Location Guide Poland Contents

LOCATION GUIDE POLAND CONTENTS

WELCOME TO POLAND 3

Location and Travel 4 General Information 6 Natural Conditions 7 Shooting Permits 8 Location Scouting 11

LOCATIONS 13

Castles & Palaces 16 Historic Districts 18 Sacred Architecture 20 Stairs 21 Socialist Realism 22 Residential 24 Modern 26 Parks & Gardens 28 Landscapes 30 Mountains 32 Seaside 34 Lakes & Rivers 35 Roads 36 Bridges 37 Transportation 38 Industrial 40 Military 42 Underground 44 BACK TO CONTENTS WELCOME TO POLAND TO SLØBORN (2020), DIR. CHRISTIAN ADOLFO ALVART, J. KOLMERER ) operates operates ) FCP closely cooperates with with cooperates closely FCP ul. Kruczkowskiego 2 Kruczkowskiego ul. 00-412 Poland Warsaw, www.pisf.pl Polish Film Institute Film Polish Film Commission Poland ( ) is the national national (PISF) is the Institute Film Polish support comprehensive offers that film fund film including film industry, Polish the for and dissemination education production, promotion. and international film culture of and in 2005 established was Institute The than 600 more has co-financed date to for point contact first films. PISF is the in interested professionals international Poland. making films in the network of regional film commissions, film regional of the network runs a comprehensive database of film between liaison the acts as and locations and companies and producers international industry. film Polish the in professionals within the structure of the Polish Film Institute and its main goal is promote to Polish the of potential immense the film industry and variety of locations abroad. ICELAND 4 LOCATION AND TRAVEL Road Transport 5

The condition of Polish roads could be Poland is situated at the very centre described as good. In some cases, of Europe and has borders with seven the train travel time is distinctively

countries: Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, FINLAND shorter than driving. Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic and NORWAY Germany. The northern border runs Gdańsk along the coast of the Baltic Sea. ESTONIA RUSSIA SWEDEN Szczecin LATVIA Olsztyn IRELAND DENMARK 3h 20min Air Transport LITHUANIA UNITED KINGDOM

Poland can be reached by air from 5h 30min THE NETHERLANDS Belarus every major city in Europe in a mere 2h 40min Białystok POLAND two to three hours. Warsaw has direct BELGIUM GERMANY fight connections with all the major 4h 30min UKRAINE cities in Poland. Thanks to the central Czech Republic SLOVAKIA 2h 40min location of Warsaw, all the flights to FRANCE Poznań AUSTRIA MOLDOVA other cities take usually about an hour. SWITZERLAND HUNGARY 2h 40min SLOVENIA ROMANIA CROATIA Warsaw

AIRPORTS SERVICING PASSENGER FLIGHT PORTUGAL BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 2h 30min SERBIA

SPAIN ITALY BULGARIA 3h 1h 30min MONTENEGRO 3h MACEDONIA ALBANIA Łódź ✈ GDAŃSK Lublin

✈ OLSZTYN TURKKEY 3h 30min 4h ✈ 4h SZCZECIN GREECE Wrocław

3h ✈ BYDGOSZCZ Flight time from Warsaw. Distance and approximate travel time between cities in Poland. ✈ MODLIN ✈ POZNAŃ Warsaw → Berlin – 1h 25min 1h ✈ WARSAW Warsaw → Moscow – 1h 55min Kraków → Gdańsk – 583 km, 5h 30min Rzeszów ✈ ZIELONA GÓRA → Kraków → Katowice – 80 km, 1h Katowice ✈ RADOM Warsaw Oslo – 1h 50min Warsaw → Paris – 2h 15min Kraków → Wrocław – 271 km, 3h Kraków ✈ ŁÓDŹ Warsaw → London – 2h 25min Warsaw → Białystok – 197 km, 2h 40min ✈ LUBLIN Warsaw → Tel Aviv – 3h 50min Warsaw → Gdańsk – 416 km, 3h 20min Warsaw → Lublin – 183 km, 2h 30min ✈ WROCŁAW Warsaw → Doha – 5h 35min Warsaw → Beijing – 8h 05min Warsaw → Łódź – 136 km, 1h 30min Warsaw → New York City – 8h 30min Warsaw → Kraków – 300 km, 4h Warsaw → Toronto – 8h 35min Warsaw → Katowice – 289 km, 3h 30min ✈ KATOWICE Warsaw → Mumbai – 10h 20min Warsaw → Poznań – 310 km, 2h 40min

