68) Stanisław Wyspiański. An incredible figure who designed stained glass windows, was an interior designer and wrote plays. Here are his stained glass windows from the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Kraków 
69) Jan Matejko. His artistic style isn't to everyone's taste but his massive historical paintings are fascinating to explore, new elements appear every time you look at them. This is his Union Lublin portraying the creation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569
70) The Neon Museum, Warsaw. Lots of old Neons which used to hang on Warsaw buildings have been gathered in this fascinating museum on Warsaw's right bank
71) Museum of the Warsaw Uprising. Some issues with the Political content of the museum but in general a very interesting experience and the first modern multi-media museum of its type in Poland. Worth a trip
72) The Polish October and thaw. The years of Stalinism in Poland (1944-1956) brought repression and Sovietisation. But by 1955 and the coming to power of Gomułka in October 1956 Poland de-stalinised more than anywhere else in the bloc, this thaw released new creative energies
73) Solidarity. The moment when fear in Polish society regarding the authoritarian Socialist system finally faded. An independent civil society emerged that could never be truly pushed under the surface completely again
74) Lech Wałęsa. A terrible President and has said some daft things over the last 20 years but it's difficult to deny that Wałęsa's leadership of Solidarity helped Poland to escape from authoritarian Socialism
75) Józef Piłsudski. A bit of an authoritarian Socialist himself, he ended Polish inter-war democracy with his May coup of 1926. But his vision of Poland was far more tolerant than that of his great rival Roman Dmowski and he's not seen as the father of modern Poland for nothing
76) Polish inter-war Tango. The most famous example of this was Mieczysław Fogg. Here he sings 'To Ostatnia Niedziela' 'The Last Sunday' nicknamed 'The Suicide Tango'. It's depressing but ace at the same time
77) Ida Kamińska. Polish-Jewish actress. I mostly know her for her excellent role in the Czechoslovak film about the Holocaust - Obchod na korze - 'The Shop on Main Street.' directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos. One of my favourite films and she's brilliant in it
78) The illustrated magazine 'Stolica.' I'm a sucker for old photos of Poland and the Warsaw magazine 'Stolica' provides them. Like Przekrój it had lovely photographs on its covers
79) Andrzej Strejlau. Along with Kazimerz Górski and Jacek Gmoch he made up the coaching trio that got Poland to 3rd in the World at the 1974 World Cup. A footballmaniac and still going strong as a commentator on Polish television, just a lovely, warm man and a real chatterbox!
80) Koziołek Matolek (Matołek the Billy Goat). A fictional comic-book character for children created in the mid-1930s and still popular to this day.
81) Justyna Kowalczyk. Five time Olym;pic Medal winning cross-country skiier, with a doctorate. In 2014 she also was brave enough to admit that she was suffering from depression, a move which broke barriers about speaking about mental illness in Poland
82) Euro 2012. The Polish national team may have done badly at the event which was jointly organised with Ukraine but there was a lovely atmosphere in Poland during the Championships, they were run very well and Poland became terra cognita for many
83) Casimir the Great. This 14th century King took charge of a Poland that was divided and poor and in his long reign made the country stable and wealthy. He carried out a large building program and founded Poland's oldest University, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
84) Miasto Archipelag - a superb book by Filip Springer focusing on the capitals of former Polish provinces which lost their status after government reforms in 1998. A journey around post-transformation Poland, its characters, hopes, fears and dreams
85) Basa ludzi umarłych (The Depot of the Dead) - a wonderfully atmospheric, dark and pessimistic (the kind of cinema that Poland does best!) film directed by Czesław Peterski in 1958 and based on a story by Marek Hłasko gloria.tv/video/dWYAnquV…
86) Gustaw Holoubek, Suave cinematic and theatrical actor and director. Appeared in lots of great films but perhaps his most famous role is in 'Prawo i pięść' 'The Law and the Fist' where Holoubek fights against corrupt government officials in a small Polish town in the new West
87) Nim wstanie dzień (Before the day breaks). Excellent, atmospheric intro to 'The Law and the Fist', with the music written by Polish composer Krzysztof Komeda, lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka and sung by Edmund Fetting. My favourite intro to a Polish film
