OPPORTUNITY MET PLANNING
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OPPORTUNITY MET PLANNING

Stacey Mugambi is a 25-year-old Kenyan based in Warsaw, who has been living in Poland for 2 years. She studies international relations and works as a project coordinator for the European Academy of Diplomacy. Even though she hadn’t considered coming to Poland, it turned out to be a perfect step in her long-term plans. How…

POLIN Award 2023
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POLIN Award 2023

Since 2015 POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has been awarding and distinguishing people and organizations that demonstrate important, extraordinary actions, which significantly impact on social awareness of the history of Polish Jews and on building Polish-Jewish relations. The winners of the award are social activists who consistently work to preserve the historical…

Polish Flowers
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Polish Flowers

The new family-friendly exhibition at the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw is a journey through Polish observances, full of riddles and mysteries, where flowers take the lead and guide viewers through the seasons and everlasting cycle of life. In seven colorful exhibition rooms, representing different times of the year and different life stages of both…

Time for winter miracles
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Time for winter miracles

Christmas spirit’s already all around with the premiere of the Immersive Nutcracker, The winter miracle exhibition at Warsaw’s Fabryka Norblina. The E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale about love and kindness, which inspired Piotr Czajkowski to compose his famous ballet, is now available to both – the grown-ups and the youngest viewers in a completely new, spectacular…

EVOLVER at the Opera Gallery extended
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EVOLVER at the Opera Gallery extended

The spectacular VR experience EVOLVER presented in this year’s edition of BMW Art Club. The Future is Art, at the Opera Gallery of the Polish National Opera, has been extended due to its huge success and the relentless interest of the visitors. Closing date has been moved to December 17, with the additional admission reservations…

YES AND NO, SO SAFE BUT THE SNOW…
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YES AND NO, SO SAFE BUT THE SNOW…

Alejandra Villena is a 26-year-old Peruvian student at the Faculty of International Relations and Department of International Security Study at Collegium Civitas. She came to Warsaw one year ago after her cousin recommended Poland as a good place to continue education. Not only geographically, but also culturally so far away… Why Poland?  I was thinking…

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
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A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Robert Maguire Jr. is a 51-year-old American tiler, Uber driver and tour guide in Detroit, Michigan. He visited Poland over a year ago on a two-week trip, that was a present from his mother for his 50th birthday.  What’s the story behind your mom’s idea to arrange a trip to Poland as a birthday present?…

Foreigner in Poland

MASOCHISTIC LOVE

Nataliia Druzhyna is a 25 year-old Ukrainian working as a project coordinator at the state-run Polish-Ukraine Centre Wolska, which was constituted right after Russia’s invasion on Ukraine in February. Nataliia herself came to Poland years before the war to study management and logistics in Warsaw. Why did you choose to study here? It may be…

KIEŚLOWSKI, WROCŁAW AND THE MATTER OF IDENTITY

KIEŚLOWSKI, WROCŁAW AND THE MATTER OF IDENTITY

Andrea Bandirali is an Italian economist who has been living in Poland for the past 18 years. Based in Wrocław, he is the Secretary General for the CEE at italDesk – an Italian Independent Business Agency. Connecting markets and people is your job and your mission. Is that how you first got connected to Poland?…

Out of the box

Out of the box

Gator Segbefia is a Ghanaian student from Kiev, who came to Poland a few days after the Russian invasion on Ukraine. Like millions of people of Ukraine, he fled the war and found shelter and friendship in Poland. You found yourself in Poland quite unexpectedly… Yes. I was a student and working in Kiev. I…

THE ROBBED THAT SMILES, STEALS SOMETHING FROM THE THIEF

THE ROBBED THAT SMILES, STEALS SOMETHING FROM THE THIEF

‘Othello, act I, sc. 3’  John Weisgerber is a Canadian theatre director, actor, and acting coach. He came to Poland 16 years ago and didn’t expect that what seemed to be just a temporary change to help out a friend, would in fact reignite his dream of a creative life and open brand-new opportunities to…

Dunia Pacheco

Connect and dance your way to self-acceptance

Dunia Pacheco, an Angolan dancer and dance mentor, came to Poland as a teenager 24 years ago with her parents and siblings. 3 years later, following her intuition and proving an immense perseverance, she made a decision to stay despite her family leaving. She successfully graduated high school, went on to study international relations and…