Warsaw wannabe
Dare we call it the new Berlin? The Polish capital’s showing off with its edgy art and theatre expos, amidst fancy glass towers which spring up like mushrooms in the otherwise socialist scope of the city. Euro 2012, which Poland co-hosts with the Ukraine, assures a further polishing-up of the international reputation of the eastern metropolis. Meanwhile there’s only one neighbourhood to be on the other side of the city on the Vistula; the Amy-Winehouse-statued ‘Praga’ is an artist and party people hotspot. Five pan-European cafebabel.com journalists analyse ‘WaWa’ - as the locals affectionately call their city -in the antepenultimate city special edition of our monthly series
Building a mosque in Warsaw: is it all trouble and strife?
Muslims in Poland go back several centuries, beginning with the arrival of tatar settlers in the eastern reaches of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The muslim community in Poland has only recently begun attracting attention, with the building of a mosque financed by a Saudi sponsor in the Warsaw district of Ochota. Not everyone is happy
immigration, religion, islamophobia, identity, populism, catholicism, extremism, racism, warsaw, politics, society, islam
Polish your smile in Poland: medical tourism in Warsaw
Frenchman Fabrice lives and works in Dublin but gets his teeth checked in his partner's home country, Poland. The idea is practical what with the ease of mobility within Europe - but would you be prepared to fly to your dental surgery instead of taking the bus?
eucrisis on the ground, health, warsaw, economical crisis, society, public health
Euro 2012 in Warsaw: hanging around the stadium
The UEFA football championship kicks off in Warsaw’s brand new national stadium on 8 June 2012. While it prepares to host over 100, 000 fans and tourists, the Polish capital is abuzz with excitement about revealing how far it’s come to the rest of the world
football, eucrisis on the ground, economy, sport, building, warsaw, politics, economical crisis
