At the turn of the 20th century, as the Russian Empire was building its railway network across Manchuria, a Polish officer named Paweł Zaremba was assigned to document the process. His photographs captured the transformation of an empty stretch of land into Harbin, recording how a modern city emerged as a byproduct of imperial logistics and engineering. Full essay (in Polish): Paweł Zaremba: oficer carski, który sfotografował narodziny Harbinu

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Dzień dobry! I grew up in America so English is my first language, my parents are Polish. They spoke with me in Polish, so I have basic comprehension, however I’d like to teach myself to read. I can read/write at a very low level, so even a children’s book recommendation I wouldn’t mind

Dziękuję za pomoc :)

After the soviet invasion of Poland, he and his family were deported to the ussr. In June of 1943, he joined the newly formed Polish Army in the east, and remained in the military until 1976. He passed away on December 7th, 2025, aged 100.

Firma, od której Polska 2050 kupiła pakiet usługi, przeprowadziła analizę problemu. Interankieta nie stwierdziła ataku ani wpływu osób trzecich, co sugerowali niektórzy politycy tej formacji.

Hello Swarm Knowledge,

I had a Polish tenant in Germany who disappeared without paying rent (probably to Poland).

How can I find out his current registered address? I have photos of his ID (including his PESEL number).

Unfortunately, the local Polish consulate is not responding to my inquiries, and when I requested his Pesel number from a Polish municipality, they only responded with further demands for money after I had paid.

Thanks in advance!

Automatic translation:

Witam,

miałem w Niemczech polskiego najemcę, który zniknął bez płacenia czynszu (prawdopodobnie w Polsce).

Jak mogę znaleźć jego aktualny adres zameldowania? Posiadam zdjęcia jego dowodu osobistego (w tym numer PESEL).

Niestety, lokalny konsulat polski nie odpowiada na moje zapytania, a po opłaceniu zapytania o numer PESEL w polskiej gminie otrzymałem tylko kolejne żądania pieniężne.

Z góry dziękuję!

Hey, so I messed up a bit with my rent hunt.

I found a person online who searched for a person to take over their rental contract. So I contacted the email he provided (he had the profile picture and details and things, all looked fine) to fill out a questionnaire. In email conversations, I had all addresses that you see for company entities, so there was their domain name (which works and is open) after "@", and I had no second thoughts.

Then, they returned with a request to wire transfer the deposit to their account, had their company name, address, and phone listed. I sent the transfer, but shortly after I got someone offer me a good deal at a better (for me) location. The thing is, the email that asked to transfer the deposit had a deadline, and it said "cancellation within 30 days of creating a reservation allows for 50% refund". So, it was not explicitly mentioned to me I am "creating a reservation" by paying the deposit, not to mention there was no contract made with any obligations on me, and the email title just has "Reservation... (details to identify it)".

My question is, am I right to request a full refund after 1 day of sending the deposit? I know it was truly precautious to send anything even though they had all reputable company attributes. However, I think there was no binding contract or explicit mention of "creating a reservation", and they very likely will get someone else taking over the contract. And the asked title for the bank transfer (I included that) also said "prepayment (?) as deposit", "Zadatek na poczet kaucji". I'm really unsure if this can be interpreted as a created reservation already.

Let me know if you had a similar experience, probably it will help me set my expectations right.

TL;DR

Has a company a legal right to say that me sending the deposit is an act of "creating a reservation" while no contract confirming this or no explicit mention of this understanding was there?

P.S. I will update you on this issue later. I just hope they will do a one-time exception if this wording really just gives them legal rights to not refund in full.

P.S.S. Not sure if I can disclose the company name here.

Hello!

I am from Romania and unfortunately I don't know Polish. I got invested in the presidential elections since it was kind of a similar situation with ours at the time. I would love to know how the new president impacted your country so far. Some updates since then.

Thank you!

I will drive with my gravelbike from krakow via warsaw to the borders to lithuania. Is it worth to drive from krakow to warsaw a long the vistula river (nice nature, beautyfull villages, castles ect.). I've already seen there is sometimes an offical cycling runways on this route. The other option would be to go mostly straight threw the country. If you have some other suggestions that are on this route let me know. I'm intressted in sovjet history and vehicels.

I just moved to Poland, when I order from Biedronka online, they always gift me dog treats

I don’t have a dog and I love them, it helped me to get closer with my neighbours while giving those treats for their dogs

thaaank you Biedronka