Zakopane is a resort town in southern Poland just a few miles from the Slovak border at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. As early as at the end of the 18^th century the town started to attract the first summer holidaymakers. The railway connecting Zakopane with Cracow in 1898, the construction of a cableway up to Kasprowy Wierch by 1936 and by 1938 a chair rail which took tourists up to Gubalowka secured the towns status as Poland’s winter capital. In our days Zakopane is busy all year round, in winter with skiers and in summer with hikers.