Karpacz

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Karpacz (German Krummhübel) is a Spa town and ski resort in southwestern Poland and one of the most important centres of mountain hiking and skiing. Its population is about 8,000 citizens. Karpacz belongs to the Dolnośląskie voivodship, within Karkonosze mountains - a resort with increasing importance for tourism as an alternative to the Alps.

Karpacz is located at 480-885 metres above sea level. South of Karpacz on the border to the Czech Republic there is Mount Śnieżka (1,602 m). In Karpacz Górny there is a Norwegian stave church, moved here from Vang, Norway in the mid-19th century.

Karpacz is first mentioned in 1599 because of lead and iron minings. Since the construction of Karpacz's first railway connection in 1895 history was connected with the development of metallurgy industries and with the progress of tourism. Nowadays it became one of Poland's and Europe's most progressive mountain tourist resorts.

In Karpacz Górny (German Brückenberg) is a gravity hill where bottles appear to roll uphill.