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Archive for January, 2009

Indeed, WHAT do you think? This is my new Twitter mini-poll. All you need to do is to finish the sentence and pass it on on Twitter. Just remember to tag it by adding #polblog to your message so that I can find it and blog about it, of course. That’s if you are on [...]

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29 Jan, 2009

Maanam – best of Polish music

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

My recent music posts concentrated mostly on some new Polish artists, but I’ve just come across a really old video which gave me goose pimples and made me shout with joy. Everybody, may I introduce you to one of the best Polish bands ever, Maanam. At the height of their career – and this was [...]

28 Jan, 2009

the Polski blog – ways to subscribe

Posted by: Michał In: bits and bobs

Just a quick welcome to all my new readers and followers, hope you like the blog. Here’s how to follow the Polski blog if you can’t visit the site often but want to stay up to date with all my posts. RSS FEED The simplest method is of course the RRS feed – just click [...]

28 Jan, 2009

Fact or myth? Polish winters are harsh

Posted by: Michał In: fact or myth?

I wrote about it some time ago here, so I won’t be repeating myself. The short answer is: they can be, but in general nowadays they are only slightly colder than their British equivalents. Anyway, all this is just a lame excuse to share this video with you. Enjoy. SEE MORE: → Kraków in winterTweet

27 Jan, 2009

How to recognise the recession?

Posted by: Michał In: p for press

By how many Polish people go back home. That’s if you believe the Guardian. Last weekend the paper published a couple of articles in which it outlined the most obvious signs of a recession. And they are a lower electricity consumption and reverse migration of Poles (is there such a thing, or have I just [...]

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20 Jan, 2009

Come back home

Posted by: Michał In: p for press

The current economic situation in the UK has already forced many Poles to go back home. For many casual workers earning their living in the UK no longer makes (economic) sense. They came here to seek a better live, mostly because Poland’s unemployment rate in recent years went through the roof. But without a strong [...]

17 Jan, 2009

Wanna play Snake?

Posted by: Michał In: bits and bobs

Saw that on Channel 4 last night and couldn’t resist. This is what some Polish technical university students did in Wrocław, south-west Poland. Using a PC, hundreds of lightbulbs and… their halls of residence they recreated Snake, a simple game you usually play on your mobile (that’s pre-iPhone, of course). Quite cool. Tweet



  • Michał: Glad you like it, welcome!
  • Missy: I had been to Poland as a masters student in Warsaw ( 2006-2008), travelled all over Poland. I like it there, i am glad i found your blog. :) niec
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  • Czarny kapturek: It was a good series. While I am critical about what I see as an oversimplification of Poland (i.e. that all life in Poland is in Warsaw) it is good
  • The Londoneer: I don't imagine that they've put a camera inside Warsaw's main museum have they? There's not a lot to see - now the War Museum, that I'd like to revis

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