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Aarhus is the second-largest city and the principal port of Denmark as well as the oldest big city in Scandinavia. It is a centre for education on the peninsula of Jutland. The relatively large influx of young people and students creates a natural base for cultural activities.

After the Danish spelling reform of 1948 Aarhus changed name to Århus. In 2010, a majority of the city council voted for a name change from Århus back to Aarhus, and the renaming came into effect on January 1, 2011 [already after the photos had been taken]. 59.8% of the city's inhabitants still prefer the Å spelling.

After Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus. But, to be frank, I prefer Copenhagen.

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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:19:00 -0800 My class - Rørvig Folkehøjskole http://wihajster.posterous.com/my-class-rorvig-folkehojskole http://wihajster.posterous.com/my-class-rorvig-folkehojskole

A person with clinical depression, an ex-monk, a vegetarian cook, a ticket seller, an artist, a pensioner, a businessman and a person I can’t really say anything specific about. They were my classmates. How did it happen? It was all thanks to a very special school and a unique educational system ("find det, du er god til" - find what you are good at). Rørvig Folkehøjskole is one of Denmark’s many folk schools.

Birger, a great artist and an eccentric, once said about our mutual friend: "He wanted to leave the school and travel around the world but was back in three days. It must have been a very small world.". Or a very interesting school to go back to.

The full article (in Polish) appeared in the November issue of the PDF magazine of the University of Warsaw.

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Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:31:00 -0700 Architect, meditator and biblicist from Warsaw http://wihajster.posterous.com/architect-meditator-and-biblicist-from-warsaw http://wihajster.posterous.com/architect-meditator-and-biblicist-from-warsaw

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Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:35:00 -0700 Protest przeciw eksmisjom na ul. Józefa (in Polish) http://wihajster.posterous.com/protest-przeciw-eksmisjom-na-ul-jozefa http://wihajster.posterous.com/protest-przeciw-eksmisjom-na-ul-jozefa

Protest przeciw eksmisjom na ul. Józefa i gentryfikacji centrum Krakowa. Życzyłbym sobie więcej takich akcji, nie tylko w tak smutnych okolicznościach. To, co zobaczyłem na Józefa, to prawdziwe poczucie wspólnoty mieszkańców i ludzi zaangażowanych społecznie. Lokatorzy, anarchiści, turyści, osoby o różnych poglądach politycznych - barwny i życzliwy tłumek. Siedzieliśmy na krzesłach wystawionych na ulicy, rozmawiając i słuchając wspierających protest zespołów - było jak w krajach południowych. Dodatkowym punktem programu była możliwość spisania przez policję, która wysłała do “obsługi” protestujących 5 radiowozów.

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Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:05:00 -0700 The Yellow Town http://wihajster.posterous.com/the-yellow-town http://wihajster.posterous.com/the-yellow-town

Reposting an old set in colour. Because I can. And actually, it looks so much better with this yellow tint. "The Yellow Town", Annebergparken, soon to be closed psychiatric hospital in Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark. Opened in 1915, at some point housed almost 800 patients and 400 employees.

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Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:16:04 -0700 Europa bez granic http://wihajster.posterous.com/europa-bez-granic http://wihajster.posterous.com/europa-bez-granic

Europe without borders. My second visit to the junk shop.

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Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:19:00 -0700 The colour is green http://wihajster.posterous.com/the-colour-is-green http://wihajster.posterous.com/the-colour-is-green

Relatives. Podgórski Cemetery, Kraków.

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Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:37:00 -0700 Lubartów http://wihajster.posterous.com/lubartow http://wihajster.posterous.com/lubartow

What's left of the charm of the town of Lubartów. Houses like these are being replaced by terrible "modern" architecture.

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Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:29:00 -0700 Tadeusz http://wihajster.posterous.com/tadeusz http://wihajster.posterous.com/tadeusz

I met Mr. Tadeusz on a street in Lublin. I asked if I could take a photo of him. "A photo of me? Do you know how old I am?". "68?" - I asked with a little bit of flattery. "84!" - he replied vigorously and showed me his identity card. "1927" - it read. And so he asked me to visit him at his house at the outskirts of Lublin. I had no plans for the day so I agreed to accompany him. He wanted to prepare for the visit and buy some cake so I offered to pay for it. He strongly refused explaining he had no better things to spend his money on. 20 minutes later we were in Głusk, some 10 kilometres from the city. It was a yet another post-communist village with a bus stop, cheap claret pavements and terrible 90s-style houses. Right after I had taken the first picture of Mr. Tadeusz posing in the backyard he showed me to his barn where he would spend most of his time. It was a place that he has been using to hide from his ex-wife and a place that he has filled with a multitude of objects, including an old Czechoslovakian motorcycle "Jawa".

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Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:06:00 -0700 Gate http://wihajster.posterous.com/gate http://wihajster.posterous.com/gate

In the Old City of Lublin, where gates of the many charming old apartment houses are still open.

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Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:19:00 -0700 Jerzy Zbigniew http://wihajster.posterous.com/jerzy-zbigniew http://wihajster.posterous.com/jerzy-zbigniew

Jerzy was born in Lwów, a place which no longer exists. The pictures are from his apartment in Kraków.

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Mon, 02 May 2011 14:42:00 -0700 Annebergparken http://wihajster.posterous.com/annebergparken http://wihajster.posterous.com/annebergparken

"The Yellow Town", soon to be closed psychiatric hospital in Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark. Opened in 1915, at some point housed almost 800 patients and 400 employees. 

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