Swidnik

Swidnik is a new town built close to Lublin. although at first sight it might not seem interesting other than as an example of a post war Polish city with its usual ranks of grey concrete blocks of flats and other buildings, it has, in fact, some hidden charms.
Swidnik, like many new towns in Poland, was a good opportunity for many people to escape from the country and to start a new life in a town working in a new factory with their own place to live and the better opportunities their for their children.
This is the main street in Swidnik, and it is lined with Socialist neoclassic public buildings erected in the 1950's.
Swidnik has this helicopter, manufactured in the local helicopter company, mounted at a junction on the main road into the town. In the background is the farmland that surrounds the town.
Very common suburban type housing, with the ever popular boxes and hanging baskets.
This is an electricity sub-station. The electricity company allows someone to grow vegetables in the same enclosure.

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