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…
The European Day of Languages has become an inspiration for the Polish Culture NL Foundation, www.polishculture.nl to organize a symposium devoted to multilingualism in upbringing and education. An important part of the activities of the Foundation is the promotion 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,…
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…
Language Diversity in Amsterdam Growing up in a multilingual family The European Day of Languages is the inspiration for The Foundation Polish Culture NL in cooperation with OBA Oosterdok to organise an event to encourage the use of parental native…
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,…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Polish literature is extremely rich and Poland has five Nobel Prize winners in this field. We want every Polish, Dutch or English bibliophile to have access to the treasures of our literature. Polish branch in OBA – We…
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…
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…