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Month: May 2012

Columns Perspectives on Poland 

Perspectives on Poland: Coming to Terms with Anti-Semitism

May 29, 2012May 29, 2012 Jamie Stokes 310 Comments

Last night, the BBC broadcast a terrifying documentary swarming with images of Polish and Ukrainian football hooligans chanting anti-Semitic slogans, making Nazi salutes and abusing black players. The impression given by Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate was that the…

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Culture Film & TV 

Krakow Film Festival Opens Tonight

May 28, 2012May 28, 2012 Krakow Post 0 Comments

There are superstars, and then there are people like Bob Marley – iconic figures that seem to fully-formed universes unto themselves. How do you get to the man behind an image like that? This is the task that Academy Award winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald…

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Columns Drop In 

Drop In: Chinski Pałac

May 27, 2012May 31, 2012 Stuart Wadsworth 2 Comments

In the February issue of the Krakow Post I blithely asserted that Krakow lacks half-decent Chinese cuisine. This month I am forced to eat my words – awkwardly, with chopsticks. Chinska Pałac (China Palace), in the suburb of Biały Prądnik, has been in business, in different forms and at various locations…

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Columns Eye on the Ball 

Eye on the Ball: The Western Media on Euro 2012 – part II

May 24, 2012May 24, 2012 Jonathan Lipman 1 Comment

The Daily Mail reports that the England team will base themselves in the “picturesque, but lively, Polish city of Krakow” in a hotel (Stary) “surrounded by bars, nightclubs and restaurants.” Funny how Krakow these days is portrayed…

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Culture Film & TV 

Krakow Film Festival Ticket Giveaway!

May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 Krakow Post 3 Comments

Win tickets to the 52nd Krakow Film Festival. The Krakow Post is giving away two, double invitation to the Polish premiere of Marley – the acclaimed biopic of reggae legend Bob Marley. We also have four, one-day tickets to distribute and a bucket-load of passes to top events…

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Columns Krakow for kids 

Krakow for Kids: Garden of Experiences

May 21, 2012September 20, 2015 Karina Grolewska 0 Comments

The Garden of Experiences (Ogród Doświadczeń) is an open-air, hands-on education exhibition where kids play and learn about physics. It covers an area of six hectares within the Park Lotników Polskich (Polish Pilots’ Park). There are about 70 experimental exhibits in the garden…

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News 

Equality and Nationalist Marchers Clash

May 19, 2012September 20, 2015 Anthony Casey 1 Comment

Police were forced to intervene as violence broke out between gay rights campaigners and ultra-nationalists in Krakow on Saturday. Both groups held marches through the city centre, each ending at Plac Szczepanski. The Marsz Równości (March of Equality) was organised in support…

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News 

Young at Heart

May 19, 2012September 20, 2015 Krakow Post 0 Comments

It could only have been Juwenalia, the annual student-fest at which Krakow temporarily relaxes its rules and hands over the city to the leaders and entrepreneurs of the future – dressed as Smurfs, Lego men, a tank with legs, and more. Friday’s celebrations kicked off with live music and sunshine…

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Culture Kino Mania 

Kino Mania: May 2012

May 19, 2012September 20, 2015 Giuseppe Sedia 0 Comments

“The former prison director explained to me that this issue was not important enough to deserve my attention,” said Krakow prison administrator Zygmunt Lizak to local daily Gazeta Krakowska. Polish and Romanian producers have come together in this film to bluntly explain what was important…

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Culture 

Night at the Museums

May 18, 2012September 20, 2015 Anthony Casey 0 Comments

The National Museum, Bunkier Sztuki, Wawel Royal Castle… all these and more will throw open their doors to the public for free tonight, as Krakow celebrates its ‘Night of Museums’. It’s an annual event that attracts thousands of locals and tourists, so book ahead for the most popular museums…

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