The world of fashion is most often associated with Paris. Few people know that Łódź, a city in central Poland, closely related with the textile industry since its beginnings, significantly contributed to the development of 20th century fashion. Hard to believe? Then welcome to the HELENA BOHLE -SZACKA. DIFFUSION exhibition at the Central Museum of...
Mushroom picking, for which this year’s season is coming to an end, has a very long tradition in Poland, that has turned into a real national hobby, if not an obsession. Mushrooms can be picked everywhere, except in nature reserves, national parks and very few private forests. This contrasts with the Netherlands, where the custom...
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin or Frédéric François Chopin? A concert with the story of Chopin, his backgrounds and his Polish and French roots. Bozena Kopczynska – story teller Clara Biermasz – piano 16 Oktober 2021, 16.00 | OBA Oosterdok, Amsterdam The presentation will be in Dutch. Details and tickets: see Dutch page.
40 million books sold, translated into 49 languages! Their author would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Stanisław Lem was a visionary, a brilliant writer of science-fiction literature who, a few decades ago, foresaw the emergence of social media, among other things. On the centenary of his birth, the Sejm of the Republic of...
Professor Piotr Oczko of Jagiellonian University in Krakow is an author of an intriguing book “A Broom and a Cross’’. The Culture of Cleanliness in Holland, or the ‘’History of an Obsession”, recently translated by Paul Hulsenboom and published in Dutch by Primavera Pers. Dutch purity and orderliness was often described in travellers’ reports. Servants...
Amsterdam and Poland have more in common than meets the eye. Did you know that many buildings in Amsterdam are built on wooden trunks that came from Poland? Amsterdam and Poland share a long history that started with trade relations some 700 years ago. Watch the movie “Polish Traces in Amsterdam” to discover more.
Another fantastic news for Polish film industry – ‘’Corpus Cristi” directed by Jan Komasa has been nominated for an Oscar this year!!! It has also received four nominations for European Film Awards, for: best film, best director, best leading actor (Bartosz Bieleni) and best script (Mateusz Piesiewicz). It tells a story about religious dilemmas and...
Have you ever been to Gdansk? No? You must visit this cosmopolitan city as soon as travel restrictions get lifted! It has been home to Guenter Grass, German writer, born there in 1927 who is Nobel’s Prize winner in literaturein in 1999. Not many people know that Grass was also a sculptor and graphic designer....
Did you know that National Museum in Warsaw is one of leading art institutions in Poland? It is worth visiting not only because of remarkable art collection but also because of the building itself. Its modernist design makes it one of most recognizable landmarks of Warsaw. The museum remains closed but until 20th December you...