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Tag: River Vistula

  • Grudziądz – Banks of the River Vistula

    Grudziądz – Banks of the River Vistula

    [I originally posted this in June 2018, but have reposted it to fix some broken image links]

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    I didn’t expect such a quiet and riverside area so close to the city centre. Very peaceful and there are lots of seats along the river.

    The Vistula is the longest river in Poland, and also goes through Krakow, Warsaw and Gdansk.

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    I was surprised to see an orangey yellow bus randomly parked here with no-one in it. Clearly so were the police as a few minutes later a car came with lights flashing. After some investigation from the police it was given a ticket.

  • Torun – Flooding on the River Vistula

    Torun – Flooding on the River Vistula

    Located near to the River Vistula (which is a sensible place to locate them….) are these panels on the wall which show how high the water reached during floodings over the centuries. 1570 must have been a bad year, as a few months after the flooding here in Poland, the coast of the Netherlands flooded and over 20,000 people lost their lives.

  • Torun – River Vistula

    A view of the River Vistula from near Torun.