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Poland in photo riddles - part 2


mafketis  38 | 11076
8 May 2021   #811
What is going on?

PRL era "voluntary" action by... middle or high school students? involving cleaning up some public area (maybe at the beginning of spring?)
OP pawian  221 | 25643
8 May 2021   #812
Yes! So called community action - czyn społeczny in communist newspeech. On Sundays citizens carried out some light work in the neigbourhood.

Hmm, maf, what do you think about moving your PRL riddle series to another thread? E.g. the one dealing with history? Let`s keep this one for modern times.
mafketis  38 | 11076
8 May 2021   #813
moving your PRL riddle series to another thread

sounds good...
OP pawian  221 | 25643
15 May 2021   #814
Coming back to personal pics

What is going on?


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Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #815
What is going on?

Segregating documents?

There's the European Championship in football taking place now so I have a riddle for football fans :)

Where is it?:


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OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #816
Yes! Except they are no documents but mail and bills.
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #817
Where is it?:

Hard to say. Is it in a pub or cafe located in the basement?
Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #818
@pawian, I'm going to give a delph-style hint:

Sleeping well, kicking ball, here you have it and much more!
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #819
Sleeping well? Hmm, it reminds me sleeping hours in a kindergarten. Is it a soccer kindergarten??
Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #820
@pawian, no, it isn't a soccer kindergarten, but kids can do stuff there too. It's mainly known for being a place for adults kicking a ball though, although you can do other stuff there too, like running on a track or playing golf :)
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #821
although you can do other stuff there too,

It is a sports centre?
Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #822
Nope, it isn't a sports centre even though it has a few football pitches and even a small stadium :) Also - tennis courts, a sports hall, a gym, golf course, etc.

Hint - Ronaldo was there (among others)! Hence that ball on the wall :))

You know what, to some extent it is a sports and training centre of sorts, but that's not what it's called.
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #823
I don`t believe that the Museum of Sport turned into such a complex training facility ... :)
Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #824
Haha, no, you can't sleep at a museum! :)
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #825
Aaah, I forgot about that sleeping. So now it is easy - it is Remes Hotel in Opalenica.
Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #826
@pawian, yes, correct! :D

Portuguese national team was staying and training there during Euro 2012 (apparently they liked it a lot) and other teams throughout the years, including Polish national team :)
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #827
if not for clues, I wouldn`t have guessed it. I am not into organised sport so much. :)

Where is this street?


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Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #828
@pawian lol
Maybe I'll leave it for jon357, if he appears...
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #829
Does it mean you recognised it immediately?????? hahaha
Paulina  16 | 4338
4 Jul 2021   #830
Yeah, I'd recognise those street lamps everywhere ;)))
OP pawian  221 | 25643
4 Jul 2021   #831
:):):) we can run a little series of Polish cities by their street lamps.
Paulina  16 | 4338
11 Jul 2021   #832
Where is this street?

I guess noone else will answer it, so... It's in Kielce and it's called Sienkiewicz Street :):

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sienkiewicz_Street,_Kielce

It isn't an ordinary street though, it's a promenade around 1270 meters long and a sort of heart of Kielce going through the city centre - the smaller streets leading from it can take you to different spots nearby like the square, the park, the Kielce Cathedral, the Palace of the Kraków Bishops, Toys' Museum, the Planty Street where the pogrom in 1946 took place and the only regular cinema left that isn't in a shopping mall - kino "Moskwa" ("Moscow" cinema lol). We were having high school "movie days" at that cinema :) Sienkiewicz Street used to be the place where you would go shopping (I bought my prom dress in one of the boutiques at that street :)) and hang out before all the shopping galleries were built and before the square got renovated. But after Galeria Echo and Galeria Korona were built some shops on the promenade went bankrupt. It's still a nice place to have a walk though and a convenient spot from where you can sightsee Kielce :)

:):):) we can run a little series of Polish cities by their street lamps.