Warsaw → Olsztyn – 214 km, 2h 40min CONTENTS TO BACK ✈ RZESZÓW Warsaw → Seoul – 10h 35min ✈ KRAKOW Warsaw → Los Angeles – 11h 35min Warsaw → Rzeszów – 297 km, 4h Warsaw → Szczecin – 572 km, 4h 30min Warsaw → Wrocław – 354 km, 3h Wrocław → Poznań – 175 km, 3h BACK TO CONTENTS 6 GENERAL INFORMATION NATURAL CONDITIONS 7

About Poland Visa Regulations Climate and Weather

Capital city: Warsaw, with a population of more than 1.7 Poland belongs to the European Union and the Schengen The climate in Poland can be described as a temperate million 2 2 Area. In order to enter the area, citizens of third countries climate, passing gradually from maritime to continental, Area: 312,679 km / 120,726 mi must hold a valid travel document and, if required, a visa. with relatively cold winters and warm summers. Poland has Coastal line: 770 km / 478.455 mi long 4 seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The greatest Official language: Polish Visa-free countries amount of sunshine in summer is to be found on the Baltic Population: 38.5 million The citizens of more than 90 countries are not required coast, while in winter – in the Carpathian Mountains. The 2 2 Population density: 123 people per km / 318.6 people per mi to be in a possession of a visa when entering Poland average monthly temperature in July is 19°C (66°F), but Administrative division: 16 voivodships for a period shorter than 90 days. The list of those sometimes in summer the temperature rises above 30°C Currency: 1 zloty (PLN) = 100 groszy (singular: grosz) countries can be found here: https://www.msz.gov. (86°F). In the mountains the snow lies till April or some Time zone: winter CET (UTC+1) / summer CEST (UTC+2) pl/en/travel_to_poland/entering_poland/visa_free/ years even until May. The annual rainfall is 500–700mm, of Drives on the: right visa_free_countries which snow constitutes only 5–20%. International dialling code: +48 The above list does not involve residence, work or any Internet domain: .pl other paid activity (not applicable to citizens of the In Warsaw, the capital of Poland, temperatures range ISO 3166 code: PL EU/EEA Member States). from between 20 to 25°C (68 to 77°F) during the summer Artists can legally work in Poland up to 30 days within 12 months and 0 to –5°C (32 to 23°F) in winter. calendar months. Once they would like to increase this Administrative Division of Poland period of time - need to apply for a working visa.

Visa required The citizens of countries not listed above are required to be in a possession of one of the following documents: • a uniform short-stay Schengen visa (C); pomorskie AVERAGE DAY LENGTH SELECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS IN POLAND, 2019 warmińsko–mazurskie • a Polish long-stay national visa (D); zachodnio– IN POLAND, 2020 pomorskie • a Polish residence permit; • a residence permit or a national long-stay visa issued by kujawsko– podlaskie I 8h 20min pomorskie another Schengen state. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII II 9h 58min mazowieckie III 11h 58min average air temperature (°C) -1 2 6 12 18 20 22 22 18 13 5 1 lubuskie wielkopolskie Before submitting an application for a Schengen or national IV 14h average air temperature (°F) 30.2 35.6 42.8 53.6 64.4 68 71.6 71.6 64.4 55.4 41 33.8 visa, the application must be registered electronically at total precipitation (mm) 30 15 25 30 50 40 100 35 50 50 15 60 a Polish Consular Office. This can be done at: V 15h 46min łódzkie total precipitation (in) 1.18 0.59 0.98 1.18 1.96 1.57 3.93 1.37 1.96 1.96 0.59 2.36 VI 16h 41min lubelskie https://secure.e-konsulat.gov.pl/ sunshine duration (h) per day 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 6 5 3 2 dolnośląskie VII 16h 10min

