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Delightful watercolours show Lublin as you’ve never seen it before

Chęcińska, who goes by the names Beatha and Beathaart, started painting 12 years ago and says she is inspired by architecture, nature, and Polish and Japanese art and culture. Beata Chęcińska

Artist Beata Chęcińska said she focused on Lublin because “It’s a beautiful city, I've seen its change through the years. Every district has its own special atmosphere, especially the old part of the city. It fascinates me.”

It’s Brandt new: First large-scale exhibition dedicated to battle-painter Józef Brandt opens in Warsaw

Brandt is best known for his extraordinary paintings of 17th century military life and warfare, but new exhibition also has his oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and photographs.

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Stylish new dental practice that looks like a café is guaranteed to put a smile on your face

With furniture including armchairs, chandeliers, a raised “common table” with barstools and an island with a coffee machine and even a shelf of books, the interior by Warsaw-based Piotrowscy Design is aimed at calming patients’ nerves by removing the typical cold, clinical interiors of traditional dentists.

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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