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Sensational archaeological discovery hidden beneath Gdańsk’s town hall ‘rewrites’ city’s history

The discovery of a wooden defensive rampart from the 930s means that there was a Slavic settlement in the area around the city's popular Długi Targ street even before the Polish state was first established by Mieszko I in 960. Adam Warżawa/PAP

The discovery of a wooden defensive rampart from the 930s means that there was a Slavic settlement in the area around the city's popular Długi Targ street even before the Polish state was first established by Mieszko I in 960.

‘Cursed’ town hall regains grand 17th century look after a ‘string of misfortunes’ including fire, lightning strikes and war

Costing a cool PLN 19 million, the project in Strzelin was authored by Maciej Małachowicz, an architect who has previously overseen several historical reconstructions, among them the castle in Będzin and the Pod Złotym Psem tenement in Wrocław.

Hot Damn, Poznań! City’s main square to undergo glamorous 135 million zł restoration

The project will involve the introduction of three ‘green islands’ that will feature flower beds, trees and seating as well as the debut of a vertical garden on the western wall of the Galeria Arsenał.

It’s not the sights that make Wschowa so special, it’s the atmosphere

Snuck away west of Leszno and with a population of just 14,000, ‘the greatest little town you’ve never heard of’ sits largely forgotten by the rest of the nation. And that’s good!

Zamość: Shortlisted as one of the seven wonders of Poland

The renaissance pearl that is the Old Town remains as striking and fresh as the day it was finished: a place of colonnaded passageways and shaded, leafy courtyards, it all leads to a mesmerizing square that stops you in your tracks.

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Science

Scientist’s extraordinary photograph of ‘nuclear magnetic resonance tubes’ wins top competition

Founded by Chemistry Europe, a European association representing over 75,000 chemists, the magazine challenged the public to submit images that demonstrated their passion for chemistry.

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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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