":207,"value":333},"More and more Poles have a car. Because there are not that many highways, most traffic is handled on the N-roads. These are therefore quite busy. Driving is quite fast on these roads. On roads with a lane for slow traffic, left overtaking maneuvers are often performed.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":335,"children":336},{},[337],{"type":207,"value":338},"Near the larger towns, the drivers can be quite brutal and aggressive. It helps to be clearly visible and to make yourself wider than you are, so that you can swerve if necessary. On the smaller roads the traffic is less busy and it is quieter cycling.",{"data":340,"body":341},{},{"type":199,"children":342},[343,348,357,362,370,375,383,388,396,401,409,414,422],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":344,"children":345},{},[346],{"type":207,"value":347},"Polish cuisine is quite simple, sometimes surprising and consists of soup (always) and a meal, usually something with potatoes, vegetables and a piece of meat. Recommendations: gołąbki: dish of meat rolled in cabbage leaves, buckwheat, pierogi: ravioli, bigos: sauerkraut dish (mushrooms, sauerkraut, sausage, meat, real winter dish), nalesniki: pancakes.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":349,"children":350},{},[351],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":353,"children":354},"strong",{},[355],{"type":207,"value":356},"Cooking fuel",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":358,"children":359},{},[360],{"type":207,"value":361},"We found a few very well-equipped outdoor sports specialists, but cooking fuel proved elusive. We just used gasoline. Spiritus (\"denaturat\") can only be found in the large supermarkets (we have not tried hardware stores), in half litres. Note: there are several types of denaturate: look on the label for 90% (or more) ethanol \u002F ethyl alcohol.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":363,"children":364},{},[365],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":366,"children":367},{},[368],{"type":207,"value":369},"Markets",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":371,"children":372},{},[373],{"type":207,"value":374},"Can be found in almost every place, sometimes huge with literally everything for sale, sometimes just a few stalls. Open early in the morning, closing time: between 2 and 4 pm.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":376,"children":377},{},[378],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":379,"children":380},{},[381],{"type":207,"value":382},"Supermarkets",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":384,"children":385},{},[386],{"type":207,"value":387},"Can be found everywhere, even in the small villages there are mini-supermarkets, recognizable under the name sklep. These shops (sklep) are open from early in the morning until late at night, often also on Sundays. You never have to buy large packages; almost everything can be done individually. Supermarkets, but also the village shops usually have a reasonable to wide range of fruit and fresh, canned and frozen vegetables.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":389,"children":390},{},[391],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":392,"children":393},{},[394],{"type":207,"value":395},"Stalls on the street",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":397,"children":398},{},[399],{"type":207,"value":400},"In kiosks you can sometimes order a zapiekanka, a baked baguette with tomato, cheese and onion. Sometimes they offer more: typical Polish soups (Zurek), Bigos (sauerkraut dish) or other delicacies.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":402,"children":403},{},[404],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":405,"children":406},{},[407],{"type":207,"value":408},"Restaurants",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":410,"children":411},{},[412],{"type":207,"value":413},"Available in most villages, in the cities there are many eateries. In some cities there are still \"bar mleczny\" (literally milk (product) bars): self-service canteens with a limited menu. Traditional dishes, a legacy of the former communism.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":415,"children":416},{},[417],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":418,"children":419},{},[420],{"type":207,"value":421},"Drinkable water",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":423,"children":424},{},[425],{"type":207,"value":426},"No problem at all. Tap water is generally safe, although depending on the region, a lot of chlorine may have been added. In some cities (Wroclaw for example) Poles never drink tap water themselves: too dirty! They buy spring water, or get water from the countryside. Pump water in the very small villages is sometimes of questionable quality and sometimes tastes very much like rust. There is plenty of bottled water for sale. The water at the campsites is usually questionable, purifying or filtering is recommended. Sometimes there are 2 pumps, one for drinking water (woda do picia).",{"data":428,"body":429},{},{"type":199,"children":430},[431,439,444,452,457,462,470,520,528],{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":432,"children":433},{},[434],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":435,"children":436},{},[437],{"type":207,"value":438},"Best time to cycle",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":440,"children":441},{},[442],{"type":207,"value":443},"June-July-August are the most humid months, and even then it hardly ever rains. The chance of rain is highest in August. September is called the golden autumn and is drier. It can get a bit warmer in the south. For nature lovers, the end of May, the beginning of June is the most interesting period.