Pablo Picasso, Michel Foucault and Margaret Atwood were all in Poland at various points during its period under the communist regime. These visits proved to be quite influential – and ultimately ...

You’ve heard of international superstitions like ‘don’t walk under a ladder’, but how about some exclusive to Poland? The 13 super-Polish beliefs presented here include why you shouldn’t count pierogi ...

Włochy is the Polish word for Italy. But do you know where it comes from? Certainly not from Italy... Looking at the Polish map of the world, one thing that might strike you as a bit confounding is ...

Two WWII films about Squadron 303 hit cinema screens within a fortnight of each other. As we examine key plot points, we reveal which was the more accurate – and perhaps which was better. Hurricane ...

In the late 19th century, Georg Brandes made several trips to Poland. Encounters there with Russification, censorship and political oppression made the influential Danish writer fall in love with the ...

The indisputable master of cosmetics responsible for Rita Hayworth’s red curls and the look of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein. He invented liquid-foundation makeup, put lipstick into its present form ...

The story of Polish royal regalia is a tale of lost treasure. The most valuable items of this kind were stolen toward the end of the 18th century and later destroyed, giving rise to myths about their ...

The Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź is a Polish museum renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary art pieces. Culture.pl takes a look at nine key artworks that will be on permanent display ...

Polish folk music has managed to survive and even grow from strength to strength thanks to certain key people. One of those people is undoubtedly Andrzej Bieńkowski and his Muzyka Odnaleziona project.

A third of Poles live in residential blocks of flats. Even though prefabricated multi-family buildings are a staple of the Polish landscape, they are surrounded by myths and legends. But what’s the ...

The most famous Polish traveller, tireless explorer, versatile researcher and humanitarian. He travels to all continents except Antarctica. It was Strzelecki who gave the highest peak in Australia its ...

If we ventured into the warehouses of public museums, we would come across dozens of artistic textiles gathered during the communist era. Textile experiments were carried out by constructivist ...