I don't know about that, I've guessed it only because I live there, I'm not sure if people pay attention to such stuff when they sightsee... I guess I'd have to look for photos with street lamps :))

if not for clues, I wouldn`t have guessed it.

Yes, that one was difficult, so something easier this time :)

What is it?:


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Paulina  16 | 4338
11 Jul 2021   #834
@Oathbreaker, it isn't a placek, but it's edible :))
OP pawian  221 | 25643
11 Jul 2021   #835
It is a mushroom. Noble. I guess it is maślak. Yellow.
Paulina  16 | 4338
11 Jul 2021   #836
@pawian, yes, correct! :)) It's a wild mushroom called maślak in Polish, in English it's called slippery jack or sticky bun, because of the cap's slimy surface. The bottom of the cap looks like a yellow sponge with little holes. They're great for a mushroom stew :) From what I've noticed they grow in well hidden places near conifers, often near the edge of the forest.

I think it could be this one to be more precise, judging by the look of the cap:

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%9Blak_ziarnisty

I'm not sure though, for me all of them are just maślaki :P ;)
OP pawian  221 | 25643
12 Jul 2021   #837
judging by the look of the cap:

This can be misleading, though. The edge of the cap which shows the underneath part of it suggests it is yellow maślak which grows under larches (modrzewie). :):)

I guess I'd have to look for photos with street lamps :

I will look for them for you, don`t bother. :):)

Where?


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Paulina  16 | 4338
13 Jul 2021   #838
The edge of the cap which shows the underneath part of it suggests it is yellow maślak

Would you be able to tell which one is it if I posted the underneath part of the cap? The first photo is that one I posted as the riddle photo and in the second photo is another one I found in the same place, as far as I remember.

yellow maślak which grows under larches (modrzewie). :):)

Huh, that's interesting, I didn't know that :)) I found that maślak (and others - it was a whole colony :)) under a conifer in a high grass, but I don't know what kind of tree it was exactly... It was in my grandma's forest (who's an avid mushroom picker, btw :)), so I guess I could ask her whether there are larches growing over there...

I will look for them for you, don`t bother. :):)

Thank God ;D because I have no time to dig through CDs with my photos right now ;P

Where?

Zakopane (Krupówki) :))

Today I'm going to post a riddle to celebrate a certain anniversary :) It would be too easy if I posted simple "What is it?", I guess, so I added some questions with different difficulty levels. If you know an answer to just one or two of them then post it, maybe other people will answer the rest.

1. Basic level: What is it?
2. Average level: What is the anniversary all about?
3. Advanced level:
a) who designed it?
b) when was it designed? (which year)
4. Super advanced level (I guess lol): Why the colours - red and dark navy blue?


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OP pawian  221 | 25643
13 Jul 2021   #839
Would you be able to tell which one is it

The first looks like maślak zótły, the second is a bit different so it can be maślak sitarz, the least tasty of all.

Yes, Krupówki in Zakopane.

It is not a strict rule that we have to post only our own photos. :):)

As for the badge (you certainly like military topics), I know all the answers but will wait for sb else. Especially our Polish and ex-Polish males. :):):)

These street lamps are where? City and street:


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Paulina  16 | 4338
13 Jul 2021   #840
The first looks like maślak zótły

That's cool to know :)) I'll pay more attention to the trees around where I'll be finding them next time :)

the second is a bit different so it can be maślak sitarz

True, it does look different... We found quite a few mushrooms on that day, so it's possible I lumped them all together.

It is not a strict rule that we have to post only our own photos. :):)

I know, but I figured that maybe our own photos would be more difficult to guess :P

I know all the answers but will wait for sb else. Especially our Polish and ex-Polish males. :):):)

Thanks, because I'm curious about the level of knowledge of our PF patriots too ;)

These street lamps are where?

It looks like an ordinary street to me with ordinary street lamps... It seems rather big... Is it Warsaw?

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