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1. IZBA HISTORIC,SKIERNIEWIC 51°57'27.03N 20° 8'24.05E
2. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH,MORAG 53°54'25.14N 19°56'37.87E
3. ROYAL CASTLE,POZNAN 52°24'33.28N 16°55'52.89E
4. CHRIST THE KING CHURCH,SWINOUJSCIE 53°54'29.78N 14°14'51.15E
5. MONUMENT TO SOVIET SOLDIERS,KATOWICE
50°15'35.37N 19° 0'47.28E
6. BAPTIST CHURCH,OSTRODZIE 53°42'28.63N 19°57'35.57E
7. SPISKI PALACE,CRACOW 50° 3'45.36N 19°56'11.05E
8. CHURCH,SIEDLECIN 50°56'14.50N 15°41'12.18E
9. BARBAKAN KRAKOWSKI,KRADOW 50° 3'55.78N 19°56'30.09E
10. ARMY MUSEUM,WARSAW 52°13'54.51N 21° 1'29.42E
11. CHUCH OF ASSUMPTION,KOSCIELNA 50° 2'21.59N 19°13'16.31E
12. ST.PETER&PAUL CHURCH,SZCZECIN 53°25'40.84N 14°33'31.46E
13. POTTERY TOWER,MALBORK 54° 2'13.01N 19° 1'41.82E
14. HOLY MARY CHURCH,ZIELONA GORA 51°56'21.94N 15°30'17.30E
15. CASTLE ZAMEK,GLIWICE 50°17'33.85N 18°39'56.64E
16. ST. ROCHA CHURCH,BIALYSTOK 53° 8'4.65N 23° 8'41.08E
17. TEUTONIC CASTLE,KWIDZYN 53°44'9.41N 18°55'17.24E
18. ST.ANNY CHURCH,KRZESZOW 50°44'0.68N 16° 5'19.85E
19. TOWER,ZAMOSC 50°42'41.51N 23°16'10.33E
20. ST.MARY HOLY CHURCH,INOWROCLAW 52°48'0.01N 18°15'49.10E
21. CITY HALL,KIELCE 50°52'18.74N 20°37'50.91E
22. BELVEDERE PALACE,WARSAW 52°12'47.35N 21° 1'38.84E
23. ST.FRANCIS CHURCH,OPOLE 50°40'3.89N 17°55'19.39E
24. DRASICZYN CASTLE,GMINA KRASICZYN 49°46'35.31N 22°38'57.19E
25. GATEWAY,SLUPSK 54°27'56.03N 17° 1'41.50E
26. BERNARDINE MONASTERY FATHERS,RZESZOW
50° 2'23.14N 21°59'58.42E
27. ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM,WROCLAW 51° 6'34.69N 17° 2'33.15E
28. SANDOMIERZ CASTLE,ZAMKOWA 50°40'33.53N 21°44'51.50E
29. CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH,GŁOGOW 51°39'45.88N 16° 5'41.07E
30. CASTLE KSIAZ,WALBRZYCH 50°50'32.47N 16°17'29.80E
Poles celebrate Epiphany Day with colourful processions.
Street processions celebrating the Feast of Epiphany, known in Poland as Three Kings' Day, attracted thousands of people across the country on Tuesday (January 6). One of the oldest and most important celebrations in the Roman Catholic Church and a national holiday in Poland, Epiphany Day was until recently celebrated mainly in homes.
This year in Krakow thousands of people took part in an annual parade, including actors dressed in costumes resembling biblical characters. To participate in the procession children dressed in three colours, with red symbolising Europe, green Asia and blue Africa, in costumes prepared far in advance.
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Poland: A short visit to Świnoujście (Swinemünde).
Świnoujście (Swinemünde) is the northwestern city of the Republic of Poland on the south shore of the Baltic Sea.
Swinemünde emerged in the 13th century from the village Zwyna.
The city had a turbulent history and was largely destroyed in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. On the 5th of May 1945 the Soviet army occupied Swinemunde. In the autumn of the same year a Polish administration was installed and the city was renamed in Świnoujście.
