page_title: Wolin
section_title: Viking festival
hierarchical_section_title: Wolin / Viking festival
caption_attribution_description: English: Viking parade at Viking and Slavic Festival in Wolin
context_page_description: Wolin is the name both of a Polish island in the Baltic Sea, just off the Polish coast, and a town on that island. Administratively the island belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Wolin is separated from the island of Usedom by the Strait of Świna, and from mainland Pomerania by the Strait of Dziwna. The island has an area of 265 km² and its highest point is Mount Grzywacz at 116 m above sea level. The number of inhabitants is 30,000.
  Water from the river Odra flows into the Szczecin Lagoon and from there through the Peene west of Usedom, Świna and Dziwna into the Bay of Pomerania in the Baltic Sea.
  Most of the island consists of forests and postglacial hills. In the middle is the Wolin National Park. The island is the main tourist attraction of northwestern Poland, and it is crossed by several specially marked tourist trails, such as a 73-kilometer-long trail from Międzyzdroje to Dziwnówek. There is a main, electrified rail line, which connects Szczecin and Świnoujście, plus the international road E65 crosses the island.
  Some etymologists believe that the name is related to the name of the ancient historical region of Volhynia.
context_section_description: Annually, the island is home to Europe's biggest Germanic-Slavic Viking festival.
caption: Opening parade at Viking and Slavic Festival in 2004
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