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Step back in time: Łódź skansen opens again after multi-million złoty overhaul

The museum has benefited from a PLN-15 million overhaul. Central Museum of Textiles/Facebook

Thanks to the renovation visitors can now visit throughout the year.

Europe’s oldest time capsule found in rural Poland

A proper blast from the past this week as Europe’s oldest hidden time capsule is revealed in Poland… What’s inside? Listen to this week’s Debrief to find out!

Mystery of where 17th century diplomat buried is solved after scientists find remains using geo-radar

The remains of Maciej von Krockow who helped end the Thirty Years’ War and who died in Kołobrzeg in 1675 following his move to the city 20 years earlier, were discovered by scientists inside a church.

Poznań choirs come together with hauntingly beautiful performance to inspire hope during dark days of killer virus

Meeting in the city’s 17th century Roman Catholic basilica Fara, and standing far apart and wearing masks, their voices resonated inside the vast church as they performed a hauntingly beautiful rendition of a wordless piece called “The Peace Meditation.”

St. John Paul II remembered by Polish primate in interview with PAP

St. John Paul II was someone who built bridges between people and approached others with great openness, said Primate of Poland Archbishop Wojciech Polak in an interview for PAP. Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II.

Oldest time capsule in Europe found hidden in church spire

The time capsule discovered by workers carrying out renovation work on a church in the small town of Ziębice, dates back to 1797 making it the oldest in Europe and the second oldest in the world.

Poles are GRUMPY! Karol Paciorek

Karol Paciorek dropped his studies to start Youtubing back in the wild days of 2010 and has gone on to dominate the Polish Youtube having produced over 2000 videos in the past 10 years. His 90 interviews with famous artists and people also include interviews with potential candidates for Polish presidents.

Monumental effort: Poland’s historic monuments stand tall

As world marks International Monuments Day, TFN looks at some of Poland’s finest.

Epidemic restrictions relaxed from Monday

Current epidemic restrictions in Poland will be relaxed as of Monday, the government said on Thursday, changes will include the reopening of forests and parks to the public.

Chopin’s wandering heart

We all like a bit of Chopin, and to coincide with his 210th birthday we take a look at his heart.

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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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Song and dance group revives unique traditions of Poland’s Lemko culture

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several Polish minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

The first report:

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  • Poland considering purchase of Chinese-made vaccine
  • Polish State Treasury debt at EUR 242.7 bln in January
  • Poland to allocate EUR 154.8 million for Rare Diseases Plan
  • Polish companies to receive nearly EUR 1.6 bln from anti-crisis package

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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