świętokrzyskie VIII 14h 33min opolskie Poland belongs to the Taxation and Customs Union IX 12h 35min śląskie together with the other European Union Member States CONTENTS TO BACK podkarpackie and goods brought into, and taken out of, the country from X 10h 34min małopolskie within the EU are not liable for duty. Poland is also a signa- XI 8h 45min tory of the Convention on Temporary Admissions. ATA XII 7h 44 min Carnets are thus honoured, making the transportation of Average day length 12h 16min film equipment over the border a simpler matter. BACK TO CONTENTS 8 SHOOTING PERMITS 1. Do I need permission to film in 2. Do I need a permit in order to film 3. Do I need a permit in order to 4. Do I need a permit in order to film 5. Do I need a permit in order to film 9 Poland? on a road? carry out aerial filming? in green spaces? on water?

Frequently Asked Questions NO, not if you will be filming in public YES, two procedures are obligatory; YES, a permit is required to carry out YES, if you want to film in: YES, permission can be obtained from places such as streets or squares, a permit must be obtained for oc- drone aerial filming in Poland. The • municipal parks, forests, urban the owner or managing authority of Please note that the information pro- will not be occupying a traffic lane or cupying a traffic lane (zajęcie pasa drone pilot has to hold a special certifi- green spaces, then you will need a river, lake, dam, hydroelectric com- vided in this section is only a general pavement or using tripods and will be drogowego) and for the specific use of cate of qualifications. The issue of the to obtain a permit from the local plex or other body of water, waterway outline and guideline. When consider- working with a small crew of two to a road (wykorzystanie drogi w sposób flight area over which a permit to film authority’s department of the or water-related facility. In the case of ing a specific location, it is always three people. Nonetheless, even in szczególny). In order to obtain permis- is required is complex, and it is advised environment and green spaces state-owned land, either the appropri- best to contact a local fixer or the film those circumstances, we recommend sion to film, it is necessary to apply to to contact a company professionally (wydział środowiska, wydział ate document is issued by the regional commission for the region in question that you contact Film Commission the offices responsible for the type of providing drone aerial filming services ochrony środowiska, zarząd zieleni water authority (regionalny zarząd in order to ascertain what regulations Poland or the relevant regional film road in question: (a list of such companies is available at miejskiej). gospodarki wodnej) or authorisation are applicable. commission to check the status of your • national roads: Film Commission Poland website in the • state forests, then the local State is granted by the relevant department chosen location. General Directorate for National Roads section: film-production/services/. Forests inspectorate (nadleśnictwo) of the voivodship, poviat or commune and Motorways More information on the permits is is responsible for issuing the permit. officeswydział ( gospodarki wodnej, YES, if the land, building or structure Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych available at Civil Aviation Authority. wydział ochrony środowiska, zarząd has an owner. The owner might be: i Autostrad General Directorate of State Forests melioracji). • the State Treasury; permits are tel. +48 22 375 88 88 Civil Aviation Authority Dyrekcja Generalna Lasów issued by the Ministry of Treasury; [email protected], Customer Service Point and Post Room Państwowych National Water Management Authority • a local authority; permits are issued www.gddkia.gov.pl; Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego tel. +48 22 589 81 00 Krajowy Zarząd Gospodarki Wodnej by the relevant department of the • voivodship roads: Punkt Obsługi Klienta i Kancelaria [email protected], tel. +48 22 37 20 210 authority in question; the Chief Executive’s Office tel. +48 22 520 72 00 www.lasy.gov.pl [email protected], • a denominational group or religious (urząd marszałkowski); [email protected], www.wody.gov.pl order; permits are issued as follows: • poviat roads and urban, rural and www.ulc.gov.pl Agricultural Property Agency — for the Roman Catholic Church: urban-rural commune roads; the Resource Management Unit the bishop or archbishop; poviat, city, town or commune Krajowy Ośrodek Wsparcia Rolnictwa — monasteries and convents: offices. Departament Gospodarowania the abbot, prioress or mother Zasobem superior; tel. +48 22 45 25 456 — synagogues: the local Jewish [email protected], Commune; Słowiński www.kowr.gov.pl — mosques: the local Muslim Woliński Wigierski Commune; Biebrzański • National Parks, then the director “Bory Tucholskie” • private owners: a signed agreement Drawieński Narwiański of the park or reserve in question Białowieski setting out the rights and obliga- “Ujście Warty” issues the permit (see the map). tions of the parties during filming is Kampinoski Wielkopolski

