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Long weekend Poznan events - free concerts at the Poznań lake and Poznań will once again become the capital of good taste!
This Friday and Saturday will be the last edition of this year's city concerts “Na Falach.”
Margaret will appear on stage on Friday. She is a debutant in the Poznań series. She is a graduate of the State Music School of the 1st degree in the clarinet and saxophone class.
During the last concert of #NaFalach 2024 on the Strzeszynek stage we will host the band Organek with the charismatic vocalist Tomasz Organek. This year the band celebrates its 10th anniversary. On Saturday at Strzeszynek there will certainly be no shortage of hits such as: "Mississippi w Ogniu", "Wiosna", Głupi ja" or "Niemiłość".
The concerts - both on Friday and Saturday - will start at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free.
The performances of Margaret and Organek will close this year's #NaFalach series, which included performances by: Natalia Przybysz, Igo (at Polana Harcerza near Lake Maltańskie) and Mitch&Mitch and Mikromusic (at Lake Strzeszyńskie).
Also this weekend next edition of the Good Taste Festival will begin in Poznań.
The organizers are announcing a Good Taste fair, concerts, the Polish Nalewka of the Year competition, and artistic performances. Once again, the event will take place at Kolegiacki Square.
" The axis of OFDS is, as every year, the Fair of Good Taste. At the exhibitors' stalls, you will find delicacies from many regions of Poland, but also from Hungary, Spain, France, Lithuania and the Middle East. There will be no shortage of wine stands, craft beers, but also traditional Poznań potatoes with gzik or grey dumplings. We will make sure that there is not only a lot to choose from (by extremely carefully selecting exhibitors), but also a place to sit down and sip a glass of wine, crate beer, kvass or lemonade, listening to good music," the organizers announce.
There will also be no shortage of musical attractions. "Musicians from the festival "Yes Chef Band!" will set up on the pedestal of the "Clock of History," who will present jazz and pop music standards in their own arrangements almost every day. On Thursday, August 15, festival visitors will watch performances by folk bands that came to Poznań on the occasion of the World Folklore Festival "Integracje" - it was announced.
The Polish Tincture Competition is already a festival tradition. On Saturday, August 17, the festival jury - the Good Taste Chapter - will evaluate all submitted drinks and the author of the Polish Tincture of the Year 2024. The verdict will be announced that same evening.
The event will run from August 15 to 18.
Heatwave is coming! Weather Agency warning for Poznan.
Heat is forecast. Maximum daytime temperature from 29 C to 31 C. Minimum nighttime temperature from 14 C to 17 C. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management has issued a heat warning.
The warning is in effect in the west and center of Wielkopolska, as well as in the Kępno district in the south of the region. It is expected to be hot from 12:00 on Wednesday until Thursday evening.
Current forecasts indicate that the entire long weekend in Poznań is to be very warm. On Friday, the thermometers are to show up to 29 degrees, and on Saturday up to 28 degrees. That day, there is also a possibility of showers. It will get a bit colder on Sunday - the temperature is to drop to 24 degrees.
Summer track renovations ending soon! Trams are back on track
This is possible thanks to the involvement of Poznań track services and external contractors - says Mariusz Wiśniewski, deputy mayor of Poznań. - I would like to thank them for their efficient operation and the passengers for their understanding. Reliable public transport is our priority, and the renovations being carried out ensure safe, efficient and comfortable journeys. We must remember that the works being carried out, although they are associated with temporary inconveniences, will pay off in the future.
Most Dworcowy junction was comprehensively renovated after more than 20 years of intensive use, during which only spot maintenance works were carried out.
The scope of work included, among other things, replacing the track structure. At the junction of the bridge and Głogowska and Roosevelta streets, new tracks were installed and switches were built in. On the bridge, in turn, not only were the rails replaced, but also the road surface in the track and the switch control system. Work was also carried out on the traction network supplying the trams with electricity.
At the same time, in the Starołęka roundabout area, the southern part of the junction (from the Starołęka side) was replaced, along with the crossing over the track within the roundabout. The track and road surface was also repaired at the intersection of Starołęcka and Forteczna streets - at the entry and exit of trams from the Starołęka PKM loop.
Thanks to the completion of the works ahead of schedule, tram traffic can be restored more quickly at the Dworcowy junction, which will certainly facilitate the movement of passengers in this part of Poznań, and especially access to the Poznań Główny Railway Station - indicates Tomasz Łapszewicz, deputy director of the Public Transport Authority in Poznań for Public Collective Transport. - Much easier, because without having to change from tram to tram, it will also be possible to reach the Starołęka PKM loop.
Trams will come back to Most Dworcowy at 19th August.
Leszno air show announces a "booster dose"
Did we mention the second air show this year? We missed you and can't imagine waiting until June 2025 to see you again!
