Poland in photo riddles

Yes, looks like a boat but it is a restaurant on the shore. At least it was in 2012. Yes, picture 2840 belongs to Bieszczady series. Any ideas?

Where were we?

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Museum of Bieszczady National Park in Ustrzyki Dolne.


No idea!

Yes, museum. Point, of course. :)

As for picture 2840, as a hint I will show you another picture which I took at the same time: it hasn`t happened here yet - to solve one riddle, you need to cope with another first.

Who are they, what are they doing and why?

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Tourists/hikers carrying sticks to aid walking. Maybe looking for somewhere to set up camp? Grass is longish, whereas in the other pic it looks freshly mown/cut. One of them is holding a small rectangular object, camera or mobile? But I can't make out what it is. Can't work out anything else from pics......I get the feeling this could be a long and painful riddle.....

Good you mentioned feeling. Now look at the guys. How are they feeling? When do HUMANS feel like that? The guy with a rectangular object - it can be a camera or a mobile - what is he doing and why?

In the meantime: what 20th century piece of Polish literature and its film adaptation is well reminded of by this modern picture?

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They look happy and/or pleased to see something/someone? They've seen something they like?
The guy is taking a picture of whatever it is for memories or because it's something unusual?
I have no idea about the lorry containing logs.
I might need more clues :(

Yes! The first two lines of your post are fully correct.
Now, look again at the photo in 2840. Were the men enthusiastic after seeing the boy`s back? Of course not. Where is the boy sitting that caused such enthusiasm?

As for the lorry. It was first a short story, quite known, by a very famous author who is cult today. The story was later adapted into a film under a different title. The plot is connected with what you see in our riddle.

This is a scene from it:

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4 hippies wandering around in the woods searching for their lost bong?

Well, I wouldn`t say hippies but hipsters. And they were enthusiastic. Why? Hint - not because they found the lost bong. Check picture in post 2840 which was taken at the same time.

In the meanwhile:

What is the hiker eating after a strenuous climb?

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An unwary marmot (świstak) he came across during the climb?

hahaha was the marmot alive or dead when the man found it? :)

sorry, we are talking Bieszczady mountains, while marmots live in the Tatras.
Hint: look at his both hands.

At first I thought it was a version of the Wages of Fear - but that's French....
Is that Klaus Kinski in one of the pics? Obviosly not, as he didn't speak Polish...

Wages of Fear? How they transport nitroglycerine?
No, although our film is also about transporting stuff which can be dangerous as a few characters die. But as guys in the film are tough, they persist and do their fekking duty.

I wonder which story came first?

The French book and film were earlier.
But! The author who is cult today didn` t make anything up - in 1950 he had really experienced what he later put down onto paper.

Yet, some critics in Poland did accuse the author of plagiarism of Wages of Fear.
Now it is easy to find out all the titles.

All I can see is that it's made of wood. Part of a cabin? Their accommodation? Pleased to see it after a long hike?

I have no idea about the film.


Something out of a can that looks disgusting.........like a grub almost :(

Ok, I will relieve this pain before going to bed. :)

The man is eating luncheon meat from a tin. It is not disgusting, quite tasty, I like it myself. :)

The film is The Dead Men`s Depot while the book is Next to Paradise by Marek Hłasko.

The enthusiastic men mystery is in the first photo below.
The other photo presents the next riddle:

What can you see exactly?

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Awful stuff :(


A train! At last! I wouldn't have got it I'm afraid, nor the book and film.


A log cabin with a wooden woman sat on a bench holding a broom. A bucket under one of the windows.Looks as if it's somewhere for storage?

Jas i Malgosia?

Hmm. yes, exactly, however, you described only the superficial sight/view. You should look more carefully, our eyes are always misleading us. We are looking but we can`t see,

A hint is a question - what can you do with this structure? I mean you as an average tourist who is visiting Bieszczady.

Sorry, Doug, no. Don`t you remember the witch`s hut was made of gingerbread and various cakes? :)

alive but unwary.... then lunch

In the meantime

What public institution is housed in that structure?

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Go inside it, photograph it.
Is it somewhere to keep animals? Or another mountain shelter perhaps?

It also looks to be a bit small, or the scale is off, maybe that's just my eyes though! I still feel that I'm missing something obvious but there are no other visual clues other than the wooden cabin.

Out of these two, only one is possible. Why if the door to the woodshed is open? :)


Close.... :):)


Another visual; clue

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You can't go inside it because it is a model/miniature wood cabin?

Yeeees. Look at the grass or bushes behind, they are disproportionately bigger than they should be. :)

I have a few such photos from Bieszczady churches: Donation for the church and postcards around. Why?

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Because the church in Równia needs some repairs and its upkeep is expensive? Of course it won't be this at all ;)Your postcards are all of the same church.

You are talking about donations? But the question is about postcards. What is their purpose?

Obviously I have got the wrong end of the stick. I read this:


And thought donations were needed. OK, I will think about the postcards because it is far too obvious that you might be advocating tourism in Bieszczady ;)