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Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.8 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city limits cover 517.24 square kilometres (199.71 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi). Warsaw is an alpha- global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. Its historical Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Warsaw has a temperate continental climate meaning cold winters and pretty warm summers. The winters can be very cold with snow. The summers can be warm, it can get 30 degrees Celsius (86° Fahrenheit) and higher. The best time to visit Warsaw is in May and June. The winter months are generally the driest here with an average of 25 mm of rain a month (0.98 inch). The average rainfall in Warsaw is slightly lower than in the rest of Poland and the summer temperature is slightly higher.

Warsaw
Image by Valik Chernetskyi

Warsaw Chopin airport is an international airport in the Wlochy district of WarsawPoland. It is Poland's busiest airport with 18.9 million passengers in 2019, thus handling approximately 40% of the country's total air passenger traffic. 

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