Igor Mitoraj (born 1944) left Poland immediately after the studies at the Fine Art Academy in Kraków (ASP) where he had been taught painting by famous Tadeusz Kantor. He went to Paris where he began his career as a painter and graphic artist, and where he soon had an exhibition in the La Hune...

The National Museum in Warsaw, established in 1862 as the Museum of Fine Arts, is one of the oldest art museums in Poland. After Poland regained independence in 1918, the National Museum became an important item in the plans of the new state and its capital city. Its modernist building was...

Great Poet Wisława Szymborska Passed Away
Critics often called her „Mozart of poetry”. While Swedish journalists called her „Greta Garbo of poetry” when in 1996 she came to Sweden to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. She started her lecture with...

During UEFA EURO 2012™, three group matches will be played in Warsaw: the opening match with an official ceremony, a quarter-final and a semi-final. There will be 58,000 fans in the stands. While enjoying the football events and watching one of the most beautiful and modern stadiums in...

The fourteenth European Football Tournament (8 June – 1 July 2012) will be organized in eight cities in Poland and Ukraine. In Poland these are: Warsaw, Poznań, Wrocław and Gdańsk. Accommodation Centers (Polish: Centra Pobytowe) are also to play an important role in the Tournament. Thirteen...

Europe is unifying, borders disappearing and it has become much easier to travel around the continent. Tourists from Poland and other countries of the former „eastern zone” can admire the attractions of Berlin, Paris, Rome and London. While tourists from the west can discover Poland,...

The National Philharmonic (Polish: Filharmonia Narodowa) invites in March and April to very interesting concerts. On the 20th of March, a concert dedicated to Prof Bronisław Geremek, an excellent Polish minister of foreign affairs, who rendered great services for European integration. The program...

In Warsaw, at 44 Złota Street, a unique residential building is under construction. It may become a showpiece to the capital of Poland. Its designer is the world-famous architect Daniel Libeskind. His design for the utilization of „Ground Zero” (with the monumental Freedom Tower), the...

Polish Poetry on the Underground
The „Poems on the Underground” project presents contemporary poetry in the underground and urban space. It was created in 2008, on the initiative of the British Council and the Book Institute (Instytut Książki). Its aim is to...

Leading hotel of Poland
InterContinental Warszawa is part of the biggest hotel chain in the world, InterContinental Hotels Group, awarded Europe’s Leading Hotel Brand 2011. Again, InterContinental Warszawa was granted for the third time in a row, the international...