Author name: Paulina Lipiec

Stanisław Wyspiański lived at the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries in Kraków. He was one of the greatest Polish artists and a real „Renaissance man”! During his life he was a painter, a poet, a playwright, he designed clothes, furniture and stain glass windows, decorated church walls and ceilings with his […]

Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki was born in 1640 in Kulczyce (today a village in Ukraine). When he grew up, he got a job at the East Trade Company and thanks to this merchant’s job, learnt a few foreign languages, among them also – Turkish! And it was exactly a business trip in 1683, when the siege

I know that officially they say the first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, and the first step on the Moon was made by Neil Armstrong. But here in Poland we know better! Already in the 16th century we had our first countryman both in space and on the Moon. Read the story yourself! In

It’s a loooooong weekend in Poland again! On Thursday (so yesterday) was a holiday – The Feast of Corpus Christi, which is a bank holiday in the country. Many people take Friday off, and thanks to that they can cherish a 4-days long weekend! And what do Poles love doing during long summer weekends? Of

Have you ever pickled cucumbers? Poles LOVE pickles! And not only pickles, we also love gherkins, marinated and – probably most of all – małosolne cucumbers! Małosolne you can really only get in spring time, when the cucumbers are young and fresh. This season is really short, probably that’s why we all love them so

Not sure if you’re aware that next week, May 26th, is Mother’s Day in Poland! It’s a very important holiday both for big and small ones! Apparently, already in the ancient times people celebrated Mother’s Day, but then it was mostly a celebration devoted to Mother Earth, as the one who gives us food and