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Postcards mean more now since they take some effort to write and send.

The world needs to keep this joyful aspect of travelling alive

The effort involved in sending a postcard has changed its status. Nowadays, when your loved ones receive a postcard, they know you’ve gone to a lot of effort.

  • by Tim Richards
The old resort town of Sopot in Poland.

Forget the Med: Europe’s new, surprising, summer holiday hotspot

It’s easy to forget there are beaches in Europe beyond those fringing the Mediterranean Sea. But a change in weather patterns is driving a shift in attitudes.

  • by Sarah Marshall
A monument to Chopin in the Lazienki Park at autumn, Warsaw, Poland.

This city is not pretty, but it has something that makes it beautiful

Warsaw will never make it onto most-beautiful-city lists. It isn’t even Poland’s most beautiful city.

  • by Brian Johnston
Milk bar

A ‘milk bar’ in this city is not what you might expect

These much-loved and original vestiges of comfort food are everywhere in this historic Polish city.

  • by Anthony Dennis
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Foodies: You can’t take yourselves seriously until you’ve made these

Italy has its ravioli, Japan has its gyoza, and Poland has this tasty sweet or savoury dumpling.

  • by Ben Groundwater
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A view of the old town from above.

Europe’s best undiscovered city (you probably can’t pronounce the name of)

Wroclaw might be the most attractive, underrated destination in Europe, with its striking architecture, buzzing energy and avant-garde attitude.

  • by Brian Johnston
Jasna Gora Monastery near Czestochowa is Poland's national shrine and has been a pilgrim destination since the Middle Ages.

Why you should visit Poland's Jasna Gora Monastery

How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it, according to one hilarious and knowledgeable priest.

  • by Brian Johnston
The riverside with the characteristic promenade of Gdansk, Poland.

Travel tips and advice for Gdansk, Poland: The nine things you should do

Including the definitive World War II museum, stunning heritage architecture and, of course, dumplings.

  • by Rob McFarland
Szalom na Szerokiej

Krakow's 10-day Jewish Culture Festival is the biggest Jewish festival in Europe

It is a rich, wild cultural smorgasbord and, after 30 years, word has spread. Poland's "Jewish Woodstock" is the biggest Jewish festival in Europe, some say the world.

  • by Karen Pakula
Gorgeous Krakow at sunset.

Thirty years after the fall of communism, this is Europe's next boom destination

Thirty years since the fall of communism, this is a country transformed.

  • by Brian Johnston

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