The country whose culture proved particularly influential for Wajda was Japan, though his connection to it was initially ...

Monika Kucia speaks with Ewa Grochowska about the human bonds that influence cuisine and about what a wanderer carries in his ...

An international argument between Poland and the USSR nearly erupted due to an unusual triumphant gesture from the pole vault champion at the 1980 Olympics. Władysław Kozakiewicz's beaming face and ...

Like in most Central European countries, Christmas in Poland is a quaint and much-beloved affair. However, while Germanic traditions, like decorating trees, have spread so far as to be unsurprising, ...

It’s common knowledge that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but… By working on the visual side of books, graphic designers, illustrators and typographers help create the perfect reading ...

What sounds do you make when you’re stalled for words? And how well can you roll your ‘R’? The answers to questions like these often have a lot to do with your native tongue. What pronunciation ...

When summer comes to its inevitable end, Poles start foraging for fungi. But what exactly is it that has Poles so mushroom mad? And how can one get started? Here's Culture.pl's guide to mushroom ...

Everyone knows that Zamość is one of the world’s few embodiments of the popular Renaissance concept of an ideal city. But it wasn’t only in the Renaissance that the perfect model of human settlement ...

‘Let’s not live from guest to guest’, Wielopolska warned. Stryjeńska emphasized that the most important thing is to ‘control your anger when you get into a rage’. Ipohorska in turn recalled the times ...

In honour of the start of the European Championships this summer, here’s a look back at some Polish athletes who not only achieved great success, but broke records in their sports. From skiing in the ...

‘For whosoever shalt stealeth this book shall findeth himself hung from a tree!’ So reads an admonition written on Polish bookplates. Did the spell really work? Let us trace the road of this literary ...

Adam Mickiewicz Institute is delighted to announce that the Polish Pavilion The Poetics of Necessity, designed by Zofia Jaworowska, Michał Sikorski, and Petro Vladimirov, has won the 2023 London ...