the POLSKI blog

Ahead of June’s European elections, BBC’s Jonny Dymond visits several European states to ask votes about the EU and find out what their expectations are. Today’s report comes from Poland, where Dymond speaks to people who’ve directly benefited from the EU expansion – either by expanding their existing businesses or by travelling abroad, acquiring news [...]

You may have noticed a new box in the middle column of this blog – it’s Google Friend Connect. Many of my visitors are probably Gmail users or have other Google accounts – why not use them to join a group of people who are also into all this Polish? Oh, in fact, you can [...]

… but this one, despite its hilariously abstract headline, is apparently true: German women flock to Polish hair salon heaven Had to go for the bold headline. So, according to expatica.com, A village on the Polish-German border is becoming a hotspot for German bargain hunters seeking cheap haircuts. It may only be a small Polish [...]

Busy week, very little time for blogging, but I thought you might like to read the following: Pole in first ever YouTube orchestra U2 are getting ready for their second gig in Poland this summer Poland abandons drive to lure workers home – not precisely true when you read the actual article, but yes, looks [...]

If you, like me, have become addicted to Spotify, the brilliant new music service which allows you to create and share free collaborative playlists, you may enjoy this. The link below is the Polski Blog’s ‘Best of Polish Music’ playlist (thanks Kai for the idea) which you can open (using Spotify, of course), listen to [...]

She’s 34, a well-known Polish journalist, the editor of National Geographic Poland and a seasoned traveller. Her name is Martyna Wojciechowska and she’s just started a photoblog, where she will be uploading pics from her travels. She’s also planning to upload older pictures from her ealier travels, so if you’re into challenging expeditions – from [...]

A strange thing has happened. A Polish social networking site called Nasza Klasa, a cross between Friends Reunited and Facebook, was the 6th most popular social networking site in the UK, according to Hitwise UK. This is a clear sign of a few things, I guess, but most importantly: a) Poles are as crazy about [...]

Only just got a Xmas card from a friend in Poland, it arrived almost three weeks late, but it’s by a Polish artist named Andrzej Tylkowski and I love it. I’ve known of him, I’ve seen his cards, but have never visited his website. If you’re not put off by Flash, have a look (click [...]