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Auschwitz-Birkenau | Campbell Jefferys | Poland, Krakow, Krakow
There is nothing uplifting here, no tales of heroic resistance, of individual sacrifice to save others; there are only fences and towers, barracks and blocks, chambers and crematoria
Café life in Krakow | Isabella Tree | Poland, Krakow, Krakow
The enduring legacy of Krakow’s extraordinary capacity for survival, its tradition of stoical underground resistance and socio-political camaraderie, is a burgeoning café culture of steamy windows and smoke-filled cellars. This is a city where people still talk for hours; where the din of conversation rises exuberantly above the sound of musak and the rustle of newspapers.
Gdansk | Neville Walker | Poland, Baltic Coast, Gdansk
The guidebooks tie themselves in knots trying to unlock the conundrum of this unique city
Hotel from Hell | Vitali Vitaliev | Poland, Baltic Coast, Gdansk
The hotel was just a five-minute walk from the station. ‘Lido. Restaurant - NightClub’ ran a bright pink sign on its roof. Two burly security guards with square shoulders and broken noses blocked my way
Krakow | Dea Birkett | Poland, Krakow, Krakow
Krakow may be Poland's second city in terms of size, but in things spiritual, artistic, and cultural it's indisputably number one. No other city has so many historic monuments, or such a vast collection of works of art
LBJs of Poland | Sarah Anderson | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw
Many of the best ‘birding’ sites were in relatively ugly locations – by pumping stations or railway lines and I soon realized that the locality was immaterial to my fellow twitchers
May Day Parody | Rory MacLean | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw
In 1989 I began to write a sensible book on eastern Europe. Then a revolution tore down the Berlin Wall. Fifty years of totalitarianism - first under fascism and then communism - ended almost overnight
Poland's Mountain Chapel | Campbell Jefferys | Poland, The Tatras Mountains, Zakopane
If anything, the nuns were cutting a dash, their long robes glistening with mist, sturdy pairs of hiking boots poking out from below the hem
Poznan | Neville Walker | Poland, other regions of Poland, Poznan
The battle fought in stone and brick on the city’s streets was reflected in the era’s postcards, which variously depict Poznan, Posen, or both
The Incidental Tourist | Greg Clarke | Poland, Krakow, Krakow
There are many ways for those fond of travel to tell they are getting old.
Touring the Holocaust sites of Poland | Nigel Tisdall | Poland, Krakow, Krakow
It sounded like a holiday in Hell. Seven days touring some of the most harrowing Holocaust sites in Poland - Treblinka, Auschwitz, the Warsaw Ghetto
Warsaw: The View From a Stalinist Skyscraper | Neville Walker | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw
A little to the north the Old Town stands on the river’s banks, a huddle of red-tiled rooftops on a more intimate scale than the modern city.