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Christmas fairs in Poland became wide-spread. We encounter such small Christmas shop gatherings in majority of bigger Polish towns and cities. Usually they start at the beginning of December before St. Nicholas day on the 6th of December, when chi...
Things you may not have known about Polish Christmas 1. The most important day for us is the 24th of December – Christmas Eve. 2. We spend three days of Christmas with our families mainly at Christmas feasts (24th-26th of December). 3. Polish chil...
Meal on Christmas Eve the 24th of December is Christmas dinner that should start traditionally when the first star appears on the sky. All family gathers together then and first reads the gospel about the birth of Christ and then family members sh...
Baubles are made in baubles factories. Polish Christmas trees are full of these colourful works of art. At the top of Polish Christmas trees you wont find any angel or leprechaun but only stars or glass tops in shape of needle with richly decorate...
Organized in the capital of Polish sailors and lake tourism, which is Mazury region (Polish lake district) original event – Picnic Country. This is an annual festival organized in Mrągowo Town every summer. It is a magnet for thousands of country ...
Rally of Balto-Slavic and Viking Warriors takes place in Drohiczyn by Bug River (about 130 km from Warsaw, 2 h drive). In the rally program there will be Medieval settlement. There will be stalls of various craftsmen to present medieval walks of l...
Janów Podlaski hosts Arabian Horse Show and Pride of Poland Arabian Horse Auction. Arabian Horse Days have the longest history and it is also the only such event in the world. This event combines elements of Polish history, tradition and cultural ...
Medieval Grunwald battle reconstruction takes place every year in Grunwald village in summer. Of course additional knight attractions connected with the battle last much longer. Below you will find some facts about the battle: the event commemorat...
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...
Garncarska Wioska (Pottery village) is a social enterprise, a theme village operating in the village of Kamionka near Nidzica. It is run by the Nidzicka Foundation for the Development of NIDA. Old disappearing professions are recreated here, old ...
The cruise from Mikołajki to Ruciane-Nida is one of the most attractive trips on the ships of the "white fleet" of the Masurian Shipping. For the most part, the trail runs along the very picturesque ribbon lake Bełdany, whose shores are covered wi...
Savoir-vivre lessons at Jabłonna Palace are aimed at both students and adults. Their goal is a lesson in good manners, familiarization with the principles of savoir-vivre, as well as making young people especially sensitive to the essence and imp...