What's the plan? A picnic at the end of the 33rd edition of the Enea Leszno Balloon Cup - organised by Balonowy Puchar Leszna - with the graceful name Leszno Balloon Night. August 31st at the Leszno Airfield. And now listen to this. An audience zone in the shape of a semicircle. Balloons all around you, in the middle of you also a space for balloons. You will have the feeling that you are in the center of the action and spectacular skyward spectacle is played out literally from all sides around and in the middle of the audience.
And the program? We'll let you know the details next week, but we can already announce that we want it to look as follows:
15:00 opening of the airfield gates
18:00 start of balloon competition
18:30 about two-hour block of evening air show
20:20 night balloon show with surprises, which will combine all the aerial elements of the show
Online tickets will go on sale on August 12th. We will drop you a link on Monday. There will be a total of 15 000 tickets, we have divided them into pools:
First online pool: 1000 tickets PLN 20 each
Second online pool: 2000 tickets PLN 25 each
Third online pool: 2,000 tickets PLN 30 each
Fourth online pool: 10,000 tickets PLN 35 each
Tickets at the on-site box office (if any remain after online sales): PLN 40
Children under 12: free admission, children under 12 need to get free tickets to enter and do not count towards the 15,000 people limit. There will be no tickets other than regular tickets, we anticipate a simple ticketing system
We started the holidays with air show and we will end them the same way! Next week we will let you know who you will see in the sky. We are planning a chilling show to end the summer. With pyrotechnics you know from ANTIDOTUM, good music, drones and fire.
See you on August 31st, 2024 at Leszno Balloon Night and June 20th and 21st, 2025 at ANTIDOTUM!
She arrived at the Poznań airport with a baggage full of cigars. She claimed she had nothing to declare.
Customs officers from Wielkopolska checked the luggage of travelers who flew from Frankfurt to Poznań at the Poznań airport. The officers' suspicions were raised by one of the suitcases in transit, which had arrived from outside the European Union. It was a good shot - in it, the officers found 100 cigars without Polish excise stamps. The luggage belonged to a Cuban citizen who crossed the green line "nothing to declare" - informs the Fiscal Administration Chamber in Poznań.
According to the regulations, a maximum of 50 cigars can be brought into Poland by air from outside the EU. The woman was allowed to take that much. She gave up the rest to the State Treasury. - The seized goods were transferred to the deposit warehouse of the Wielkopolska Customs and Fiscal Office in Poznań.
Interestingly, the limits for tobacco products that can be brought into Poland vary depending on the country and means of transport we are traveling in. Here are the details (according to Customs Office in Poznań):
Imports from outside the EU by land transport:
- cigarettes 40 pcs., or
- cigarillos (cigars weighing no more than 3 g/pc.) - 20 pcs., or
- cigars - 10 pcs., or
- smoking tobacco - 50 g.
Imports from outside the EU by air and sea transport:
- cigarettes - 200 pcs., or
- cigarillos (cigars weighing not more than 3 g/pc.) - 100 pcs., or
- cigars - 50 pcs., or
- smoking tobacco - 250 g.
Imports from EU countries:
- 800 cigarettes
- 400 cigarillos (cigars weighing not more than 3g/piece), or
- 200 cigars
- 1 kg of smoking tobacco.
An extraordinary rally will set off from Poznań. Featuring
historic tractors!
The event will take place on August 15th.
August 15th is Polish Army Day and it is precisely on this occasion that the club from Lipno near Leszno is organizing the Tractor Victory Rally. Participants will set off from Poznań and the rally will end in Wilkowice in Leszno County.
Participants will set off from Poznań promptly at 12:00 on Thursday, and the finish line will be the area where the 22nd International Jerzy Samelczak Festival of Old Tractors and Agricultural Machinery will take place on 17th and 18th August. - On the day of the rally, historic tractors will be available for viewing two hours before the start in Aleja Cytadelowców (Cytadela Poznanń) at the Museum of Armaments in Poznań and along the route. The following tractors will take part in it: Ursus 45, Lanz Bulldog 45, Ferguson TEA 20, Ferguson 135, Porsche Diesel 329 Super, Zetor 25A Ford 2000 and Ursus C 328 - explains Rafał Rosolski from the club.
The Tractor and Agricultural Machinery Festival is the largest event of its kind in the country. You can see about 400 historic vehicles, including a record 320 tractors. - The main theme of this year's festival will be tractors with a scorching pear tree, the so-called "Bombays", with the final of the 1st National Bombay Count. The festival will include: tractor races, tractor pulling, tractor rope tug-of-war, ploughing, grain threshing, machine presentations on the maneuvering yard, a parade and tractor attractions for children. Accompanying events will be the semi-final of the National Tournament of Rural Housewives' Associations "Battle of the Regions" and the Agricultural Exhibition "AGROWilkowice".
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