Poland
Opinion
Tips & advice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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