Salt from Kłodawa and Wieliczka – what lies within Polish salt?
Small, unassuming salt crystals conceal an extraordinary story. Before reaching our homes, they spent millions of years within underground deposits formed in a very different geological world. In Poland, two particularly fascinating places associated with salt are Kłodawa and Wieliczka. Although both are known for rock salt, the history of their deposits is not identical.
Salt is one of the oldest raw materials used by humankind. For centuries, it played an important role in trade, th ...