Probably the most beautiful autumn in the EU

The autumn comes slightly earlier to Masuria than we experience it in other parts of Poland. Our world plays with gold, cooper and bronze in October. In November nature turns into all hues of silver, including crystal snowflakes appearing to decorate beautiful Masurian landscapes for a white winter...

Author: Maria Olszowska, Masuria 2016

Masuria on Instagram

Hashtag #mazury on Instagram and you go to Masuria all year round. "Mazury" means Masuria in Polish. Thank you, Masurians. You're doing a great job for the place in the world you're coming from.

Sup(p)er pancake from Masuria

Everything you see, but baby tomatoes, we took from the pure Masurian nature (incl. frozen parsley). Super warm pancake from Masuria while cold autumn night outside. Best for supper with light white wine, 18+ version of course :)

Go for Christmas to Masuria

If you're looking for a white Christmas, it's usually a winter standard in Masuria. Planes from Luton and Stansted available, so why not to check out anything new this year? Regional Warmian-Masurian Tourism Organisation recommends following offers in our beautiful Masuria: mazurytravel.com.pl

Olsztyn and Bialystok on Pebble

Good news for users of the Pebble smartwatches. Today's Pebble app update for iOS® brings us weather for Olsztyn, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship's capital city. There's also Bialystok available, capital city of the Podlasie. Good to know before an active holiday in Polish Masuria.

Green Velo in Masuria

Eastern Cycle Trail "Green Velo" today on the BBC News in the UK. 145th episode of "The Travel Show" fully regarding Poland, including the golden train mystery, but the northern part of our beautiful Masuria, with the over 1,000 miles long "Green Velo" cycling heaven, also mentioned. Watch: online... [available until 18th December 2016 for UK's residents paying the TV License].

Green Energy Expo

2nd "Green Energy Expo" comes to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Renewable energy technologies, eco-investments, electric & hybrid cars (including Tesla) - all these big things from 24 to 25 November 2016 will be presented in Ostroda, a small city located by the Lake Drweckie: more...

Centaurus in Olsztyn

Brand new business, shopping and residential district comes to Olsztyn, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship's capital city. It's name is "Centaurus", i.a. to expose astronomical traditions of Olsztyn to the world. You know Copernicus lived and worked in that city for many years. "Centaurus" will be located in the city centre, close to Olsztyn's planetarium and observatory. Also several lakes should be quite visible from the highest building of this modern district. More information: eurostyl.com.pl

Autumn flowers from Masuria

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They remaind about dullness and flatness, about one-way stream of time, about our ancestors and us - ancestors for our next generations. Autumn flowers from Masuria pay tribute to all people living in our memories. As a matter of fact, they were brought from China and Japan to Europe in 17th century. Polish singer - Janusz Poplawski, used to sing about "Golden Chrysanthemums" but there're many colours of them, thriving in Poland now.

Author: Maria Olszowska, Masuria 2016

Sour cabbage from Masuria

New sour cabbage from Masuria & fried Polish dumplings stuffed with this-year Masurian forests' mushrooms. You must taste it to catch it :) OMG, so much yummy dinner today!

Winter swimming in Masuria

Winter coming, so Masuria's getting ready for new outdoor activities. Today only -1C over there, or +0C if you prefer ;) RESET, the club of ice-swimmers from Szczytno, invites to a second St.Andrew's trail-run introducing their new 2016 / 2017 season of swimming. It'll take place in municipal beach area by the Lake Domowe Duze on 26/11/2016: more...

Orzysz - a gate to the Sniardwy

The Orzysz council guide for your iPhone® is available from the AppStore® now. The app is in Polish only, what a pity! Anyway, it's really worth to download and browse through. Thank you, dear: mobilne.wm.pl Orzysz council is a northeastern gate to the biggest Masurian lake Sniardwy.

From Masuria with love... to football :)

Good to know it takes only about two hours to get from Olsztyn, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship's capital city, to Kaliningrad in Russia. At least six matches of the World Cup 2018 will take place over there. Lucky Masuria, so close to such big football event.

Masurian Live-Photo Butterfly

Masurian being under the open sky, balancing with the sun and wind. Summer in Masuria: silence, nature and this butterfly. In a year we'll see each other again... Taken by our boys with not their iPhone® ;)

Winning Olsztyn

Very good news from Olsztyn today. Our Roman favourite football club in Poland won a match in Polish Championship over Drutex Bytovia Bytow (that's very good team too). Final result was 3:1. Congrats from London to Stomil Olsztyn and obviously Socios! :)

Best active holidays...

The best active holidays in kids opinion this year? Just the ones spent i.a. on a combine in Masuria! Today's children are so keen on almost everything we - Polish adults, used to treat as a pleasure too. However, health and safety rules much more deterring these days ;)

Memorial parks of Masuria

The past shows a lot of multicultural facts in Masuria today. One of them are Masurian cemeteries. You can find here tombs of Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox Christians and Jews. Until the 19th century small cemeteries had been allowed to exist by almost all churches. Since then only reach families were allowed to posses private mausoleums close to their palaces. Masurians used to celebrate the All Saints' Day in late November. Now we do it here as all the western world does, on 1st November.

Author: Maria Olszowska, Masuria 2016