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Poland landmarks quiz: guess where 19 photos were taken

Poland in 19 photographs, each pinned to the map with a line of context. Five are dealt per round.

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Five Poland photos. For each one, tap the spot on the map and see how far off you were.

Where they are

19 on the map
Hover or tap a dot to name the place.

All 19 places

by id
Main Square, Kraków, Poland
Main Square, Krakówmedium

Europe's largest medieval square with the Cloth Hall.

Photo: Igor123121 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Old Town, Gdańsk, Poland
Old Town, Gdańskmedium

Tall, ornate merchant houses on a Baltic trading street.

Photo: Richardmaackphotography / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Old Town, Wrocław, Poland
Old Town, Wrocławmedium

A colourful market square built across river islands.

Photo: Maksym Kozlenko / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Centennial Hall, Poland
Centennial Hallmedium

A pioneering reinforced-concrete dome from 1913, once the largest in the world.

Photo: Jar.ciurus / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Culture and Science, Poland
Palace of Culture and Sciencemedium

Warsaw's Stalinist skyscraper, a 1955 gift from the Soviet Union.

Photo: A.Savin / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Usedom, Poland
Usedomeasy

A Baltic island of long sandy beaches, shared by Germany and Poland.

Photo: Zeppelubil / Th. Haft, from Torgau / Elbe, Germany / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lublin, Poland
Lublinmedium

Eastern Poland's largest city, with a Renaissance old town and a royal castle.

Photo: Pankrzysztoff / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Gdynia, Poland
Gdyniahard

A modernist port city built from nothing in the 1920s to give Poland a harbour.

Photo: Kontrola / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bydgoszczhard

A Polish river city with granaries on the Brda and a tightrope-walker statue.

Photo: Jan Paweł Bochen / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Toruń, Poland
Toruńhard

Copernicus's birthplace, a red-brick Gothic old town on the Vistula.

Photo: Andrzej Otrębski / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jasna Góra Monastery, Poland
Jasna Góra Monasteryhard

Poland's holiest shrine, home of the Black Madonna icon.

Photo: Ebielmaj / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Katowice, Poland
Katowiceeasy

The heart of Poland's coal region, now a UNESCO City of Music.

Photo: Thepoweroflight / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Churches of Peace, Poland
Churches of Peacemedium

The largest timber-framed churches in Europe, built in 1650s without stone or nails.

Photo: Jar.ciurus / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Rysy, Poland
Rysyeasy

Poland's highest peak at 2,499 metres, on the Slovak border in the High Tatras.

Photo: Milan Bališin / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Malbork Castle, Poland
Malbork Castleeasy

The largest castle in the world by area, brick headquarters of the Teutonic Knights.

Photo: DerHexer; derivate work: Carschten / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Książ Castle and park complex, Poland
Książ Castle and park complexhard

The largest castle in Silesia, on a rock above a gorge, with Nazi tunnels beneath.

Photo: Jar.ciurus / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland
Royal Castle in Warsawmedium

The Polish kings' castle, rebuilt brick by brick after its destruction in 1944.

Photo: Marcin Białek / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Białystok, Poland
Białystokhard

Eastern Poland's largest city, with a baroque palace called the 'Versailles of Podlasie'.

Photo: Emilia Ernst / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń, Poland
Basilica of Our Lady of Licheńhard

Poland's largest church, a 1990s basilica with a 141-metre tower in a village.

Photo: Czechu81 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to place them

610 km of longitude: Usedom at one end of Poland's 19 places, Białystok at the other. Four pins for the price of one in the south-west: Old Town, Wrocław, Centennial Hall, Churches of Peace and Książ Castle and park complex. 270 km separate Usedom from Bydgoszcz, and nothing is closer.

Usedom and Katowice are gentle. Gdynia and Bydgoszcz are not. The rest are medium. Centennial Hall is a pioneering reinforced-concrete dome from 1913, once the largest in the world.

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Questions & answers

How many places in Poland are in the game?

19 places. Gdynia is the top of the map and Rysy the bottom.

Which photo from Poland is the hardest?

Gdynia, Bydgoszcz and Toruń, with four others. Rated hard, so 451 km past the radius leaves 2,500 of the 5,000.

Which one is easiest to score full points on?

Usedom, which forgives 60 km in every direction before a single point is lost.

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