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Intercity rail carrier handles record number of passengers

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Railway company PKP Intercity carried a record number of passengers in the first six months of this year, the company has reported.

Having a rail of a time! Train enthusiast sets record for travelling over 700km in 24 hours on a one day ticket

Setting off on his odyssey at 9.37am on Tuesday morning at the train station in Będzin, Piotr Goszczyński finished 24hours later with five minutes to spare in Katowice having travelled a staggering 740.8 kilometres.

Poland sees record LNG deliveries amid fears of Russian supply cuts

A record number of five tankers will deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) to an LNG terminal on the Polish coast in March as tensions between Russia and the West mount owing to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Mountain lacemakers set new record for ‘world’s largest’ lace doily

Measuring 5.32 metres in diameter, with a surface area of 22.2 square metres and requiring 61 kilometres of thread and fourth months to make, the giant doily is larger than the world record of 5m in diameter set in 2013.

Last year saw new record for Polish Investment Zone

The year 2021 saw record-high investments in the Polish Investment Zone covering Poland's entire territory, a deputy development and technology minister has told PAP.

Abakanowicz installation smashes art auction record after going for eye-watering PLN 13.6 million

Depicting 83 child-size figures, the monumental work entitled ‘Bambini’  consisting of a cluster of androgynous figures devoid of heads and identities, is now the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in Poland.

Wróblewski painting most expensive piece of art ever sold in Poland after going for staggering 13.44 million PLN

Entitled ‘Two Married Women’, the painting by Andrzej Wróblewski which was sold at Warsaw-based art auction house DESA Unicum, is both the most expensive painting ever sold in Poland and the most expensive overall artwork ever sold on the Polish market.

PKN Orlen records 52-pct y/y increase in revenues in Q3

Polish energy company PKN Orlen saw revenues climb by 52 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2021, the firm announced on Thursday.

Record-breaker! Abakanowicz statues become most expensive artwork ever sold in Poland

Entitled "Crowd III” and depicting 50 hollowed out figures made out of burlap, the art installation went for a staggering PLN 11 million, which after the hammer fee was added rose to 13.2 million. 

Warsaw restaurant breaks world record for tallest ever pancake tower

Taking 90 minutes to prepare the base after a wobbly table threatened to derail the whole attempt, it then took the Mr. Pancake team over two hours to carefully stack the 166 sponge disks to reach a whopping 102.4cm.

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Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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