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Karkonoski Świętokrzyski Gór Stołowych Roztoczański

Ojcowski CONTENTS TO BACK Gorczański Babiogórski Magurski Tatrzański Pieniński Bieszczadzki BACK TO CONTENTS 10 6. Do I need a permit in order to film 7. What documents are required in 9. What are employment laws and LOCATION SCOUTING 11 at historical sites? order to obtain a permit? working conditions for child actors?

YES, permission from the owner or In every case, it is worth preparing Children cannot work longer than 6 Film Commissions WROCLAW FILM COMMISSION Companies LOCATION SCOUT managing authority is required. This documents containing the following hours a day and work is only allowed tel. +48 71 792 70 93 tel. +48 601 168 868 is generally the Ministry of Culture information: between 6 am – 8 pm, and not at night. KRAKOW FILM COMMISSION tel. +48 531 693 290 A+MEDIA [email protected] although cultural institutions may • the title of the film and the names of Work longer than 4.5 hours requires tel. +48 12 354 25 52 tel. +48 603 693 033 tel. +48 608 791 416 www.locationscout.pl be involved at a more local level. In the director and producer; at least 30-minute break. At least 14 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.wroclawfilmcommission.pl www.aplusmedia.pl some cases, the consent of the local • the film budget; hours lay-over time required between LOCATIONS POLAND www.film-commission.pl historical conservation office will • production insurance; end of shooting and the start of work tel. +48 512 733 112 LUBLIN FILM FUND DAUL also be needed. The possibility of • type of production: feature the next day. Children need to have 48 ŁÓDŹ FILM COMMISSION tel. +48 81 466 25 22 Kraków office [email protected] photographing and filming museum film, documentary, television, hours rest in each working week (one tel. +48 42 600 61 33 tel. +48 723 440 032 tel. +48 512 317 169 www.locationspoland.com collections and exhibits may be commercial and so forth; of those two days should be Sunday). tel. +48 605 054 235 [email protected] Warsaw office covered by separate regulations. • the shooting date and number of Children cannot be alone on the set, [email protected] [email protected] tel. +48 509 726 225 LoCollective Location Shooting in historical buildings or at filming days; they must be supervised by parents www.lodzfilmcommission.pl www.film.lublin.eu [email protected] Management historical sites, particularly in the case • a description of the scene or scenes or legal guardians. Parents or legal [email protected] tel. +48 509 628 181 of ruins, often involves the necessity to be shot; guardians should be informed about MAZOVIA WARSAW FILM Kujawy Pomorze Film Office www.daul.pl [email protected] of meeting additional insurance • the composition of the crew: names the safety rules on the set. COMMISSION tel. +48 881 232 234 www.locollective.pl requirements. and ID numbers, as well as the tel. +48 22 586 42 58 [email protected] FILMLOCATIONS a.spisz@mwfc, [email protected] www.film.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl tel. +48 691 162 731 number of vehicles involved; To hire a child actor following LUKAS FILM www.mwfc.pl [email protected] Ministry of Culture and National Heritage • a description of the equipment: documents need to be collected WARMIA-MASURIA FILM FUND www.filmlocations.com.pl tel. +48 502 356 566 Monuments Preservation Department lights, generators, cranes, dollies and submitted to a District Labour PODKARPACKIE FILM tel. +48 89 513 17 50 [email protected] Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa and so forth. Inspectorate in order to obtain COMMISSION tel. +48 501 506 400 FILM POLAND PRODUCTIONS www.lukasfilm.pl Narodowego permission: tel. +48 721 288 004 [email protected] tel. +48 604 428 940 Departament Ochrony Zabytków • permission signed by parent / [email protected] www.funduszfilmowy.warmia. [email protected] NO SUGAR FILMS tel. +48 22 21 21 102 8. How long does it take for a permit legal guardian; www.podkarpackiefilmcommis- mazury.pl www.filmpoland.pl tel. +48 603 486 287 [email protected], www.mkidn.gov.pl to be issued? • opinions on engaging a child for sion.pl [email protected] work on the set filmujtu.pl www.nosugarfilms.com It depends on the type of location and — from school principal, POZNAN FILM COMMISSION tel. +48 694 112 764 tel. + 48 61 852 88 33 ext. 48 [email protected] the owner. The earlier an application — from the doctor, OPUS FILM tel. +48 691 637 752 www.filmujtu.pl is submitted, the greater the chance — from the psychological / m.ferlak@poznanfilmcommis- Łódź office that it will be reviewed positively and pedagogical centre. sion.pl HOUSE MEDIA COMPANY tel. +48 42 634 55 00 processed in good order. In the major- [email protected] tel. +48 22 840 50 56 tel. +48 42 634 55 01 ity of cases, particularly for locations www.poznanfilmcommission.pl [email protected] [email protected] within town and city boundaries, the www.housemedia.pl Warsaw office administrative procedures require an SILESIA FILM COMMISSION tel. +48 22 646 02 63 application for a permit to be submit- tel. +48 32 351 12 20 LAVA FILMS tel. +48 22 646 58 46 ted at least two weeks before shooting tel. +48 698 353 147 tel. +48 602 132 222 [email protected] begins. In some instances, contacting [email protected] [email protected] www.opusfilm.com www.silesiafilmcommission.pl www.lavafilms.pl

