the POLSKI blog

Don’t know why Poland wants to have the biggest this and the biggest that, but of all things they could have gone for, they’ve chosen… the biggest Jesus. Poland is a Catholic country, religion still plays a huge role in most people’s lives and building gigantic religious edifices of questionable beauty (ever seen one of [...]

Looks like many of you enjoyed the last video I posted, From Poland With Love, time for another video then. Although this one is very different. Patryk Kizny, a Polish photographer and video-maker, has just posted this stunning video, called The Chapel. It’s a tribute to an abandoned, dilapidated 18th century protestant temple in the [...]

My job here is done. Well, not really. But I’m glad to report others have also started discovering – and sharing – Poland beyond its sad history and stereotypical perceptions. I just got an email from a production company inviting me to watch a video series about Poland called “From Poland With Love”. Yes, it [...]

Some things leave me speechless. Like this one. What you see in this picture is a newly-designed logo for Nowy Sacz, a city in the south of Poland. You may like it or not, but would you ever think it promotes Satanism and homosexuality? Sadly, that’s exactly what the local pastoral ministry thinks. It expressed [...]

This is an interesting initiative. Polish manufacturers from Wisła, a tourist resort in Beskidy, south of Poland, have had enough of cheap ‘local’ souvenirs mass-produced in China with little or no relevance to locally produced goods. From now on they want to promote local souvenirs, food and other products and, to distinguish them from cheap, [...]

I should perhaps dedicate this post to everyone who still complains about the Royal Mail in Britain. Have you ever tried its Polish equivalent, Poczta Polska? No? I’ve just read a post on one of the Wall Street Journal blogs dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe about the weird experience that is Poczta Polska. And [...]

While browsing through my enormous backlog of unread blog posts I came across a short post on Bar Mleczny, another UK-based Polish blog, about Polish food in the UK. Well, there are two pieces of news to share in fact. First, Tesco has decided to double the amount of Polish food it offers as its [...]

Ever heard of Kindle? Or Nook? If you haven’t you most certainly will as it would seem the days of paper-based books and newspapers appear to be numbered. Although when exactly – if ever – e-readers like Kindle or Nook will successfully exterminate traditional books is yet to be confirmed. Now Poland has jumped on [...]