Inspired by @BDStanley I'm going to have a go at listing my top 100 things about Poland #100latniepodlegla
In no order but 1) Krakow's rynek główny. Massive, impressive space which enthralled me on my first visit to the country in September 2002.
Ben's already mentioned it but 2) the films of Krzysztof Kieślowski (especially his Dekalog), wonderful films. Human, poignant and fascinating
3) Polish bars. For a Brit in his early 20s Poland's (then smokey) bars were a revelation. Open until the last customer leaves, normally with distressed walls and old books the only issue is the service but this is a positive list...
4) Polish hospitality. If you get invited to a Polish house or flat, especially if the host is 60+ prepare yourself for a treat. You'll get all the food in the house at your disposal, constantly and on show 24/7. You might gain a bit of weight though
5) The Polish language. An absolutely fascinating, impregnable mess of a language. My favourite are all the diacritical marks ł ą ć ż ę. But just millions of complicated looking words which start to make sense eventually
6) Jan Himilsbach's English. Himilsbach was a self-trained actor, drunkard and a teller of tales. When offered a role in a foreign film he learned he'd need English. Himilsbach turned it down, as 'it'll probably be cancelled, what am i supposed to do with my bloody English.' 
7) @tygodnik an institution. An atypical Catholic weekly which is probably the most thought-provoking publication in the country. Articles about culture, film, society, politics and the Church all done with excellent publication values. Really excellent
8) Krówki. Yum
9) The Ekstraklasa. Poland's top football league. Hated by most Poles but full of interesting stories and a labour of love for my alter-ego @rightbankwarsaw
10) The literature of Bruno Schulz. Schulz, a Polish Jew, lived his whole life in the small (now Ukrainian) town of Drohobycz. He created wonderful, mysterious worlds based on his upbringing, including the mythical father character. Killed in the Drohobycz ghetto in 1942
11) The film Sami Swoi. Shot in 1969, Sylwestr Checinski's film depicts two peasants who take their families' feud with them from Poland's lost lands in the East to its new lands in the West. Classic film, very funny with excellent music by Wojciech Kilar
12) Maanam. Excellent 1980s new wave band with a very charismatic front woman (Kora) who died this year
13) Ucho Prezesa (The Chairman's Ear). Excellent political satire which focuses on Jarosław Kaczyński's office and his close political associates. So good that people across Poland's bitter political divide enjoy it
14) Zbigniew Cybulski. The Polish James Dean, appeared in a host of great Polish school films in the late 1950s and 1960s before dying tragically in 1967.
15) The early films of Andrzej Wajda. Poland after 1956 experienced a wave of freedom as the country Destalinised. It didn't last long but excellent films emerged including Wajda's Kanał and Ashes and Diamonds. Cybulski appeared in the latter film
16) Dzień Świra (The Day of the Wacko) the adventures of Adam Miauczynski is a comedic journey through the Poland of the early naughties. Adam's life is not going well, with a angry ex-wife and stress. Here he is trying to teach his son English
17) Jesteś Bogiem (You are God), another film about transformation era Poland. This time about Paktofonika a hip hop group from Upper Silesia and their struggles to succeed, set against a post-industrial backdrop
18) Majówka. Poland has a lot of holidays but this is the best of the lot. May 1st and May 3rd off means a great time to head to the mountains, to the Polish seaside or just relax as the Polish spring breaks through. Lovely
19) Polish design. Polish design is so good that even its social movements get great, iconic logos
20) The Polish Poster school. Brilliantly diverse and eclectic designs
21) Czesław Miłosz. Poet and writer who wrote the classic 'The Captive Mind' which outlined Polish writers' relationships with post-war Polish Communism. From lands which were lost to Poland after the Second World War his writings show a great respect for a multinational Poland
Polish beaches
Poland's Bieszczady mountain range.
24) The Bieszczady mountain range's Greek Catholic and Orthodox wooden churches. Beautiful and spooky at the same time as they're reminders of the ethnic cleansing of Lemkos and Ukrainians in 1947 from the region
25) The Syrena Sport. A sports car that never went into mass production as it represented a problem for Poland's Communist authorities
26) Janusz Gajos's voice. Iconic actor whose soft, deep tones are legendary
27) Zbigniew Boniek, a force of nature, whose determination took him all the way to the top of the world game. Excellent player
28) The old Stadion Śląski. Legendary games took place here including Poland's one and only victory over England in 1972 which helped take them to the 1974 World Cup
*1973
29) Polish Szarlotka (apple pie)
30) The films of Andrzej Munk, my favourite being 'Zezowate Szczęście' 'Bad Luck.' A tale of an everyman who gets himself into a world of trouble in interwar and wartime Poland. The Forrest Gump of Polish films (in a good way)
31) Sorry for all the film stuff but Jerzy Stuhr. Stuhr appeared in Kieślowski's Dekalog X and Three Colours White but my favourite role of his is in Wodzirej (Top Dog). Stuhr tries to get a gig as an emcee, but the film really shows the corruption of late PRL-era Poland
32) Kazimierz Górski. Legendary Polish coach who led Poland to their biggest successes in their footballing history. 3rd place at the 1974 World Cup, gold medal in the 1972 Olympics. A lovely, humble man full of truisms but also an intelligent football brain
33) Janusz Korczak. Polish-Jewish pedagogue who developed innovative methods of educating children, treating them as small adults. Had the chance to survive the holocaust but decided to stay with the children in the orphanage he ran. He died with them at Treblinka in 1942
34) Irena Sendler. As head of Zegota (The Polish Council to Aid Jews) she was able to save 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust
35) Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Outside of Poland the famous scientist is known as Curie, if you say that in Poland you'll get a good shouting to
36) Jacek Gmoch. Big chin, tactics board, football alchemy, opiniated character, what's not to love?
