Basic information about Gostynin Lake District

As the area of its activities, the Association chose the western part of the province of Mazowsze, in addition to three communes in the province of Kujawy-Pomorze (area: 1.661,38 km²). It is a region characterised by the wealth of natural lakes (the most in Mazowsze), whose beauty is intensified by the nature of the Gostyninsko-Wloclawski Park Krajobrazowy (Gostynin-Wloclawek Scenic Park) and the blue ribbon of the River Wisla (Vistula) and the Wloclawek Reservoir.

Mazovia Voivodeship has been a gateway to Poland: its centre and the seat of the national capital. It lies at a crossing of trade and communication routes connecting the east and the west of Europe. The region’s characteristic scenery has its lasting place in the Polish cultural landscape. It is here, in Poland’s most populous province, that hundreds of the biggest domestic and foreign companies have established their headquarters; it is here that all the major government offices are located. For over a dozen years, Mazovia has been the leader of Polish transformation, and the country’s fastest growing region.

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is situated in the central part of Poland on both sides of the longest Polish river – the Vistula. There are a dozen or so higher education institutions in the region. Except from educational services they perform scientific researches. The most important ones are: The University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun The University of Casimir the Great and Technological-Natural University, both situated in Bydgoszcz.
The region has a strong food industry (30% of the total industrial production), with many enterprises switching to or continuing traditional ecological manufacture. The region is strong in introducing new technologies. Regional authorities support numerous starting enterprises and therefore such organizations as The Center of Technological Transfer in Torun and Torun Technological Park have been appointed. The region has non-commercial broadband Internet network.