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1. New Year’s Eve
In Poland, you can spend this special night 250 metres below the ground, at an open-air concert, at the opera or in a monastery, amongst many other places. The tradition of New Year’s Eve festivities ...
2. New Year
In the Gregorian calendar New Year falls on 1 January. In Poland it is a public holiday. According to Polish customs, in many regions across the country on New Year’s Day, homes are visited by carolle...
3. Skis made in Warsaw suburbs take the slopes by storm
...winter 2014/2015, I’m preparing a new model—the skis for slope riding at high speeds and with long turns, with altogether different specs,” reveals Girtler. He ultimately envisages producing 100 pairs...
4. Wine frozen on a vine
Freezing winter is the best time to harvest grapes for ice wine. The first such wine in Poland was produced near Krakow. Common in these areas since the 18th century, Poland’s wine tradition is now be...
5. Ski jumping champions
...Winter Olympic medal for our country. Despite winning the qualifier, Fortuna was not seen as a medal favourite. After jumping farthest at the K-90 hill, the Polish athlete was flabbergasted. “I had be...