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Kraków
Gothic Wawel Castle & Jewish history
Warsaw
Wilanów Palace, Old Town & museums
Tatra Mountains
Gerlach, Kriváň, Rysy, skiing & hiking
Zakopane
Tatras Mountains & Zakopane-style homes
Wrocław
Centennial Hall & Panorama of Racławice
Gdańsk
Long Market, St. Mary'c Church & amber
Poznań
Old Market Square & Poznań Town Hall
Wieliczka
Wieliczka Salt Mine & Saltworks Castle
Sopot
Seaside pier, spas & the Crooked House
Toruń
Museums, monuments, theater, middle ages, and castles
Oświęcim
Auschwitz-Birkenau camp & Zamek Muzeum
Usedom
Seaside resorts and music festivals
Gdynia
Ship museums & Gdynia Aquarium
Malbork
Castles, middle ages, châteaus, museums, and palaces
Łódź
Museum of Textiles & Poznanski Palace
Karpacz
Skiing & 12th-century Wang Church
Tatra National Park, Poland
Big national park with hiking & wildlife
Białowieża Forest
European bison, forests, nature reserves, parks, and gray wolves
Lublin
Theater, open-air museums, gardens, churches, and monuments
Częstochowa
Monasteries, churches, sanctuary, museums, and castles
Hel
Kitesurfing, windsurfing, beaches, museums, and lighthouses
Katowice
Christ the King church & Silesian Museum
Szczecin
Chrobry Embankment & St. James Cathedral
Świnoujście
Museum of Sea Fishery & a lighthouse
Jelenia Góra
Palaces, castles, churches, concerts, and theater
High Tatras
Hiking, mountain, ski resort, waterfall, and lake
Szczawnica
Skiing, rafting, nature reserves, ski resorts, and monasteries
Szklarska Poręba
Waterfalls, skiing, amusement parks, sports, and castles
Łeba
Beaches, lighthouses, amusement parks, marinas, and deserts
Zamość
Renaissance, synagogues, museums, town hall, and zoos
Kazimierz Dolny
Renaissance, castles, synagogues, painting, and skiing
Słowiński National Park
Huge shifting sand dunes & Łebsko Lake
Krynica-Zdrój
Skiing, concerts, mountains, sports, and ski resorts
Kołobrzeg
St. Mary’s Basilica & Kołobrzeg Pier
Karkonosze National Park
Park, waterfall, nature reserve, and mountain
Olsztyn
Theater, lakes, planetariums, monuments, and mixed martial arts
Kłodzko
Castles, mountains, churches, and museums
Kudowa-Zdrój
Mineral waters & Skull Chapel's bones
Bieszczady National Park
Park, eurasian lynx, european bison, nature reserve, and forest
Kościelisko
Skiing, mountains, caves, and winter sports
Władysławowo
Amusement parks, sports, and beaches
Ojców
Castles, caves, ruins, and parks
Sandomierz
Castles, churches, renaissance, museums, and vineyards
Białystok
Theater, markets, shopping, churches, and palaces
Białowieża
Open-air museums, european bison, parks, forests, and palaces
Niedzica
Castles, lakes, and châteaus
Beskids
Mountain, ski resort, cave, forest, and mountain biking
Wadowice
Basilicas, churches, monasteries, museums, and monuments
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Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a sovereign country in Central Europe. It is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312679 km2 with a mostly temperate climate. With a population of over 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest city is Warsaw. Other cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk and Szczecin. The establishment of a Polish state can be traced back to 966, when Mieszko I, ruler of a territory roughly coextensive with that of present-day Poland, converted to Christianity. The Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1025, and in 1569 it cemented a longstanding political association with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by signing the Union of Lublin. This union formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th and 17th century Europe with a uniquely liberal political system which declared Europe's fir...
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Sweden | Wikipedia audio article
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Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsvæɾjɛ] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige ), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.
Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats (Swedish Götar) and Swedes (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence, that in spite of this still retains warm continental summers. Today, the sovereign state of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as head of state, like its neighbour Norway. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country. Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister. Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities.
An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years War on the Reformist side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the Swedish Empire was formed. This became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Norway was militarily forced into personal union. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, maintaining an official policy of neutrality in foreign affairs. The union with Norway was peacefully dissolved in 1905. Sweden was formally neutral through both world wars and the Cold War, albeit Sweden has since 2009 openly moved towards cooperation with NATO.
After the end of the Cold War, Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995, but declined NATO membership, as well as Eurozone membership following a referendum. It is also a member of the United Nations, the Nordic Council, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Sweden maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens. It has the world's eleventh-highest per capita income and ranks highly in numerous metrics of national performance, including quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, equality, prosperity and human development.
