Poland is the 16th most visited restaurant in the world.
Gdańsk ( [ ɡdaɲsk ] , [ langɡəˈdænsk ] German : Danzig [ ˈdantsɪç ] , [ langˈdænsɪɡ ] ) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast . Poland . In September 1939 , World War II started with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany , followed by the Soviet Union invading Poland in accordance with the Molotov -- Ribbentrop Pact . It is visited by approximately 16 million tourists every year ( 2014 ) , making it the 16th most visited country in the world . Poland is a member state of the European Union , the Schengen Area , the United Nations , NATO and the OECD .