Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union.
The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometers making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe.
Poland is a unitary state made up of sixteen voivodeships. Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations.
The climate of Poland is influenced by two weather systems: the moderate sea climate coming from the Atlantic Ocean and the drier land climate coming from Asia.
Polish currency is “złoty”. One euro equals about four złotys.
Basic minimum prices:
Single room: university hostel 30 zł, hotel 80 zł, private room 50 zł, youth hostel 25 zł. Goods price: coffee(instant), 2-4 zł mineral water 1.5l. zł, big mac 5.8zł, coke can 3 zł, beer 5+zł breakfast (cont.), 13zł breakfast (local) 15zł, ice cream 1.5zł, toilet paper 0.5zł/roll.
Petrol prices in Poland:
Poland: Unleaded 95 petrol price per litre in euros July 2011 - 1.29, Diesel price per litre in euros July 2011 - 1.29
Euro 2012: Poland general information
Poland is a country situated in Central Eastern Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast ( Russian exclave) to the north.