Marie Curie is a French chemist and physicist born in Poland, which until now were the only people who ever get the Nobel prize in two different fields, namely physics and chemistry. Her discovery made Marie Curie in the field of radioactivity into the list of influential inventors to the world. Marie Curie was the first woman Nobel Prize winner and also was the first woman professor at the university, Universities of Paris.
Although the nationality of France, Marie Curie has never lost a sense of pride as a Pole. The discovery of the first chemical element found in 1898 was named “polonium” and the subsequent discovery of the radium a few months later. Radium is a radioactive substance which is widely used in the medical field and medicine, usually to remove cancer cells to irradiate the cancer with radioactive substances.
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Talking about Poland, there’s a great name often related into it, Karol Józef Wojtyla or we used to called him as Pope John Paul the 2nd.
Pope John Paul II was someone who very much loved by the people of Poland, no doubt about it! Born in Wadowice, Poland in 1920. Before becoming Pope, he studied at Jagiellonian University in Krakow and became archbishop in the city for 15 years. Krakow community called “Wujek Lolek” (Uncle Chuck), and he is known as a friendly person, like humor, and fond of exercise. He played a lot of skiing and hiking with young children! Not surprisingly, the city of Krakow in Poland has the most / build historical places associated with him.
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Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie is the biggest arts museum in Poland. In there almost about 1 million of arts collection from statue, paintings, numismatika (coin or medallion that serves as a currency).
The collections are not only form Poland, but also comes from around the world. Those collection some of it have 140 years old of ages, ranging from ancient art, medieval to modern era. Really extensive (there are 3 floors) so that might need more then one day to finish looking at all the collection.
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This place is to good to be missed, make sure you visit Stare Miasto when you’re in Warsaw. Old Town or in polish language Stare Miasto is the oldest historic district in Warsaw and really beautiful!.
Built in the 13th century, all the buildings in this place had been destroyed to the ground by German soldiers during World War II. It was not until the 1950′s rebuilt, brick-by-brick and so painstakingly to take> 10 years (precisely from 1949 to 1963 and 1970), and now includes a list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Warsaw is the capital of Poland, in here Palac Kultury i Nauki is the landmark of Warsaw. Often abbreviated as Culture Palace or Palac Kultury i Nauki. With a height of 231 m, this is the tallest building in Warsaw that said could be seen from all over the city (if weather is sunny).
Although these is the landmark, in fact the Polish people themselves do not like this building because this building was a gift from Joseph Stalin when Poland was still under the grip of the Soviet Union.
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Marie Curie is a French chemist and physicist born in Poland, which until now were the only people who ever get the Nobel prize in two different fields, namely physics and chemistry. Her discovery made Marie Curie in the field of radioactivity into the list of influential inventors to the world. Marie Curie was the first woman Nobel Prize winner and also was the first woman professor at the university, Universities of Paris. 
