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Kraków renames square outside Russian consulate in honour of Ukraine

Kraków has become the latest Polish city to show solidarity with Ukraine by renaming the street outside its Russian consulate Skwer Wolnej Ukrainy (Free Ukraine Square). Łukasz Sęk Radny Miasta Krakowa/Facebook

The city now joins Poznań, Gdańsk and Gdynia in renaming their squares and streets in support of the country.

Kraków mayor urges UNESCO to relocate conference planned in Russia

The mayor of the southern Polish city of Kraków has called on UNESCO not to organise the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in the Russian city of Kazan, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Kraków on TripAdvisor's go-to list

The historic city of Kraków, a former capital of Poland, has been put on a list of 25 European destinations worth visiting in 2022 by the online tourist service TripAdvisor.

Breathtaking facelift to see barren railway wasteland transformed into stunning urban oasis

The project connecting two parts of Kraków that have been separated by a railway embankment since the Crimean War, will also see the debut of a ‘sensory garden’, a railway-themed children’s playground, an isolated green zone for rest and relaxation and wall art to break the concrete monotony of the flyover overhead.

It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy

As Kraków proves itself as a culinary centre of excellence, TFN talks to one of the city’s Michelin-trained chefs, Marcin Filipkiewicz

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Postcard showing side-burned sailor is named Gdańsk’s oldest – but experts baffled by series of ‘mysteries’

Sent on February 29th, 1888, the postcard depicts a side-burned sailor puffing on a pipe, as well as the iconic crane building standing on the city’s quayside. The postcard’s recipient was a company director called Berhard Lahs who lived in the Silesian town now known as Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.

The first report:

  • Support gap narrows between ruling coalition, main opposition bloc
  • Two-digit inflation expected till year's end, economic institute predicts
  • Poland's CPI hits 15.6 pct y/y in July - stats office
  • Most Poles cut shopping budgets
  • Poland accepts over 5.44 mln refugees since war in Ukraine started

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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