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Piotrków Trybunalski - a town of mystery and delight

An elegant backwater of sedate soul and spirit, watching the Old Town quietly splutter into life is a pleasing sensation. Kalbar/TFN

Tenderly renovated and charmingly subdued, it’s not difficult to see why  Piotrków Trybunalski’s Old Town vies with Łódź as one of the country’s most filmed cities: among others, Robin Williams worked here (Jakob the Liar) as too have heroes of Polish kino such as Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness) and the legendary Andrzej Wajda (Pan Tadeusz).

Wondering where to take a train? Choo-choose Elbląg!

Easily accessed by a picturesque trip on PKP (approximately three hours from Warsaw with a change at Malbork), Elbląg is a town that although remaining somewhat off the radar, nonetheless warrants lavishing with attention.

Town-scape: artist turns head with amazing depictions of cities

Famed for his urban landscapes, Tytus Brzozowski is now working on a project to paint 13 cities with a Polish connection.

Stay safe in Lublin: eastern town ranked as Poland’s safest city

The city is a rising star when it comes to the quality of life it offers to residents.

Get onboard The Matrix

Webber reveals his secret weapon for tracking down his favourite type of places, which this week includes a haunted castle and ends with a foamy adventure.

Europe’s oldest time capsule found in rural Poland

A proper blast from the past this week as Europe’s oldest hidden time capsule is revealed in Poland… What’s inside? Listen to this week’s Debrief to find out!

Oldest time capsule in Europe found hidden in church spire

The time capsule discovered by workers carrying out renovation work on a church in the small town of Ziębice, dates back to 1797 making it the oldest in Europe and the second oldest in the world.

Poles are GRUMPY! Karol Paciorek

Karol Paciorek dropped his studies to start Youtubing back in the wild days of 2010 and has gone on to dominate the Polish Youtube having produced over 2000 videos in the past 10 years. His 90 interviews with famous artists and people also include interviews with potential candidates for Polish presidents.

Emerging from the shadows of history, the town of Oświęcim has a lot to boast about

Often defined by its associations with the Auschwitz concentration camp, the town of Oświęcim is in the process of discovering a thriving new identity.

Righting the wrongs: four towns regain rights stripped by the tsars

The towns were stripped of their town status by the Russians in revenge for helping to support an uprising against Tsarist rule.

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Song and dance group revives unique traditions of Poland’s Lemko culture

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several Polish minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

The first report:

  • Poland's recovery plan to be ready by end-April
  • Poland considering purchase of Chinese-made vaccine
  • Polish State Treasury debt at EUR 242.7 bln in January
  • Poland to allocate EUR 154.8 million for Rare Diseases Plan
  • Polish companies to receive nearly EUR 1.6 bln from anti-crisis package

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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