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50.059971 19.93264 | 1 Shanties: Krakow International Sailors' Song Festival Despite its land-locked location, Krakow hosts this international Sailors' Song Festival, also known as Shanties. The event celebrates all kinds of nautical song and poetry, with concerts of… | |
52.25 21.0 | 2 Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival Warsaw's Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival honours not just the composer, but the wealth of classical music in the 200 years since his heyday. Numerous concerts, conferences and exhibitions… | |
50.058378 19.910531 | 3 Over 1400 runners take part in the Cracovia Marathon, starting and finishing at Krakow's open grassland, Blonia. The 26-mile route heads east from the Old Town, through the districts of… | |
50.059971 19.93264 | 4 The Cracow Screen Festival fuses video installations with live music to create a three-day visual art and concert experience. The performances - from both Polish and international artists -… | |
50.059971 19.93264 | 5 During Krakow's Juwenalia festivities, students rule the streets with parties and parades. In a tradition dating back to medieval times, the mayor hands the students his keys to the city in… | |
50.059971 19.93264 | 6 Put your movie knowledge to the test over three days at Krakow's Film Music Festival. Musicians perform well-known tunes from the silver screen at venues across the city centre. | |
52.232365 21.008382 | 7 The Warsaw International Book Fair, held at the Palace of Culture & Science, is an important meeting point for Western and Eastern European publishers. A flurry of authors, publishers… |  |
50.059971 19.93264 | 8 During Photomonth, Krakow's galleries, cafes, privately-owned flats and industrial spaces are filled with snapshots by renowned artists. With over 40 exhibitions and a parallel programme of… |  |
50.058378 19.910531 | 9 Two spacious concert tents take over Blonia, a grassy open space in central Krakow, for the Selector Festival. Live music fans arrive in their thousands for two days of gigs from top… |  |
49.983213 20.060348 | 10 Add a bit of flavour to your holiday at the Wieliczka Salt Festival, an event devoted to the most common of all condiments. The 700-year-old Krakow Salt Mine Museum hosts concerts, exhibitions… | |
50.059971 19.93264 | 11 Lajkonik, a procession through the Old Town, is a wonderful example of how Krakow celebrates age-old myths. Musicians, merrymakers, the young and the old follow a man dressed in Mongol costume… | |
50.059971 19.93264 | 12 Wianki - Floating of the Wreaths Wianki is a paean to midsummer at which huge ceremonial bonfires - sobotka - are lit along the banks of Krakow's great river Vistula and the inhabitants of the city float magical wreaths downstream. |  |
54.35276 18.65004 | 13 Gdansk's Sense of Humour Festival (Festiwal Dobrego Humoru) celebrates Polish TV's finest comedies - sit-coms, talk shows, series and musical varieties. There is a comedy competition, and… |  |
52.25 21.0 | 14 International Street Arts Festival (Sztuka Ulicy) Warsaw's International Street Arts Festival is held around the Palace of Culture and Science and New Town Square. The art installations and workshops started in 1993 as a forum for artists who… |  |
54.519661 18.53686 | 15 Polish city Gdynia hosts the annual Heineken Open'er Festival, where crowds are treated to seven stages of live music from top international artists. On-site facilities include camping zones… |  |
50.050526 19.942615 | 16 Krakow Jewish Culture Festival Krakow's former Jewish district, Kazimierz, is the centre of the Jewish Culture Festival, an annual fixture since 1988. During the event, synagogues, cafes, pubs and streets celebrate the… |  |
54.35276 18.65004 | 17 Gdansk Sail & Neptune Chants Festival Baltic Sail is a five-week sailors' rally held in Halmstad, Karlskrona, Rostock, Gdansk, Klaipeda and Travemünde. When it arrives in Gdansk Marina it becomes Gdansk Sail, with Mayor Cup… |  |
54.361182 18.641481 | 18 The MTV Festival Gdansk brings top live music to the city's grassy open area Plac Zebrań Ludowych. As well as musical treats, there are food and souvenir stalls on site. |  |
52.25 21.0 | 19 EuroPride is the largest and most important festival for Europe's lesbian and gay community and in 2010 it's all happening in Warsaw. Eleven days of parties, culture, politics, science and… | |
54.35276 18.65004 | 20 International Street & Open-Air Theatres Festival Theatrical performances take over Gdansk's historic streets for the annual International Street & Open-Air Theatres Festival (FETA). Visitors from as far afield as Australia, Norway and Russia… |  |
52.227431 21.007661 | 21 Warsaw Chamber Opera's Mozart Festival First held in 1991, the Warsaw Chamber Opera presents an annual Mozart festival, showcasing the impressive operatic output of this prolific composer. In a music-packed month and a half, the… |  |
50.059971 19.93264 | 22 Crossroads Traditional Music Festival For three days each year the Crossroads (Rozstaje) Traditional Music Festival fills the streets of Krakow with folk music from the Carpathian Mountains of the Malopolska region. The concert… | |
51.108139 17.026819 | 23 Era New Horizons International Film Festival The Era New Horizons International Film Festival breaks the boundaries of mainstream cinema with its experimental film screenings, competitions and premieres. The works are showcased at… |  |
54.354552 18.65276 | 24 Gdansk shows off its two impressive bell towers during the annual Carillon Festival. Audiences can enjoy a series of musical concerts by bell-ringing virtuosos in the instruments' homes: the… |  |
52.248469 21.014462 | 25 The courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw hosts the summer Musical Gardens Festival of films showing opera, ballet and art, attracting around 40,000 people. Every year, the festival centres… |  |
