In Poland, there are many places visited ghosts, black dogs, devils and witches. Taking a innocent stroll, one might vanish without a trace in the forest or be unfortunate enough to step into a cursed ...

The sweet, and at times dark, story of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute’s beautiful headquarters on one of Warsaw’s most ...

The colourful Polish tradition of making ‘pisanki’, or Easter eggs, is more or less a thousand years old. There are dozens of regional varieties, and the most outstanding specimens are exhibited in ...

A big round of applause, standing ovations, shiny faces in the spotlight – there’s only one place where you can tap your troubles away. Everyone’s invited to this entertaining world. Let’s embark on a ...

October in Poland – the leaves are turning yellow and red; the days are getting shorter and while shopping for your next warm ...

Horror never fully settled into Polish cinema, however, it took off in video games. Here’s a review of some of the most ...

You’ve heard of international superstitions like ‘don’t walk under a ladder’, but how about some exclusive to Poland? The 13 ...

In 1843, a prince with a death sentence hanging over him moved into a derelict townhouse on Paris’s Île Saint-Louis, filled ...

Han Kang’s writing explores memory, life after catastrophe and places where past events have left a deep imprint on the ...

In the opera ‘Mothers of Kherson’, music becomes the voice of mothers heroically fighting to get back their stolen children.

When you consider that any professional pianist today would hope to have a minimum of 30 engagements a year - and a busy one perhaps more than 100 - it comes as something of a surprise to learn that ...

In July 2011, over 200 Poles gathered in the shadow of Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and danced to Super Junior and T-ara – in ...