Gliwice

World’s biggest gingerbread town opens in Gliwice

Using over 1.2 tonnes of gingerbread dough, 120kg of honey, 28kg of ground spices, 32kg of icing sugar and 312 eggs, the model town features 300 intricately and colourfully decorated houses, two moving chocolate trains, a Christmas tree decorated with coloured icing as well as Santa Claus and other characters. Kolejkowo

Using over 1.2 tonnes of gingerbread dough, 120kg of honey, 28kg of ground spices, 32kg of icing sugar and 312 eggs, the model town features 300 intricately and colourfully decorated houses, two moving chocolate trains, a Christmas tree decorated with coloured icing as well as Santa Claus and other characters.

World Cup ace returns to boyhood club to honour promise made to grandmother

Born in Gliwice, striker Łukasz Podolski finally fulfilled a pledge to end his playing career at his favourite club when he made his debut this weekend for Górnik Zabrze.

German automotive seating systems company set to build plant in Poland

The German company, Isringhausen, will invest over PLN 34 million (EUR 7.4 million) to build a plant in Ujazd, south-central Poland, that will produce car seats and springs, announced the Katowice Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) on Wednesday.

Wish you were here? With staycations becoming the new ‘new thing’ TFN takes a look at what Poland has to offer - and it’s a lot!

Whether it be lavish tented luxury, historic old towns, moody eccentric palaces, wild untamed forests or cool seaside vibes, Poland has them all.

Investigation launched after grannies find identical post-war guns hidden inside old furniture 22km apart

Cops are investigating after the two grandmas living 25 minutes apart stumbled upon the TT semi-automatic pistols hidden behind a basement wardrobe and inside an old sofa while they were doing their pre-Xmas cleaning. 

How the death of a farmer and a bungled siege of a radio tower gave Hitler his justification to unleash WWII

Eighty one years ago today, Nazi Germany attacked Poland, setting into motion the deadliest military conflict in history. But to justify war Hitler needed a reason – and that lay in a town called Gleiwitz.

Nine killed, seven injured in road accident in southern Poland

Nine people were killed and seven injured when a minibus collided with a coach on national road number 88 in Gliwice, in the southern province of Silesia late on Saturday evening. All the passengers of the minibus were killed.

Kraków and Gliwice unveil new graduation towers to help the people breathe

The structures create a mineral-rich mist by dripping saline water through brushwood.

Polish crews to help out in French PSA plant

The French PSA auto manufacturer will move several hundred Polish workers from its Gliwice, southern Poland plant to its factory in Sevelnord Hordain, whose crew has been depleted by coronavirus epidemic downtime, France's AFP news agency said on Friday.

Third Polish coal mine suspends extraction

Coal extraction at the Sośnica coal mine in Gliwice, southern Poland, is suspended as of Wednesday after 43 employees have tested positive for the presence of the coronavirus.

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