Bialowieza and Podlasie If you want to escape the bustling city life, there is no better place in Poland to go than to Białowieża Forest in the eastern Polish region of Podlesia. By Gabriel Stille Known as the home of the Zubr, the European bison, The Bialowieza National Park protects a rare remnant of the primeval lowland forest that once covered most of Eastern Europe. And Podlesia, a region who cherishes its age-old ties to the east, is an interesting place in itself. The Polish part of the Białowieża forest comprises of over 10,000 hectares of land, of which almost...
