I always like to go places, see stuff, take pictures and videos, and even more to say. But for once I mostly will show places I've been from my point of view. It's always worth go out there and enjoying when you can.
There are some places I made some places of:
Krakow, Poland
Kraków, rarely Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town with Wawel Royal Castle has been declared the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in the world.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine (Polish: Kopalnia soli Wieliczka), in the town of Wieliczka, southern Poland, lies within the Kraków metropolitan area.
From Neolithic times, sodium chloride (table salt) was produced there from the upwelling brine. The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated in the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 2007, as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines. Throughout its history, the royal salt mine was operated by the Żupy Krakowskie (Kraków Salt Mines) company.
Due to falling salt prices and mine flooding, commercial salt mining was discontinued in 1996.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is now an official Polish Historic Monument (Pomnik history) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its attractions include the shafts and labyrinthine passageways, displays of historic salt-mining technology, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt, and more recent sculptures by contemporary artists.
Blackpool is a large town and seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre rivers, and is 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Manchester. Shifts in tastes, combined with opportunities for British people to travel overseas, affected Blackpool's status as a leading resort in the late 20th century. Its urban fabric and economy both remain relatively undiversified and firmly rooted in the tourism sector, and the borough's seafront continues to attract millions of visitors every year. Blackpool's major attractions and landmarks include Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Illuminations, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool Zoo, Sandcastle Water Park, the Winter Gardens, and Blackpool Tramway (the UK's only surviving first-generation tramway).
Park located not too far from where I live
Krakow, Independence day, happens to bee on 11th November
Krakow main Market and magistrates are in a summer
Another park located by where I live
More parks... going on a walk to a park can be good for you...
Blackpool
The inter-war period saw Blackpool attain pre-eminence as a holiday destination. By 1920, Blackpool claimed around eight million visitors per year, three times as many as its nearest British rivals, still drawn largely from the mill towns of East Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Stanley Park was laid out in 1920 and opened in 1926. The area around the park has become renowned for some of the most desirable residences in the area.
In 1937, Littlewoods opened its first department store in the town. Documents have been found to suggest that the reason Blackpool escaped heavy damage in World War II was that Adolf Hitler had earmarked the town to remain a place of leisure after his planned invasion. Despite this, on 11 September 1940, German bombs fell near Blackpool North railway station and eight people were killed in nearby houses in Seed Street. This site today is occupied by the new Town Hall offices and Sainsbury's Supermarket.
In the same war, the Free Polish Air Force made its headquarters in exile at Blackpool in Talbot Square, after the force evacuated to Britain from France. The nearby Layton Cemetery contains the war graves of 26 Polish airmen. The famous No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron was formed in Blackpool and became the most successful Fighter Command unit shooting down 126 German machines in only 42 days during the Battle of Britain.
Blackpool's population boom was complete by 1951, by which time some 147,000 people were living in the town – compared to 47,000 in 1901 and a mere 14,000 in 1881. In the decade after the war, the town continued to attract more visitors, reaching a zenith of 17 million per year. However, several factors combined to make this growth untenable. The decline of the textile industry led to a de-emphasis on the traditional week-long break, known as wakes week. The rise of package holidays took many of Blackpool's traditional visitors abroad, where the weather was more reliably warm and dry, and improved road communications, epitomized by the construction of the M55 motorway in 1975, made Blackpool more feasible as a day trip rather than an overnight stay.
Coventry is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city has three universities: Coventry University in the city center, the University of Warwick on the southern outskirts, and the smaller private Arden University with its headquarters close to Coventry Airport. Coventry was awarded UK City of Culture for 2021.
At the same time, one of the parks by me has ponds with ducks, etc. Recently got build a playground to play football and other sports. Mostly for kids and young people.
Coventry town.
Krakow Independence day
Wolverhampton West park.
In 2022, West Park hosted the cycling time trials for Birmingham 2022, on Thursday 4 August 2022. The park was the start and finish of the races and the race then went around the city center and took in other parts of the Black Country to complete the route. Ian Reid, CEO of Birmingham 2022, said Wolverhampton was the perfect setting for the time trials, as there was plenty of space and incredible support for cycling around the city, and that it was vital to bring the games to the whole of the West Midlands.
Most facilities are free or at a nominal cost:
Boating lake
Picnicking
Tennis courts
Tearooms
Children's play area
Disabled access
Guide dogs welcome
Bowling green (situated in Park Crescent)
Victorian conservatory: global plant collection
The park hosts:
Weekly summer brass band concerts on the recently restored bandstand
Events, walks, and activities are organized and run by the park Ranger Service.
Wolverhampton Show (Summer)
Annual Bonfire & Fireworks Display
Steam and Vintage Rally
Other special events
Formerly called the People's Park, Wolverhampton's West Park was opened on 6 June 1881.
Silver Jubilee Park
Located close to Coseley railway station on the Birmingham New Road. Running along the perimeter of the park are trees providing a home to an abundance of wildlife and birds. The trees also limit the effects of the traffic and are part of a secure perimeter fence to aid safety for groups with children. The park has a flowing nature, with gentle inclines making walking and running favorable activities.
