EM'2008 XIII International Conference on Electron Microscopy

Zakopane (www.zakopane.pl) is situated in southern Poland, about 100 km to the south of Cracow, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies in a valley at the foot of The Tatras, the highest mountains in Poland (Mount Rysy 2499 m).

The centre lies at about 840 m above sea level, but some parts are even as high as 1000 m above sea level on the slopes of Gubałówka - a hill that surrounds it from the south. Zakopane is only four centuries old. It was founded between XVI and XVII c. as a farmers and shepherds' settlement. The legend says that one day a man called Gąsienica came here with his sons Paweł and Jędrzej and they built a mill here.