National parks offer the highest level of conservation to valuable natural assets in Poland. The concept of creating the Wielkopolski National Park was initially proposed in 1922 by Professor Adam Wodiczko, who postulated the need to protect the postglacial relief features of the area, its unique...

Interview with Janusz Rajewski, director of Poznań Centres for Sports and Recreation
- Poznań authorities widely promote the development of sporting facilities. What lies behind those promotional efforts?
- Mostly vast financial resources...

Interview with Janusz Łakomiec, Director of Wielkopolska Region Landscape Park Complex
- Are Wielkopolska's Landscape Parks popular with tourists?
- Tourism is booming in the Parks which are a great natural and scenic attraction, covering the...

Turek commune is a beautiful part of Poland, set picturesquely at the very heart of the country. It borders the following communes: Koło, Konin, Kalisz, as well as communes situated in Łódzkie voivodship – Poddębice and Sieradz. It has an area of 929.3 km2 and a population of 84 000. The...

Kłodawa commune is situated in central Poland, in the eastern part of Wielkopolska region, 20 km from the A2 freeway and national road no. 1. The town is intersected by national road no. 2. The commune occupies an area of 129 km2 and has a population of 13 746.
The first recorded mention of...

Interview with Ewa Przydrożny, director of Wielkopolska Tourism Organisation Office
- What was Wielkopolska region's distinctive feature during the largest tourism exhibition, the ITB fair in Berlin?
- This year, we put up the biggest stand...

Rakoniewice – this town of rich cultural traditions, colourful regional history and high business and tourist aspirations is waiting to be discovered by those who appreciate everything the region has to offer... Rakoniewice is a town in Wielkopolska voivodship, situated along the route from...

Interview with JAN GRABKOWSKI, Staroste of Poznań District
- Let's go back to 2007 which was a very good year for the Polish economy. How did high economic growth affect the district?
- Let us hope that the growth trend is maintained for as...

Kórnik commune is situated in the central part of Wielkopolska in Wielkopolskie Lake District. It occupies an area of 186 km2 and has a population of around 18 500.
Several supra-regional transportation routes branch out in Kórnik: the Katowice expressway, i.e. national road S11 from...

Poznań celebrates 2008 as the Year of Climate and Environment. This decision was inspired by the UN Conference on Climate Change which will be held in Wielkopolska's capital city between 1 and 12 December 2008. The mascot of the events organised as part of the Year of Climate and Environment will...