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Spanish Restaurant Best of 2010

Mar.10.2011

It may already be March but it's never too late to take stock of what contributions last year gave the city of Warsaw, including its culinary scene which cont...

Euro 2012 Ticket Sales Begin

Mar.1.2010

Registration for ticket sales has begun for the Euro 2012 championship, which will be held in Ukraine and Poland. Warsaw is one of the four Polish cities th...

Coke Bins Bring Relief from Cold Snap

Feb.25.2011

Those who've spent a while outdoors in the last few weeks, have likely spotted at least a few smoking cast iron bins dotted around the city. No, they're not gar...

Valentine's Day in Warsaw

Feb.14.2011

Warsaw is no longer immune to the western holiday of Valentine's Day, a relatively new addition to the calendar here in Poland. And while flowers are still mo...

Cello Competition in Warsaw

Feb.6.2011

The Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition has begun in Warsaw with sixty-six participants in the running. Hailing from twenty-one different count...

Warsaw Jazz Club Recognized

Jan.26.2011

American jazz magazine DownBeat has named Warsaw’s prestigious Tygmont club in their list of 150 best jazz clubs in the world published in their 2011 February...

500 Days to Euro 2012 in Warsaw

Jan.24.2011

Only 500 days remain until the kick off of the Euro 2012 football championship which will kick off in Warsaw on 8 June 2012 and continue on in cities across Pol...

Fashion Pops Up in Warsaw

Jan.20.2011

An unusual new structure has popped up on Bracka street in central Warsaw - a sort of mysterious black cube. Those brave enough to venture inside will be joined...

Great Orchestra Raises 37 Million Zloty

Jan.10.2011

Since it first began in 1992, the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity has grown into what is, by far, Poland’s biggest single charity event. Characterized by...

Warsaw Rings In the New Year

Jan.4.2010

Warsaw welcomed the new year with celebrations across Warsaw as fireworks illuminated the sky at the stroke of midnight. The largest public party took place ...

Poland's Highest Distinction for Poet Szymborska

Dec.29.2010

The Presidential Chancellery in Warsaw has announced that celebrated Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska has been awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's high...

Metro Expands Artistic Ambitions

Dec.17.2010

Warsaw's metro system has always tried to incorporate a little art and culture into our daily commute, such as with the annual Poetry in the Metro festival. The...

In Honour of Marie Curie

Dec.5.2010

Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska, is set to be honoured in Poland next year as parliament adopted a resolution to name 2011 the year of Marie Curie. Along wit...

The Great Christmas Illumination

Dec.2.2010

Central Warsaw will transform into a winter wonderland this weekend with the "Great Illumination". Every year, downtown Warsaw, particularly the Old Town, Krako...

Warsaw Re-Elects Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Nov.29.2010

Poland headed to the polls last week in a nationwide election for local government, which saw the re-election of Warsaw's mayoral incumbent Hanna Gronkiewicz-Wa...

Poland's First Science Centre Opens

Nov.6.2010

Visitors to Warsaw this year have been continuously greeted with exciting new additions such as the newly renovated Chopin Museum, and now, the Copernicus Scien...

Skip Traffic by Cycling Warsaw

Oct.31.2010

Warsaw's traffic jams have long been a source of frustration for many of its residents who commute to work from its outer lying districts and suburbs. Recently,...

New York Philharmonic Visits Warsaw

Oct.28.2010

One of the world’s most prestigious symphonic orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, will be stopping in Warsaw for two performances this month. The Philhar...

Road Tragedy in Central Poland

Oct.13.2010

Eighteen people were killed in a head-on collision in heavy fog approximately 80km south of Warsaw near the town of Nowe Misato nad Pilica on Tuesday morning. ...

Tadeusz Slobodzianek wins Book of the Year

Oct.4.2010

The annual Nike award, which recognizes the best Polish literary achievement of the previous year, has been awarded to Warsaw resident Tadeusz Slobodzianek fo...

A Festival Across Cultures

Sept.23.2010

One of Warsaw's cultural highlights, the Cross-Culture Festival, begins this month on the 26th and will continue until 2 October. The goal of the festival is to...

An Autumn of Jazz in Krakow

Sept.15.2010

As much as we love Warsaw, we won't lie - an escape to the medieval city of Krakow is something we relish. And what better reason to head south than the royal c...

