Zalipie, The Painted Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2014
Zalipie is a village in southeastern Poland, 68 km east of the regional capital Kraków, known for its wonderfully painted houses. The trad...
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Wagrowiec Bifurcation: A Unique Hydrological Phenomenon
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2014
On the outskirts of the Polish town of Wagrowiec, two rivers Welna and Nielba intersect at right angle, and almost impossibly, both rivers r...
Kacper Kowalski’s Aerial Photos of Poland's Forests in Autumn
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2013
Jutting out into the southern Baltic sea, Pomerania in Poland is famous for its large swathes of forests, dotted with lakes and meandering r...
The Crooked Forest of Gryfino, Poland
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2013
In a tiny corner in north-west Poland near Gryfino, is a forest of about 400 pine trees that grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their...
Street Art in Lodz, Poland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2013
Over the last few years, the Polish city of Lodz, is slowly transforming into a permanent exhibition of street art in public spaces. It star...
Wieliczka Salt Mine: An Underground Salt Art Gallery
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2013
The Wieliczka Salt Mine, located in the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland, has a unique position in the history of salt mining. Built in ...
Polish Architect Builds World’s Thinnest House
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2012
Polish architect Jakub Szczesny claims to have built the world’s narrowest house, just 122 centimetres across. The house is squeezed into an...
8 Deserts That Aren’t Really Deserts
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2012
Deserts take up nearly one-third of the Earth's land surface, yet only 41 countries in the world (one-fifth) are hosts to all the desert...
The Death Camps of Auschwitz: Then and Now
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2010
Auschwitz was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated in occupied Poland by Nazi Germany during the Second Wor...
