Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
Forming the industrial heartland of Central Europe, along with the Czech lands, Silesia has been split and fought over by all great powers including the Austrian Habsburgs, Prussians, Germans and Poles. Filled with resources such as coal, the railroads to move product and factories to produce, it is no wonder why it has been so …
A land dotted with fulsome farms, powerful rivers and bountiful forests, Poland is a pastoral paradise. This is reflected in the character of the Polish people, who have a intrinsic connection to the land and its harvests. Yet, it is a small region tucked in the southern tier of the country that has captured the …
Every time I visit Poland, a friendly pole will ask me “Will you go to Zakopane” and when I answer no they suddenly become animated and end with “Well… You Really Must Go To Zakopane”. After multiple visits to the country I can finally say that their love for their mountain paradise is not misplaced …
The Polish capital is one that has seen enough triumph and tragedy to scar a nation, yet today the city is a modern industrious paradise and one of the most potent economic zones in the EU. The dynamic city has seen its center rebuilt from the fantasies of after the horror of the Second World …
The prototype for the stunning townhouses found in dutch Amsterdam, Gdansk is one of the most important Hanseatic ports of old. This Baltic city has been an important hub of culture for both Poles and Germans alike and a city with a clout almost unmatched by other regional cities in either country. Gdansk is not …
Lazily, the Nougat River in Northern Poland, passes by Marienburg. Once the headquarter of the multinational Teutonic order, very little in the strange modernist town but the castle reminds us of their presence. The old German outpost now has little Germans and the bombed out city core was rebuilt by the soviets to reinforce that …
By the looks of a busy summer day at Auschwitz it is difficult to feel the horror that awaited thousands upon thousands of Jews as their awaited their cruel fate, cowering together in gas chambers. The peak tourist season bring in crowds numbering in excess of two million people, as such consider visiting during winter …
If any place has adapted to the post soviet world, it would Kraków. The old royal capital has emerged from its grey soviet cloak with a renewed vigour. A visitor today would not believe that this once small agrarian city, with a dusty old town, would become one of the tourism capitals of Europe. With …
In this segment we are taking our shot at evaluating a handful of polish macros. This is a follow up to our popular article on Balkan Brews. For those less familiar with the region, Polska lies on the Beer-Vodka line. In this land the hard and the hoppy stuff aligns in terms of quality, a …
