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When travelling abroad you often see amusing names for everyday objects/foods that would cause a raised eyebrow and a giggle were it ever to go on sale back in your home country. In a country where the best selling male/female fragrances are David Beckham’s and Paris Hilton’s offerings you are likely to encounter some even [...]

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I’m sure most of you will of seen the Polish coat of arms, the white eagle on flags, signs, coins and the Polish football team’s shirts. The White Eagle emblem originated from when Poland’s legendary founder Lech saw a white eagle’s nest. When he looked at the bird, a ray of sunshine from the red [...]

Polish film posters are known by connoisseurs for their originality in graphic design, use of color, and subject matter. Unlike American and Western European film posters, photographs are rarely used. Instead, Polish film distributors commissioned well-known graphic artists to design works that would catch the eye of pedestrians on the street. It was a not [...]

Polish festivals are where the cream of society head to drink the finest wine from goblets, sing jolly songs, dance merry dances and discuss the political implications of the US Missile Shield. Take Woodstock 2008 for example, taking place in Kostrzyn near the German border (I’ve been there and it’s full of brothels and alcohol/cigarette [...]

A report in “Zycie Warszawy” (Warsaw Life) newspaper (14 March 2008) commented that a poll among Euro-travellers had voted Warsaw one of the most boring capitals in Europe. Tourists in Poland tend to head to Krakow, Gdansk and Wroclaw rather than the capital. Whilst these cities may be aesthetically better off than Warsaw, it does [...]

Poland has some pretty cool and crazy street art, especially in Warsaw. Let’s take a look: