100 Reasons Why I Love Poland

100 years ago, the country I’ve been living in for the last 5 years gained its freedom once again after being erased from the map for over a century, the country I’m talking about is: Poland.

Dear Polska, on this celebration of the first century of your Independence I want to share with you one hundred reasons why I love you.

I love you because of:

1. Your Flag
2. Pierogi
3. Fat Thursday (Tłusty Czwartek)
4. Wawel Castle
5. Bigos
6. Colors in Autumn
7. Dwarfs in Wrocław
8. The Trumpeter of Krakow
9. Soplica Malinowa
10. And White Vodka
11. Your twelve dishes on Christmas Eve
12. Morskie Oko
13. Ogórki Kiszone
14. The white of your winter
15. Biedronka (even though the branch is Portuguese)
16. Your language
17. Warsaw
18. The beautiful sunsets in Powiśle district in Warsaw
19. Your cold beaches
20. Bociany
21. Pączki
22. Makowiec
23. Karol Wojtyła
24. Your People
25. The love of my life was born here
26. Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
27. Your Babcias
28. Powstanie Warszawskie (Warsaw Uprising)
29. The legend of the sleeping Knights
30. Zakopane
31. Tatra Mountains
32. Irena Stanisława Sendlerowa
33. Wieliczka Salt Mines
34. Your strength of building your country from zero after the war
35. Your colors white and red
36. Marie Skłodowska Curie
37. The tomb of the unknown soldier
38. The Volleyball National Team
39. Robert Lewandowski
40. and Jakub Błaszczykowski
41. Żurek
42. Mole in Sopot
43. Praga neighbourhood in Warsaw
44. Old Town in Krakow
45. The Wawel Dragon
46. The Wisła River
47. Wilanów Residence
48. Disco Polo
49. Ranczo (TV series)
50. Ryszard Kapuściński
51. National Anthem
52. Kapusta
53. Żubr
54. Wedel Chocolates
55. Nowy Świat street
56. Majestic Łazienki Park
57. The National Stadium
58. The extraordinary Park Śląski
59. Light Show in Łódź
60. The Godzina W
61. Śledź with oil and onion
62. All Saints’ Day
63. Tyskie beer
64. Rudawski Park
65. Pawilony area in Warsaw
66. Polish Folk Art
67. Bar Mleczny
68. Your magical Polish weddings
69. Having impossible words to pronounce: Pięćdziesięciogroszówka
70. Powązki Cemetery
71. Pijalnia Wódka i Piwa
72. Malbork Castle
73. Pol’and’Rock Festival (aka Woodstock Festival)
74. Manufaktura
75. Piotrkowska street
76. Easter Season and decorations
77. The Skull Chapel in Czermna
78. Preserving Auschwitz to never forget
79. The Niedzica Castle
80. The Crooked Forest in Gryfino
81. Trójmiasto (Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot)
82. The Warsaw Mermaid
83. Wojtek The Bear
84. Andrzejki Celebration
85. Christmas illuminations
86. Polish hospitality
87. Multiple monuments remembering your heroes
88. Homemade Kiełbasa
89. Piernik
90. Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus)
91. Białowieża Forest
92. Śmigus-dyngus tradition (Wet Monday)
93. The hundred of lakes in Mazury region
94. Oscypek
95. The warmth of your summer
96. You never gave up when you disappeared from the map for 123 years
97. Kamienica buildings
98. Słowiński National Park
99. Ptasie mleczko (delicious candy)
100. And finally because I can tell with pride that Poland is my home.

Sto Lat Polsko – Kocham Cię