the POLSKI blog

If you’re on a diet, look away now. Last Thursday Poles celebrated Tłusty Czwartek, aka the Fat Thursday. Tłusty Czwartek is mainly celebrated in Poland and in Germany and it marks the end of the carnival. It’s the last Thursday before Lent, which starts with Ash Wednesday the following week. So what is Tłusty Czwartek [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Poland’s equivalent of Comic Relief is happening today. It’s called Wielka Orkiestra Swiątecznej Pomocy, which roughly translates as Grand Christmas Charity Orchestra. No comedy, but the same level of engagement and a similar purpose – to raise money for charity. This year the event concentrates on raising money for medical equipment allowing hospitals across Poland [...]

If you ever see this logo on any Polish products, you can be sure it’s something of a really good quality, something Poles are really proud of. ‘Teraz Polska’ (literally: ‘Poland Now’ or ‘Time for Poland’) is a national competition, in which brands, products, producers – and recently also individual city councils – compete for [...]