Facilities
Outdoor gym
Staffed activity center running free activities
Grassed 5-a-side area (one goal)
2 x Tennis courts
Multi-use games area
Children’s play area
Seating - Including suitably positioned benches as part of a Blue Badge disabled route
Skate park
Areas of flat managed grass - ideal for team games
Shaded and unshaded open grass areas - ideal for picnics
Managed tarmac pathways
Bowling green - not in use
Small car park
West Park Wolverhampton
Dudley is a large market town and administrative center in the county of West Midlands, England, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Wolverhampton and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative center of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and in 2011 had a population of 79,379. The Metropolitan Borough, which includes the towns of Stourbridge and Halesowen, had a population of 312,900. In 2014 the borough council named Dudley the capital of the Black Country.
Originally a market town, Dudley was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution and grew into an industrial center in the 19th century with its iron, coal, and limestone industries before their decline and the relocation of its commercial center to the nearby Merry Hill Shopping Centre in the 1980s. Tourist attractions include Dudley Zoo and Castle, the 12th-century priory ruins, and the Black Country Living Museum.
Coventry, park
Sedgley is a town in the north of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England
Silver Jubilee park, Coseley
Wolverhampton is a city, metropolitan borough, and administrative center in the West Midlands, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 249,470. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians".
Historically part of Staffordshire, the city grew initially as a market town specializing in the wool trade
The Doctor Who Exhibition, which closed in 2009, was the biggest Doctor Who exhibition in the UK, containing props and costumes from the long-running BBC TV series, including some from recently aired programs.
The resort is featured in the 1934 film Sing as We Go, starring Gracie Fields, as well as other cinema and TV productions, including Forbidden (1949), Hindle Wakes (1952), Holiday (1957), Coasting (1990), Funny Bones (1995) starring Lee Evans and Oliver Platt and directed by St. Annes born Peter Chelsom, and The Parole Officer (2001) starring Steve Coogan.
The Japanese film Shall We Dance? (1996) closes with a scene at the World Ballroom Dancing Championships in Blackpool. All the hair styling for the film was completed by Blackpool-born-and-bred hairstylist Eileen Clough, who has been in the trade since the 1960s. In the Hollywood remake of the film (2004), directed by Peter Chelsom, Blackpool is mentioned but not shown.
Blackpool is the setting for Bhaji on the Beach (1993) directed by Gurinder Chadha. The film Like It Is (1998) directed by Paul Oremland was also partly filmed in Blackpool. The opening scenes were filmed in the Flamingo. The 2005 television comedy/thriller series Funland revolved around the fictionalized, seedier aspects of Blackpool.
The town also features heavily in the BBC television serial Blackpool, starring David Morrissey, Sarah Parish, and David Tennant and first broadcast in 2004, and the one-off follow-up Viva Blackpool, broadcast in June 2006.
In 2006 Lion Television filmed The Great British Summer, which featured many buildings in Blackpool. The Royal Windsor Hotel was featured, with the owner talking all about the hotel seasons and industry. Bernard Manning was also shown at the hotel doing his spot through the season hosted by Blackpool Born local Entertainer & DJ Gordon Head and other local acts. The Great British Summer was narrated by Alan Titchmarsh.
Between 10 September 2012 and 19 November 2012 the resort was featured in Channel 4's 999: What's Your Emergency?
The resort was also featured in the three-part reality television series, Blackpool Lights on Channel 5 in December 2013.
As well as this, the 2016 Tim Burton film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children also features Blackpool and its key tourist attraction, The Blackpool Tower.
Blackpool was once again featured in a Channel 5 documentary series from 26 October 2017, this time entitled Bargain Loving Brits in Blackpool. The series ran for six episodes until 30 November 2017
All visitors to Krakow sooner or later end up on the Main Market Square too. Peak into St. Mary’s Basilica – it houses one of the most famous Medieval masterpieces, the wooden altar by Veit Stoss.
The Main Market Square is one of the must-see places to visit in Krakow, especially since St. Mary's Church is just one of the many attractions you will find there. It is also worth visiting the underground multimedia exhibition.
It teaches the history of Krakow and is located next to the Krakow Cloth Hall. The Krakow Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) is without a doubt worth a visit, especially if you want to buy original Polish handicrafts as a souvenir.
What's more, one of the things to do in Krakow at night is to stroll around the Main Market Square!
Don’t miss out on the majestic Wawel castle and cathedral. Located on a picturesque hill, this complex is the best place to learn about Polish history.
The Wawel Royal Castle is one of Krakow's top attractions, which is impressive both from the outside and the inside. Inside you will find 71 exhibition halls holding thousands of valuable exhibits.
Among others, these include numerous paintings, famous tapestries, furniture, military collections as well as archaeological findings which were found on Wawel Hill.
What is your favorite place to go? And what are your thoughts about places I show or speak above?
Would you consider visiting them or have you already visited them?
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