by Aleksandra Dąbrowska | 30 Jan 2017 | Polish news
2,000 tickets available for open days of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk were sold out immediately. It may have been the last chance to see the original museum exhibition as it is the subject of a dispute between the museum management, authorities of...
by Monika Kardaś | 15 Jan 2017 | Leisure & Travel
Tricity is definitely one of the most beautiful and interesting places in Poland. It boasts vivid history that reflects in both architecture and local culture. Most tourists come here to learn about the Solidarity Movement, lay down and relax on the beach or have fun...
by Aleksandra Dąbrowska | 12 Jan 2017 | Polish news
As of this week in Gdańsk, fans of winter walks and birds are able to feed ducks using distributors of bird food called “kaczkomaty” (a portmanteau from the words “kaczka” – duck and “automaty” – machines). Kaczkomaty are wooden distributors with small packages of...
by Weronika Gall | 17 Oct 2016 | Polish news
An American surgeon has reconstructed two Polish children’s facial nerves. Ten-year-old Tomasz and eleven-year-old Wiktoria have undergone the first procedure of this kind in Poland. They both had their facial nerves paralised and they are hoping to be able to...
by Monika Kardaś | 5 Oct 2016 | Polish news
She just went shopping and lost probably all her savings. An 85-year-old from Gdansk had a lot of luck, because the bundle, in which she kept over 5,000 euro and 100 dollars, was found by an honest customer of a store. The man took the cash to the nearest police...
by Monika Kardaś | 2 Aug 2016 | Polish news
26 million cigarettes smuggled from Malaysia were taken over in Gdańsk by the officers of the Polish Central Bureau of Investigation (CBŚ). If this illegal action had come into effect, the budget could have lost almost 30 million zloty. Customs and police officers of...
by Monika Kardaś | 20 Jul 2016 | Polish news
He was on his way to London but his plans were thwarted by a cautious lady who informed the jet’s crew about a suspicious dark-skinned young man. He was immediately taken off the airport, as it is required by the current regulations. The 26-year-old Armenian got...
by Monika Kardaś | 15 Jul 2016 | Polish news
Everything started on Monday: heavy rains and terrible storms accompanied by extremely strong wind have been rolling by the whole country. Firefighters have been working almost round the clock for the whole past week. The wind was breaking trees and blowing off roofs,...
by Monika Kardaś | 13 Jun 2016 | Polish news
Mirosław Skwarek, a cosmetic-jewellery entrepreneur from Gdynia, is a part of the team that came up with the idea of an electric, solar-propelled boat. Many people were sceptical about it but they persisted and today sailors from all over the world are buying the...
