Your pictures: Poland

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Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland, Unesco World Heritage SiteImage source, Aneta Barnett
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Each week we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week the theme is Poland and we begin with a photo by Aneta Barnett of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Torun townImage source, Anna Mochnacka
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Anna Mochnacka: "This picture was taken in the medieval old town of Torun, which is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (or in Polish, Mikolaj Kopernik)."

Exhibition on modernist civic planningImage source, Roger Marrison
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Roger Marrison: "People reading the exhibits during the opening of an exhibition on modernist civic planning, held at the Warsaw School of Economics."

Railway carriage on the railway in Auschwitz-BirkenauImage source, Daniel Bratt
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Daniel Bratt: "The railway in Auschwitz-Birkenau, taken on the iPhone 4 and edited using the Snapseed application."

PierogieImage source, Agnes Borowik
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Agnes Borowik: "Hand made pierogi stuffed with cheese and potato, with caramelised onions and green onion and paprika garnish, at a small town restaurant in Polkowice, Poland."

Nun in KrakowImage source, Neil Petersen
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Neil Petersen took this picture during a trip to Krakow in 2008.

Painted cottage in ZalipieImage source, Kasia Krempa
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Kasia Krempa: "Zalipie is a village in Poland famous for its unique folk art tradition, which is painting cottages, barns, wells and also interiors with colourful floral motifs. A competition called the Painted Cottage is organised every year in June."

GdanskImage source, Iwona Rutyna
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Iwona Rutyna: "A thunderstorm approaching the beautiful old town of Gdansk, one of four Polish cities to host the 2012 European soccer championship. Hopefully there will be more amiable weather for the thousands of soccer fans and visitors to Gdansk during the championship period."

SopotImage source, Malgosia Trojanowska Hobson
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Malgosia Hobson: "The seafront in Sopot on the Baltic coast of Poland. It was -5C, and the steam coming out of the top of the old lighthouse added a fascinating detail."

Apricot cakeImage source, Christopher Pigeon
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Christopher Pigeon: "Poland is a nation of cakes. Here's a fine example of placek z morelami (apricot cake)."

Gnome in WroclawImage source, Krisztian Hoffer
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Krisztian Hoffer: "I found this little fellow on a one-day trip (job interview) to Wroclaw. When I got home I learnt that there are 15 of these gnomes scattered around the old town. I wish I had seen all of them."

StorksImage source, Agnieszka Siwicka
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Agnieszka Siwicka: "A couple of magnificent storks I 'met' during a walk along an old railway."

StaircaseImage source, Izabela Banasik
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Izabela Banasik: "A fantastic staircase inside a town house in Wroclaw, which is a city with very interesting history and the most beautiful old market square you could imagine."

Chess matchImage source, Marc Paquet
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Marc Paquet: "Chess matches in the park in Krakow on a sunny afternoon."

Married coupleImage source, Nicholas Churchill
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Nicholas Churchill: "Young Poles celebrating their wedding in Krakow's Market Square."

BydgoszczImage source, Tomasz Boinski
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Tomasz Boinski: "A small footbridge in Bydgoszcz. I took this picture in the evening when it was foggy, almost like in London."

Throwing a stick in to a lakeImage source, Krysia Rodak
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And finally a shot by Krysia Rodak. Next week the theme is postal service and the deadline for your entries is 1 May. If you would like to enter, send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Further details and terms can be found by following the link below this gallery.

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