The Great Emigration of the 19th century was not simply a mass departure, but a story of resilience, disillusionment, and ...

The exhibition 'The Monument. Central and Eastern Europe 1918-2018' at Warsaw's Xawery Dunikowski Museum transforms monuments ...

What if the most enduring witnesses to atrocity aren’t people, but the living spores quietly outlasting time? Artist Anna ...

In recent years, plants have stepped out of the background and into the spotlight of contemporary Polish theatre. No longer ...

Like in many other European countries, the arrival of summer is celebrated on St. John’s Eve in Poland. While part of the Polish custom ‒ bonfires, singing and dancing ‒ resembles other celebrations ...

Tradycyjna koronka jest biała i delikatna, stworzona w tym samym stopniu z nici, co z powietrza. W Polsce w tej szczególnej ...

Though Warsaw has rebuilt from ruins, its streets still bear the scars of the 1944 Uprising – bullet holes, shattered ...

The Polish alphabet has 32 letters, nine of which are unique. Considering that some of the letters form digraphs and even one trigraph, this adds up to a total of 17 signs, which you‘ll unfortunately ...

You’ve heard of international superstitions like ‘don’t walk under a ladder’, but how about some exclusive to Poland? The 13 super-Polish beliefs presented here include why you shouldn’t count pierogi ...

When you think of alcohol in Poland, vodka is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But there are many more treasures hidden in the Polish regions – from 150-proof moonshine to light ciders and ...

The Polish national wardrobe is filled to the brim with embroidered dresses in all possible colours as well as Gorals, hard-soled leather moccasins called ‘kierpce’ and ornaments from red beaded ...

In 1950s Chicago, two Polish Jewish brothers founded the hugely influential Chess Records label. Working with artists like Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf, they released some of the most important blues ...