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":445,"children":446},{},[447],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":448,"children":449},{},[450],{"type":207,"value":451},"Spare parts",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":453,"children":454},{},[455],{"type":207,"value":456},"Cheap mountain bikes with 26\" tires are often sold. But there are also other bicycles, conventional 28\" tires are also easy to buy. Dutch bicycles (grandma bicycles) are a trend in large cities.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":458,"children":459},{},[460],{"type":207,"value":461},"There are bicycle repair shops. Pay special attention to the inscription rowery (rower is bicycle). Usually they are shops where they sell bicycles and bicycle parts in addition to home appliance (AGD) audio, video or TVs. You can recognize a bicycle repairman by naprawy rowerów (bicycle repair). After a bit of searching and asking, you can find something you can go to in almost every provincial town.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":463,"children":464},{},[465],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":466,"children":467},{},[468],{"type":207,"value":469},"Special sightseeing",{"type":202,"tag":471,"props":472,"children":473},"ul",{},[474,480,485,490,495,500,505,510,515],{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":476,"children":477},"li",{},[478],{"type":207,"value":479},"Warsaw (Warszawa) is a big city, there are beautiful churches, palaces and parks. They are a bit apart, but for a cyclist that is of course no problem.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":481,"children":482},{},[483],{"type":207,"value":484},"Krakow (Kraków) has a very picturesque and compact city center.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":486,"children":487},{},[488],{"type":207,"value":489},"From Krakow you can take the bus to Wieliczka where there is a beautiful salt mine (with guided tour in several languages). These salt mines are on the UNESCO World Heritage List and are highly recommended.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":491,"children":492},{},[493],{"type":207,"value":494},"Treblinka and Auschwitz (Oswiecim) and Auschwitz Birkenau (Brzezinka) are sad but well worth a visit, even the small road there.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":496,"children":497},{},[498],{"type":207,"value":499},"Gdańsk The \"old\" city center is well worth a visit. In 1939, at the beginning of W.W. II, this city center has been totally destroyed. After the war it was rebuilt exactly as it was before the war. It is striking that it is not visible that all this is \"new\".",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":501,"children":502},{},[503],{"type":207,"value":504},"Toruń My hometown and the birthplace of Copernicus. One of the few cities in Poland that was not bombed in WWII (just like Kraków). The old town is in its entirety on the UNESCO World Heritage List. One large succession of brick Gothic. From the south bank of the river Wisła (German: Weichsel), where there is also a camping site, a magnificent view of the old town, ramparts and gates.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":506,"children":507},{},[508],{"type":207,"value":509},"Malbork The town itself, in the north of Poland on the river Nogat, is not much. A major attraction is the largest brick castle in Europe, the Marienburg, the headquarters of the Teutonic Order (Knights of the Cross) from the early 14th century to the mid-15th century. There is a campsite in Malbork.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":511,"children":512},{},[513],{"type":207,"value":514},"Wroclaw City in Silesia on the river Odra: many monuments, churches, beautiful Rynek (market) with Ratusz (town hall). Interesting is Panorama Raclawicka. There are several campsites in Wroclaw.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":516,"children":517},{},[518],{"type":207,"value":519},"Primeval forest Bialowieza Around Bialowieza, close to the border with Belarus is the largest remnant of the primeval forest that once covered central Europe. Half of the forest (as large as the province of Utrecht) is located in Belarus and is not easily accessible. Bialowieza is located in Podlasie, 20 km east of Hajnówka.",{"type":202,"tag":203,"props":521,"children":522},{},[523],{"type":202,"tag":352,"props":524,"children":525},{},[526],{"type":207,"value":527},"Fun tracks",{"type":202,"tag":471,"props":529,"children":530},{},[531,536,541],{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":532,"children":533},{},[534],{"type":207,"value":535},"Warsaw -> Kazimierz Dolny -> Sandomierz -> Krasniow -> Krakow -> Miedzybrodzie Bialskie.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":537,"children":538},{},[539],{"type":207,"value":540},"From just outside Warsaw you can follow the Vistula River to Kraków. Start in Warszawa on the east side of the Vistula. The first 15 km is largely a cycle path. Then you drive along a main but not too busy road. Sometimes you drive right next to the rivers, sometimes you drive a few km from them. It is a relatively easy course without difficult slopes. There is a hotel boat in Kazimierz Dolny where you can enjoy the tranquility and sunset.",{"type":202,"tag":475,"props":542,"children":543},{},[544],{"type":207,"value":545},"The Bialowieski and Biebrzanski National Parks are well worth a visit: moose, bison, the last virgin forest in Europe. Best time is late April to early summer: lots of birds, few mosquitoes."]