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Touring Zawoja in Poland
Zawoja in the region of Lesser Poland Voivodeship with its 6,200 citizens is located in Poland - some 190 mi or ( 305 km ) South of Warsaw , the country's capital city .
Time in Zawoja is now 08:40 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Warsaw " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Timişoara, Oradea, Warsaw, Kielce, and Budapest. Being here already, consider visiting Timişoara . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Zawoja ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Beskid Żywiecki & Zawoja & Babia Góra
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Babia Góra zimą - dupozjazd
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Babia Góra
Babia Góra, luty 2008 ..
Babia Góra - Diablak. Poland
Z Krowiarek przez Sokolicę na Babią Górę i przez Przełęcz Brona do schroniska na Markowych Szczawinach, zejście do Zawoi Markowe. Spory wysiłek, wielka frajda. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Zawoja
Zawoja is a village in Southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County. With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune. It has 6,200 inhabitants (2001) and is often mentioned as one of the biggest Polish villages. It is also very often referred as the longest one as it stretches for about 20 kilometres in a picturesque mountain valley.
Located at 49.67 19.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Babia Góra National Park
Babia Góra National Park (Polish: Babiogórski Park Narodowy) is one of the 23 national parks in Poland, located in the southern part of the country, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, on the border with Slovakia. The Park has its headquarters in the village of Zawoja. The park covers an area of 33.92 square kilometres, of which forests occupy 31.98 km .
Located at 49.59 19.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Polica (mountain)
Polica, locally known as Police, is a mountain, 1,369 m, in southern Poland near Zawoja, in the Żywiec Beskids mountain range. LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashed on the northern slope of Police on 2 April 1969. The accident spot is marked by a cross, erected in the 1990s. Until 1918 Polica was on the border between Galicia and Hungary, and between 1918 and 1920 on the Polish-Czechoslovak border.
Located at 49.63 19.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165
LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165, operated by an Antonov An-24 aircraft, registration SP-LTF, en route from Warsaw to Cracow Balice airport crashed during a snowstorm on the northern slope of Polica mountain near Zawoja in southern Poland on 2 April 1969 at 16:08 local time (UTC+1), killing all 53 people (47 passengers and 6 crew) on board. There were three Americans and one London resident among the passengers, all others being Polish citizens.
Located at 49.63 19.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Skawica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Skawica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawoja, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 5 kilometres east of Zawoja, 8 km south of Sucha Beskidzka, and 49 km south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of 2,600.
Located at 49.68 19.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
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