HELLO We are from Poland Basic information Capital

HELLO! We are from Poland

Basic information � Capital: Warsaw � Surface: 322 576 km 2 (68 th in the world) � Population: 38 186 000 (34 th; 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 1 st floor is regarded as floor „ 0”, so you press „ 1” when you want to go to the 2 nd 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=ekz 6 i 58 k Vp. I