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To Lublin with Love! Following a flurry of foreign media excitement about Lublin, Webber’s World says ‘I told you so!’

Peppered with words such as “stunning”, “vibrant” and “beautiful”, a Guardian travel piece about Lublin was quickly seized upon by the Polish press. Wojtek Jargiło/PAP

It is under clear summer skies that Lublin is at its finest – an almost genteel quaintness that becomes instantly apparent when exploring its hushed, shaded courtyards and winding, little streets.

A magical place such as Sandomierz deserves a magical place to stay – and it has it!

Alex Webber travels to the delightful little town of Sandomierz where he finds Widnokrąg, a place of art, culture, grace and hospitality, the very essence of the town itself.

‘Four Musketeers’ to breathe new life into capital with plant-covered pop-up Brixton-style complex

Based on a similar concept to pop-up Brixton and Bangkok’s Art Box, the solar-powered, five-storey, vegetation-covered complex will have three main zones: food and catering, service and commercial areas (with small boutiques of Polish designers), and an events hall dedicated to workshops, exhibitions and lectures.

Top 5 articles:

Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy

Life

New vid game takes nostalgic players back in time to 1990s Poland

Set in a fictional small town and backed by a Disco Polo soundtrack that includes a tune called Polskie Las Vegas, teaser screenshots of the game include an open-air bazar where users wander a market selling jeans and tracksuits.

The first report:

Duda absent on climate summit photo
Duda tells COP28 human needs must be at heart of energy transformation
MPs file motion to Poland's top court over c. bank governor
PiS to campaign against opposition's amendment to windmill law
Tusk expects his government to be formed on Dec. 11 or 12

Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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Comic Book Museum in Kraków

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