the local film commission can acceler- CONTENTS TO BACK ate the procedure. LIPSTICK FILM Kaja d’Erceville tel. +48 509 623 408 [email protected] BACK TO CONTENTS 12 PRISTIS MOVIES Freelancers: DAWID KOŁOSOWSKI Maciej Kuś Maciej Orlicz Sebastian Szałaj ROBERT TAMBOROWSKI KAROLINA ZIELONKA 13 tel. +48 730 705 498 location managers / tel. +48 606 292 959 tel. +48 604 632 252 tel. +48 502 355 861 tel. +48 600 722 580 tel. +48 660 440 606 tel. +48 888 072 367 [email protected] location scouts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.movies.pristis.pl based in: Wrocław based in: Warsaw based in: Kraków based in: Jaśliska based in: Warsaw based in: Warsaw, Łódź BARTOSZ BEDNARZ covering area: Poland covering area: Poland covering area: regions of covering area: covering area: Poland covering area: Poland SKWER KORPORACJA tel. +48 782 716 127 specialization: Wrocław, specialization: Warsaw, Łódź Małopolska, Górny Śląsk, south-eastern Poland specialization: Warsaw, specialization: Warsaw, Łódź, tel. +48 501 376 553 [email protected] Dolny Śląsk region languages: English Podkarpacie, Świętokrzyskie specialization: Podkarpackie Częstochowa, Jura Krakowsko- Dolny Śląsk region [email protected] based in: Warsaw languages: English specialization: cities, region – Beskid Niski, Częstochowska, Warmia and languages: English [email protected] covering area: Poland Jakub Mechowski old architecture, modern spaces, Bieszczady Mountains West Masuria region specialization: Łódź, Dolny Śląsk Jakub Kopania tel. +48 666 320 076 public spaces, landscapes languages: English, Russian JULIA ZWIERZEWSKA STARS IMPRESARIAT FILMOWY region, countrysides tel. +48 667 353 419 [email protected] languages: English, German GRZEGORZ TURZAŃSKI tel. +48 501 642 048 Kraków office languages: English [email protected] based in: Warsaw Sylwia Szczechowicz- tel. +48 506 048 899 [email protected] tel. +48 12 290 69 40 based in: Łódź covering area: Poland ANNA PALKA Warszewska [email protected] based in: Gdynia Warsaw office Artur Bieniek covering area: Poland specialization: Mazowsze tel. +48 606 879 275 Film Office based in: Wrocław covering area: North of Poland tel. +48 500 161 511 tel. +48 785 404 808 specialization: Łódź region, and Łódzkie regions [email protected] tel. +48 500 172 369 covering area: Poland, specialization: Gdynia, Sopot, [email protected] [email protected] historical locations languages: English based in: Warsaw [email protected] South of Poland Gdańsk, Hel Peninsula www.stars-impresariat.pl based in: Rzeszów