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4<br />
FOREWORD<br />
<strong>In</strong> the 13 years that we have been producing guides<br />
to cities in Poland the UEFA Euro2012 Football<br />
Championships which take place during the lifetime of this<br />
guide is without question the most important and largest<br />
event we have ever anticipated. Since the tournament<br />
was awarded to Poland and Ukraine back in 2007, the<br />
country’s attention has been fixed on June 2012 and the<br />
work that has gone into preparations for the expected<br />
influx of hundreds of thousands of extra visitors has been<br />
huge. It would be fair to say that the decision to award<br />
Poland the right to host the tournament has changed the<br />
country forever and despite some failures to complete<br />
projects in time, the country is ready to host a successful<br />
tournament. The challenges Poland set itself were<br />
ambitious and the focus ought to be on what has been<br />
achieved rather than what hasn’t yet been completed.<br />
What the award of the tournament achieved was to<br />
increase the speed that Poland was developing from<br />
fast to breakneck with infrastructure programs and<br />
investment being created or brought forward to meet the<br />
new deadline. There are now new roads, a new terminal<br />
at the airport and of course a brand new stadium along<br />
with modernised public transport services and countless<br />
new hotels, bars, restaurants and services for visitors. <strong>In</strong><br />
the Tri-city the market for incoming visitors was already<br />
developing at a healthy rate, but the tournament has<br />
spurred people on to invest where they might not have<br />
otherwise done so. As Michel Platini, the head of European<br />
football’s governing body UEFA commented on one visit to<br />
the Legnica district where the stadium has been built ‘the<br />
tournament lasts only three weeks, but the infrastructure<br />
will serve for 40-50 years.’<br />
Whether you are here for the football, on holiday or for<br />
business, you will reap the benefits of this and it has to<br />
be hoped that rather than Euro2012 being viewed as<br />
the final step in this process, the city continues to invest<br />
and develop for the long-term benefit of its residents<br />
and for you the visitor. <strong>In</strong> the meantime, if you are here<br />
for the football, do try to explore the three cities that<br />
make up the Tri-city conurbation with the help of this<br />
guide and have a great time in what we think is one<br />
of Europe’s most fascinating cities. We appreciate all<br />
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editor_poland@inyourpocket.com<br />
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