Zakopane
Zakopane is a large, year-round mountain resort in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland. It's set in the Polish Tatra National Park which is part of the Tatra mountains, the natural frontier between Poland and Slovakia.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wielka Krokiew and Tatra Museum.
Wielka Krokiew
Stadium
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Wielka Krokiew is the biggest ski jumping hill built on the slope of Krokiew mountain in Zakopane, Poland. It was opened in 1925. Since 1989 the hills bears the official name Wielka Krokiew im.
Tatra Museum
Museum
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The Tatra Museum is a museum of the history, culture, nature and ethnography of the Polish Tatras; its main branch is located in Zakopane, Poland.
Średnia Krokiew
Stadium
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Kompleks Średniej Krokwi im. Bronisława Czecha is a ski jumping complex of normal, medium, and small hills, built on the slope of Krokiew mountain in Zakopane, Poland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tatra National Park and Kościelisko.
Tatra National Park
Photo: Leszek Leszczynski, CC BY 2.0.
The Tatra Mountains are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Poland and Slovakia, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains.
Kościelisko
Village
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Kościelisko is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kościelisko. In 2006 the village had a population of 3,900. Kościelisko is situated 6 km west of Zakopane.
Zakopane
- Type: Locality with 27,300 residents
- Location: Tatra County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.2758° or 49° 16′ 33″ northLongitude
19.9719° or 19° 58′ 19″ eastPopulation
27,300Elevation
1,097 metres (3,599 feet)Open location code
8FXX7XGC+8PGeoNames ID
7531513
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In Other Languages
“Zakopane” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Zakopane”
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