Created by local photographer Bogusław Dyjek and unveiled by former workers at the factory where it was produced, the enormous can of Paprykarz Szczeciński was revealed on the city’s Gryfitów square, named after the factories and processing plants where the spread was made.
The photos by prolific photojournalist Władysław Orłowski covering a wide breadth of everyday topics, depicting everything from children playing to fashionable locals quenching their thirst at summertime refreshment stalls, offer a captivating snapshot of everyday life during the PRL period.
A new museum encourages people to take a rummage through Poland’s communist past and learn what life was like under the Party.
Fears about the gentrification of the Praga district mount as one of the area’s unique attractions packs its bags and heads across the river.
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