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Kraków and Gliwice unveil new graduation towers to help the people breathe

All you need is the air that you breathe: the new graduation tower in Gliwice. Andrzej Grygiel/PAP

The structures create a mineral-rich mist by dripping saline water through brushwood.

Spectacular observation tower to once again crown Śnieżnik mountain nearly 50 years after controversial demolition

Inaugurated on 9th July 1899, the 33.5-metre tower – adjoined by a shorter 18-metre structure – was built with the purpose of providing views from the so-called Silesian Mont Blanc and quickly became a hit among hikers of the time.

Capital’s historic Prudential tower, embodying everything glamorous about interwar Poland, reopens as luxury hotel

TFN’s Alex Webber takes a look at the building’s extraordinary past and its stunning reincarnation.

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History | Life

Identity of mystery woman photographed nearly 40 years ago uncovered following museum appeal

Taken in Wrocław by world-renowned photographer Chris Niedenthal, the photo shows a young, rosy-cheeked woman in a floral dress, leaning one arm against a concrete balcony as the other appears to brush back a lock of her raven hair. Originally published in a German magazine in 1982, the photo quickly became as iconic as the building itself.

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Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

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