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From tongue-twisters that could save your life, to ones that could twist your eye. Here are the top ten Polish tongue twisters, thoroughly explained and annotated – not that it makes them any easier to pronounce!

What was Chopin’s favourite carol? It’s hard to imagine Christmas without carols. You can hear them everywhere: in shopping malls, cafés, on the street, on the radio and television. Here are the stories of those that are most popular.

Dec 6, 2017 · Most Poles receive their Christmas presents from Santa Claus – in this aspect, there’s nothing really exceptional about Poland. But did you know there are five other mystical figures dishing out gifts during the winter holiday season too? Culture.pl investigates the myths and even the maths when ...

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The accounts of Polish architecture are just as tumultuous and complex as the political fate of this part of Europe. Poland’s borders moved on multiple occasions, the partitions and loss of independence, wartime destruction, and finally, European funds now stimulating the construction market – all of these factors contribute to the image of Polish architecture.

Dec 12, 2013 · In Poland, Christmas Eve dinner is the one of most important celebrations of the year. Although this meal is reserved for the closest family, it’s customary to set an extra plate and seat for an unexpected guest, or even a vagrant. Most of the dishes served are cooked specifically for this special ...

Jan 1, 2025 · Spanning over 20 countries, the cultural programme of the Polish Presidency highlights the richness of Polish culture on a global stage. In addition to EU Member States, the programme extends to European Union candidate countries such as Serbia, Georgia, North Macedonia, and Moldova.

The 1990 American family comedy is an idiosyncratic icon of Polish Christmas. On the classic list of a Pole’s holiday associations, it could only be beat by a short list of nouns: Christmas Tree, Santa Claus, presents, and a couple of traditional dishes. Let us …

The Polish language has always had issues with the Latin alphabet. Ever since the 12th century, when the language first started to be written down in the Latin script, scribes were struggling to fit the mind-boggling abundance of Slavic phonology (estimated at that time to comprise 12 vowels and 33 consonants) into the 23 letters of the Latin alphabet.