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Warsaw Marches for Women's Rights
A flower and a kiss are the typical customs for Poles on International Women's Day (8 March). However, many women in Poland also use this date as a time to spea... | City Focus |
Grand Opening of Chopin Museum
Grey, rainy skies welcomed the grand opening of the Chopin Museum where a group of officials, diplomats, and members of the press attended the opening ceremonie... | Art and Culture |
Chopin Museum to Reopen to Public
The 1st of March 2010 marks the grand reopening of this year's most anticipated cultural landmark in Warsaw - the Fryderyk Chopin Museum, located in the Ostrogs... | Art and Culture |
Sleds Not Cars!
Having faced nearly five months of a cityscape completely blanketed in white, it seems that Warsaw's residents have grown accustomed to the snowy state of affai... | City Focus |
Warsaw Ranked as Reasonably Liveable City
A recent survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked Warsaw as the 71st most liveable city in the world. The annual survey takes 140 ci... | City Focus |
Warsaw Hosts Euro 2012 Draw
Representatives from across UEFA's member associations as well as UEFA president Michel Platini gathered in Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science for the quali... | Current Affairs |
Daniel Libeskind Ponders Warsaw
Warsaw's public space and architecture has for years been a source of spirited discussion among Poles and visitors alike. After the majority of its landscape wa... | City Focus |
Lambs of God Take On Warsaw Metro
A new work of art decorating the Marymont metro station is causing controversy among the residents of Warsaw. Titled Boze Baranki ("Lambs of God"), the work by ... | Art and Culture |
September Airport Closures Planned
Officials at Warsaw's Okecie airport, the largest and busiest of its kind in Poland, have announced that the airport is scheduled to be closed for maintenance f... | City Focus |
Lang Lang Kicks Off Chopin Year
In celebration of 200 years since the birth of one of Poland’s most famous cultural figures, Frederic Chopin, 2010 has been named the Year of Chopin. Thousands ... | Art and Culture |
New Year's Eve in Warsaw
The full schedule for Warsaw’s public New Year’s Eve celebrations has been announced, with several Polish and international guests on the menu alongside the fir... | Art and Culture |
Volatile Weather in Warsaw
Freezing cold weather brought much of Europe to a halt throughout December, plunging to temperatures of -20 Celsius or more in Warsaw. A blanket of snow covered... | Current Affairs |
Legia FC-brand Beer hits Warsaw
Looking for a new and exciting way to show your support for Warsaw's Legia Football Club? Well now you can do so by purchasing Legion Pils, a new beer created b... | City Focus |
Pickpocket Crime Plummets
The Warsaw Police has announced that the rate of pickpocket crime in Warsaw has decreased by an impressive 35 percent. One of the most notorious spots for such ... | City Focus |
The Great Christmas Illumniation
Despite getting a bad rap as seeming, well, a little grey and humorless, Warsaw's annual tradition of lighting up its downtown over the holidays makes its centr... | City Focus |
Top 2009 Restaurants Announced
The Warsaw edition of one of Poland's top newspapers, Gazeta Wyborcza, has closed the 2009 edition of its Top Restaurants competition. This year, the nominated ... | City Focus |
More Price Cuts for Trains to Krakow
As we reported earlier this year, prices for train travel between Krakow and Warsaw is being driven lower and lower by fierce competition between providers in P... | City Focus |
Christmas Market Details Announced
The traditional Christmas Market, located on the Market Square of Warsaw's Old Town, is one of the city's top draws during the holiday season - and it's not har... | City Focus |
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 |
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