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Beer today, not gone tomorrow. Nor the day after: 9th Warsaw Beer Festival gets underway

Hey there, hop stuff: The festival has come to assume an almost ambassadorial role, pushing only the best beer brewed in the country to an audience that’s come to be increasingly international. Warszawski Festiwal Piwa

As the bi-annual festival gets into its full three-day swing, and with over 700 different craft beers on offer, TFN’s Alex Webber popped down for a chat with the organisers to find out more about Poland’s brew-volution.

Purrrfect view: Cat sends internet wild after mysteriously appearing on top of Poland’s highest mountain

Climber posted a picture of the ginger cat gazing at a view of mountain peaks and cloud-filled valleys. Just how the cat got so high remains something of a mystery.

It’s dog’s life: photographer captures the canine character in all its glory

A Polish photographer has made a name for herself by taking breathtaking photos of dogs in stunning locations.

It was 40 years ago today: Catholics around the world unite to remember the 40th anniversary of JPII being elected Pope

TFN takes a look back at the Polish Pope from Wadowice who helped change the world and bring about the fall of communism.

Urban jungle: With their trees, flowers and greenery, allotments could be the perfect city break

Green islands in the grey urban landscape and bringing to mind the secret garden of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel, allotment gardens are thriving, attracting new generations with their charm and tranquillity. In many Polish cities, like in Warsaw, those green oasis are located right in the city centre and in the most popular districts, such as Mokotów, Żoliborz or Praga.

Hay good looking! Poland's annual harvest celebrations are a sight for straw eyes

Folk culture is still going strong as these stunning photos from the Museum of the Mazovian Countryside Folk Culture show.

Step into a time slip: Warsaw’s Wola district goes back 90 years

Wola shines a light on Warsaw’s bygone days by re-creating a famous market.

Battle of Grunwald Staging 2018

of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively defeated the German–Prussian Teutonic Knights. For the 21st time, enthusiast of history, knightly chivalry and medieval battles g

Wisłoujście 1628 Historical Festival

The Wisłujście Fortress located by the Martwa Wisła river, an estuary of Vistula, was the stage of battle between Polish and Swedish forces in 1628.

Łowicz Corpus Christi celebrations explode into colour

The small town of Łowicz will erupt into colour today as locals take to the streets to celebrate Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało). Women in colourful Masovian costumes, young girls in their white holy communion dresses and men in colourful medieval culottes carrying standards of the Virgin Mary join solemn priests, draped in clerical red leading a procession, while a carnival including, ferris wheels and folk art workshops, turns the event into a weekend-long affair.

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