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                                                                 National Parks


                                                                                            
      


                                  There are 23 national parks in Poland. The most famous include:
 

  Białowieża National Park
 

 
 
    the European bison

a part of the biggest naturally afforested area in Europe (together with its Belorussian part) and the last remaining section of primeval forest, with an abundance of flora and fauna unmatched anywhere else in Europe.

 The symbol of Białowieża Park is European bison, the continent's largest mammal. The last bisons living in the Forest at large died in 1919, but the species was reintroduced to the forest in 1929 and at present the herd living in the wild exceeds 250.

 

 

 
           the forest

    

          Tatra National Park


 
 one of the tarns in Tatras

Located in Southern Poland (Lesser Poland), at the border with the Slovak Republic.

The Park is founded on the area of the highest and Poland’s only alpine mountains with diverse relief and height differences reaching up to 1700 m. The highest peak in the Polish part of the Tatras, being at the same time the highest peak in Poland, is Mt Rysy (2499 m).

The Park has more than 650 caves.

Tatra folklore is as important to the Tatra National Park as its natural environment. Mountain traditions are unique and strongly supported and they embrace dialect, clothing and customs of Tatra highlanders. Their past lives in glorious legends and is preserved in mountain shrines, churches and huts. Unique Zakopane style of architecture developed there on the turn of the 19th century.

 


 
           crocuses

 
  a ridge with a footpath
 

          Słowiński National Park


 
  sand dune in the park

Located in the centre of Poland’s sea coast.

The sand, dried by the sun and the wind and blown inland, formed migrating dunes. They are, together with 4 shallow seaside lakes, unique in Europe.

The Park has a network of 140 km marked walking routes, leading through its most characteristic landscapes.

 


 
   sand dune in the park

 

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