the POLSKI blog

1. What is it? It’s a stunning mountain range and Poland’s largest National Park with (mostly) unspoilt nature and some rare wild animals like wolves and brown bears. 2. Where is it? You’d need to travel to the extreme south-east corner of Poland. The mountain range spans three countries (Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine) 3. Why [...]

The Londoneer, quoted by me many times before on this very site, wrote a brief post on the Polish War Memorial in London. Usually mentioned in traffic bulletins only (“heavy traffic on the A40 near the Polish War Memorial”), the monument commemorates the Polish airmen who fought for Britain during World War II. Pete wonders [...]

If you watched the World Cup last month, and the matches where Germany played in particular, you probably noticed a German player called Lukas Podolski. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that the name sounds Polish and that he might in fact be Polish. He is, well, he was. He was born [...]

Just wanted to let you know about this brilliant comparison gallery the Daily Telegraph put together. “The film posters that lost the plot” gallery focuses on how communist Poland attempted to create “something that would defeat [stereotypical] Western film posters”. It’s a great gallery, but also a nice read. The Telegraph reveals how a state-owned [...]