Warsaw

Fascinating history of Uprising plaques scattered across Warsaw and of the man who designed them

Known colloquially as the Tchorek plaques after the artist who designed them, they mark the places in and around Warsaw where predominantly Poles, but also Jews and Soviet prisoners of war, were shot, hanged or burned by the Germans during the brutal occupation of the city in World War II. Kalbar/TFN

There are more than 200 of them and each bears the words: “A place sanctified by the blood of Poles killed for the freedom of their homeland”.

It’s Fat Thursday and time to go nuts for donuts. But DONUT eat too many!

TFN’s Alex Webber goes behind the scenes of two of Warsaw’s primary donut joints to find out what all the fuss is about. Six hours and 60 donuts later, he began to understand.  

Warsaw museum launches film comp to document connection 9 million descendants of Polish Jews around the world have to Poland today

The fourteen winning films will be featured in a POLIN museum exhibition which includes Roman Gutek, founder of the Warsaw Film Festival and film distribution company Gutek Film.

The turbulent history of Warsaw’s silver screens laid bare in new book on the city’s cinemas

They’ve witnessed cultural renaissance, occupation, totalitarianism and economic transformation: Warsaw’s cinemas have seen it all.

Home is where the heart lies: how Warsaw shaped Chopin and won his heart forever

TFN looks at the life of Chopin in Warsaw and how the city influenced the budding composer’s life and work.

Star Gazer: Poland’s Best-Known Chef, Wojciech Amaro, Looks Into The Future Of Polish Gastronomy

In the first few weeks of opening his new restaurant, visitors have included Massimo Bottura, the chef patron of Osteria Francescana, a three-star restaurant ranked No. 1 in the world, as well as Alain Passard of the eighth ranked L’Arpège.

Fascinating commie map of postwar Warsaw shows paranoid officials heavily censored the landscape

Cold war mania about security meant railway lines, train stations and airfields were deemed too sensitive to be shown, even though a map published two years before showed all of them in detail.

Stock exchange debut far from amazing, but what a year for XTPL, says TFN’s Nick Westerby

While this may not have been a glorious day for the Wrocław company, the share price has risen 165.43% since last year when the price was 81 PLN per share.

Epic aerial shots of Poland capture the heart: Interview with Maciej Margas

The sky really ISN'T the limit for Maciej Margas and his partner, Aleksandra Łogusz. When every other photographer was content with standard drone shots, Maciej took to higher skies. 

Polish flag carrier to launch new flights from Budapest

LOT Polish Airlines will launch two new connections from Budapest in September, to Brussels and Bucharest, the airline and Ferenc Liszt Airport in Budapest announced in a joint communique on Thursday.

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