Yesterday’s concert at Isaac Synagogue performed by excellent Tempero Group. Klezmer music can be heard nearly every summer evening in the Jewish district of Kazimierz. Besides restaurants, clubs and community venues, it is performed in some of the historic synagogues including stunning 19 century Tempel Synagogue also shown here.…

Get yourself acquainted with the signiture Polish soup: " barszcz z uszkami" (pronounced: barshch s ushkamy), meaning borshch with little "ears".

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Amber is everywhere in Gdańsk: in shops, market stalls, museums and galleries. Rough and raw, it can be found – if you are lucky - on many of the nearby sunny Baltic beaches.

Amber is fossilized tree resin which has been appreciated for its colour and natural beauty since Neolithic times.

In Roman times, the area was a destination for traders, who carried the stone southwards along the Amber Trail.

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Its skin is dark red, slightly glossy, and the flesh is bright red when cut.

In 2009 Kashubian strawberry: Truskawka Kaszubska was registered as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) by the European Commission.

Kashubia, a part of Pomerania region, is the home to vast strawberry fields particularly around towns of Kartuzy, Kościerzyna and Bytów.

Poland is the fifth largest horticultural producer in European Union after Spain, Italy, France and Germany.…

Q: What has Shakespeare got to do with Gdansk?



A: The fact that the first Shakespeare theatre built in Gdansk, was during the dramatist's lifetime! . Professional English actors have been coming here each summer from 1600 to 1650, bringing with them his masterful plays. As the result in about 1611, a theatre was built along the lines of those in London. It was equipped with three gallery tiers for the audience (similar to the London's Globe), had an open stage and an open-air…

The Amber stadium is already quiet and the teams and fans are leaving.

The local businesses and tourist industry are sad to see them go. The city truly enjoyed the colour, good humour and decent behaviour of the fans, but the Irish were their star favourites. No other fans could be so friendly, sing, play and lose in such great style.

The German team is moving on the semi finals in Warsaw.

Gdańsk long weekends: 28, 21 September, 5 and 12 October…

Gdansk is one of four Polish venues of UEFA EURO 2012. We are running a Gdansk city weekend on 25 May and a 6 day tour starting in the city on 30 June. This rote takes in woods, lakes and castles, as well as Hitler's bunker.

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26 June to 8 July 2012

The festival of the Jewish Culture in Krakow is one of most important  events of this type in world.

With klezmer music, book and poetry readings and film, it presets visions of Jewish identity, multiculturalism, tradition and modernity.

Visit: www.jewishfestival.pl

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