Facts & Figures

Territory

Poland covers an area of 312,685 square kilometers and is the ninth biggest country in Europe. It borders the Baltic Sea and seven countries, namely the Baltic Sea (528km), Belarus (416km), Czech Republic (790km), Germany (467km), Lithuania (103km), the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad (210km),Slovakia (539km) and, Ukraine (529km).

Longest River

The river Vistula (Wisła) is Poland's longest river at 1,047km and flows through Krakow and Warsaw before reaching the Bay of Gdańsk (Zatoka Gdańska).

Highest Point

The highest peak is Rysy (2,499m) in the Tatra Mountains to the south of Poland.

Population (2010)

Poland - 38,200,037
Warsaw - 1,720,398
Kraków - 756,183
Łódź - 737,098
Wrocław - 632,996
Poznań - 551,627
Gdańsk - 456,967
Katowice - 306,826
Sopot - 38,141

Local time

Poland is in the Central European (CET) time zone (GMT+1hr). When it’s 12:00 in Łódź it’s 11:00 in London, 12:00 in Paris and Berlin and 19:00 in Tokyo. Polish summer time (GMT+2hrs) starts and ends on the last Sundays of March and October.