the POLSKI blog

What does it feel like to be in a foreign country, trying to get a job? Poles Apart from Hard Graft Theatre on Vimeo. Thoughts? Have you seen their performance? I’d be curious to know…

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 [...]

So here’s something for all you fashionistas. A good article in today’s New York Times about Poland’s latest fad – second hand shops: Thrift stores here have become impromptu laboratories of the changing mores and attitudes in a country adjusting to newfound wealth. Young Poles here in the capital are now confident enough in their [...]

You know the feeling when you sometimes see something from your childhood – a car you haven’t seen for ages, a cartoon you forgot about, a toy you used to play with – and it makes you go ‘awwww’? Thanks to the girls from the Milk Bar, I went ‘awww’ tonight as they posted a [...]

… but still charming. Polish autumn as seen by me last week. MORE: → Such a sentimental lot → thePOLSKIblog on Twitpic

Today is probably one of the most important days of the year for most Poles. All Saints’ Day – the day when you remember those who’ve already gone. All over the country people will be going to cemeteries, lighting candles, meeting families and reflecting on life (well, not collectively – for many today is a [...]

I came across a post by a fellow Pole, Sylwia on her personal blog, in which she extols the virtues and the beauty of “The Golden Polish Autumn”. Yes, such a phrase exists and is usually applied to the period between early and mid-October, when you are lucky to have a few sunny days and [...]

CNN International has just had a week on Poland – called Eye on Poland. It created alot of buzz in Poland itself but also a lot of controversy, as some cities and regions have been criticised by Polish media for not stumping up the money to appear on an international news channel and grab the [...]