Keep calm and go to Poland

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Gnarls Barkley, Crazy by K8 (Katarzyna Rościńska) and Audiofeels, totally unplugged, the best cover ever.

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Maria Peszek, Sorry Polsko

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Same Suki, Równochuć

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Panorama of the Tatra mountains above Morskie Oko. Alamy The Hidden Gem // Morskie Oko

Straddling the border between Poland and Slovakia, the Tatra mountains mark the highest point of the Carpathian mountain range and are pockmarked with crisp alpine lakes. The loveliest is also the largest, Morskie Oko, which sits at the bottom of a blue-green valley on the Polish side. Icy in winter, summer sees herds of chamois eating the delicate flora that sprouts along its banks. Crumbling mountain huts, including one that once belonged to Polish explorer Stanislaw Staszic, overlook the lake from the slopes of Mount Rysy and are a starting point for hikers. (Wall Street Journal)

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Bigger than Banksy: Polish street art goes large

(CNN) — Poland has become the land of the giants.

In cities across the country artists have transformed the sides of houses and apartment blocks with enormous murals, some pieces stretching upwards of ten stories.

[read more on cnn]

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Rudawy Janowickie Mountains, Poland by Paweł Murczak 

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Today in Łowicz

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The Legend of Giants, Białystok, Poland

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coffee, alcohol, creation

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Kick, official trailer with scenes from Warsaw.

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Miracle Fair The commonplace miracle: that so many common miracles take place. The usual miracle: invisible dogs barking in the dead of night. One of many miracles: a small and airy cloud is able to upstage the massive moon. Several miracles in one: an alder is reflected in the water and is reversed from left to right and grows from crown to root and never hits bottom though the water isn't deep. A run-of-the-mill miracle: winds mild to moderate turning gusty in storms. A miracle in the first place: cows will be cows. Next but not least: just this cherry orchard from just this cherry pit. A miracle minus top hat and tails: fluttering white doves. A miracle (what else can you call it): the sun rose today at three fourteen a.m. and will set tonight at one past eight. A miracle that's lost on us: the hand actually has fewer than six fingers but still it's got more than four. A miracle, just take a look around: the inescapable earth. An extra miracle, extra and ordinary: the unthinkable can be thought.

Wisława Szymborska, in Nic Dwa Razy: Wybór wierszy / Nothing Twice: Selected Poems Kraków: Wydawnicto Literackie, 1997.

Translated by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh

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Have you ever seen a street musician this talented? I haven’t! His name is Mariusz Goli and I’m truly amazed!

Please show him some love!

Katowice/Poland

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Kraków.

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Cracow.

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