The long-awaited latest film by Pedro Almodóvar is finally about to premiere in Polish theaters. Awarded with the Golden Lion in Venice, with the outstanding performances by Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore – Almodóvar’s first full-length English language feature is a powerful story about friendship, motherhood, life choices and infinite love of life. Based on…
The Museum of Warsaw prepared a new temporary exhibition for the enthusiasts of both – the city itself and its cuisine. “For Here and To Go” presents 800 years of the history of food in Warsaw – from the Middle Ages to present day. Through the collection of archaeological discoveries, archival materials, everyday objects, photographs…
The starting point for the new temporary exhibition at the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, was the assumption that the exhibits gathered and presented in ethnographic museums called “folk art” always have two authors, who come from two different social environments. The first one – “a folk artist”, actually makes the object. The other –…
After years of preparation and over 5 years from the start of construction works the new premises of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw finally opened for the audience, accelerating the cultural heartbeat of the capital. The new building is situated in the heart of the city center on Defilad Square along the western…
The Warsaw Uprising Mound in the capital’s Czerniaków was created from the rubble of Warsaw after its annihilation during World War II. From the late 40s to the mid 60s it was gradually becoming an artificial hill and afterwards overgrown with vegetation. Today the hill commemorating one of the most important events of international significance…
The latest film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Drive my Car”) is a story of Takumi and his daughter Hana, who live in a village surrounded by the stunning wild nature. Takumi provides wood and water to his neighbors and collects wild wasabi for a local restaurant. Their quiet and peaceful life changes when a company from…
One Thursday a month, at night, The Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw opens only for adults. The “Lates 18+” offer entertainment and innovative approach to science (each one with a different theme) and include interactive galleries, workshops, movie screenings, shows, games, lectures, meetings with experts, concerts and alcohol beverages. This month’s adult evening will open…
The Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków is offering free admission to key permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as museum lessons in November. The audience can see, among others, The Representative Royal Chambers with the “Long live the king! Coronations of the Saxon Wettins at Wawel” exposition, Ottoman Turkish Tents, Castle Underground, Wawel Recovered and…
The new immersive exhibition at Farbyka Norblina in Warsaw takes viewers on a multisensory trip through Salvador Dalí’s eccentric, pioneering mind, focusing on the artist’s scientific approach and his fascination with theory of relativity and the fourth dimension. His works, full of dreamlike landscapes and surprising, enigmatic elements, where time and space are formidably deformed,…
The Museum of Dollhouses, Games and Toys presents a permanent exhibition with, among others, over 150 fully furnished classic dollhouses, as well as miniature shops, schools, hospitals, hair salons and other service facilities. Presented exhibits come from all over the world and the oldest are over 200 years old. For decades these classic toys, with…
Muthana Hanaysheh is a Palestinian pediatrician based in Warsaw, who has been living in Poland for 11 years. He works in a children’s hospital and has his own private practice. Every free moment he spends with his close ones – beloved wife, almost 1 year old daughter and friends. He managed to meet for an…
The Museum of Life Under Communism in Warsaw offers a real treat for those who wish to go back in time and experience the every-day reality of the 1944 – 1989 communist era in Poland. Presented artifacts bring back bittersweet memories for older generations. For those, who were lucky enough not to live through it,…