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A year in travel: Webber picks out the best (and worst) from his journeys around Poland

As the curtain falls on 2022, TFN’s Alex Webber takes a personal look back at his travel highlights of the year… Alex Webber/TFN, Grzegorz Michałowski/PAP, Rafał Guz/PAP

As the curtain falls on 2022, TFN’s Alex Webber takes a personal look back at his travel highlights of the year…

Unique on every level, the Quadrille is the magical hotel that Gdynia deserves

Executed with deft aplomb, there is nothing in this hotel that feels like a misstep. Every surface, ever corner and every little nook has a purpose or some tiny magic detail: a trinket of some sort whether it be a book or a photo or some charming decoy to keep you amused. 

Beautifully illustrated book explores fascinating architectural heritage of trendy Gdańsk suburb

Set between the city centre and the leafy suburb of Oliwa, till now Wrzeszcz has possibly been better-known as the childhood home of Nobel prize-winning author Günter Grass. However, its patchwork of architectural styles also offer a telling glimpse into the chronology of the city.

Is Gdynia cool? Yes it is. But it’s also so much more

The energy that initially seduced me is still there, and if anything has grown all the stronger. Manifesting itself in a raft of top eateries and alternative hangouts, these have been ably complimented by a slew of modern attractions that range from the compelling Emigration Museum to a funicular cable car with vertiginous views of all that’s around.

Lublin beats off competition from SEVEN other cities to be named best place for investment

According to the study which looked at Warsaw, Wrocław, Poznań, Łódź, the Tri-City, Kraków, Szczecin and Lublin “…the business environment, the quality of office buildings and the availability of facilities that improve residents’ quality of life – in Lublin they are at the highest level.”

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  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
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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.

The first report:

  • EU minister calls for German action in support of Ukraine
  • Ukraine orders 100 infantry fighting vehicles from Poland
  • Poland enters price negotiations with US for Hellfire missiles
  • Polish-Korean consortium set up to produce K2 tanks in Poland
  • Polish farmers impacted by Ukrainian imports to get over EUR 210 mln

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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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