Europe’s leading publisher of locally produced city guide
ESSENTIAL CITY GUIDES
Browse Content
Poland
In Your Pocket
- Auschwitz
- Bydgoszcz
- Chorzow
- Danzig (auf Deutsch)
- EBPO 2012 Варшава
- EBPO 2012 Вроцлаве
- EURO 2012 Gdansk
- EURO 2012 Gdańsk (Croatian)
- EURO 2012 Krakow
- EURO 2012 Poznan
- EURO 2012 Warsaw
- EURO 2012 Wroclaw
- EURO 2012 Wroclaw (Czech)
- Eurocopa 2012 Gdansk
- Europameisterschaft 2012 Danzig
- Frombork
- Gdansk
- Gdynia
- Gdynia (auf Deutsch)
- Gliwice
- Kashubia
- Katowice
- Kornik
- Krakow
- Lodz
- Malbork
- Nowa Huta
- Ojców
- Poznan
- Sopot
- Tarnow
- Warsaw
- Wieliczka
- Wolf's Lair
- Wroclaw
- Zabrze
- Zakopane
- Zoppot (auf Deutsch)
- ЄВРО-2012 Βαρσοβία
- ЄВРО-2012 Βρότσλαβ
Free Download
Features
- Euro 2012 In Your Pocket
- Smoking
- Tipping Tribulations
- Not a Queue
- Polish Name Days (Imieniny)
- Wisława Szymborska
- EURO 2012
- The Drowning of Marzanna
- Błędowska Desert
- Hot Beer
- The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
- Fat Thursday
- Three Kings
- National Anthem
- Stanisław Poniatowski
- Polish Friends of Beer Party
- Midsummer's Night
- Disaster in Smolensk
- Ryszard Kapuscinski
- Polish Alcohol
- Wolf's Lair
- Kazimierz Pułaski
- Marek Kamiński
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Teodor Talowski
- Jan Karski
- Czesław Miłosz
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Edward Gierek
- Blofeld
- Wojtek the bear
- Superstitions
- Enigma
- Irena Sendler
- General Wojciech Jaruzelski
- Krzysztof Komeda
- Białowieża National Park
- The Syrenka
- The Maluch
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
- Daniel Libeskind
- Fryderyk Chopin
- Witkacy
- Władsyław Szpilman
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Andrzej Wajda
- Izabella Scorupco
- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Eugeniusz Bodo
- Roman Polański
- Stanisław Wyspiański
- Leon Schiller
- Max Berg
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Max Factor
- Rubinstein
- Jerzy Kosiński
- Marek Grechuta
- Polish Food
- Recommended reading
- National Football
- Grzane piwo/wino
- Poles you should know
- Discover Poland
- True crime
- National Holidays
- Euro 2012: The Draw
- John Paul II
- Solidarity
- Lech Wałęsa
- Creepy Poland
- The Pianist
- The Polish Dwarf
- Staypoland Hotel Reservation
More features:
-
Superstitions
While it would be inaccurate to claim the Poles as being a deeply superstitious nation visitors will be delighted to know the country has more than its fair share of quirky beliefs and customs.... -
Polish Food
Those wanting to take a quick foxtrot through the world of the Polish kitchen should consider putting the following to the test:Smalec: Fried lard, often served complimentary before a meal with hunks of homemade bread.... -
The Pianist
Based on the biographical novel by Wladsylaw Szpilman, the Oscar-winning film charts Szpilman’s battle for survival in the Warsaw ghetto.... -
Solidarity
Although Solidarity was officially christened in 1980, its roots can be traced some ten years earlier.... -
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) has come to be regarded as the finest Polish writer of the 20th century, his work influencing generations of natives and foreigners alike.... -
Fryderyk Chopin
Born to French/Polish parents in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) stands out as Poland’s finest composer, and remains the source of global reverence who has given his name to hotels, an airport and even an asteroid.... -
The Maluch
Like the Czech Škoda and the East German Trabant, the Polish Maluch has served several purposes during its lifetime; a Godsend for families behind the iron curtain, source of merriment for smirking foreigners and now, as a cult icon for commie nostalgists.... -
Eugeniusz Bodo
One chap you’re unlikely to have heard of is Eugeniusz Bodo, the veteran of thirty films, and director of two.... -
Witkacy
Eccentric, flamboyant and tragic, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - remembered as ‘Witkacy’ (1885-1939) – was one of Poland’s premier avant-garde icons.... -
Białowieża National Park
Białowieża - thought of as the crown jewel of Poland’s national parks - is Europe’s last remaining primeval forest, and dominated by massive oak trees dating several centuries.... -
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Until September 7th art fans visiting Ujazdowski Castle have the opportunity to view the works of Magdalena Abakanowicz, one of Poland’s best known sculptors.... -
Kazimierz Pułaski
A Polish and American military hero, Kazimierz Pułaski (Casimir Pulaski in English) is almost ubiquitously immortalised on monuments and place names in both countries, but especially in America where some major cities celebrate Casimir Pulaski Day as an official bank holiday.... -
Marek Kamiński
Born in Gdańsk on March 24, 1964, Marek Kamiński ranks as Poland’s greatest living explorer, and in 1995 became the first person in the world to reach both Poles unaided in the same year.... -
The Polish Dwarf
Born near the Polish city town of Halicz in 1739, Józef Boruwlaski rates as one of Poland’s most curious natives....
Poles you should know
Poland’s been alive for over 1,000 years, and seeing that it occupies a great big lump of Central Europe it seems only natural that it’s produced a few household names over the years. Figures like Pope John Paul II will need no introduction, while anyone with a depth of historical knowledge will be aware that King Sobieski III saved Europe from being enslaved by the Turks at the Battle of Vienna, 1683, or that it was astronomer Nicholas Copernicus who first suggested that the Earth revolved around the Sun. But how about the other Poles who have influenced the world. If you earn more money than us you may find yourself sporting a watch made by ultra posh firm Patek Phillipe. Guess what, Antoni Patek was born near Lublin. Invention has been something Poles have excelled at. Take for example Józef Kosacki, inventor of the mine detector, Stefan Drzewiecki who invented the taxi metre or Jan Szczepanik, creator of the bulletproof vest. Białystok born Ludwik Zamenhof was the linguist who gave birth to the deceased international language of Esperanto, while Stanisław Ulam helped pioneer the hydrogen bomb for the Americans. The one time gun runner turned author, Joseph Conrad, was born in Warsaw. Keeping with literature, of sorts, René Goscinny, the mastermind behind Asterix considered himself as much Polish as French. Hollywood, as well, would be a poorer place were it not for Poles. Forget the likes of Polański, the Warner brothers originally hailed from Krasnosielc, and it is Łódź born Max Factor who is hailed as the father of modern day cosmetics. Finally, if you find yourself reading our words while sitting in a café, then remember it was Franciszek Jerzy Kulczycki who founded the first European café back in 1683.
This article went ahead and made my day.