languages: English covering area: Poland based in: Wrocław specialization: Dolny Śląsk languages: English, Spanish covering area: KRZYSZTOF MROWIEC specialization: Warsaw, covering area: Poland region TEMPUS FILM south-eastern Poland MICHAŁ KORYNEK tel. +48 607 614 236 Śląsk and Górny Śląsk regions specialization: Wrocław, tel. +48 601 392 310 specialization: tel. +48 501 509 847 [email protected] languages: English Dolny Śląsk region Oskar Wendorff [email protected] Podkarpacie region [email protected] based in: Warsaw languages: English tel. +48 515 044 437 www.tempusfilm.com languages: English, French, based in: Wrocław covering area: Poland Barbara Rusinek [email protected] German, Russian, Spanish covering area: Poland specialization: Warsaw tel. +48 502 031 241 MICHAŁ ŚLIWKIEWICZ based in: Łódź TUTAJ Lokacje filmowe specialization: Western, languages: English [email protected] tel. +48 666 606 506 covering area: Poland tel. +48 537 745 745 Anna Błachnia Southern and Central Poland, based in: Kraków [email protected] specialization: Łódź, Łódzkie [email protected] [email protected] extreme, mountain, nature JOANNA MYSZOR covering area: Małopolska region based in: Łódź region www.tutajtutaj.com [email protected] languages: English Viewfinder specialization: Kraków, covering area: Poland languages: English based in: Warsaw tel. +48 693 404 973 Podhale region specialization: Łódzkie V-FILM covering area: Poland KAROL KUCZYŃSKI [email protected] languages: English and Śląskie regions KRZYSZTOF WIECH tel. +48 601 728 631 specialization: Warsaw, tel. +48 795 208 206 based in: Warsaw languages: English tel. +48 604 210 350 [email protected] Mazowsze region [email protected] covering area: Mazowsze, AGATA SIKORA [email protected] www.v-film.com languages: English based in: Wrocław Górny Śląsk region Spirala Film Joanna Śniegucka based in: Warsaw covering area: Poland specialization: Śląskie region tel. +48 694 268 211 tel. +48 534 443 453 covering area: Poland (Northern, AGNIESZKA KIK-CZAPLA specialization: Wrocław, languages: English [email protected] [email protected] Eastern, Central Poland) Film Office Dolny Śląsk region based in: Wrocław based in: Warsaw specilization: historical and tel. +48 604 625 744 languages: English covering area: Górny Śląsk covering area: Poland military locations, places of [email protected] and Dolny Śląsk regions specialization: all martyrology based in: Wrocław languages: English languages: English languages: English, Russian covering area: Poland specialization: Wrocław,

