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The Winter Dreams of Phlegmatics
Soul + Body
The Four Elements

The Winter Dreams of Phlegmatics

When winter arrives with its cool air and seasonal stagnation, so too does the phlegmatic humor, characterized by a peaceful and slow approach to life.
Kamila Dzika-Jurek
Why the New Year Starts in Mid-Winter
Art + Stories
Fiction

Why the New Year Starts in Mid-Winter

The Julian New Year starts right in the middle of winter. How can the sparrows from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Story of the Year” help us understand this?
Aldona Kopkiewicz
Winter’s Work
Art + Stories
Fiction

Winter’s Work

“Moominvalley in November” is the only book in Tove Jansson’s series to not feature the Moomins. Yet it is a beautiful examination of winter, light and darkness.
Kamila Dzika-Jurek
Chasing the Cold
Art + Stories
Experiences

Chasing the Cold

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” is full of wintry metaphors. But do today’s younger generations still have the icy cold reference points to understand such symbolism?
Renata Lis
Winter in the North
World + People
Nature

Winter in the North

A series of photos taken by Weronika Izdebska in northern Iceland between 2016 and 2019.
Weronika Izdebska
All Alone at the End of the World
Soul + Body
The Four Elements

All Alone at the End of the World

For those scientists and technical staff who work on the Antarctic – 1000 kilometres from the nearest shop and with challenging weather conditions – isolation at their research stations can be a testing experience.
Mikołaj Golachowski
The Dream Time
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Dream Time

We present you with an alternative history of the world, in which humans join hibernating animals with a deep sleep through the winter months.
Adam Węgłowski
Icelandic Survival Strategies
Soul + Body
The Four Elements

Icelandic Survival Strategies

In the far north of Iceland, on the coast of the fjord Dýrafjörður, social reciprocity and artistic expression are valued above all else.
Anna Berestecka
Fields of Good Energy
Art + Stories
Experiences

Fields of Good Energy

Our writer makes a winter trip to Aleksandra and Mieczysław Babalski’s organic farm in the north of Poland to discover what happens when the soil is frozen over.
Berenika Steinberg
In the Clouds as in Beehives
World + People
Science

In the Clouds as in Beehives

When, in the winter months, we see snowflakes fall from the sky, their patterns look so intricately delicate. What exactly is the secret to their hexagonal form?
Tomasz Sitarz