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00:03:55 1 Etymology
00:05:20 2 History
00:05:29 2.1 Prehistory
00:07:36 2.2 The Vikings
00:09:27 2.3 The Kingdom of Sweden
00:16:42 2.4 Swedish Empire
00:22:13 2.5 Modern history
00:25:12 2.6 World War I and World War II
00:27:14 2.7 Post-war era
00:29:03 2.8 Recent history
00:32:36 3 Geography
00:35:46 3.1 Climate
00:41:56 3.2 Vegetation
00:45:39 4 Politics
00:45:48 4.1 Constitutional framework
00:50:10 4.2 Political parties and elections
00:53:21 4.3 Administrative divisions
00:55:45 4.4 Political history
01:00:27 4.5 Judicial system
01:02:35 4.6 Foreign relations
01:05:48 4.7 Military
01:08:43 5 Economy
01:16:30 5.1 Energy
01:18:34 5.2 Transport
01:23:18 5.3 Public policy
01:29:49 5.4 Science and technology
01:32:46 5.5 Taxes
01:33:52 5.6 Pensions
01:34:25 6 Demographics
01:37:18 6.1 Language
01:40:06 6.2 Religion
01:44:22 6.3 Health
01:45:04 6.4 Education
01:46:55 6.5 Immigration
01:50:31 6.6 Crime
01:52:00 7 Culture
01:54:16 7.1 Music
01:58:06 7.2 Architecture
02:00:05 7.3 Media
02:02:23 7.4 Literature
02:04:31 7.5 Holidays
02:05:49 7.6 Cuisine
02:07:05 7.7 Cinema
02:07:34 7.8 Fashion
02:08:06 7.9 Sports
02:10:57 8 International rankings
02:11:18 9 See also
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SUMMARY
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Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] (listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige ), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.
Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats (Swedish Götar) and Swedes (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence, that in spite of this still retains warm continental summers. Today, the sovereign state of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as head of state, like its neighbour Norway. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country. Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister. Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities.
An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years War on the Reformist side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the Swedish Empire was formed. This became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Norway was militarily forced into pe ...
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Sweden
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsvæɾjɛ] (listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige ), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.
Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats (Swedish Götar) and Swedes (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence, that in spite of this still retains warm continental summers. Today, the sovereign state of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as head of state, like its neighbour Norway. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country. Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister. Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities.
An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years War on the Reformist side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the Swedish Empire was formed. This became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Norway was militarily forced into personal union. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, maintaining an official policy of neutrality in foreign affairs. The union with Norway was peacefully dissolved in 1905. Sweden was formally neutral through both world wars and the Cold War, albeit Sweden has since 2009 openly moved towards cooperation with NATO.
After the end of the Cold War, Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995, but declined NATO membership, as well as Eurozone membership following a referendum. It is also a member of the United Nations, the Nordic Council, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Sweden maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens. It has the world's eleventh-highest per capita income and ranks highly in numerous metrics of national performance, including quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, equality, prosperity and human development.
Sweden | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:44 1 Etymology
00:06:25 2 History
00:06:33 2.1 Prehistory
00:09:06 2.2 The Vikings
00:11:19 2.3 The Kingdom of Sweden
00:20:10 2.4 Swedish Empire
00:26:50 2.5 Modern history
00:30:25 2.6 World War I and World War II
00:32:52 2.7 Post-war era
00:35:04 2.8 Recent history
00:39:20 3 Geography
00:43:07 3.1 Climate
00:50:36 3.2 Vegetation
00:55:05 4 Politics
00:55:14 4.1 Constitutional framework
01:00:27 4.2 Political parties and elections
01:04:18 4.3 Administrative divisions
01:07:09 4.4 Political history
01:12:48 4.5 Judicial system
01:15:22 4.6 Foreign relations
01:19:16 4.7 Military
01:22:47 5 Economy
01:32:14 5.1 Energy
01:34:42 5.2 Transport
01:40:23 5.3 Public policy
01:48:18 5.4 Science and technology
01:51:52 5.5 Taxes
01:53:11 5.6 Pensions
01:53:48 6 Demographics
01:57:16 6.1 Language
02:00:38 6.2 Religion
02:05:47 6.3 Health
02:06:37 6.4 Education
02:08:50 6.5 Immigration
02:13:07 6.6 Crime
02:14:54 7 Culture
02:17:37 7.1 Music
02:22:13 7.2 Architecture
02:24:36 7.3 Media
02:27:22 7.4 Literature
02:29:56 7.5 Holidays
02:31:28 7.6 Cuisine
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
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Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] (listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige ), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.
Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats (Swedish Götar) and Swedes (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence, that in spite of this still retains warm continental summers. Today, the sovereign state of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as head of state, like its neighbour Norway. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country. Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister. Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities.
An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years War on the Reformist side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the Swedish Empire was formed. This became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly in ...
Ashiah - Your Plan
Ashiah - Your Plan (From the EP Sweet Dependency)
Written and performed by Ashiah.
Recorded at Fusebox studios.
Mixed and produced by John Sloan (Go John!)
Instruments: Josue Terrazas (piano, bass), Luciano Manfrinato (Drums, guitars)
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