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Sopot nanotech firm named one of world’s top 15 start-ups to watch

Sopot-based Nanoseen led by co-founders Bartosz Kruszka and Mikołaj Granuszewski develops innovative nanomaterials obtained through recycling metal wafers to build a NanoseenX water filter. Nanoseen

The Sopot-based company was named for its innovative use of nano-materials to create fresh water with a water filter which could become an essential item for disaster relief teams who respond to devastating natural phenomena such as earthquakes, floods, tornados, hurricanes and manmade disasters such as war.

Gifted artist ‘tears up rule book’ to create gorgeous bronze water sculptures

​​​Małgorzata Chodakowska from Łódż spends around 6 months to bring each sculpture to life with her amazing water technique.​​​

Documentary turns life-saving clams used to detect water pollution at Warsaw pumping station into internet stars

The film, ‘Gruba Kaśka’, focuses on the modest molluscs who live at the titular Gruba Kaśka (Fat Kathy) pumping station, which stands in the River Wisła, and helps provide millions of litres of water for the Polish capital.

Law-n and Order! No mowing grassland, councils say as they roll out urban meadows scheme

Facing the threat of drought and the need for savings, Polish cities have turned ‘avant-gardeners’ by banning mowing and creating ‘cheap ‘n’ easy’ flowery urban meadows instead.

President calls for rational water management

Polish President Andrzej Duda appealed for rational management of water resources, shortly after meeting with fruit growers in Dylewo, central Poland, on Tuesday.

Poznań designers come up with ingenious ‘water bollards’ to beat drought

The street bollards from Poznań-based Gąska Studio collect and retain rainwater which is then turned into steam by using a simple ultrasonic evaporator, and then released and evenly distributed.

Europe’s BIGGEST aqua park opens – and water lot of fun it is!

Costing over 170 million euros and using more concrete than that used to build Warsaw’s Palace of Culture, Suntago Water World is a tropical paradise.

Water good idea! Scientists devise new water treatment method

The treatment method is a novel form of hydrogen purification that will leave both tap water and rivers cleaner and healthier.

PM invites Poles to brainstorm on water and its accessibility

PM Mateusz Morawiecki has invited Poland's residents to take part in a national debate regarding water and its accessibility, and expressed his hope for an ocean of new ideas, "which will be beneficial not only to us but also our children and grandchildren."

Water world: TFN explores the mysterious pleasures of Warsaw’s historic Filtry Station

Still functioning after 133 years of operation, the Warsaw water works are an engineering marvel and one of the city’s must-see attractions.

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An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

From a personal point of view, it’s sheer depth of contrast comes somewhere near the top: lavish wedding cake palaces that reference the might once wielded by the city’s power players; futuristic office compounds; blackened, broken tenements; abandoned, creepy warehouses; restored redbrick factories; and PRL blocks of cosmic dimension.

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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