37) Marek Grechuta. If 18th century sung poetry is your thing, then you'll like this (there's other stuff too)
38) T-Love. Catchy anthems, good lyrics. Just class
39) Beats of Freedom. A really good film about Polish rock which took on the Communist regime in the 1980s
40) On Polish independence day this is a good way to sign off for the night. The song 'chcemy być sobą' 'We want to be ourselves' by Perfect
41) The National Digital Archive - audiovis.nac.gov.pl 15 million photos can be accessed here! An incredible resource! Here Józef Piłsudski (on the right) talks to Ignacy Daszyński (middle) in 1915-6
42) Another online archive - this time of the Cultural magazine - Przekrój. (all 2.803 editions of it!). My favourite are the early numbers, especially the covers - here's the rebuilding of Warsaw's Old town in 1953 przekroj.pl/archiwum
43) Polska Kronika Filmowa (Polish Film Chronicle) . A whole host of news items online for your delectation, these are from 1990-1994. Here's an interesting video of a religious pilgrimmage in 1990
44) Leopold Tyrmand's 1954 Diary. A fantastic insight into a grey Stalinist era Poland from an individualist intellectual, quite a lot of vulgarity, but some great descriptions of Warsaw in 1954
45) More diaries, this time from the other side. Mieczysław Rakowski's Political Diaries show us the arcane world of the Polish Communist party from 1958-1990 from a reformist perspective. Interesting, funny and geopolitically fascinating
46) @polinmuseum an excellent museum dealing with the complex history of Jewish lives in Polish territories, no short cuts taken, lovely exhibitions, in-depth information. Really worthwhile
47) Krystyna Janda. Actress who has appeared in many films, but her role that really sticks out for me is in Andrzej Wajda's Man of Marble. Janda stars as a young filmmaker trying to make a film about a Polish Stakhanovite, encountering challenges along the way
48) The Facebook page Duchologia - Anthropologist Olga Drenda looks out for items and places in Poland from the late 1980s and 1990s. But it's not just Drenda, it's a proper community of nostalgia and random miscellanea. Really great facebook.com/Duchologia/
49) Another Facebook page. This time with old used postcards bought in random shops. Some really poignant stuff facebook.com/szkodazewastun…
50) The Sports weekly, 'Sportowiec'. Published from 1949-1995 this magazine had great sports-writing which really explained the sporting world of the PRL, and it had nice colour photography and covers
51) Zbigniew Zamachowski. My favourite role of his is in Kieślowski's Dekalog X. Zamachowski plays a punk musician full of charm and zest alongside Jerzy Stuhr (the pair reunited in Three Colours White)
51) Barbara Nowacka. Poland's politicians are not known for being civil and intelligent. Nowacka is however and she's also someone who is engaged and committed and stands up for women's rights
53) All Saint's Day in Poland. Simply the best communal experience in Poland. Humble, poignant and not political. And the views at cemeteries are incredible
54) Drożdżówki. Incredibly unhealthy but incredibly good
55) Pączki. Polish doughnuts contain lots of calories but they're excellent
56) Isaac Babel. Bit left field this one but the great Jewish writer's Diary 1920 is an incredible description of the Polish-Soviet war. Also see the same author's Red Cavalry stories. A must read
57) Kazimierz Deyna. Excellent technical footballer and the leader of Poland's run to 3rd place at the 1974 World Cup. Died tragically in a car crash in 1989
58) Wrocław's Rynek Główny. Another incredible town square in Poland
59) Polish trains. Lots of issues with them but have made some great journeys in them and they have their own kind of charm (especially if you're in the right carriage ;)
60) Warsaw. Home
61) Pisanki. Painted eggs that appear at Easter. Very pretty
62) Żurek. A great soup for cold autumn or winter days
63) Ludwig Zamenhof. The creator of Esperanto was a Polish Jew born in Białystok and died in Warsaw in 1917
64) Polish sernik (cheesecake) is fantastic and very moreish
65) The film Rejs (The Cruise). A fabulously surrealist film which was released in 1970. Parts of it were improvised and lots of the actors were un-trained - including Jan Himilsbach (see point 6)
66) Człowiek na Torze (Man on the Tracks). Another Munk film, this one from 1956 portraying a railway worker who causes issues for his co-workers. When you look closer however the truth is a little bit more complicated
67) Krzyżtopór. This 17th century castle was built on a ridiculous scale (365 rooms, 12 ballrooms) by an egocentric Polish magnate and then destroyed and plundered by Swedes only 11 years after it was built. A really fascinating place.
