The Nysa van was produced in the town of Nysa, Poland from the late 1950s until the early 1990s. Most were sold to the armed services in Poland, particularly the Militia, and were painted a distinctive shade of dark blue. The Militia was the only form of police during the Communist era in Poland, including the dreaded ZOMO, which even years after it was disbanded many people linked to the dark blue Nysa van.

An ancient city founded in Sultanhisar in the Hellenistic Period.