From the moment I stepped off the airport shuttle on the eastern side of Helsinkiâs Railway Square, I felt small. In front of me, Helsinki Railway Station dominated the square, its arch-shaped faÃ§ade guarded on either side by enormous, lamp-wielding statues. Everywhere I looked was a succession of large and beautiful buildings, testaments to the creativity of 19th- and 20th-century architects.
With its 38,346,279 people, Poland is the 34th largest country in the world by population. It is the 70th largest country in the world by area with 312,685 square kilometers.
Poland's shortest border, about 56 miles, is with Lithuania. The next longest border, 128 miles, runs along Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast region. The Belarus border is about 253 miles long, Slovakia's border is 276 miles, the German border is 283 miles and the Ukraine's is 327 miles. Poland's longest shared border, about 409 miles, is with the Czech Republic.