Gdansk, Poland’s brand new old city
Quick! Close your eyes, and picture a long wooden board hitting the ground on one end, and then falling all the way flat. What sound does it make? Gdansk. Little …
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Malbork Castle, the biggest brick fortress in the world
There’s a neat little town up in the north of Poland, just outside of Gdansk, which is home to a fairly distinguished monolith of medieval construction. The town is Malbork, home …
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25 great travel quotes for inspiring global adventures
I’ve sometimes found it difficult to convey what travel means to me, especially when talking to people whose only image of travel involves a resort vacation spent entirely by the …
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6 big Polish stereotypes that are kinda silly
You know what’s weird? Sometimes ignorance is informative. Case in point: I never knew any Polish stereotypes growing up. It was only years after I went to Poland that I …
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5 awesome places to visit in Poland (besides the obvious)
For a country that’s been smushed flat by its neighbors just about a billion times over the centuries, Poland has proven remarkably resilient. I mean, it’s still there. For a …
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10 awesome things to do in Poland
For anyone who doesn’t know any better, Poland is pretty great. With beautiful cities all over the place and prices around half of what you’d expect to pay in Western Europe, …
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