River

Cops kayak 760km to raise money for ex-service animals’ ‘retirement’ home

Starting out on the 11th of September from the village of Poraj in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, the charity trip involved a group of seven servicemen, who kayaked their way down 760km of the 808km complete length of the Warta in two-person teams. Stowarzyszenie „Zakątek Weteranów”/Facebook

Set up by a group of serving and former policemen from Greater Poland, the shelter looks after dogs and horses which have been retired from duty in various police and military units and are unable to be homed with their service handlers after leaving active service.

Shipping channel on Vistula Spit to give Poland sovereignty - president

The shipping channel on the Vistula Spit will serve to strengthen Polish sovereignty, independence and freedom, said President Andrzej Duda during a visit to the construction site on Saturday.

Poznań’s floating eco-garden is quacking good idea

In addition to looking good and keeping the local ducks happy, the floating garden provides environmental benefits such as increasing biodiversity in the city, while helping clean the water and air.

Archaeologists uncover secrets of 18th century city on banks of the river Nile

In addition to remains of 18th century housing, the archaeologists discovered that the inhabitants of the city were probably heavy smokers as they found a few pipes in every house.

Take on the walk on the wild side down Pomiechówek way

GALLERY: Located close to Warsaw and lying along the banks of the River Wkra the village offers an escape from big city life. 

Meet the Crazy Guys Who Ran the Entire Vistula River

Could you do it? Meet Alan Parsons from @RunWislaw who together with his buddy Andy decided to be the first people ever to run all 1000+ kilometres (600 miles) of the Vistula River... in less than a month. And in traditional form, Alan asked our host PatrickNey to go for a run on one of the hottest days of the year. How did Patrick manage?  

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