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10.12.2020 - Discovering the forgotten history and culture of the Polish-Slovak borderland
One of the most popular attractions in the region is, of course, rafting on the Dunajec River. The rafting route leads past such magical places as the Janosikowy Skok narrowing, Siedem Mnichów rocks or the Stuletnie Źródło spring. A cruise with Slovaks below the Leśnicki Potok stream gorge and on the Polish rafts in Szczawnica. Full of excitement after the rafting trip, the tourists would get off the rafts and there was not even a place to walk and stretch their legs, unless someone...
10.12.2020 - Stary Sącz and Levoča - Carpathian towns with a climate
It is an annoying and marring element of the landscape views, which cannot be ignored while driving to Podhale along the popular road to Zakopane called “Zakopianka”. The mountain panorama is obscured by large-size advertisements and this is also a problem faced by large cities and smaller towns. Advertisements and signs – both large and small – have at some point begun to appear like weeds; in large numbers and absolutely uncontrollably. They obscure views, spoil historical...
10.12.2020 - Open Museums - old industrial plants and craftsmen's workshops
For some time, due to the flood of cheap, machine-made products, we have stopped appreciating handicrafts and crafts. Fortunately, they are back in favour again. And what has been produced with our own hands, with heart and love is sought after and desired – from craft ice cream, through craft beverages, to hand-knitted scarves, which were once associated with elderly ladies, are now hits among the young and fashionable. Once, artisans were among the most important people in rural...