The 11th Polish Day in one of the most beautiful gardens in Prague, on Saturday, June 20.
The Polish Day in Gardens was first held in 2017 at the initiative of the Polish Institute in Prague. This event was organized by the Polish Institute together with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Prague and in cooperation with the Prague office of the Polish Tourist Organization.
The most attractive tourist attractions of Poland and presentations of its regions, from lakes to mountains, competitions for children and adults, Polish music and gastronomy awaited visitors to the Polish Day in the Gardens. Once a year, during this event, the gates of the fairy-tale garden of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland are opened to the public free of charge.
The official part of the event started with greetings from Ms. Barbara Krystyna TUGE-ERECIŃSKA – CDA of the Republic of Poland to the Czech Republic, and the representative of the main sponsor – Orlen Unipetrol.
This year’s event was attended by approximately four thousand people.
The musical star of this year’s eleventh Polish Day in the Gardens was the legend of Polish rock Lech Janerka, and his band. World music also sounded on the outdoor stage – Beata Bocek, a Czech-Polish singer-songwriter from the Cieszyn region, performed with her guitar and accordion.
The event was opened at 1 p.m. by the Representative Wind Orchestra of the Wieliczka Salt Mines: first with a colorful parade and then a concert in the garden of the Polish Embassy.
During the Polish Day, visitors could win a weekend stay in Wrocław and also take part in other competitions for prizes, such as a knowledge quiz about Poland.
The garden of the Polish Embassy offers a beautiful view of Prague Castle, but this event also offers a unique opportunity to get to know the Polish regions and their tourist attractions in the center of Prague.
This year it was Lower Silesia and its metropolis Wrocław, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lublin and Lubusz Voivodeships, Lesser Poland, Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the town of Rudnik nad Sanem, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Silesia and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
For children and adults, representatives of the regions prepared, for example, a climbing wall, a demonstration of knightly duels, scientific experiments or a fashion show of wicker clothes, tastings of regional cuisine specialties and a rich offer of workshops, including handmade paper production, wicker knitting, Małopolska beads, baking gingerbread, painting porcelain or tying boatman’s knots. This year’s novelty was a field kitchen with pea soup prepared by soldiers from the 10th Opole Logistics Brigade.
An important topic of this year’s Polish Day was also cycling and cycling routes – for example, the Green Velo route, which runs through five Polish regions and is almost two thousand kilometers long.
The Polish Day in Gardens is supported by the Orlen Unipetrol Foundation (main partner) and Allegro.
Watch the video with highlights from this fun event.