specialization: Wrocław, Kłodzko Valley CONTENTS TO BACK Dolny Śląsk region, Warsaw languages: English BACK TO CONTENTS 14 15 LOCATIONS BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK

POZNAŃ, OLD TOWN BACK TO CONTENTS 16 17 CASTLES & PALACES

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1. The Zamoyski Palace in Kozłówka 2. The Krasiczyn Castle BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 3. The Łancut Castle 4. The Poznanski Palace in Łódź 5. The Czocha Castle 6. The Ogrodzieniec Castle 7. The Malbork Castle 8. The Książ Castle 3 8 9

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1. Toruń, a medieval street 2. Gdańsk, Mariacka Street 3. Sandomierz, the Market Square BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 4. Wrocław, Ostrów Tumski 5. Old Town in Kraków 6. Jelenia Góra, the Market Square 7. Poznań, the Old Market Square 8. Zamość, Old Town 9. Warsaw, Dawna Street 4 5 10 BACK TO CONTENTS 10. Lublin, Old Town 20 21 STAIRS

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1. Nysa, the Basilica of St. James and St. Agnes 2. Sękowa, the Church of St. Philip and St. Jacob 3. The basilica in Wambierzyce 4. Kraków, the Remuh Jewish Cemetery BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 5. Kraków, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul 6. Warsaw, Old Town 7. The University of Warsaw Library, rooftop gardens 8. St. Anne Mountain 9. Zamość, Town Hall 4 5 10 BACK TO CONTENTS 10. Poznań, the Rotunda Building 22 23 SOCIALIST REALISM

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1. Katowice, Regional Governor’s Office 2. Kraków, Nowa Huta, ArcelorMittal 3. Łódź, Grand Theatre 4. Dąbrowa Górnicza, Palace of Culture of Zagłębie BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 5. Łódź, a high-rise block of flats 6. Warsaw, a sculpture at the Palace of Culture and Science 7. Rzeszów, the former PZL Sędziszów offices 8. Kraków, the former Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks offices 4 5 9 BACK TO CONTENTS 9. Warsaw, the Palace of Culture and Science 24 25 RESIDENTIAL

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1. Katowice, miners’ houses in the Nikiszowiec District 2. Zabrze, a block of flats BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 3. Reszel, a multi-family house 4. Warsaw, a courtyard in the Praga District 5. Wrocław, an old tenement house 6. A villa in Sopot 7. Łódź, the Radiostacja District 8. Gdańsk, the Garnizon District 4 5 9 BACK TO CONTENTS 9. Kraków, a backyard by św. Józefa Street 26 27 MODERN MODERN

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1. Kraków, Małopolska Garden of Arts 2. Poznań, Noble Tower 3. Szczecin, the Philharmonic Hall 4. Warsaw, the city centre BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 5. The University of Warsaw Library, rooftop gardens 6. Gdańsk, the European Solidarity Centre 7. Poznań, Bałtyk office building 8. Rzeszów, G2A Arena the Exhibition & Congress Centre 4 8 9 BACK TO CONTENTS 9. The National Music Forum in Wrocław 28 29 PARKS & GARDENS

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1. Kraków, the Jordan Park BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 2. The arboretum in Bolestraszyce 3. Gdańsk, the Oliwa Park 4. Dobrzyca, Hortulus Themed Gardens 5. A squirrel in a park 6. Wrocław, the Japanese Garden 7. Katowice and Chorzów, the Silesian Park 2 4 8 BACK TO CONTENTS 8. Białystok, the Branicki Garden 30 31 LANDSCAPES

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1. Wielgomłyny 2. Mazowsze, a small old chapel on a meadow BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 3. Bełchatów open-pit lignite mine 4. The Łagów Lake 5. The Biebrza River backwaters 6. Mazury, canola fields 7. Roztocze, green rolling hills 8. Bukowina Kłodzka 4 9 BACK TO CONTENTS 9. Roztocze, pine forests 32 33 MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINS

