Sport and Entertainment

Sports

In Poland you can go in for almost every sport, and a wide variety of opportunities available may surprise both beginners and sports enthusiasts who have reached advanced levels. The most popular summer sports are biking, sailing, canoeing as well as windsurfing. Another popular sport is horse riding; riding enthusiasts may pursue their hobby both in wild corners of the country and in areas near cities or towns where they will find numerous horse riding clubs and stud farms. Moreover, rock climbing, alpinism and caving are now gaining in popularity, as well hang-gliding and parachute jumping. are now gaining in the popularity. In winter not only in the mountains you may practise your skills in downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, iceboating or skating.

Centres and clubs in cities and towns offer opportunities for playing basket ball, handball, squash or tennis, and for aerobic, fitness or yoga. You can also take a swimming or diving course, or a ballroom dancing course. Moreover, indoor swimming pools, beauty centres, saunas and solaria can be found in all bigger cities and tourist resorts.

Entertainment

You can spend your leisure time in Poland in a variety of ways, and the choice is particularly wide in bigger cities, where in fact most academic and research centres are situated. Entertainment centres, which house cinemas, bowling alleys, climbing rocks and playgrounds for children, are growing in number. Those who are tired of the hustle and bustle of city life may rest in botanical or zoological gardens, or numerous urban and landscape parks. In each region, city or town, you will find an enormous variety of places worth visiting and events worth attending. Information about such places and events is available on websites and in local daily newspapers.