Tourism in Poland has become a major source of foreign exchange earnings, with the main cities being Lodz, Poznań, Krakow, Szczecin, Gdańsk and others. With its Baltic Sea harbor and the beautiful Carpathian Mountains, the ingenious Wieliczka Salt Mine attracts countless tourists every year. People here understand that forests are the protagonists of protecting the environment, so they love them as much as they do. Poland has a forest area of more than 8.89 million hectares and a forest cover of almost 30%. People who are new to Poland are often enchanted by this poetic green world.
This mermaid statue on Warsaw's Old Town Market Square is not as gentle as the mermaid of Copenhagen, but holds a shield and a sword, showing a heroic figure. The mermaid is the symbol and patron saint of Warsaw, and legends about her are mostly related to the founding of Warsaw. However, on New Year's Eve, when people glide around the statue on the makeshift ice rink, the cheerful atmosphere of the festival seems to soften the mermaid warriors.
The Leopold Auditorium of the University of Wroclaw was built in the early 18th century and its interior is dazzling in its late Baroque style. The auditorium was named in honor of the university's founder, Leopold I of Habsburg. He is also known as the "Baroque Emperor", which shows the king's love for the Baroque style. The market near the Wroclaw City Hall is already in a Christmas atmosphere.
The bay of Sopot has one of the longest wooden trestle bridges in Europe. I believe that this must be a beautiful resort in summer, but standing on the wooden trestle bridge in winter and blowing the sea breeze, I just want to give myself a song "How the wind is fiercer, the more my heart is swinging"
The life of the "piano poet" Chopin was short and brilliant, and he moved to Paris after the failure of the November Uprising, where he lived for nineteen years until his death from tuberculosis. His body was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, and his heart was taken back to Poland as he wished, where he was buried in the columns of the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw. "The soul belongs to Poland, the talent belongs to the world."
Poland is a moderately developed country, an important agricultural, industrial country and the most populous country in Central and Eastern Europe. Poland is a member of the World Trade Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union. In 2021, Poland's GDP was €574.4 billion.