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1. The Bieszczady Mountains BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 2. The Table Mountains, Błędne Skały 3. Karkonosze National Park 4. The Beskidy Mountains, Muszyna 5. The Tatra Mountains, Gąsienicowa Alp 6. The Tatra Mountains 7. The Beskid Żywiecki Mountains 5 8 BACK TO CONTENTS 8. The Tatra Mountains, the Białka River 34 35 LAKES & RIVERS LAKES SEASIDE

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1. Sopot, the pier BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 2. Hel Peninsula 3. Słowiński National Park, shifting dunes 4. Łeba, the Neptun Hotel 5. Mazury, Giżycko, the Niegocin Lake 6. Bydgoszcz, the Brda River 7. Mazury, the Wigry Lake 4 7 8 BACK TO CONTENTS 8. The Dunajec River 36 37 BRIDGES ROADS

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1. Szczecin, the ring-road 2. Ceranów, a tree alley 3. Katowice, a dome above a roundabout BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 4. Kraków, a street in Old Town 5. Rzeszów, a footbridge 6. The viaduct in Stańczyki 7. A catwalk over the Motława river in Gdańsk 8. Bronowo, a wooden bridge 9. Warsaw, the Świętokrzyski Bridge 5 10 BACK TO CONTENTS 10. A bridge in Włocławek 38 39 TRANSPORTATION

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1. Wrocław airport terminal 2. Wrocław Głowny railway station BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK 3. Centrum tram stop in Łodz 4. A train platform in Gdynia 5. Łodz Fabryczna railway station 6. The airport in Gdansk 7. The metro station in Młociny, Warsaw 8. A tram in Warsaw 2 8 89 BACK TO CONTENTS 9. A cruise ship docked in Gdynia 40 41 INDUSTRIAL

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Józefa Street: © Lestat (Jan Mehlich), Wikipedia.org, © Wojciech Wandzel, Krakow Film HISTORIC DISTRICTS GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution Commission 1. Toruń, a medieval street: © Yury Zap, ShareAlike 2.5 BACK TO CONTENTS TO BACK Fotolia.com 2. Kraków, Nowa Huta, ArcelorMittal: 2. Gdańsk, Mariacka Street: © Rafał © Wojciech Wandzel, Krakow Film 1. Warsaw, the historic underground water filter Kołsut, Fundacja Polskie Centrum Commission installation Audiowizualne 2. Zabrze, Guido Coal Mine 3. The underground lake in Wieliczka Salt Mine 3 BACK TO CONTENTS 4. The tunnel under the Kłodzko fortress 46 MODERN LANDSCAPES SEASIDE TRANSPORTATION MILITARY LOCATION GUIDE POLAND 47 1. Kraków, Małopolska Garden of Arts: 1. Wielgomłyny: © Witold Bączyk, 1. Sopot, the pier: © Tomasz Wozniak, 1. Wrocław airport terminal: © oleandra, 1. Old tanks: © Museum of Military © Wojciech Wandzel, Krakow Film Łódź Film Commission / EC1 Łódź – Fotolia.com Fotolia.com Technology “Gryf” in Luzino Film Commission Poland Commission Miasto Kultury 2. Hel Peninsula: © iluvdesign, Fotolia.com 2. Wrocław Głowny railway station: 2. Steam locomotives in the Museum of 2. Poznań, Noble Tower: © Poznan Film 2. Mazowsze, a small old chapel on a 3. Słowiński National Park, shifting dunes: © Andrey Shevchenko, Fotolia.com Industry and Railway in Jaworzyna Editorial team: Anna E. Dziedzic, Dana Pohl Commission meadow: © puchan, Fotolia.com © mikolajn, Fotolia.com 3. Centrum tram stop in Łodz: © whitelook, Slaska: © petrous, Fotolia.com 3. Szczecin, the Philharmonic Hall: 3. Bełchatów open-pit lignite mine: © Łódź 4. Łeba, the Neptun Hotel: © Alex White, Fotolia.com 3. Military vehicles: © Museum of Military English translation and language editing: © UM Szczecin Film Commission / Urząd Miasta Łodzi Fotolia.com 4. 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