Vistula

Daredevil dad makes dreams come true with 5,000km solo voyage on homemade raft

During his epic two month journey, Andrzej Łagowski from the village of Wisznice near the Belarussian border will encounter over 100 locks as he passes through over eight countries on his raft equipped with just a tent, refrigerator and camping stove. Gmina Wisznice/Facebook/Andrzej Łagowski

During his epic two month journey, Andrzej Łagowski from the village of Wisznice will encounter over 100 locks as he passes through eight countries on his raft equipped with just a tent, refrigerator and camping stove.

Designer comes up with floating co-working space, inspired by bubbles and accessible only by KAJAK

According to designer Agnieszka Białek’s website: “The concept uses new technologies and methods of creation and design. “The creative process was guided by ecological values, especially the limitation of degradation of natural ecosystems, allowing the coexistence of nature and architecture.

Two’s company: the lure of Toruń and Bydgoszcz

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

Two seriously hurt in helicopter crash

Two people were hospitalised with serious injuries after their Robinson R44 light helicopter crashed into the Vistula river near Sady, outside Warsaw, at about 14:00 on Thursday, the local fire chief informed PAP.

On 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, TFN’s Stuart Dowell looks back at the ‘battle that saved Europe’

The battle’s importance for Poland and the rest of Europe cannot be overstated. According to British diplomat Lord Edgar Vincent d’Abernon it is 18th in the list of the most important battles in the history of the world, ahead of the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Midway.

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.

How a-boat this! Huge 600-year-old shipwreck found at bottom of river Vistula

The archaeological team believe that the vessel, which is six metres wide and 37-metres-long, could date back as far as the 14th century and was most likely a cargo ship or punt used to transport up to 100 tons of goods in the times when Poland was Western Europe’s main grain supplier.

“The ghostly 'liberation' of a corpse city”: 75 years ago today Soviet forces arrived in Warsaw, transferring one totalitarian dictatorship for another

When the Red Army command crossed the Vistula on January 17, 1945, Soviet propogandists called it a liberation, a label that stuck for over seven decades. But as TFN’s Stuart Dowell notes, as early as 1944, the Soviet authorities in Praga had already begun building their terror apparatus to prepare the ground for the takeover of power.

Minister comes up with plan to save water as river levels drop

A minister has proposed a way of increasing water retention but some say it’s just a pipe dream.

German pilot killed in plane crash at Polish air show

A German pilot was killed as his plane lost control and plunged into the Vistula River during a stunt performance at the Płock Air Picnic in central Poland on Saturday, a spokesman for Poland's State Fire Brigade, Edward Mysera told PAP.

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