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This first post after a long break is a rather impressive video produced by the Public and Diplomacy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Poland. It features a whole host of Hollywood A-listers and other celebs – from Natalie Portman to Russell Crowe, from Robert Redford and Tom Hanks to Daniel Radcliffe and [...]

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To mark the beginning of its “A year in images” photo exhibition in Katowice, Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza has published this short time-lapse, tilt-shift video about Katowice. I’ve mentioned the city many times on this blog, partly because I know it well, partly because it’s eventually, although very slowly, shedding its “dirty, industrial and boring” [...]

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 [...]

My recent music posts concentrated mostly on some new Polish artists, but I’ve just come across a really old video which gave me goose pimples and made me shout with joy. Everybody, may I introduce you to one of the best Polish bands ever, Maanam. At the height of their career – and this was [...]

Saw that on Channel 4 last night and couldn’t resist. This is what some Polish technical university students did in Wrocław, south-west Poland. Using a PC, hundreds of lightbulbs and… their halls of residence they recreated Snake, a simple game you usually play on your mobile (that’s pre-iPhone, of course). Quite cool.

And now for something completely… quirky. Czesław śpiewa (Czesław Sings) is a one-man band by a 29-year-old Pole, Czesław, who left Poland as a kid and settled in Denmark with his parents. He recently returned to Poland and now lives in Kraków, which probably inspires his quirky blend of rock, cabaret, folk and whatever else. [...]