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Rynek

With or without its Christmas Market, Wrocław’s main square is Poland’s best

With its roofs dusted with snow, there’s few finer sights than the Rynek in December. Maciej Kulczyński/PAP

With its roofs dusted with snow, there’s few finer sights than the Rynek in December. Yet even outside of these months it’s a place to cherish and hold to your heart.

Time for Tykocin

Once upon time, town records show that when Zygmunt August was staying locally the town touted ten inns selling mead, 15 dealing vodka and a further 36 specializing in beer.

Rzeszów: The South East’s Little Secret

The First News goes way down south to explore the little gem of Rzeszów.

The Big Break: Kazimierz Dolny

Hemmed in by the Wisła on one side and a steep gully on the other, there’s good reason why this is regarded as one of Poland’s crown jewels.

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Culture | History | Life

How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Exclusive

Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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