This week in Lublin
GENERAL
If you'd like to take advantage of the mild and sunny weather, you might want to visit the following:
SKANSEN
Aleja Warszawska 96
An open-air ethnographic museum, where a piece of past country life has been brought back to life in the city. It's a mini village recreated with original buildings and household equipment gathered from various parts of Lublin Province (there are even live animals such as horses, sheep or chickens). You can spend the whole day wandering around the place, visiting old cottages, windmill, smithy, wooden Orthodox church, etc; as weel as just sitting around in the many beautiful little gardens or down at the oxbow lake. A truly unique experience, highly recommended. Admission for students is just 5 PLN. For more info, go to the English version of the website at
UMCS BOTANICAL GARDEN
ul. Sławinkowska 3
opening hours
May to mid-June 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (weekends and holidays 10 a.m.-7 p.m.)
mid-June to end of July 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. (weekends and holidays 10 a.m-7 p.m.)
August 9 a.m.-7 p.m. (weekdays and holidays 10 a.m.-8 p.m.)
buses from the city centre are 2, 5, 18, 20 and 37.
ZALEW ZEMBORZYCKI (artificial lake)
A place where you can swim, sunbathe, cycle or wander around in the beautiful woods surrounding the Lake. To get there, you can cycle along the cycle path along the Bystrzyca, or take one of the buses such as 1 (get off at Żeglarska), 6 (Romera or Żeglarska), 8 (Krężnicka pos.13/Marina), 25 (Krężnicka pos.13/Marina), 37 (Żeglarska), 40 (Żeglarska), 74 (Żeglarska), 77 (Krężnicka pos.13/Marina), M (Marina), and D (Dąbrowa).
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY - a beautiful Renaissance town not far from Lublin, an absolute must for everyone visiting Lublin Province
The best way of getting there is by minibus from the minibus station at ul. Ruska (close to the bus station); see the minibus timetable at http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/mlawa/busy/lublin.htm
NAŁĘCZÓW - a lovely resort, most well-known for its spa and picturesque ravines (and ice-cream)
Also best by minibus, see above.
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CULTURAL NEWS
NIGHT OF CULTURE
Prepare for a night chock-full of cultural events (concerts, theatrical plays, exhibitions, happenings, etc) on 4/5th June, and all absolutely FREE
the full programme at http://www.nockultury.pl/Program_Nocy_Kultury_2011-2-566-6.html
MUSIC
MUSIC AT TEKTURA
ul. Wieniawska 15 a
KEV FOX BAND /UK + PRET-A-PORTER /Lublin
1st June (Weds), 8 p.m.
admission 12 PLN
Kev Fox: artist with Manchester connections, currently based in northern Wales. Recommended if you like Bon Iver, Damien Rice, Jeff Buckley, or The Swell Season. www.myspace.com/kevfox
Pret-a-porter: an acoustic mix of various music genres
DOOM OVER GOATVILLE II: DEATH DENIED /Łódź + VAGITARIANS /Warsaw + SOLARBABES /Lublin
3rd June (Fri), 8 p.m.
admission 10 PLN
Death Denied: http://www.myspace.com/deathdeniedpl
Vagitarians: http://www.myspace.com/vagitarianspl
Solarbabes: http://www.myspace.com/solarbabespl
D.I.Y. HARDCORE PUNK GIG: PRZECIW /Lublin + ILLEGALITY /Slovakia + PROFANACJA /Wodzisław Śląski + BRUDNE DZIECI SIDA /Poznań + ON2B /Kędzierzyn Koźle and Wodzisław Śląski + IN VITRO /Lublin + THE EMERITEN COMANDO /Rzeszów + DJ TERROR /Rzeszów
4th June (Sat), 7.15 p.m.
admission 15 PLN
PRZECIW - Lublin veterans of old-school punk rock http://www.przeciw.band.pl/
ILLEGALITY – one of the most important bands of the Slovak hc/punk scene http://www.myspace.com/ilegality
PROFANACJA - characterised by a very non-stamndard approach to punk rock, as well as by sarcastic lyrics http://www.myspace.com/profanacja
BRUDNE DZIECI SIDA – a mixture of ultra-fast thrash-punk with crushing grindcore with elements of ska, reggae and death metal plus dynamic yet melodious female vocals (plus sax, vilolin and accordeon) http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Brudne+Dzieci+Sida
ON2B - hc/punk
IN VITRO – energetic punk rock with a street flavour http://www.myspace.com/invitropunk
DJ TERROR - vinyl 80s music form punk to disco
ART
Kordian Michalski: Wings after Transplantation – graphics: exhibition opening
4th June (Sat), 6 p.m. at Tektura, ul. Wieniawska 15a