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Joshua Bell Performs in Warsaw
Renowned American violinist Joshua Bell performed a charity concert this week in Warsaw's Opera House. Despite the cost of a ticket being the highest ever in Po... | Art and Culture |
Warsaw Film Festival: 6 Days Remain
The Warsaw Film Festival is in full swing in Poland's capital showcasing Polish and international talent in the world of cinema. The festival started on the 9th... | Art and Culture |
Students Arrive in Warsaw
It's that time of year again when students arrive en masse in Warsaw in preparation for another school year at one of the city's many institutions.
But, as ... | City Focus |
Polish Volleyball Team Return with Gold
This Polish men's volleyball team returned victorious to Warsaw this week. The Poles, led by Argentinian coach Daniel Castellani, managed to seize the gold meda... | Current Affairs |
Eurobasket in Full Swing
Eurobasket, the biennial European basketball tournament is now underway across Poland. Warsaw is one of the seven cities across Poland to host the event, with m... | Current Affairs |
Remembering WW2
World leaders are coming together in nothern Poland today to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War 2. The first ceremony began at 4:45am at Wes... | Current Affairs |
Polish Athletes Return from Berlin
The World Championships in Athletics have wrapped up in Berlin, where Poland placed in fifth place on the medal table. Polish athletes will be returning with tw... | Current Affairs |
Cowabunga, Warsaw!
Politics and celebrity gossip are usually the topics that make the news in Warsaw, but sometimes something a little more light-hearted catches our attention.
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Sto Lat, Madonna!
American pop icon Madonna celebrated her 51st birthday with 80 000 Polish fans on Saturday 15 August, during her concert at Bemowo Airport in Warsaw. Waving han... | Art and Culture |
U2 Thrill 70,000 in Chorzów
Last night at 21.10, while most of Poland was winding down after another day of work, 70,000 lucky fans went wild as rock legends U2 stepped onto their massiv... | Comment |
Top Gear Causes Stir in Poland
“A state of emergency has been declared in Poland today as the mass exodus continues,” a female newsreader grimly states, as a shaky hand-held camera captu... | Comment |
Ferrari speeds into Warsaw
Italian automobile giant Ferrari is planning to introduce its line of luxury vehicles to Poland this autumn.
Last month, Polish businessman and former E... | Business |
Dalai Lama visits Warsaw
The spiritual and political leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, visited Warsaw over three days last week.
During his trip he received an honorary citizenship f... | City Focus |
Making the Old Town Accessible
Warsaw's Old Town and Royal Way, the Krakowskie Przedmiescie, are by far the most popular tourist attractions in the city. However, visitors with mobility probl... | City Focus |
A Volatile Start to Summer
For the last few weeks, the whole of Poland has been fighting a streak of nasty weather as dark clouds opened above nearly every part of the country leaving flo... | City Focus |
Club Revives Modernist Building
Once a bustling ticket kiosk and entrance to a PKP (Polish National Rail) station, the Warsaw Powisle building has stood abandoned in central Warsaw for many ye... | Art and Culture |
Kibbutz in Central Warsaw
Israeli artist Yael Bartana has begun the construction of a mock kibbutz in the heart of Warsaw, as part of a video trilogy she is filming in the city.
A ki... | Art and Culture |
A Peaceful Parade
Colourful flags waved past the gray buildings of Warsaw this past rainy Saturday, as the 8th annual Tolerance March took place along central Marszalkowska stree... | City Focus |
Marking History
This past Saturday marked the anniversary of Karol Wojtyla's first visit to Poland as Pope John Paul II in 1979. A huge white cross was unveiled at the location... | Current Affairs |
Warsaw to Krakow for 38 Zloty
Ever since we at Warsaw Life can remember, travelling between Poland's two tourist capitals, Warsaw and Krakow, has always been something of a pain in the rear.... | City Focus |
The Trials and Tribulations of Vodka
Unfortunately, it's been a bad year for vodka. Food writers and bloggers have continued to question the drink's relevance in our cocktail culture and the Wall S... | Business |
Inheriting A Palace
Polish families, of aristocratic heritage in particular, have continued to struggle for the restitution of property in Poland since the fall of communism. The B... | City Focus |
Warsaw gets Euro 2012
Warsaw has been named as a primary city for the Euro 2012 football tournament.Poznan, Wroclaw also received good news. Cracow and Chorzow will remain reserve ci... | Current Affairs |
Ugliest City in Europe?
