MK Kraków was the capital of Poland from 1039 until 1079. But (spoiler alert!), this wasn’t the only time Kraków served this purpose. When in the year 1079 Duke Władysław Herman came to power, Płock, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Warsaw is a shy city. It is one that has successfully escaped the attention given to other, often less ...

Below are three of the most cherished songs inspired by Poland's capital, anthems that are familiar to almost every true child of Warsaw. I present them here, dear English-language readers, as insight ...