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- Pola Negri
- Łódź: The top five likes and dislikes of city residents
- John Godson
- In pursuit of Jacob Bronowski
- Jerzy Kosiński
- Eugeniusz Bodo
- Jan Karski
- Parks
- Fountain of Love
- Karl Dominik
- pl. Wolności
- The Man
- Lodz In Your Pocket in iPaper
- Rivers of Łódź
- Wall Fresco
- Marcel Szytenchelm
- 1905 Revolution
- Łódź trivia
- The industrialists
- Max Factor
- Daniel Libeskind
- Rickshaws
- Roman Polański
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- David Lynch
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Parks
On first sight Lodz looks frighteningly similar to the upturned contents of a rubbish bin. Her aesthetic glories are not obvious, however, they’re certainly there to anyone daring enough to look under her skirt.... -
The Man
“Life is very, very confusing, and so films should be allowed to be, too”. David LynchBorn in 1946 in Missoula, Montana, iconic film director David Lynch was raised in backwater America, hopping from state to state hanging onto the coat tails of his scientist father.... -
Marcel Szytenchelm
While much of Łódź looks like it’s ready to keel over the main drag, Piotrkowska, is something of a feast for the eyes; scrubbed, beveled and back to its best this art nouveau masterpiece is, for many, the whole reason for visiting.... -
Lodz In Your Pocket in iPaper
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Jan Karski
‘Every government and church says, “We tried to help the Jews,” because they are ashamed, they want to keep their reputations.... -
Krzysztof Kieślowski
The late Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941- 1996) is known and respected the world over as a maker of great feature films.... -
Eugeniusz Bodo
One chap you’re unlikely to have heard of is Eugeniusz Bodo, the veteran of thirty films, and director of two.... -
Rickshaws
A relatively recent phenomena, rickshaws were first introduced to Łódź in 1993 and today you’ll find over a hundred pedaling breathlessly up and down ulica Piotrkowska.... -
Rivers of Łódź
One question you might ask in a moment of rare contemplation is where the name Łódź came from.... -
Max Factor
Max Faktor (or Faktorowicz), born in Łódź in 1877, has come to be regarded as the father of modern day cosmetics.... -
Roman Polański
Born in Paris, 1933, to Polish parents, Roman Polanski and his family returned to Kraków, Poland two years before the outbreak of war.... -
Pola Negri
One Polish name is particularly associated with the advent of film and Hollywood glamour, and that name is Pola Negri.... -
Fountain of Love
Standing in the shadow of the Kościuszko statue on pl. Wolnośći (right in front of Café Wiedeńska) is Łódź’s favourite fountain.... -
pl. Wolności
To find the spiritual centre of Lodz one must not go to ulica Piotrkowska, but to the bottom of it, namely to pl....
Wall Fresco
If you’re walking in the area of Piotrkowska 71 you probably won’t be the first person to get nailed to the floor bya zooming rickshaw. That’ll be because you’re too busy gawking at the giant wall painting that spans the side of the building. The idea for this came from the World Craft Council Polska, and the fresco was added in the year 2000 by artist Krzysztof Jaśkiewicz. Depicting various citizens linked to Łódź, it shows an array of black and white characters peering from windows and gathered on balconies. Of the 130 names nominated by the public 33 made the final cut, and they include luminaries such as industrialists Izrael Poznański and Ludwik Geyer, director Krzysztof Kieślowski and pianist Artur Rubinstein. Also featured are King Władysław Jagiełło (who gave the city its charter), author Julian Tuwim and three everyday characters from the 19th century: a weaver, fiddler and Jew.
