Szczecin Local Customs

The Street Artists Festival is a colourful holiday celebration of theatre embellishing the streets of Szczecin and inviting everyone to common fun. There are presentations of theatres, street actions and happenings, there were also exhibitions, artistic workshops and performances presented in buildings.
The Street Artists Festival is the biggest artistic enterprise realised by the Kana Theatre Association. Several hundred artists from Poland and abroad participate in it, and there are several dozens of volunteers working for the festival.

It takes plase during summer - generally at the beginning of July.

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Twins, triplets, and quadruplets from across the European continent and all of the world are all invited for a weekend of fun and festivities - celebrating the most loved and the most special people. This festival is organised annually in Szczecin for a few years so far and each year is getting more and more popular.
Expect a twin barbecue, twin bonfire, twin talent contest, twin bonding and much more.
To be invited you have to be a twin or multiple!
It takes place each August.

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Every year Szczecin celebrates St. Jakub day.
At front of Cathedral local merchants put their stands with food, beer, arts and crafts.

During summer 2010 we had no luck with the weather. It was pouring rain but we still managed to get some draft beer and purchase smoked sausages, cheese and bread.

Too bad there was no smoked fish or any fish at all - after all Szczecin was the second biggest ship yard in Poland and it's history has always been about Baltic Sea and Zalew Szczecinski.

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Lately as the money from European Union is flowing to our city there are more interesting events than when I was growing up in Szczecin.
During summer 2010 we saw the event that was supposed to commemorate what russian army did to our city at the end of the IIWW.
Supposedly they took all the concert pianos they could find and throw them away / took them to Moscow - not sure which.

See the photos of little happening that was supposed to commemorate that event.

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If you happen to arrive to Szczecin in the late October, you should stay for the All Saints' Day (1st November). It's part of Polish tradition to go visit the graves of your relatives on that very special day. In the evening, the Central Cemetery in Szczecin shines like a precious stone - there are that much of candles at the graves.

Next to the Cemetery second gate at Karola Miarki Street, there's a huge iron cross. Each year on All Saints' Day, Szczeciners gather there, lighting candles in memory of people who died in riots in December 1970, when anti-communist protest broke out in the city. 16 people, killed by militia, were buried near this place.

If you're in Szczecin on 1st November, go there in the evening, light a candle and think about people who had to die back then so that Poland and Eastern Europe could become free.

You'll get there by tram no. 8 or bus no. 67 (Karola Miarki stop)

The city Szczecin was the organizer of the final of 2007 Tall Ships' Race - the Race and Regatta of Big Sailing Ships. About 6 thousands of sailors visited the city and approximately over 2 millions of tourists.
It took place from 4 to 7 August 2007.
Take a look at my genaral tips about Szczecin to see the huge collection of photos.
Here you can watch some movies I've made during the Tall Ships' Races in my town:
Sailing ships in Szczecin - part 1
Sailing ships in Szczecin - part 2
Sailing ships in Szczecin - part 3
Sailing ships in Szczecin - part 4

The Sea Festival - Dni Morza consists of gala of sailing vessels, many concerst, the display of fire works, the theme park. The inhabitants and visitors have an opportunity to visit Lasztownia island , which has a great vies at Waly Chrobrego at the other side of Odra river.
Sea Festival is organised in the second weekend ( from Friday till Sunday) of each June annually.

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The Sea Festival - Dni Morza consists of gala of sailing vessels, many concerst, the display of fire works. This year there was also a ferris wheel and other attractions of the theme park.
It is organised in the second weekend ( from Friday till Sunday) of each June annually.