Frenchman in the Tatras
At the end of August 1879, an unusual guest from France visited the Tatra Mountains. It was Gustave le Bon, a French sociologist and psychologist, later author of the famous book “The Crowd”.
At the end of August 1879, an unusual guest from France visited the Tatra Mountains. It was Gustave le Bon, a French sociologist and psychologist, later author of the famous book “The Crowd”.
In 2016, the number of foreign tourists visiting Poland reached a record high. This is by no means the only evidence pointing to the growing importance that this sector has for the Polish economy. Could Poland become a tourist heaven?
Last year, the Tatra National Park (TPN) received a record 3.5 million tourists, Szymon Ziobrowski, the Park’s director, announced on Tuesday.
Buried in the Holy Cross Mountains, “Krzemionki” is a monument which dates back 6,000 years. Precious banded flint, a mineral discovered by archaeologists not to be found anywhere else in the world, used to be mined here.
He survived the Piast, Jagiellonian and Vasa dynasties, the anointment of kings, the partitions of Poland as well as the Second World War …and he still lives on.
The Bieszczady Mountains are one of the few places in Poland and Europe offering views of the starry sky undisturbed by artificial light.