POLISH CHRISTMAS MARKETS 2023
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POLISH CHRISTMAS MARKETS 2023

Christmas carols and illuminations, local crafts and art works, mulled wine, gingerbread, chocolate and local delicacies – all with open-air concerts and performances, mill wheels, carousels, pyramids and ice-skating rinks. What’s not to love about the Christmas Markets tradition? Here’s what Poland has to offer this holiday season. WROCŁAW Until January 7 The Christmas Market…

Podkarpacka Philharmonic still lifting the rafters after 70 years
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Podkarpacka Philharmonic still lifting the rafters after 70 years

The Podkarpacka Philharmonic invites you to concerts at its headquarters in Rzeszów, where musicians will have been sharing their music for almost 70 years in 2024. The Artur Malawski Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra of the Podkarpacie Philharmonic in Rzeszów has been very active in artistic activities not only in the country but also internationally for almost…

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…

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…

From Oz to Central-Europe
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From Oz to Central-Europe

Nathaniel England is a 25-year-old Australian lecturer and international security expert. After completing his master’s degree at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, he was offered the opportunity to teach there. Nathaniel spoke to Poland Weekly about his experience moving to Poland and finding success here. Could you briefly introduce yourself? Hi, my name is Nathaniel, I…

CLOUT Festival – the first and only Worldwide Rap Festival in Poland

CLOUT Festival – the first and only Worldwide Rap Festival in Poland

CLOUT 2.0 is coming! On the 8th and 9th of July 2023, in an improved formula and a new location, in the very centre of Warsaw, on Łazienkowska Street, near the Municipal Stadium, several influential international artists will perform! This year’s line-up features: LIL UZI VERT, KODAK BLACK, RAE SREMMURD, YEAT, J.I.D, COI LERAY,  $NOT,…