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Lambs of God Take On Warsaw Metro

Jan.26.2010

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 ...

September Airport Closures Planned

Jan.18.2010

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...

Lang Lang Kicks Off Chopin Year

Jan.07.2010

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 ...

New Year's Eve in Warsaw

Dec.30.2009

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...

Volatile Weather in Warsaw

Dec.23.2009

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...

Legia FC-brand Beer hits Warsaw

Dec.16.2002

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...

Pickpocket Crime Plummets

Dec.11.2009

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 ...

The Great Christmas Illumniation

Nov.27.2009

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...

Top 2009 Restaurants Announced

Nov.24.2009

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 ...

More Price Cuts for Trains to Krakow

Nov.19.2009

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...

Christmas Market Details Announced

Nov.12.2009

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...

Joshua Bell Performs in Warsaw

Oct.23.2009

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...

Warsaw Film Festival: 6 Days Remain

Oct.13.2009

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...

Students Arrive in Warsaw

Oct.05.2009

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 ...

Polish Volleyball Team Return with Gold

Oct.1.2009

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...

Eurobasket in Full Swing

Sept.09.2009

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...

Remembering WW2

Sept.01.2009

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...

Polish Athletes Return from Berlin

Aug.24.2009

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...

Cowabunga, Warsaw!

Aug.21.2009

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. ...

Sto Lat, Madonna!

Aug.17.2009

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...

U2 Thrill 70,000 in Chorzów

7 August 2009

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...

Top Gear Causes Stir in Poland

6 August 2009

“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...

Ferrari speeds into Warsaw

5 August 2009

Italian automobile giant Ferrari is planning to introduce its line of luxury vehicles to Poland this autumn. Last month, Polish businessman and former E...

Dalai Lama visits Warsaw

Aug.03.09

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...

Merchants Clash with Police in Central Warsaw

Jul.23.2009

Earlier this week, the city of Warsaw issued its final warning by court order to the merchants of central KDT market. With the lease finished, the city is inter...

Making the Old Town Accessible

Jul.14.2009

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...

A Volatile Start to Summer

Jul.06.09

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...

Club Revives Modernist Building

Jun.28.2009

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...

Kibbutz in Central Warsaw

Jun.23.2009

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...

A Peaceful Parade

Jun.15.2009

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...

Marking History

Jun.10.2009

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...

Warsaw to Krakow for 38 Zloty

May.27.2009

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....

The Trials and Tribulations of Vodka

May.26.2009

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...

Inheriting A Palace

May.13.2009

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...

Warsaw gets Euro 2012

May.13.2009

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...

Ugliest City in Europe?

May.07.2009

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 ...

Uncertain Fate for Warsaw Squatters

Apr.17.2009

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...

Starbucks Opens Today

Apr.08.2009

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...

Jewish Life in Poland - in Brussels

Mar.18.2009

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 ...

Pirates in Poland!

Feb.18.2009

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...

Warsaw New Tourist Capital of Poland

Feb.05.2009

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...

Ta-ta Etiuda!

Dec.16.2008

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...

Really nice guy visits Warsaw

Dec.12.2008

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...

Sillywester

Dec.11.2008

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...

YO-HO-HUM?

Dec.8.2008

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...

Parade Square on the Chopin Block!

Dec.4.2008

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...

Kaczynski, shaken not stirred

Nov.26.2008

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...

Warsaw's Scottish Mayor Remembered

Nov.17.2008

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...

General Sikorski to be Exhumed

Nov.11.2008

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 ...

Tragedy of All Saints Day

Nov.03.2008

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...

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