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Magiczne Miasta: Ten Of The Best Places in Poland You Never Heard Of

“You’re upside down; I’m in the air” – Rapid Eye Movement. Travel blogs blur into one eventually and we get bored of the same old places being hyped and written about. You know how it goes – it’s the 80-20 rule as always. 20% of Poland’s cities attract 80% of travel blog articles – we Read more about Magiczne Miasta: Ten Of The Best Places in Poland You Never Heard Of[…]

Magiczne Miasto: Top 14 Sights in Wonderful Włocławek

Magiczne Miasta: Top 14 Sights in Wonderful Włocławek

“Ooh baby baby it’s a wild world. It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile; girl” – Cat Stevens. After my 165 country bandwagon tour rolled to a halt in pretty Poland, it has become an obsession to visit the less touristic parts of the country. What does that mean? I get really fed Read more about Magiczne Miasta: Top 14 Sights in Wonderful Włocławek[…]

Magiczne Miasta: 70 Not Out - Cities, Towns, Villages, Settlements, UNESCO Sites, Parks

Magiczne Miasta: Włocławek Was 70 Not Out – I Have Visited 70 Places in Poland

“Someday you will find me, caught beneath the landslide; in a champagne supernova in the sky” – Noel Gallagher. When I first arrived in Warszawa in 2005, I was on a train from Berlin, it didn’t feel like anything special that day. It wasn’t going to change my life….I was wrong. I was holding a Read more about Magiczne Miasta: Włocławek Was 70 Not Out – I Have Visited 70 Places in Poland[…]

Magiczne Miasto: Touring The Historic UNESCO City of Toruń

“Open up the window and jump into the blue” – Ian Brodie. I’m not going to be over the top anymore. I’ve done my time as a travel writer that it bore myself into effortless droll. Anyone and their idiot’s backpack can whack out a “top 5 sights in a generic city” and get fake Read more about Magiczne Miasto: Touring The Historic UNESCO City of Toruń[…]

Hostel Review: Staying at the Green Hostel in Historic Toruń

“We need something to shout about and we need it now!” – The Waves. As I mentioned in late 2017 after finishing my “visit every Province in Poland” challenge, I needed something new. Being cemented in pretty Poland pumped my heart beat to a vivacious level of sentimentality. Destiny sent me here, and it was Read more about Hostel Review: Staying at the Green Hostel in Historic Toruń[…]

Piątkowe Picie: My Favourite 12 Bars, Cafes and Restaurants in Bydgoszcz

“Spend your nightlife table hopping; trying to keep your bag of bones in trim” – Noel Gallagher. When life took me to the beautiful canal city of Bydgoszcz, I was sure to pump out a textbook top 5 bars type post. This was originally scheduled for the defunct Don’t Stop Living blog. From DSL to Read more about Piątkowe Picie: My Favourite 12 Bars, Cafes and Restaurants in Bydgoszcz[…]

Magiczne Miasta: Backpacking Beautiful Bydgoszcz, the "Venice of Poland"

Magiczne Miasta: Backpacking Beautiful Bydgoszcz, the “Venice of Poland”

“But now unforgiven, the everlasting, everlasting” – Nicky Wire. An Autumnal air greeted my spontaneous arrival into the city of Bydgoszcz. I saw this as a place to relax by the tranquil canals and a city without the obvious tourism boom of Krakow, Gdańsk and Warsaw. The generic hat-trick – the usual suspects. Game’s over Read more about Magiczne Miasta: Backpacking Beautiful Bydgoszcz, the “Venice of Poland”[…]

Hotel Review: Hotel Zawisza in Bydgoszcz

Hotel Review: My Stay in the “Venice of Poland”, Hotel Zawisza in Bydgoszcz

In October 2016, I made my first visit to Bydgoszcz and I loved my time here in a city often dubbed “The Venice of Poland”, sitting in Poland’s Kuyavian Pomorskie province. Anyone that visits Poland, I defy you not to love this place. I’ve been to lots of parts of Poland now and after a Read more about Hotel Review: My Stay in the “Venice of Poland”, Hotel Zawisza in Bydgoszcz[…]