Poland

Poland is a country of striking contrasts, contemporary city slickers fill the capital, Warsaw, while in the countryside horse-drawn carts negotiate peaceful lanes where the new millennium is just a rumour.  Nestled in the heartland of Europe, Poland has been both a bridge and a front line between eastern and western Europe.  Today the country has bounced back from the turmoil of the 20th century and reinvented itself as a must-do fixture on every traveller's map.  Every hour the bugle call is played on a trumpet from the higher tower of St Mary's Church in Krakow Square to the four quarters of the world in turn.  Today a musical symbol of the city, this simple melody, based on five notes only was played in medieval times as a warning call.   Since 1927 the bugle call has been played on Polish radio every day at noon.

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