\nIt\u2019s called the Christ the King statue (Pomnik Chrystusa Kr\u00f3la<\/strong>), and yup,\u00a0it\u2019s the tallest statue of Jesus in the world, at 33 m (108 ft) tall.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s in western Poland, in a town called\u00a0\u015awiebodzin<\/strong>, and was built on a budget of $1.5 million, and although it might sound a bit like this is all in the service of a \u201cwe have a bigger statue than you\u201d sort of contest, the height of 33 meters is also supposed to symbolize Christ\u2019s 33 years.\u00a0Architect(s): Sylwester Zawadzki (project conception and leadership); Miros\u0142aw Kazimierz Patecki (sculpture design); Assoc. Jakub Marcinowski and Assoc. Miko\u0142aj K\u0142ape\u0107 (technical design); Tomasz Stafiniak and Krzysztof Nawojski (clothing and arm design); Marian Wybraniec (foundation design).<\/p>\n It weighs in at 440 tons, or almost 400,000 kg, and took about 4 years to build. It\u2019s quite an impressive site up on the mound without any skyscrapers in the background to steal his thunder.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Crooked Forest<\/strong>\u00a0in Poland\u00a0is another great place to visit. Although not really known by tourists, it is worth seeing. It is full of oddly-shaped trees that look like something really bad happened to them. It\u2019s located outside\u00a0Nowe Czarnkowo<\/strong> in the West Pomerania Voivodeship\u00a0(wojew\u00f3dztwo zachodniopomorskie<\/strong>) and it consists about 400 pines planted there around 1930, when the area was German territory. There are many theories explaining the strange shape of the trees.<\/p>\n Image by Beach650 on Flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n It is generally believed that the pines were formed this way by some tools or planting techniques, but the motive of such actions is still unknown. Another theory states that the forest looks like that because of the tanks rolling over the young trees during the World War II which forced them to grow in a less conventional way for the trees to grow. Some people also believe that the woods were grown like that on purpose, created by the Compass Timbers (which are used in ship building afterwards). Foreigners in Poland believe that all of these stories are untrue and extremely boring.\u00a0Whatever the answer is, it\u2019s a great place to see so don\u2019t hesitate to start planning your trip!<\/p>\n \n Another crazy place? Crooked house!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n More crookedness! Because Poland gets bored when things are boring. I mean, we\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>do, but Poland decided to do something about it. Or\u2026this architect did.<\/p>\n It\u2019s actually part of a shopping center, and was finished in 2004, in the city of Sopot, in northern Poland.<\/p>\n Tenants include restaurants, clothing stores, coffee shops, and other businesses. It\u2019s bigger on the inside than it looks from the street, since it goes back pretty deep.<\/p>\n When my husband and I visited Sopot, we had to see this place! Great architecture! And we had an amazing lunch in one of the restaurants inside!<\/p>\n That’s me in fron of the crooked house (Krzywy Domek) in Sopot !<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n And finally, the upside down house<\/strong>!\u00a0This one has made the rounds on the internetz for quite some time, because apparently the entire planet is absolutely fascinated by the simple notion of something being placed upside down and\u00a0that\u2019s all<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>