Farmer Has 150 Tonnes of Potatoes Stolen After Social Media Post Claims He Was Giving Them Away
A Polish farmer was shocked to see this year’s harvest of potatoes disappear overnight after a viral social media post claimed that he was giving them away because he couldn’t sell them. A farmer from Dąbrowica, in Poland’s Podkarpacie region, lost 150 tons because of a fake social media post that encouraged people to go […]
Woman Poisons Coworker’s Drinks for Months Out of Pure Malice
A 56-year-old Polish woman was arrested and charged with systematically adding toxic substances to a coworker’s drinks simply because she disliked them. It’s unclear when the unnamed cleaning woman started poisoning her colleague, but the 51-year-old victim started feeling seriously under the weather a few months ago. At first, she thought her stomach pain was […]
Man Tries to Hide Stolen Horse in His Third-Floor Apartment
A 19-year-old man faces three months to five years in prison for stealing a horse and trying to hide it in his apartment on the third floor of a residential building. When police officers in Wejherowo, Poland, received an emergency call about a man trying to lead a horse to the upper floors of a […]
Stobnica Castle – Poland’s Controversial Modern-Day Medieval Castle
Western Poland’s Notecka Forest is home to one of the country’s most controversial buildings, a medieval-style complex known as Stobnica Castle. The construction of Stobnica Castle began in 2015, but it didn’t start attracting nationwide attention until 2018, when people started wondering what this gargantuan structure rising up at the edge of a well-known nature […]
The Picturesque Polish Village Where All 6,000 Inhabitants Live on the Same Street
Sułoszowa, a Polish village of around 6,000 people located in the Olkuska Upland, less than 30 km northwest of Kraków, has been dubbed ‘Little Tuscany’ because of its unusual layout. The village of Sułoszowa has been around for many years, but it only recently started attracting international attention after bird’s eye photos and videos went […]
Fat Cat Becomes Polish City’s Top Rated Tourist Attraction
With a nearly perfect 4.9/5.0 stars out of thousands of Google reviews, Gacek, an overweight black-and-white street cat, is the top-rated tourist attraction in the Polish city of Szczecin. Szczecin, a medieval city in northwestern Poland, close to the border with Germany, has plenty to offer visitors. The Pomeranian Duke’s Castle and Kasprowicza Park are […]
Gym Declares Itself a Shop and a Church to Prevent Closing Down Because of Covid-19
A popular gym in Krakow, Poland, managed to stay open under new coronavirus restrictions by declaring itself a shop where people can “test” equipment for a fee, and a church offering “religious meetings” to promote a healthy lifestyle. Over the weekend, Krakow police entered the “Atlantic Sports Fitness Gym Squash Klub” fitness center where a […]
Farmer Harvesting Crops in Middle of Apartment Building Complex Gives ‘Urban Agriculture’ a New Meaning
A farmer who refused to sell his land on the outskirts of the Polish city of Lublin to apartment building developers continues to harvest crops using combines and tractors under the surprised gazes of his new neighbors. Imagine living in an urban apartment and looking out the window to see a huge combine plowing through […]
Fans Rent Cranes to Watch Car Race from Outside Arena During Pandemic
Dozens of die-hard car racing fans found an ingenious way to support their favorite drivers while also abiding social distancing rules – they rented 21 construction cranes and watched the race from above the race track arena. Sunday is race day at Stadion Żużlowy Motor Lublin in the Polish city of Lublin, but because of […]
Young Woman Goes Blind in One Eye After Getting Her Eyeballs Dyed Black
A 25-year-old woman from Poland has been left completely blind in her right eye and with eyesight complications in the left one after having her eyeballs dyed black by a tattoo artist in order to make herself stand out. Aleksandra Sadowska’s tragic story began four years ago, when the young girl from Wroclaw, in western […]
Blind Man Allegedly Regains Eye Sight After Being Hit by Car
A Polish man who was allegedly blind for twenty years, miraculously recovered his vision after being hit by a car while crossing the street. Until a couple of years ago, Janusz Goraj, from the city of Gorzow Wielkopolski, was completely blind in his left eye, and could only discern shadows and light with his right […]
Polish Village Where Boys Are Rarely Born Offers to Reward First Couple to Have a Son
Miejsce Odrzańskie, a small village in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic, is offering to reward the first local family to give birth to a son. None have been born there in the last nine years, and the youngest one that still lives in the village is 12-years-old. No one knows why, […]
Polish Model Smashes Centuries-Old Statue with Hammer for Instagram Video
It’s crazy what people these days will do for a bit of attention and some social media followers. Julia Słońska, a young model and online influencer with over 6,000 followers on Instagram, was widely criticized after a viral video shot by a friend showed her smashing the nose of a 200-year-old statue with a hammer. […]
Polish Priests Burn Harry Potter and Twilight Books to Protest Occultism
Catholic priests from an evangelical group in northern Poland recently sparked a heated online debate after staging a controversial protest against occultism, idolatry and sorcery by burning various “sacrilegious” items, including Harry Potter and Twilight books, traditional masks and idols, and even a Hello Kitty umbrella. In photos posted on Facebook, several priests from the SMS […]
Human Zoo – Football Fans Forced to Watch Match from Inside Metal Cage
A football match between two teams from Poland’s third division received a lot of international attention last week, not for the quality of the football displayed by the players, but for the appalling conditions in which fans of the visiting team had to watch the game. Shocking photos show a group of supporters crammed in […]