Contents 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Where Is Poland The Land The Bialowieza Forest Wildlife The People Daily Life Going to School Working Playing Food Holidays The Hejnał Fast Facts Glossary To Learn More Index 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
Where Is Poland Lithuania Gulf of Gdansk Baltic Sea Kaliningrad Russia Warsaw Did you know The modern symbol of Warsaw is a mermaid holding a sword and shield According to legend a mermaid helped to build the city of Warsaw and still protects it Poland Germany E Czech Republic Slovakia
Belarus Poland is a country in central Europe that covers 120 728 square miles 312 685 square kilometers To the west of Poland is Germany and to the south the Czech Republic and Slovakia Poland's eastern neighbors are Ukraine and Belarus Warsaw the capital of Poland sits in the eastern part of the country Ukraine Lithuania and Poland share a short border in the northeast Kaliningrad a province of Russia also borders Poland in the north The Baltic Sea meets Poland's northern seacoast The ports of Gdańsk and Gdynia lie on the Gulf of Gdańsk an inlet of the Baltic Sea
