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Two’s company: the lure of Toruń and Bydgoszcz

City of water: rivers and canals run through Bydgoszcz. Kalbar/TFN

Just a short train ride from Warsaw are two contrasting cities that lie only a stone’s throw apart.

It's our duty to honour Ukrainians who saved Poles - PiS leader

Poland's ruling party Law and Justice leader told participants of a meeting of Catholic broadcasters Radio Maryja and TV Trwam, in Toruń, northern Poland, on Saturday that it was the obligation of Poles to honour Ukrainians who saved Poles during the Volhynia Massacre.

Skyway Festival of Lights sees Toruń lit up in spectacular colour

The 11th edition of the spectacle will be a drive-thru event along a 5km course consisting of 12 zones.

Whopping 35-billion-pixel Toruń photo is largest panorama in Poland and one of the largest in the world

Photography duo Jadwiga and Marek Czarnecki took over 1,700 individual photographs of the Toruń skyline before electronically stitching them together to create the incredible panoramat. Zooming in, even the smallest details can be observed, with highlights including the Sailor’s Gate, the soaring steeple of the Church of the Holy Spirit, the solid dimensions of St. John’s Cathedral and the city defensive walls running along the bottom.

Torun remembrance park honours Poles who saved Jews in World War II

A National Remembrance Park was opened in the north-central Polish city of Torun on Saturday in honour of those who risked their lives to save Jews in Poland during the Second World War.

Enchanting little ‘origami house’ has two-fold purpose of ‘isolation and reflection’

Located in the city of Toruń, the design inspired by the ancient Japanse art of paper-folding has been billed by the architects behind it as a small and cosy space away from everyday life.

The natural look: hand-made cosmetics on a roll

Once small, the market for hand-made cosmetics is increasing as people go green.

Monumental effort: Poland’s historic monuments stand tall

As world marks International Monuments Day, TFN looks at some of Poland’s finest.

Cycling king proves he really is a CHAMP by offering frontline COVID-19 fighters apartments for free

The first Pole to ever win the UCI Road Race World Championship, Michał Kwiatkowski said he had “no words to thank healthcare workers” and that he was ‘opening the doors’ to his Toruń apartments for them to use.

Sto lat: Toruń marks 100 years of Polish rule

After being the bosses for decades in January 1920, the Germans relinquished control to the Poles.

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They say love don't come easy - but it does in Bielsko-Biała!

I must apologise if this column is not the academic or historical discourse that this city so richly deserves, but it is the Bielsko-Biała that revealed itself to me – it’s also the Bielsko-Biała that I fell desperately in love with. I’m pretty sure, you will as well.

The first report:

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  • Poland's Nato allies concerned about Polish visa scandal says Tusk
  • Polish official criticises Canada for honouring Ukrainian with Nazi links
  • Poland imposes vehicle checks at border with Slovakia
  • Polish defence minister signs offset deal with Lockheed Martin

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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