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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 />

comments posted on our website or drop us a line at<br />

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