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Warsaw man quits job to go on five month fund-raising trek across Europe with his pet dog Pindol

Darek Strojewski worked as an educator before closing his business setting off in June with his four-legged pal Pindol. Darek Strojewski/Facebook

The 4,000 km journey aimed at raising money for an oncologic hospice, took Strojewski from Poland to Germany, France, Spain and eventually to Portugal after he decided to carry on upon reaching Galicia.

Total recharge: Pole makes epic 13,000-kilometre journey in battery-powered car

Wanting to show the world electric cars can cover huge distances Kamiński drove from Zakopane to Tokyo.

4Wheelchair drive across Americas

Maciej Kamiński and Michał Woroch are back on the road, to complete their epic journey across the Americas.

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
HERO! Polish chef tackles London Bridge terrorist with 1.5-metre narwhal tusk
Old black and white photos of Warsaw Uprising brought to life in incredible colour
One of Egypt’s oldest churches dating back to the 4th century found hidden behind ancient basilica wall

Business

Polish shopping malls stand proud despite threat posed by online retail

In an interview for TFN, retail expert Hadley Dean explains why e-commerce, instead of undermining the nation’s shopping centres, could keep them crowded for years to come.

The first report:

Poland seeks to expand its Territorial Defence Force - deputy PM
Cold War director wins EFA People's Choice Award in Berlin
Swimming: Poland’s Tchórz wins backstroke bronze in Glasgow
Polish Xmas fair in Budapest
PM speaks with Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian gov't leaders

Vanishing lives: Descendants of 17th century bearded radicals who fled to Poland from Russia to avoid religious persecution are now facing a new crisis as their numbers slowly dwindle out

It is easy to miss their presence - the three-barred crosses, the wooden banyas and the modest churches – unless you know what to look for. TFN travelled to the regions of Mazury and Suwalszczyzna in north-east Poland to track down the Old Believers, a minority which has almost disappeared, yet which still lingers among the hills, fields and virgin forests in the land of a thousand lakes.

Dan Session
Today we take a look at the Polish musicians who have been recording for ECM.

Why So Serious?
Sergiusz takes a look at two of Poland’s phenomenal female writers.

Events

27/09 - 15/12 Interwar architecture exhibition showcases five themes in five cities
05/11 - 14/01 Fascinating story of Vasa kings brought to life at Warsaw’s Royal Castle
08/12 Robbie Williams is coming to Toruń
27/01 Royals, world leaders to attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary
21/04 March of the Living to be held on April 21

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