Walk the corridors of power in these faded communist-era hotels
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The New East goes underground
The New East nurtures dozens of dynamic contemporary art scenes that you’ll miss if you just visit the big art museums. Why not go to some of the region’s lesser-known galleries and check out some of their exciting, fast-changing, and thought-provoking exhibitions
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Post-industrial Silesia, but not as you know it -
6 stylish retreats you need to visit this winter -
Postcard views from strikingly empty resorts -
The meteoric rise and political urgency of Poland’s pre-eminent novelist -
Dark satire Clergy is fuelling public pressure on the Catholic Church in Poland -
The Polish designer offers her take on noughties sex appeal -
Discover the secrets to dreamy travel photos with Mandy Sham -
How the country’s first virtual LGBTQIA museum is defying conservative times -
Make your Instagram followers jealous at these stunning New East botanical gardens -
A revolutionary friendship, captured in rare photos from 1955-1989 -
Our guide to the best sand and sea the New East has to offer -
Paweł Pawlikowski spins a gorgeous, doomed love story in his award-winning new film -
Our guide to the best New East getaways on a shoestring -
How one photographer produced an invaluable record of communist Poland -
Postcard views from strikingly empty resorts -
Your guide to the New East's best musical escapes -
Meet the Polish-Muslim community settled in the heart of Europe -
Eastern Europe through the eyes of a new generation -
The master of the Polish Poster School on his dark and lurid vision of cinema -
Our guide to the most spectacular New East destinations you have to visit -
8 visionaries documenting post-Soviet style from behind the lens -
Identity, history and the trend that changed the industry -
An essay on the term that caught the world’s attention -
One artist’s attempt to change the way Poland talks about migration