Podlaskie Voivodeship

Built around the Narew and Bug river systems, Podlaskie Voivodeship grew into Poland’s northeastern borderland, where lowlands meet extensive forests and wetlands. The Biebrza marshes, protected in Biebrza National Park, are among the region’s defining habitats, while the Narew flows through a network of channels and floodplain meadows. Białowieża Forest, shared with Belarus and inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, preserves one of Europe’s last large remnants of primeval lowland forest and its European bison. Białystok is the regional capital, and Podlaskie also carries the heritage of Poland’s Lipka Tatars, notably in Kruszyniany and Bohoniki. Trace this northeastern Polish region’s place in the wider borderland by browsing webcams nearby.

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