HELLO! We are from Poland
Basic information Capital: Warsaw Surface: 322 576 km2 (68th in the world) Population: 38 186 000 (34th; 96,7% Poles) Political system: parlimentary democracy Neighbors: German, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia Main religion: roman Catholicism, 89% Poles Member of: EU (since 2004), NATO, WTO, OECD, UN and other
We want to show you some intresting and funny facts about our country
The name „Poland” originates from the tribe „Polanie” which means „people living in open fields”
Polish alphabet consists of 32 letters (English of 26)
Polish constitution was first in Europe and second in the world
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to propose that the Earth was not the center of the Universe
Polish astronomer, Jan Heweliusz published the earliest exact maps of the Moon He invented periskop
Fryderyk Chopin was o Polish composer Chopin's works have been recorded by all the great pianists of the recording era.
Windshield wipers were invented by Józef Hofmann
Poland boats 17 Nobel prize winners.
Maria Skłodowska-Curie is one of the Nobel laureates She invented and
Nearly 35% of the 60 million Poles live abroad
When foreign movies are dubbed for Polish TV, one man reads all the parts, even those of women and children. Viewers hear the original English soundtrack faintly in the background.
Watching Home Alone is a Christmas tradition
Poland is world’s biggest amber exporter
Max Factor was founded by Pole Maksymilian Faktorowicz
The 1st floor is regarded as floor „0”, so you press „1” when you want to go to the 2nd floor in the elevator
Typical Polish conversation: What’s upp? Better don’t ask/ As always/ It could be better
We are proud of Robert Lewandowski
Although our language is rich in epithets, in some situations we aren’t generous
We have good monitoring
We know a lot about fashion and trends
We eat pizza with ketchup
We are also proud of San Escobar
More about San Escobar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Escobar https://www.facebook.com/sanescobarcount ry/
But seriously…Poland is beatiful See for yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekz6i58k VpI