Poetry in the Metro

Sept.14.2010

The third edition of the Poetry in the Metro ("Wiersze w Metrze") festival has kicked off in Warsaw's underground. The event will fill the metro's trains and st...

Airport's Planned Closures Begin

Sept.03.2010

As we reported in January of this year, Warsaw Chopin Airport planned several closures for the month of September. The airport's runways are set to be repaired ...

Wooden Cross Continues to Cause Controversy

Aug.25.2010

Over the last few weeks, one particularly contentious story has been making headlines in Warsaw and across the country. The tale is that of the wooden cross ...

Better Connected in Warsaw

Aug.16.2010

The city of Warsaw is extending its efforts to better connect the residents of the city in a number of ways - both physically and virtually. Work has begun o...

Polish Athletes Return from Barcelona

Aug.2.2010

The Polish athletic team has returned from Barcelona, nine medals in tow, where they had been competing at the European Athletic Championships from 27 July to...

66 Years Since the Warsaw Uprising

Jul.30.2010

This weekend Warsaw will mark 66 years since its fated uprising against German occupiers from 1 August until 2 October 1944 when Polish resistance forces surren...

EuroPride Kicks Off in Warsaw

Jul.15.2010

Europe's annual LGBT event, Europride, is taking place in Warsaw this week. This is the first time Europride has taken place in a Eastern European country and m...

Komorowski Wins Presidency

Jul.8.2010

Following an inconclusive presidential election earlier last month, where no single candidate won over 50 percent of the required vote, a second run-off elect...

Second Stage of Presidential Elections

Jun.28.2010

Poland is in the midst of the second stage of its presidential elections following an inconclusive election earlier this month to replace Lech Kaczynski, the ...

Ready for Warsaw's own Museum of Modern Art

Jun.17.2010

There are many modern and contemporary art galleries across Warsaw, including the well-known Zacheta National Gallery of Art and the Centre for Contemporary Art...

Polish Priest Beatified in Warsaw

Jun.8.2010

Over one hundred thousand pilgrims travelled from across Poland to Warsaw last weekend to witness the beatification of Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko nearly ...

Warsaw Deals with Aftermath of Flood Wave

May.27.2010

As waters recede in the Vistula, the city must now deal with the aftermath of the flood wave which swept through Warsaw and remained a threat for nearly a week....

Warsaw Battles Flood

May.25.2010

The atmosphere has been tense in Warsaw as flood waters continue to threaten defences across the city. What began as a long spell of heavy rainfall in southern ...

International Book Fair Kicks Off in Warsaw

May.19.2010

Publishers, bookshops, media, librarians, authors, artists, and most of all book lovers will gather en masse at the Warsaw International Book Fair which this ...

Tourist Routes Launched Across Warsaw

May.05.10

The Warsaw public transportation committee, the ZTM, has announced the launch of this season's tourist routes across the city. Many of the tourist routes sa...

Presidential Race Begins

Apr.29.2010

Following the death of President Lech Kaczynski earlier this month, Poland has begun preparations to elect his successor. Parliamentary speaker and acting pre...

Warsaw Bids Kaczynskis Farewell

Apr.19.2010

A week of national mourning, in in honour of the plane crash which killed the President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria, and all 94 other passengers in western R...

Ceremonies Set To Continue As Planned

April.16.2010

Despite the chaos caused by Iceland's volcanic eruption, the Polish government will not be postponing this weekend's ceremonies. Both Saturday's memorial servic...

Polish President Killed in Plane Crash

Apr.10.2010

The Polish president Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and scores of high-ranking officials and historians have died in a plane crash in Smolensk, Russia. The delegatio...

Mosque Controversy Continues

Mar.31.2010

The Muslim League in Poland has begun construction of the biggest mosque in Poland - a modern, three-story structure with an 18-metre high minaret. The mosque w...

Prince Charles and Camilla in Poland

Mar.16.2010

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall are passing through Poland for a three day visit as part of a tour that will continue to t...

Warsaw Marches for Women's Rights

Mar.09.2010

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...

Grand Opening of Chopin Museum

March.1.2010

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...

Chopin Museum to Reopen to Public

Feb.23.2010

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...

Sleds Not Cars!

Feb.15.2010

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...

Warsaw Ranked as Reasonably Liveable City

Feb.11.2010

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...

Warsaw Hosts Euro 2012 Draw

Feb.09.2010

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...

Daniel Libeskind Ponders Warsaw

Jan.28.2010

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...

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