Corpus Christi Holiday is always held on Thursday after octave of Pentecost. It is a holiday of the Holiest Sacrament and also the opportunity to publicly testify faith. On this day every parish organizes a Corpus Christi procession in the morning...
„Long Polish May Weekend” in Poland is the 1st and the 3rd of May (almost all shops are closed). The 1st of May is a Labor Day, the 3rd of May is the 3rd May Constitution celebration (Polish constitution, signed on the 3rd of May 1791, was the sec...
Śmingus Dyngus comes from 15th century and at the beginning it was a folk celebration. Śmingus Dyngus tradition says that boys and men should pour water on girls and women on that day. The tradition says that the wetter the woman gets the more luc...
On Easter Saturday people prepare baskets with food which they take to churches to be blessed. They are later on eaten during festive family breakfasts. The baskets always have bread, butter in shape of Easter lamb, sausage, something sweet and of...
Andrzejki (St. Andrews Eve). Traditionally it is a nigh of fortune-telling from 29 till 30.11 so, the St. Andrews Day Eve. It is an ideal opportunity to organize parties before the period of Advent. This is why in many schools, discos, clubs and h...
Independence Day is on the 11th of November. Every year this day is a bank holiday. The holiday commemorates regaining independence after 123 years of annexation of Polish lands (1795-1918). On this day military parades are organized. Often there ...
All Saints’ Day is held on the 1st of November. Preparations to this holiday usually start about 2 weeks in advance when people visit cemeteries to prepare graves for this holiday. During that time it is easy to encounter traffic jams near cemeter...
Fatty Thursday is Polish counterpart of British Pancake Day. Actually, to be more precise in Poland it is rather Doughnut Day. The holiday is always on the last Thursday before Lent Post. As Fatty Thursday date depends on Easter day, its date is c...
Things you may not have known about Polish Easter: 1. Preparations for Easter start a week before Ash Wednesday. On Thursday we have a Doughnut Day or Fat Thursday when we eat lots of doughnuts to prepare ourselves for lent period. 2. On Palm Su...
Palm Sunday is Easter Palms preparation. Palm Sunday date depends on Easter date and it is Sunday just before Easter Sunday, which can be between the 15th of March and the 18th of April. It commemorates Christ triumphant entry to Jerusalem when pe...
The Manufacture of sweets "Magic of Carmel" is located in the Pharmacy of Imagination, which is part of the Museum of Toys and Play in Kielce. In this place visitors will see how colorful lollipops and candies are magically made without the use o...
The Regional Museum of Onion Roll (cebularz) is the first living museum in Lublin, where during an interactive show with the participation of the legendary Esterka and the baker Frank, the origins of this wonderful baking for which the city is fa...
Knapów Vineyard is located in Krzczonowice, in the Ćmielów commune. It is situated on an area of 1.5 ha. It offers red, rosé and white wines. Among them there are dry, semi-dry and semi-sweet wines. In the Knapów Vineyard, guests can taste wines ...
The European Geological Education Center is a research and teaching center unique on a European scale. The complex of laboratories available within the complex significantly extends the specialized educational offer, enabling advanced research and...
Lublin cuisine began to take full shape in the 15th century, when merchants from all over the world came to the famous Lublin fairs. It is dominated by dishes derived from the menu of the former inhabitants of the region, where simple dishes of po...
Carnaval Sztukmistrzów is an event associated with Lublin since 2008. The event is organized by the Workshops of Culture in Lublin. It is the largest festival in Poland combining circus art, clown performances and acrobatics as well as the art of...
The European Festival of Taste is a cyclical event that has been taking place for every year in September in the Old Town of Lublin. It is one of the largest culinary, music and cultural festivals in eastern Poland and one of the most characterist...
Hetman's Fair - Local Product Festival is a promotional and commercial event reminding the residents of Zamość about the anniversary of granting municipal rights to the city of Zamość. Traders and companies from all over the country come to the ci...
The underground of the Perła Brewery is located on the site of the former production plant, located practically in the center of Lublin at Bernardyńska Street. Before the beer production began, there was a monastery and a church of the Reformed Fa...
The Gorący Potok thermal baths are a complex of several unique outdoor pools with natural, raw sulfuric water. There are as many as 21 swimming pools for various purposes available to guests. There are fountains, water massages and geysers, slides...
Janowice Vineyard was founded in the spring of 2013 on the beautiful south-west slope in Janowice near Tarnów. The unusual location of the vineyard and the breathtaking view of the Dunajec Valley make it one of the most beautiful vineyards in Pola...
The oscypek museum is located in Biały Dunajec, 10 km from Zakopane. Oscypek is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland. Oscypek is made by an expert named "baca", a term also denoting a sheep ...
The APILANDIA Interactive Beekeeping Center is the only such place in Poland that promotes the topic of bees and the secrets of their lives in such a professional manner. The exhibition was carried out in atmospheric and air-conditioned historica...
Rafting on the Poprad River is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Muszyna and nearby Krynica-Zdrój, Tylicz and Żegiestów. The main advantage of rafting from Muszyna is the beautiful nature of the Poprad Valley, which you can admire. In...