A while back earlier in 2021 there was a story on TFN which reported that the southern Polish city of Kraków was the fifth greenest city in a global ranking on urban space. And if you check your show notes you’ll see a link to the story.

In this first of a series of interviews on the changing face of Polish cities, we how do cities become green and what can be done to make them more open to nature.

Host John Beauchamp speaks to Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak, architecture critic and Editor-in-Chief of the Autoportet Quarterly on urban space, as well as Dr Kasper Jakubowski, an expert on the urban jungle and initiator of Dzieci w Naturę, or the ‘Kids Go Nature’ Foundation.

In this week’s review:

• Situation of Poles in Belarus extremely difficult - ambassador
• Stats office reaffirms Poland’s 2020 GDP decline at 2.7%
• Poland footballing legend named UEFA deputy head

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