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Paweł Kuwik talks with Michał Niewiński, a Polish speed skater specializing in short track, a Beijing 2022 Olympian, junior world champion, and a medalist at World and European Championships. Photography: Bartosz MaciejewskiStyling: Ireneusz Korzeniewski @styleman, Berg official, Klasyczne buty Always smiling, cheerful, incredibly likable — I probably didn’t miss the mark describing your personality, did…
He wanted to be a gardener, was fascinated by reinforced concrete and rebar, loves music—especially the Beatles—and today designs homes that are like session music. Leszek Kalandyk, an architect and owner of LK&Projekt Architects, talks about why designing houses is so difficult and how he prepares to fulfill dreams. photographs: Bartosz Maciejewski When did you…
A night that in Poland always carries something exceptional —something that makes the New Year begin differently here: calmer, richer, and more beautiful. Winter in Poland holds a certain magic. When the first lights appear on city streets and December evenings wrap towns in a soft darkness, a time begins in which Poland reveals its…
There is one basic rule: the closer to the sea and the higher the quality of the location and architecture, the higher the price per square meter today—and the greater the potential for value appreciation in the future. Currently, the average asking price for seaside apartments is PLN 19,000–19,500 per m² across the entire Baltic…
In Poland’s real estate market, there are few locations that have maintained such stable—yet at the same time dynamic—value for years as apartments situated on the Baltic Sea. From the island of Wolin all the way to the Vistula Spit and Krynica Morska, the coastal belt remains one of the most sought-after investment areas in…
Premium real estate has one defining characteristic: its value does not stem solely from square meters or the quality of finishing, but from the uniqueness of the location. High-quality land by the sea, lakes, or in the mountains cannot simply be “produced.” Prestigious plots in city centers will not magically multiply. It is precisely this…
Polish companies still do not use solutions that could optimize their operations, lower costs, and improve efficiency. Eurostat data show that the digital gap is particularly acute in the area of AI. The result? Lower efficiency of the Polish economy. Yet change may be easier than it seems. MACIEJ KOWALIKexpert in planning and using artificial…
Polish enterprises are clearly changing their scale of operations. Foreign expansion is no longer the domain of the largest exporters —more and more mid-sized companies, manufacturers, and premium brands are entering new markets, taking advantage of the economic moment and the growing recognition of Polish design, technology, and services. SEBASTIAN ZAPORAManaging Director, Halupczok In the…
The November polls brought further reshuffling on the political scene, but they are not what is stirring the strongest emotions today. Public attention has turned to the sharp conflict between the European Commission and X, which has grown into a symbol of a much deeper dispute over the limits of free speech, the role of…
In March 2022, three weeks after Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, Kareem Dennis, a British rapper (performing under the name Lowkey) and political commentator, wrote on Twitter: “Greg Anderson, the current TikTok live-streaming manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, worked on NATO psychological operations. This is not how a free society works.” In 2020,…
The world nudges us, fights for our attention, and in the middle of it we try to keep it together… And so it happened: an important meeting, everything prepared, and I walk out of the room with that familiar thought: “This wasn’t how it was supposed to look.” Reality, like a river, likes to change…
When discussing Poland’s military security and our personal security, we most often compare ourselves with other European Union countries. We consider what it looks like here and what it should look like, and if something does function here already, we usually conclude that against other states we still come off worse. Here are a few…