Lately, there’s a new trend in Warsaw and it looks like its gaining popularity among young people. Like many other big cities, where historic buildings downtown are turned into luxury hotels, shopping centers or bars and restaurants, Warsaw now has its own old spots that have been brought to life and quickly became the center of city life. Looks like first-rate bars and restaurants in classy old buildings is a winning formula as history being all authentic adds value and creates a feeling you can’t get in a brand new place.

I had a history professor at the University of Warsaw who just loves telling lame jokes. Every time we talked about British history, he used to say that in 1863 when we in Poland were fighting in a January Uprising waving little swords around, the first line of the tube was opened in London. So much when it comes to compering polish development with other countries. Let's have a look at the Warsaw metro right now.

 

Those of you who read world news probably heard the political situation in Poland is quite tense last years.  I’m not sure if this is the right place to discuss our government’s decisions but it goes without saying it’s getting worse and worse every day. But many say there’s a light at the end of the tunnel as there’s one politician giving us (or at least some of us) hope for the better future.

For centuries Poland was considered to be one of the most Catholic countries in the world as the conservative polish society was faithful to traditional values. Adding up the Polish Pope John Paul II that reign in the Vatican for 27 years, we had a full picture of Pole-Catholic stereotype.  

Some time ago I wrote a post about students in Poland. As you probably already know, I’m a student of two universities: Warsaw School of Economics (SGH, where I study International Economics) and University of Warsaw (Law). It’s definitely SGH that I call MY university, even though I’m almost an alumni there. Despite all the flaws that SGH has, I’m really glad that that was the uni I picked and I’m happy that I could spend 5 years there that had such a huge impact on my life.

I know that a lot of you are planning to go on Erasmus in Poland so I decided I’ll make a couple of posts about polish universities to make your choice easier.

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Katarzyna. 

Those of you who know me are fully aware of the fact that I’m a foodie, I was simply made to enjoy food and that’s what basically on my mind 24/7. Most of the articles I read about the best things in Poland are all about polish culture, monuments, cities and so on but what I think is truly important here, it’s the food. So to encourage you to come or to recall nice memories, I’m starting the new category on the blog which is polish food, right away.

Last year when I was in Milano on my Erasmus, my favorite Italians fell in love with Ptasie Mleczko, the most recognized chocolate polish confectionery. I’m not surprised because it’s so good that once you try it, you suddenly become a huge fan.

 One of the most popular Poland’s cities among tourists is Cracow, associated mainly with old castle and polish kings. I hope that one day I’ll be able to provide you with a full guide to all the places there that are worth your time. But for now, I want to show you more modern site of this historic city starting with the state-of-the-art culture hub. 

The Małopolska Garden of Arts designed by Ingarden & Ewy Architects is a cross between two institutions: the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre and the Malopolska Region Library.

Polish producers of computer games have only 0,56% share in the global market. Let’s be honest, I’m not a gamer, I can barely name any of the popular names (I hope that The Sims counts). But in Poland, even such a layman as me knows exactly what The Wicher is.

Last year, on 3 October 2016, tens of thousands of women boycotted their jobs and classes and took part in a protest against the efforts by the nation’s conservative leaders to tighten Poland’s already restrictive abortion law. The initial protest was inspired by an all-strike more than 40 years ago by the women in Iceland, when 90% of them refused to go to work, cook, or look after their children for a day in October 1975. In Poland, women marched through the street of biggest cities wearing black as a sign of mourning for their reproductive rights. Pro-choice demonstrations were held in solidarity also in other European cities including Berlin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Belfast London and Paris.

As you know I’m an international economy student so I would really like to know a  bit about the Polish economy. That’s why I planned a couple of posts concerning that subject. Poland is not very famous for its brands (maybe except a couple of vodka companies, which in truth are not so Polish at all) and that’s a shame because there’s a lot to be told in that matter. There’re many world-renowned polish companies, the only problem is that barely anyone knows that they have a polish origin. That’s why I want my blog to be not only about Polish culture, tradition, society and so on but also about Polish business.