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The Battle for the Fish Pot

An allegory of the whole history of the Christian conquest of Prussia

The Character of Königsberg

Typically Prussian, yet unlike any other

Marienburg Castle in Malbork

Until the mid-15th century it was the centre of the capital of the Order's state. The largest brick castle in the world

Marienwerder Castle in Kwidzyn

A magnificent building with the only surviving danzker in northern Poland

Mewe Castle in Gniew

At the height of the Order's power, Mewe was its most important stronghold in the west

Thorn Castle in Toruń

The first castle of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, next to which a settlement grew up almost at once

From Gdańsk to Danzig and Back

The history of Poland's maritime capital, from the Ice Age to the present day

Nicolaus Copernicus: The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon

Copernicus, the man who “stopped the Sun and moved the Earth,” was handed the most daunting of roles: to become the founder of the heliocentric syste…

Vygaudas Ušackas: “I will go down in history as the ‘crisis ambassador’”

An interview with the head of the European Union Delegation to Russia.

The "Silesian Rembrandt" from Königsberg

Michael Willmann was a Baroque painter from Königsberg who worked in Silesia and won fame throughout Europe.

Close Stranger*, or What You Can Learn about Kaliningrad in Poland

A review of Polish press coverage of the Russian exclave on the Baltic.

The Nasty Girl of Skirwieten, the Sabbath-Breaker, the Frenchman and the Monk

Legends and tales of the stone “babas”

A Polish Period Behind the "Iron Curtain"

Nostalgic notes on the days when the border was under lock and key.

The Rominten Heath: The Battle Against the "Nun Moths" and the Emperor's Leisure

A translation of the chapter "The Rominten Heath" from the Polish edition of Fritz Skowronnek's "Book of Masuria"

Local Border Dislike

A view of Polish-Russian cooperation in the local border traffic zone from Switzerland and Portugal.

"Atlantis" at the Crossroads of Cultures

Successful intercultural projects with our neighbours, Poland and Lithuania, give hope for further cooperation.

Królewiec: a city that does not exist

Many Polish diplomats call Kaliningrad Królewiec, avoiding any mention of M. I. Kalinin's name

The View from Poland: Kaliningrad — a Partner in Sociocultural Dialogue or Russia's Military Outpost?

An active presence of the Kaliningrad Region in Poland's information space is essential if our neighbours are to form a positive perception of our re…

The Ghost Canal

A unique hydraulic structure in the Kaliningrad Region – the Masurian Canal

It Did Not Come True: How Kaliningrad Failed to Become a Platform for Russia–EU Dialogue

Kaliningrad's dream of taking part in the foreign-policy "game" between Russia and the EU has not come true so far.