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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. Piotr Goszczycki

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.

WSE's WIG and WIG20 indices set new records

The WIG, the oldest index on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), rose by 0.37 percent to its highest value in history on Tuesday while the WIG20 grew by 0.61 percent to a three-year record high, the WSE reported on Tuesday.

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16th century Wrocław coat of arms uncovered in school assembly hall after found hidden behind plaster

Dating from the turn of the 20th century when the school was founded, the city’s coat of arms was in use from 1530 to 1938 when the Nazis ordered that all the old coats of arms be replaced with a new two-field one.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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