Polandian welcomes a new contributor this time around, with Paddy from Pozdrowenia z Ursynowia making his debut. With his first effort, he touches on a favoured subject of his… The Babcia Brigade. ********************************************************************************************* Yes, it’s that time of the year again: The final 6 contestants have been selected, the votes cast and counted and the [...]

It’s a Christmas caption competition in the sense that it’s happening at Christmas time. Gather your family around the monitor after Christmas (eve) dinner and encourage them to invent witty alternatives.

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL POLANDIAN READERS, CONTRIBUTORS AND TO THE WORLD IN GENERAL.

Each reader of Polandian probably has a mobile phone with them or near them, showing how all-pervasive telecommunications technology has become. Poland is no stranger to telecommunications, with probably every second advertisement on TV being for a mobile phone operator. With that in mind, we will test how familiar you are with the logos of [...]

Moving on from previous geographical logos, we will now try to look at some logos and icons found in everyday life, beginning with the retail sector. The logos below are examples of Polish retail firms of all kinds, which can normally be found on the streets and roads of Poland. So, if you are someone [...]

Polandian’s much-loved caption competition is back! To be honest, the reason I stopped doing them was because so many prominent Poles were killed in the Smolensk disaster that for a long time I couldn’t be sure the people in the pictures I had chosen weren’t tragically dead. At least one of the people who appeared [...]

Polandian has previously looked at the logos of the main cities found in Poland. This time will be somewhat of a step up as we look at the voivodships (województwa), more commonly known as the regions within Poland. Once again we look at the coats of arms that represent the regions. There are 16 voivodships [...]