30% of Poland is covered by forest. That’s a lot, and there are ways for you to use it. Some people coming to live to Poland were not blessed with having such wonderful forests in their countries of origin. Poor souls have no idea about forests, and how it could be a great place to [...]

Welcome to Polandian on Sunday with a brief summary of what happened this week in Poland. 1. Eurovote? Poles couldn’t care less This spring over 500 million Europeans will vote for 736 Members of the European Parliament. European Parliament is a legislative body which has a say (together with EU Council comprising heads of governments) [...]

Welcome to Polandian on Sunday with a brief summary of what happened this week in Poland. 1. The Polish-Polish pierogi war. Pierogi, dumplings with many varieties of filling, are a Polish specialty. They have also become the subject of a major row. As businesses serving pizza are called pizzerias, those serving pierogi are called pierogarnias. [...]

Friday, 1st of August, was a day devoted to remembrance of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Its heroism and glory, that had to be concealed during the years of communism. Now in full shine thanks to the massive media coverage… hours of live broadcasts on all news channels, metres of tape and pages of text have [...]

[edited June 20th, 3pm] This is a follow up from Ian’s post just below. Read his post first, and then come back to mine. Done? Ok. The book in qustion was not published yet. However it has already become the subject of a heated debate. Fragments were published in one of the dailies. Television presenters [...]

Polandian is always there to report on interesting things going on around the country. On Saturday the 7th I went to Warsaw to experience the Warsaw Pride March… We’re Polish, we’re queer and we’re not going away. photo: PAP Warsaw Pride is a march in support of gay and lesbian emancipation, non-discrimination and equal rights. [...]