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| I am writing about JANTAR
(website link in Polish
only), because this sea side village
holds good childhood memories from holidays
during the summer. This place had been and
still is quiet, full of natural freedom and
also has the longest known in Europe, stretches
of sandy beaches and pine forest – which
is the main source and natural production
of iodine. Iodine is the ideal element for
people suffering from thyroid (gland problems)
and helps naturally asthma sufferers with
respiration problems just by walking in this
area. |
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| Surroundings are
wild and picturesque (natural) full of river
canals referred to as 'paradise' by people
with special water sports or fishing interests.
The huge parks and forests allows freedom
in walking, running, cycling or horse ridding. |
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| During the summer season you
can ride the 'ciu-ciu' open top, one rail
train to see local villages in Stegna regions.
The train runs 4 times a day from Delta Vistula
(Vistula
- Wisla - one of the longest rivers in Poland)
- when the river Vistula joins the Baltic
sea going through village like MIKOSZKOWO
with stops in JANTAR, STEGNA and finishes
in SZTUTOWO. |
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| 'The traditions
of amber gathering and the
amber craftsmanship in the
region of Mierzeja Wislana
(the Vistula sand bar),
where Jantar and Stegna
are located, are a few thousand
years old. in 1980's and
1990's archaeologists discovered
about a thousand Neolithic
workshops where amber jewelry,
ornaments and everyday objects
were produced.' |
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Conference The Heritage
of the "Amber Coast",
Global and European tourist
product, Jantar–Stegna,
27th–28th August, 1999.
The conference was accompanied
by an exhibition devoted
to amber routes, which was
prepared by Jacek Dabrowski
from the Regional Centre |
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| JANTAR
lies in the main region of Pomerania,
in a province (or voivodship –
gmina - STEGNA - map
of Stegna), along Baltic sea,
very well known to most of Polish
people but still not commercial
enough to make one feel claustrophobic
Historically this town/village
had been known to exist since
XII century, as a fishing village
and main supplier of the natural
and precious stones of AMBER
– Bursztyn in Polish. |
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1st World Championship
(website
in Polish only),
in Amber Gathering, 'The Heritage
of The Amber Coast', Internationally
was first introduced in 1999,
which is an International Open
to all Fishing Competitors with
a twist - instead of fishing for
fish you fish for amber - and
he or she who gets the most WINS!
It could not be simpler! |
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| Amber
hold information about absorption
of fissile animals and plants.
They have been a source
for scientific research
and study for many years
and as Elzbieta Sontag describes: |
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| ‘Baltic
Amber as a witness of life
40 million years ago’ |
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Elzbieta Sontag, M.A. from
University of Gdansk presented
in her paper Baltic Amber
as a witness of life 40
million years ago |
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| '"Jantar"
is the old-polish name for
amber, that beautiful "electric
stone" from the Baltic
which, once upon a time,
has made Poland into the
greatest and richest country
in Europe. It also happens
to mean "dinner"
in Portuguese, but this
is a pure coincidence and
completely unintentional.' |
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Description by Patryk Zadarnowski
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more |
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| Other
attraction are: Amber
Museum and Amateur
Film Club (website
in Polish only), which holds (open
to all) weekly meetings and film preview on
Fridays and Sundays and ther is the ostrich
farm open to tourists during the summer season. |
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