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Europe

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Central Eastern Europe

Budapest

is split by the

Danube. Buda is on one bank, Pest on the other.The snow-white Lipizzaner horse

The Polish town of Torun is well-known for its is bred in Slovenia.

gingerbread

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Did you know?

WARSAW

Poznan

Lodz

Torun

Kielce

Lublin

Krakow

Koszalin

Poland

Szczecin

Wroclaw

Gdansk

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Ship building
Pig farms
Wheat
Sugar beet
Cattle farms
Skiing
Potato farming
Gingerbread
Mining
Windmills
Chemical industry
Market Square, Warsaw
These countries were under communist rule until the 1990s. Today they are modern nations with thriving industries. Traditional farming continues in the rural areas.
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Charles Bridge