Agata Pyka and Richard Greenhill
From talking animals to Macauley Culkin, here are seven of Poland’s most interesting Christmas traditions.
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Agata Pyka and Richard Greenhill
From talking animals to Macauley Culkin, here are seven of Poland’s most interesting Christmas traditions.
The new game focuses on Ciri, the adopted daughter of Geralt of Rivia, the main character of the previous installments in the series.
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Eisenberg’s upcoming movie, A Real Pain, was filmed in Poland and is based in part on his family history.
The coin, depicting King Sigismund III Vasa, was described by the auction house as “exceptional” and “almost uncirculated”.
Right-wing opposition parties voted against the bill, arguing that Silesian is a dialect of Polish rather than a language in its own right.
Kraków’s “Lajkonik” is a bearded horse rider supposedly representing 13th-century Mongol invaders.
The discoveries include an “intricately made arrowhead” from the Mierzanowice culture, which was present in the area around 2,300-1,800 BC.
At 426 square metres (4,585 square feet), the window is slightly larger than a basketball court.
The church says the money made from renting out the building will help fund modernisation of its energy system.
Alex Webber
Activists warn that the city wants to squeeze out residents and gentrify the area.
The most popular writer in Poland for the fifth year running was crime and thriller writer Remigiusz Mróz.
Filip Mazurczak
“White Courage” focuses on a little-known episode of WWII history.
Only a dozen or so such finds have ever been made in Poland.
State research agency CBOS found that 86% of Poles take part in the tradition of blessing a basket of food in church on Holy Saturday.