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Wedel and the chocolate factory: famed firm opens its doors to the public

Eagerly anticipated by locals, the allocated 2,000 Chocolate Weekend tickets sold out in a matter of minutes on the website. Rafał Guz/PAP

The dream came true for Warsaw’s chocoholics when Wedel allowed them rare access to the factory.

Bees Release Me: Interview with Kamil Baj

As you walk the streets of Warsaw and many other cities in Poland, you are not alone. Buzzing about your head are millions of bees that come from hundreds of hives deliberately placed right in the centre of town. They are there because some beekeepers passionately believe in the quality of urban beekeeping and its power to educate the young and old alike about the importance bees play in our ecology and diets. Kamil Baj has been at the forefront of the urban beekeeping revolution in Poland and takes us through his journey, from ditching his corporate 9-5 to starting a buzzing new business.

Back to the past: German aristocrat returns to former family seat to get married

The wedding was the first time in nearly 100 years that a Hochberg-Pless got married in Książ Castle.

Clever new boardgame celebrating influential women in history takes internet by storm

The 28 figures featured in the Who’s She? game include scientists, artists, activists and sportswomen. But who’s Zuzia Kozerska-Girard the woman behind the game? TFN finds out.

All change: Historic Kraków’s quaint street carts to get slick make over

Dating back to the middle-ages with the first known mention appearing in 1394, the Polish bagel has since gone on to be awarded the EU’s  Protected Geographical Indication status. Now, sleek new carts will be used to sell them.

The way we used to live: Fascinating exhibition shows off design exhibits of bygone times

A new permanent exhibition at the Warsaw National Museum shows off some of the most prevalent designs in Polish history. From the interwar folk design movement and influential Kraków workshops through the post-war reconstruction period, social realism and post-1956 modernism, the Gallery of Polish Design exhibition embraces the development and dynamism of Polish art and design. 

Metro construction turns into mammoth task as workers find Mammoth bones in ventilation

Initial information indicates that the bones might have belonged to a mammoth or a prehistoric forest elephant, which lived on the territory of present-day Poland during the Pleistocene Epoch (often known as the ice age).

Brrrr-illiant! Wild Swimmer does country proud in sub-zero Antarctic race

The 44-year-old child physiotherapist and extreme sportsman defied temperatures to take fifth place in international comp.

Take a walk on Łódź side: a city neighbourhood defies the past and points to the future

Named in November by CNN as arguably Europe’s coolest neighbourhood, TFN looks at the relentless rise of Łódź’s OFF Piotrkowska Centrum

Poland takes over COP24 presidency

Poland's Deputy Environment Minister Michał Kurtyka officially took over the presidency of the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, south Poland, at the conference's first plenary session on Sunday.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
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An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

From a personal point of view, it’s sheer depth of contrast comes somewhere near the top: lavish wedding cake palaces that reference the might once wielded by the city’s power players; futuristic office compounds; blackened, broken tenements; abandoned, creepy warehouses; restored redbrick factories; and PRL blocks of cosmic dimension.

The first report:

  • Central bank head expresses calm about inflation
  • Ruling United Right camp extends lead in voter support - poll
  • Poland drafts internet freedom of speech bill
  • EU bodies overuse their political powers, harm EU integration - FM
  • Poland starts registering older seniors for Covid-19 vaccination

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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