Poland and Finland have reached an unprecedented level of cooperation in security, trade and technology, according to Poland’s outgoing ambassador to Helsinki, Tomasz Chłoń, who returns to Warsaw in autumn 2026. The well-liked Head of Mission delivered his farewell speech at the Polish Armed Forces Day reception on Thursday, 17 September 2026, highlighting the transformation […]
Poland’s railways recorded more than 311 million passenger journeys between January and August 2026, almost 9 per cent more than a year earlier. The growth extends well beyond the big cities, with new stations being built and passenger services returning to towns that lost their trains decades ago. Poles have rediscovered rail travel. In 2025, […]
The Polish producers’ association Sady Grójeckie hosted a business networking reception at the residence of the Polish Ambassador in Kulosaari, Helsinki, on Thursday, 23 April. The event brought together industry stakeholders and highlighted the role of the Polish apple both as an export commodity and as a cultural symbol. In 2014, amid a trade war, […]
Easter in Poland is a layered, theatrical, and deeply rooted ritual season where Catholic liturgy meets folk custom, family memory, and a certain unapologetic sense of mischief. Across cities and villages alike, the holiday unfolds as a sequence of symbolic acts, each carrying centuries of meaning. Holy Saturday: Baskets of Meaning The Easter weekend begins […]
I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau in July 2025, Nazi Germany’s largest concentration and extermination camp. It was a profoundly shocking experience that will probably stay with me for the rest of my life. Previously, I had only visited the Dachau concentration camp in southern Germany, forty years ago, while travelling on an Interrail pass. In the autumn […]
After the collapse of socialism, Poland was described as Europe’s Cheap Manufacturing Floor: a place to assemble German cars, process back-office paperwork, and export muscle rather than brains. Poland still builds things, but also systems: software, platforms, AI tooling, satellites, and an investment machine that is increasingly comfortable buying assets abroad. The European Commission’s late-2025 […]
Poland has quietly become one of Europe’s heavyweight chocolate exporters, shipping vast volumes across the EU and beyond, and doing it while manufacturers grapple with higher cocoa costs, energy bills, and consumers who still want a treat but watch the price tag. A Polish government trade briefing says the country exported 121,000 tonnes of chocolate […]
Nestled on the Baltic’s southern shore between Gdańsk and Gdynia, the seaside town of Sopot has quietly rewritten its narrative from fishing village to spa-town to festival hub to the Polish Riviera. In 1823, the Alsatian physician Jean Georg Haffner (1777-1830), former surgeon in Napoleon’s army, secured a licence from the Prussian authorities to establish […]
Every 11 November, Poland turns its gaze back across the centuries to a pivotal moment in its history – its return to the map of Europe as a sovereign state in 1918. With streets awash in red and white, flags fluttering from tram cars and historic façades, the country honours its arduous journey from partition, […]
Since 1962, Finnish film enthusiasts have been treated to curated selections of Polish contemporary cinema and classics. The modern version of the Polish Film Weeks was first organised in the 1970s. This year, the Polish Film Weeks (Przegląd Filmu Polskiego) brings fresh Polish stories, culture and history to the big screen in Helsinki from 6 […]