Users of popular travel website TripAdvisor, recently voted Warsaw as the ugliest city in Europe. Considering the heavy damage the city endured in the war, and ... | City Focus |
Uncertain Fate for Warsaw Squatters
It may not be as well-known as Poznan's Rozbrat, but the Elba squat, in Warsaw's western Zoliborz, does more than just play a vital part in the city's undergrou... | City Focus |
Starbucks Opens Today
Warsaw certainly doesn't suffer from a shortage of cafes, but those craving a bit of western-style java will be happy to hear that Poland's first Starbucks loca... | City Focus |
Jewish Life in Poland - in Brussels
An exhibition previewed in Warsaw in March is moving on to Brussels this April. Photographs, old paintings and documents depicting ten centuries of Jewish life ... | Art and Culture |
Pirates in Poland!
Recently, a gang of pirates were caught in Poland - and by that we don't mean your traditional, eye-patch-wearing, parrot-shouldered pirates, but the more moder... | City Focus |
Warsaw New Tourist Capital of Poland
In 2008, Warsaw beat out its traditional Polish rival to the south, Krakow, in its share of tourists. According to a survey carried out by Ipsos, the Polish cap... | City Focus |
Ta-ta Etiuda!
The disgusting little airport terminal of Etiuda will close for good in April 2009. Warsaw airport authorities finally gave in and admitted that the terminal wa... | City Focus |
Really nice guy visits Warsaw
On the final day of his Polish visit His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama met with Polish politicians in Warsaw and emphasised the importance of fundamental values... | Current Affairs |
Sillywester
Looks like the Warsaw authorities have excelled themselves yet again with the planned New Year’s Eve (Sylwester) Party. Over the last week there have been... | City Focus |
YO-HO-HUM?
The Christmas spirit finally hit Warsaw on Saturday evening as the Christmas lights from Nowy Swiat all the way down to the Old Town square were officially lit... | Comment |
Parade Square on the Chopin Block!
Sorry, but I have to admit to having a soft spot for the Palace of Culture and the surrounding Plac Defilad (Parade Square). Obviously its socialist realist gra... | Comment |
Kaczynski, shaken not stirred
Recently we have been bombarded with adverts telling us that James Bond loves his Sony Ericsson titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot mobile phone. In the new Bond mo... | Comment |
Warsaw's Scottish Mayor Remembered
On Sunday 16th November a plaque was unveiled in the heart of the Old Town in memory of Alexander Chalmers, a Scot who made his home in Warsaw in the 17th centu... | History |
General Sikorski to be Exhumed
Polish prosecutors have been given the go ahead to exhume the remains of General Wladyslaw Sikorski in an attempt to finally settle the mystery surrounding his ... | Comment |
Tragedy of All Saints Day
The road accident numbers for the All Saints Day holiday weekend never cease to shock. The 1st of November in Poland is a day given over to remembering the dead... | Comment |
Warsaw Life on CNN
During a week of programming focussing on Poland, Warsaw Life's correspondent Kasia Ostrowski highlights some of the best places to visit in the capital, to CNN... | City Focus |
CNN Turns Its Eye On Poland
CNN has kicked off a special week of coverage devoted to Poland. "Eye on Poland: Country at the Crossroads" takes a team of top CNN reporters right across the ... | Comment |
Yoko Ono in Warsaw
World-renowned musician and modern artist Yoko Ono arrived in Warsaw to open her second exhibition in Poland, titled "Fly," taking place at the Centre for Conte... | Art and Culture |
Missile Shield To Go Ahead
Warsaw and Washington put pen to paper on a preliminary deal this week to base part of the infamous US missile shield defense in Poland - despite strong Russian... | Current Affairs |
Poles Who Saved Jews Honoured in Warsaw
More than 60 heroes of the Second World War were honoured in Warsaw on the 20th of July. The elderly Poles had risked their lives hiding Jews from the occupying... | Current Affairs |
Zloty Hits Record Highs
The National Bank of Poland hiked up interest rates at the end of June, sending the zloty flying against the euro to a record high. The country's central bank r... | Business |
Warsaw Ghetto Hero Dies
Warsaw Ghetto hero Irena Sendlerowa, honoured by the Polish parliament last year, died in a Warsaw hospital at the age of 98. Working as a social worker during ... | Current Affairs |
New Terminal Opens at Warsaw Airport
Warsaw's Frederic Chopin International Airport has just received a much-needed face-lift in the form of a new terminal (or would that be more like an breast enl... | City Focus |
Warsaw Squirrels Go Nuts!
Well perhaps it's a bit early to classify Lazienki Park's red squirrels alongside the Wolves of Willoughby Chase or the Beast of Bodmin Moor, but one things for... | Comment |
BBC in Warsaw
The BBC Coventry & Warwickshire will be broadcasting from Warsaw this week, reporting on Tuesday and Wednesday about the American company which has lead the red... | City Focus |
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