Some stories sound like fairy tales, although they stick firmly to the facts. They are woven of dreams and failures. How did ...

Zamość, often called the 'ideal city', is a remarkable Renaissance settlement founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski and designed by ...

Explore the profound connection between theatre and the sacred in Polish stage art, where performance transcends ...

Józef Czechowicz, a prominent Polish poet, was presumed killed in a 1939 Lublin air raid, yet questions linger about his ...

There are two official languages in our country: Polish and Kashubian. In addition, we have dialects: Masovian, Lesser Poland dialect, Greater Poland dialect, Silesian, mixed ones in the east of the ...

Mickiewicz’s efforts to influence the politics and outlook of the Catholic Church in his lifetime came to nothing. He himself ...

‘Oh, I’m Popeye the Sailor Man!’ Most people know Popeye as a tough, spinach-eating sailor, a cartoon character created by American cartoonist E. C. Segar. But did you know who the real-life ...

Why should a gambler remember their dreams? What does it mean to dream about blueberries or goose feathers? Here’s what old Polish dream books have to say. At the end of Book Eight of Pan Tadeusz, ...

Let’s meet some of Poland’s women composers and pianists, from the 18th century to the present day – and get to know their contributions to the herstory of Polish music. This is how the German ...

With a history over 700 years old, Poland’s capital has dozens of historical palaces. Join us on a tour of eight particularly notable ones, highlighting the architecture, surroundings and history of ...

From its birth in 1908, Syrena Record had gone on to rapidly earn a place in Polish and international recording history – and all within some six years before WWI pushed Europe into chaos. In the ...

The history of Polish design might be perceived as quite short in comparison to some other countries, in particular those dominating the history of the design field such as Great Britain. However, the ...