Ukrainian art, literature, music and fashion will be on show during the Art Picnic event starting on Monday at the cultural institute in Krakow, southern Poland. The event will be in the format of a week-long festival for the first time, running from August 24 to 30 at Willa Decjusza and
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Great amber chess returns to Gdansk after 300 years
A magnificent amber chess set – one of just four similar ones that have survived to this day – has returned to Gdańsk after over 300 years. Located on Poland’s Baltic coast, Gdańsk has long been associated with amber, fossilized tree resin valued for its golden colour and natural beauty. This peaked
Design student came up with a beautiful mountain therapy center to overcome depression
An architecture student has designed an innovative getaway for people with depression, where they can recover in a supportive natural environment. Agnieszka Skwirut came up with the idea for the mental health disorder therapy centre as part of her architecture studies at the Rzeszów University of Technology. Skwirut also designed the centre
Should he stay or should he go? Unicorn of Lodz receives a “permanent residence” as the locals vote for the final location
One of Łódź’s quirkiest landmarks is to get ‘permanent status’ after becoming one of the city’s most photographed and popular tourist attractions. The location of the metal Unicorn statue by Japanese sculptor Tomohiro Inaba was originally planned to be temporary. Unveiled last June next to the colourful ‘Unicorn Stable’ tram stop, the
Artist uses “hundreds of voices from all over the world” in new “polyphonic” project
An experimental structure by a Polish artist is being shown at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona. Katarzyna Krakowiak is using the pavilion to exhibit her innovative project which transforms the site into a place to explore a new language of architecture and architecture of language. A variety of Polish
Sign language interpreters made the Uprising concert audience go crazy
A sign-language interpreter has become an overnight sensation after her appearance on a live TV concert commemorating the Warsaw Uprising. Viewers of the broadcast on TVP, the Polish state broadcaster, were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and engagement of interpreter Małgorzata Limanówka as she signed for deaf and hard of hearing viewers
What lies underneath: cavern and passage arrange found under old castle
Archaeologists have discovered a cave and a network of unexplored tunnels and fissures under one of Poland’s most famous castles. The cave was found within the walls of Castle Olsztyn. But on limestone crags, the now ruined castle, which dates back to the 14th-century, dominates the landscape of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland,
The mountaineer whose bird murals lifted the 1960s housing estate to new heights
A housing estate in Kraków has found itself coming to the unlikely attention of the nation’s bird lovers and street art enthusiasts after an ongoing programme to beautify its buildings saw its walls splashed with colourful XL images of Poland’s avian wonders. Composed largely of four-storey blocks built in the 1960s
New movie watching experience starts in Poland
Hundreds of arrowheads and crossbow bolts found in the forest could be associated with Casimir the Great
Hundreds of arrowheads and crossbow bolts from a major 14th century battle with King Casimir the Great have been found in a forest in Sanok. Archaeologists in Biała Góra say they think they have now found the battlefield of Casimir the Great’s campaign in Red Ruthenia (now part of south-eastern Poland