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The seven quirkiest places to stay in Poland, from a remote glass bubble to a luxury tent

If you’re wondering how to spice up an autumnal staycation, this intriguing list of locations comprises everything from trendy country retreats to stylish cabins and grandiose train carriages. wBAŃCE

If you’re wondering how to spice up an autumnal staycation, this intriguing list of locations comprises everything from trendy country retreats to stylish cabins and grandiose train carriages.

Today’s news round-up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

New study reveals Poland’s top tourist destination - and it’s probably not where you’re thinking

Titled “Tourist values in counties and their surroundings”, the paper by the Central Office of Statistics, GUS, sought to determine which towns and regions offered the best tourist experience as determined by various key factors.

Sixteen Polish castles awarded Google Golden Pins

Awarded to places rated highest by Google’s users, the castles and palaces have been crowned with the Pins to signify their popularity and essential touristic value.

Today’s news round-up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Top secret: inside Poland’s elite spy school

Set up 50-years ago, the Intelligence Personnel Training Centre in Stare Kiejkuty was the only intelligence training facility in the Eastern Bloc located outside the Soviet Union.

To Lublin with Love! Following a flurry of foreign media excitement about Lublin, Webber’s World says ‘I told you so!’

It is under clear summer skies that Lublin is at its finest – an almost genteel quaintness that becomes instantly apparent when exploring its hushed, shaded courtyards and winding, little streets.

Poles spend 50 pct more on holidays in 2022 - stats office

The expenditures of Poles on travel and tourism in 2022 stood at PLN 86.6 billion (EUR 19.44 billion), representing year-on-year growth of 50.1 percent, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Thursday.

Krakow, Warsaw among Europe's top tourist value cities - Belgian press

Krakow and Warsaw are both in the top 10 of European cities in 2023 in terms of the value for money they offer tourists, Belgium's Le Soir newspaper reported on Friday.

Head off the beaten track this weekend to explore some of Poland’s lesser-known gems

WEBBER’S WORLD: Webber offers up seven outside tips to enjoy a less-travelled Poland.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
Culture | History

‘Tarantino-style western’ about Kościuszko Uprising wins coveted Golden Lion award for best film at Gdynia film festival

VIDEO: Dubbed a ‘Tarantino-esque Western in 18th century Poland’, the film’s compelling blend of grotesque violence and black humour is set against the tumultuous backdrop of Poland in 1794, when Tadeusz Kościuszko, the eponymous 'Kos', returns to Poland to with a freed slave to rally support among the peasantry for his insurrection against the Russians.

The first report:

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  • Court bans justice minister from commenting on Agnieszka Holland
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  • Polish authorities have 'lost control' of relations with Ukraine says Tusk
  • Poland's EU cohesion funds stalled until conditions met says commissioner

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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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