54.35276 18.65004 | 26 Poland's Tri-City (comprising Gdansk, Sopot and Gydnia) hosts an annual Shakespeare Festival, featuring both traditional and unique interpretations of the Bard's greatest works. Both Polish… |  |
51.318041 21.954248 | 27 The Two Riversides Film and Art Festival Every year, Kazimierz Dolny and Janowiec nad Wisla host The Twin Riverside Film and Art Festival. Head to these two attractive Polish towns, sitting on opposite sides of the Vistula River, for… |  |
50.400002 16.399999 | 28 Polish spa town Duszniki Zdroj hosts an annual Chopin Festival. The event was created in 1946 after proud inhabitants wanted to celebrate the composer's stay in the town 120 years previously.… |  |
54.519661 18.53686 | 29 The Solidarity Marathon is held in memory of the workers killed during Poland's 1970 protests. The date, 15 August, is the anniversary for the founding of trade union Solidarność. Runners… | |
53.696301 19.964795 | 30 The Ostróda Reggae Festival is Poland's biggest, coming to the picturesque town every year. The open-air event features three stages, where music artists from all over the world come to… | |
50.059971 19.93264 | 31 The city's annual Pierogi Festival celebrates one of Poland's staple foods, the dumpling. Similar to ravioli, these semi-circular dough parcels are stuffed with fillings such as mashed potato… |  |
50.072143 19.98444 | 32 The Coke Live Music Festival returns to the airfield at Krakow's Aviation Museum (Muzeum Lotnictwa). The three stages of R&B, pop and hip-hop talent keep crowds entertained for the weekend. |  |
54.35276 18.65004 | 33 St Dominic's Fair is an old Polish tradition, established by a Papal Bull in 1260. Over the years it has developed into a lively three-week event of arts and crafts, fireworks and street… | |
34 International Festival of Organ Music Poland's long-standing International Festival of Organ Music takes place at the Oliwa Cathedral in Gdansk. The twice-weekly concerts have brought the Oliwa organ back to life and present music… |  | |
49.3 19.9666 | 35 International Highland Folk Festival One of the oldest and biggest folk events in Poland, the annual International Highland Folk Festival was first held in 1969. Highlanders from all over the world congregate in Zakopane to… | |
52.25 21.0 | 36 Jazz in the Old Town Square Festival On Saturday evenings during summer, Warsaw stages the popular Jazz in the Old Town Square Festival. Thousands gather in the plaza to enjoy open-air performances by renowned musicians who hail… |  |
50.059971 19.93264 | 37 The Music in Old Krakow Festival was established by the early music ensemble Capella Cracoviensis in the 1970s. Over the years it has grown to become a 17-day event filled with concerts and… |  |
54.35276 18.65004 | 38 Lithuanian culture takes over Gdansk's city centre during the annual Vilnius Fair. Traditional folk music fills the air and artisans, from carpenters to knitters, show off their handiwork.… | |
52.164903 21.087291 | 39 The International Poster Biennale, held in Warsaw's Poster Museum Wilanów, was created on the initiative of Polish graphic artists in 1966 and celebrates its 21st edition this year. |  |
54.519661 18.53686 | 40 Gdynia's Polish Feature Film Festival screens around 30 works in its main competition. The top award is the Golden Lion for the best film. There are also retrospectives and themed… | |
54.361182 18.641481 | 41 The skies of Gdansk fill with colourful shapes for the city's annual Kite Festival. Kite-flyers are based in the grassy Plac Zebrań Ludowych, where there is also a huge picnic and live music.… | |
51.108139 17.026819 | 42 The annual Wratislavia Cantans brings choral and orchestral concerts to Wroclaw and the lower Silesia region. The atmosphere is electrifying, with thousands of performers and music lovers… |  |
50.059971 19.93264 | 43 Krakow's annual Sacrum-Profanum Festival celebrates 19th and 20th-century music from a specially selected part of the world. This year, the focus is the UK, with concerts featuring music by… |  |
52.25 21.0 | 44 Warsaw Autumn - Contemporary Music Festival The internationally acclaimed Warsaw Autumn Festival presents contemporary classical music from around the world. Over the nine day event, concerts are held at the National Philharmonic Hall… |  |
52.215092 21.035847 | 45 Chopin Memorial Sunday Concerts The Royal Lazienki Park in Warsaw honours Poland's most famous musical son with Chopin Memorial Sunday Concerts between mid-May and September. The concerts, held next to Waclaw Szymanowski's… |  |
52.788229 17.73468 | 46 Biskupin Archaeological Festival Hailed as the "Polish Pompei" after a local teacher discovered traces of an ancient settlement in the 1930s, Biskupin, which existed some 2500 years ago, has been reconstructed in detail. It… | |
54.349953 18.647489 | 47 Poland is very partial to a dumpling or two. Once a year during the Dumpling Festival, Gdansk goes crazy for the delicious delicacies, with food stalls and dumpling-making competitions at the… | |
54.35276 18.65004 | 48 Music video-makers, record label magnates and music celebrities gather in Gdansk for the annual Yach Film Festival. The event showcases the best music videos from Polish artists, with coveted… | |
54.35276 18.65004 | 49 The annual Gdansk Biographies festival looks back at the city's early mixed-culture tradition and celebrates the multiculturalism that exists today. It begins with a parade in Long Market, and… | |
52.25 21.0 | 50 Warsaw International Film Festival Polish and foreign directors compete for cash prizes in different categories during Warsaw's International Film Festival. In the non-competitive sections, cinema fans can watch the latest… |
