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- Auschwitz
- Bydgoszcz
- Chorzow
- Danzig (auf Deutsch)
- EBPO 2012 Варшава
- EBPO 2012 Вроцлаве
- EURO 2012 Gdansk
- EURO 2012 Gdańsk (Croatian)
- EURO 2012 Krakow
- EURO 2012 Poznan
- EURO 2012 Warsaw
- EURO 2012 Wroclaw
- EURO 2012 Wroclaw (Czech)
- Eurocopa 2012 Gdansk
- Europameisterschaft 2012 Danzig
- Frombork
- Gdansk
- Gdynia
- Gdynia (auf Deutsch)
- Gliwice
- Kashubia
- Katowice
- Kornik
- Krakow
- Lodz
- Malbork
- Nowa Huta
- Ojców
- Poznan
- Sopot
- Tarnow
- Warsaw
- Wieliczka
- Wolf's Lair
- Wroclaw
- Zabrze
- Zakopane
- Zoppot (auf Deutsch)
- ЄВРО-2012 Βαρσοβία
- ЄВРО-2012 Βρότσλαβ
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- Euro 2012 In Your Pocket
- Smoking
- Tipping Tribulations
- Not a Queue
- Polish Name Days (Imieniny)
- Wisława Szymborska
- EURO 2012
- The Drowning of Marzanna
- Błędowska Desert
- Hot Beer
- The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
- Fat Thursday
- Three Kings
- National Anthem
- Stanisław Poniatowski
- Polish Friends of Beer Party
- Midsummer's Night
- Disaster in Smolensk
- Ryszard Kapuscinski
- Polish Alcohol
- Wolf's Lair
- Kazimierz Pułaski
- Marek Kamiński
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Teodor Talowski
- Jan Karski
- Czesław Miłosz
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Edward Gierek
- Blofeld
- Wojtek the bear
- Superstitions
- Enigma
- Irena Sendler
- General Wojciech Jaruzelski
- Krzysztof Komeda
- Białowieża National Park
- The Syrenka
- The Maluch
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
- Daniel Libeskind
- Fryderyk Chopin
- Witkacy
- Władsyław Szpilman
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Andrzej Wajda
- Izabella Scorupco
- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Eugeniusz Bodo
- Roman Polański
- Stanisław Wyspiański
- Leon Schiller
- Max Berg
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Max Factor
- Rubinstein
- Jerzy Kosiński
- Marek Grechuta
- Polish Food
- Recommended reading
- National Football
- Grzane piwo/wino
- Poles you should know
- Discover Poland
- True crime
- National Holidays
- Euro 2012: The Draw
- John Paul II
- Solidarity
- Lech Wałęsa
- Creepy Poland
- The Pianist
- The Polish Dwarf
- Staypoland Hotel Reservation
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National Football
‘Abroad, football has moved on. Here it has stood still’. Those were the words of Leo Beenhakker when he took over the Poland job two years back, and they’re as relevant now as they were then.... -
Fryderyk Chopin
Born to French/Polish parents in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) stands out as Poland’s finest composer, and remains the source of global reverence who has given his name to hotels, an airport and even an asteroid.... -
Władsyław Szpilman
Born in 1911, in Sosnowiec, south Poland, Wladyslaw Szpilman studied the piano in Berlin, before embarking on a successful career as a composer and concert pianist for Polish national radio.... -
Euro 2012: The Draw
With the 16 Euro 2012 finalists now knowing where it is they will be playing in Poland and Ukraine, there has never been a better time to check out In Your Pocket's guides to the host cities.... -
Superstitions
While it would be inaccurate to claim the Poles as being a deeply superstitious nation visitors will be delighted to know the country has more than its fair share of quirky beliefs and customs.... -
EURO 2012
The decision to make Poland a co-host of EURO 2012 was greeted with surprise both inside and outside Poland as well as by jubilation that Michel Platini and his UEFA committee had the foresight and courage to bring such a successful tournament here.... -
Max Factor
Max Faktor (or Faktorowicz), born in Łódź in 1877, has come to be regarded as the father of modern day cosmetics.... -
The Pianist
Based on the biographical novel by Wladsylaw Szpilman, the Oscar-winning film charts Szpilman’s battle for survival in the Warsaw ghetto.... -
Nicolaus Copernicus
Head 100km east of Gdańsk and you’ll come across Frombork, a pleasant little town that hit world news in November.... -
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Until September 7th art fans visiting Ujazdowski Castle have the opportunity to view the works of Magdalena Abakanowicz, one of Poland’s best known sculptors.... -
Smoking
After holding out to be one of the few remaining EU countries with no prohibitions on smoking, a new law put into effect on November 15th, 2010 finally limited smoking in public places.... -
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) has come to be regarded as the finest Polish writer of the 20th century, his work influencing generations of natives and foreigners alike.... -
Jerzy Kosiński
Born in Łódź, 1933, Jerzy Kosiński stands out as one of the 20th century's great literary talents, with a life story every bit as sinister and dramatic as his books.... -
Grzane piwo/wino
There’s a number of ways to survive winter in Poland, and we’ve tried them all, from dressing up like Eskimos to sitting at home in our pants....
Staypoland Hotel Reservation
In Your Pocket have teamed up with local specialists Staypoland.com to allow you to book hotel rooms online. This system is designed to be quick, easy and to allow you to find availability in as many Polish hotels as possible. Staypoland.com has a comprehensive database of hotel rooms plus professional English-speaking staff to handle your enquiry. Reservation requests will be handled and dealt with promptly by Staypoland.com once you have given them your reservation details. To do this please follow these steps:
You will then be given a number of options. From this list you can:
You will then be directed to a form which you need to complete and submit with your personal details. Our partners at staypoland.com will be in touch promptly with the relevant details about your reservation.
Thank you for using our system.
- select the city in which you wish to stay from the drop-down list on the right.
- select the room type your require
- specify the standard of hotel you require (if you specify any you will be given all available options in that city)
- state the date of your arrival
- state the number of nights you require
- select the currency you would like the quotation in
- click ‘search’
You will then be given a number of options. From this list you can:
- select the In Your Pocket hotel where you would like to make your reservation (don't forget to read our objective reviews written by locally based editors which can be seen by clicking on the ‘more information’ link)
- click the "book" link next to the hotel listing
You will then be directed to a form which you need to complete and submit with your personal details. Our partners at staypoland.com will be in touch promptly with the relevant details about your reservation.
Thank you for using our system.