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Three cheers for the birthday girl: Łódź hits 600!

Celebrations are already underway to mark the 600th anniversary of the birth of Łódź. Grzegorz Michałowski/PAP

Celebrations marking the city’s 600th birthday reach a climax tomorrow – TFN’s Alex Webber uncovers what makes the city so special.

Warsaw role-play café thrust into the limelight after Polish and Italian PMs pop in for a cuppa

Billing itself as “a sci-fi and fantasy asylum”, the Paradox Café in the capital’s Muranów district has long been well-known among a certain sub-section of the capital, specialising in board games with names such as Patient Zero, Neuroshima 3.0 and Abyss.

Bank’s stylish makeover aims to ‘stir national pride’ with chic café appearance

Celebrating Polish design with many of the fittings and furnishings produced by local firms, architect studio Schwitzke Górski said: “We wanted to find a common narrative that connected Poles and also stirred their national pride.”

Today’s news round up in Poland

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

Artists unite for unique auction to raise money for Ukraine

Involving some of the biggest names in Polish art, an online auction organized by Café Bergson in Oświęcim is underway to raise funds to finance language courses for Ukrainian refugees.

Featuring top name eateries and drinkeries, capital’s largest food hall opens with aplomb

With an interior designed by Bernatek Architects, ‘Food Town’, covers five historic halls and 3,200 square metres of the former Fabryka Norblina (Norblin Factory), making it the largest space of its kind in the city.

Hotels resume operations in Poland

Hotels in Poland resumed operations on Saturday but only at 50-percent capacity, restaurants and cafes will open on May 15 but only for customers sitting outside as part of measures easing lockdown restrictions.

Getting back to normal! Bars, cafes and restaurants to reopen and no more facemasks in the streets as Govt. says lockdown restrictions to be lifted

From May 4 shopping malls, art galleries, museums and building material and furniture stores will reopen. Hotels will be able to resume operations on May 8 but only at 50-percent capacity, and restaurants, cafes and bars on May 15 but only for customers sitting outside. May 15 will also see lifting of facemasks in public.

Iconic café ‘inspired by temples of Ancient Greece’ back in business after loving restoration

Originally opened in 1911, Café Berg was where locals would flock to drink beer, coffee and goat’s milk whilst enjoying concerts and views gazing down on gondoliers in the summer and ice skaters in the winter. 

Restaurants raise record breaking 300,000 PLN to help those in need

Despite the hardships faced by restaurants and cafes because of lockdown, the altruistic businesses donated 10 percent of their earnings to help feed underprivileged children in Poland and the developing world.

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Most expensive coin ever sold in Poland is auctioned for jaw-dropping PLN 3.24 million in just one minute

Considered one of the rarest royal coins in the world, the legendary 50-ducat coin of Zygmunt III Vaza minted at the Crown Mint in Bydgoszcz went for a staggering PLN 3.24 million in the lightning-fast audition at the Raffles Hotel in Warsaw.

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