A giant, Star of David-shaped hole in the heart
There are two tragedies of the Polish-Jewish relations. The first one is that through the centuries of coexistence with each other we did not make […]
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Polish Governments Gone Wild (Not On Tinder)
So Tinder turned out to be a disappointment, especially for The Daily Chrenk readers who will not get to see the local edition of “Girls […]
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Booze, girls and the Polish economic miracle
Poland is a land of mystery. Perhaps the biggest mystery is how the country has somehow managed to survive to the present (albeit far from […]
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On the way to Lubenia
With an impeccable timing, The Daily Chrenk will arrive in Warsaw only hours before one of the largest joint Russian-Belorussian military exercises directed against Poland […]
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What I learned about the German election from the polling – and the election signs
If you believe the polls, Angela Merkel is cruising to her fourth term as Chancellor. This is somewhat surprising on our contemporary political scene, where […]
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The German Notebook
This is my second time in Germany. Actually, make that my third time. When I was two or three years old, my parents took me […]
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Tony Wanker and the Woke Chocolate Factory
Contrary to what you might think, chocolate in general contains very little caffeine; no matter how much you eat – whatever other consequences might be […]
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Looking at Australia from Europe
Sometimes you just don’t know what to blog about. But you can still blog about not knowing what to blog about, which seems like the […]
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The country that shouldn’t exist
I have a modest proposal to rationalise Europe (well, in just one small way; possibilities – and needs – are endless): let’s abolish Belgium. If […]
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September 1
The war started 78 years ago today, in the darkness of a late summer morning on the Baltic coast, as German navy vessel “Schleswig-Holstein”, supposedly […]
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Making a complete dick out myself – at the Icelandic Phallological Museum
I wonder how many families turn away disappointed from the doorstep upon being told by the usher that this is a p-h-a-l-l-o-l-o-g-i-c-a-l museum – not […]
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The Cocaine Index of Economic Prosperity
The good news is Iceland is back after a lost economic decade post the spectacular economic crash in 2008. You could be boring and support […]
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I ate the whale and I liked it
I love whales. They are beautiful, majestic – and delicious. And they – or rather this post – will lose me an unknown number of […]
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Iceland – once in a thousand years
Two things of great importance to Icelandic history happened in the year 1000; Leif Ericson got lost and Torgeir Ljosvetningagodi Torkelsson lay thinking under a […]
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Standing on the birthplace of modern capitalism
I’m standing right on the birthplace of modern capitalism and it would feel like a pilgrimage except instead of quiet and contemplation there is noise […]
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Don’t tear them down, just give them the finger
Tear down all the statues. No one is safe. Once you take down Confederate generals and soldiers, why stop there? Already, Catholic saints have been […]
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The Daily Chrenk to hit the road again
It’s that time of the year again, when TDC goes on the road to bring you moderately insightful commentary and occasional mildly entertaining reportage from […]
Continue reading »BARCELONA – ISIS has claimed responsibility for another terrorist attack where a van driven by an Islamist was used to mow down and kill at […]
Continue reading »CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IN POLAND – This is quite beautiful in a way: Make-believe Jewish weddings — a regular educational event in Spain and Portugal, where […]
Continue reading »THE MAN CALLED CAR SEAT – A few weeks ago, some idiots from an anti-immigration group in Norway mistook bus seats for women dressed in burqas. […]
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