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Wandering sands [10]
The Słowiński National Park (the central part of the
Baltic coast) is part of the World Biosphere Reserve. This
sandy, desert landscape is situated on the edges of the sea.
Over 80 km of trails have been demarcated here, starting
at sea level reaching 115 m altitude. One of Europe’s
largest moving sand dunes which can reach 50 m in height
in places is located near the Łebsko Spit. On the trail visit
the Gardno and Łebsko lakes and the open-air museum in
Kluki where houses, farm tools and works of art created
by the inhabitants of the region are on view.
• www.slowinskipn.pl •
• www.pomorskie.pttk.pl • www.it-pomorze.pl •
• www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/pnp/slow.htm •
• www.polandforvisitors.com/travel_poland/slowinski
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The Polish section of the International Coast Trail (E
9) passes along the shores of the sea – from Świnoujście to
Braniewo. This route joins other equally beautiful coastal
trails in the area of Gdańsk, the Kashubia Lake District
and Tuchola Forest where over 2500 km of walking and
cycling routes have been marked out. One of them is the
Copernicus Trail from Gardeja, through Kwidzyn to
Malbork and Elblag.
• www.pomorskie.pttk.pl •
• www.it-pomorze.pl •
• www.it-pomorze.pl/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=73•
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Słowiński NP
Baltic Sea
E9
E9
International Coast
Trail E9
Wigierski NP
Drawa National Park
Biebrza National Park
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National Parks, walking
Many walking routes have been created in National
Parks and along them you can observe Nature as if
through a microscope. In Wigry National Park it’s enough
to lift a tuft of grass, stop on the shores of a quiet backwater,
listen to the song of the birds at dawn or the croak
of frogs in the distance.
Wigierski National Park [12]
There is a well organized 190-km grid of footpaths,
biking and water trails and 5 educational routes in the
Park. Most of them wind around the Wigry Lake situated
in the center of the park and are also connected with many
other lakes. Some of them are real wonders of nature:
forest lakes called ‘suchary’ with brown waters rich in
minerals. You can walk through the park all year round,
from dawn to dusk.
• www.wigry.win.pl •
• www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/pnp/wigi.htm •
Biebrza National Park [13]
(north-eastern Poland)
There are 18 trails, 504 km, leading through the most
picturesque swamplands and backwaters of the Biebrza
River considered the most beautiful in Europe. This is
the largest park in Poland with an area of 59 thousand
hectares. The Biebrza swamps and ecosystems themselves
are 25 thousand ha in size. Vast valley marshlands with
their distinctive plants are nesting and feeding grounds
for an uncountable number of water-swamp bird species
and are visited by ornithologists from the entire world.
• www.biebrza.org.pl •
• www.staff.amu.edu.pl •
Drawa National Park [14]
(north-western Poland)
There are 77 km of marked trails in the park leading
through forests, along rivers, by the lakes, along dusty
roads, over hills and down valleys. The park contains
450-year old oak trees and 300-year-old beech trees and
various floral specimens typical of the Drawa Forest
which is cut through by the Drawa River and is especially
popular with kayakers. The coat of arms of the Park
is the otter. This small, furry animal is a master of hunting
underwater, and of eating while floating on the water.
• www.dpn.pl •
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