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In which European country is Lodz situated?

Poland. Poland is in East Europe, next to Germany, from east - Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus, south - Slovakia and Czech Republic.

What does the name Lodz mean in English?

boat. Lodz means boat. There's a legend about a fisherman that was in a boat. The weather changed, and fisherman had to face thunderstorm. He landed on a meadow and covered himself with his boat and waited there until the thunderstorm stops. When the sun appeared again, fisherman saw the beautiful area and decided to live there. He named the area "Lodz" - because the boat saved his life. And, of course, he lived happily ever after there;). I don't know if he lives here now, I've never seen him;)

What year did Lodz become a city?

1423. Earlier it was a small town and a village. In 1423 king Władysław Jagiełło made Lodz a city.

What is the name of the most famous street in Lodz?

Piotrkowska. Piotrkowska street is the longest street in whole Europe that is totally straight! It is almost five kilometers long and is full of shops, offices, pubs, restaurants... It really has its historical value.

How many inhabitants does the city of Lodz have?

806 thousand. It's the biggest city in Poland, after Warsaw.

In Lodz there's also a well known cemetery - what people were buried there?

Jewish. Jewish Cemetery (at Inflancka Street;) is the biggest cemetery of this kind in the whole of Europe.

In Lodz there's also a school, that is well known in the whole world, Public High Theatre, Film and Television School. What famous in Hollywood Polish director graduated from it?

Roman Polanski & Polanski & Polański & Roman Polański. Born in Krakow in 1935, started studying at Film School in 1959. In 1963 he emigrated to France. He's not only a director, but also an actor, scenographer, producer and scenarist. He directed such movies as "Rosemary's Baby", which was nominated for an Academy Award, "Chinatown", "Frantic", "Ninth Gate". He was married to Sharon Tate, who in 1969 was murdered by Charles Manson's gang. Now he lives with Emanuelle Seigner, also an actress.

True or false: the Pope, John Paul II was born in Lodz.

f. Karol Wojtyła was born in 1920 in small town Wadowice, near Cracow. He became a Pope John Paul II in 1978.

True or false: Lodz is situated by the seaside.

f. That's false. Lodz is situated nor by the seaside, neither in the mountains. It's in the centre of Poland, there are just few small rivers.

Lodz is the capital of Poland.

f. False again! The capital of Poland is Warsaw.