Poland     38,126,000
Warsaw     1,702,139
Kraków        756,267
Łódź            755,251
Wrocław      634,630
Poznań        564,951
Gdańsk       456,658
Katowice     314,500
Sopot           40,666

Local time

Poland is in the Central European (CET) time zone (GMT+1hr). When it’s 12:00 in Warsaw it’s 11:00 in London, 12:00 in Paris and Berlin and 19:00 in Tokyo. Polish summer time (GMT+2hrs) starts and ends on the last Sundays of March and October.

National Holidays

January 1 – New Year’s Day
March 23, 2008 – Easter Sunday
March 24, 2008 – Easter Monday
May 1 – Labour Day
May 3 – Constitution Day (May 3, 1791)
May 11,2008 – Pentecost Sunday
May 22 – Corpus Christi
August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary also Polish Army Day
November 1 – All Saints’ Day
November 11 – Independence Day (Nov 11, 1918)
December 25 First day of Christmas
December 24 – Second Day of Christmas