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Vaclav Havel’s street in Gdańsk Posted by on Dec 24, 2011 in Culture, Current News

Gdańsk — the birthplace of Poland’s Solidarity movement (ruch Solidarność)— has renamed a street after Vaclav Havel to honor the Czech anti-communist icon deeply revered (czczony) by Poles.

Officials in the city, the home of Poland’s own anti-communist icon Lech Wałęsa, inaugurated Vaclav Havel Avenue today, the same day the Czech playwright (dramaturg) and president (prezydent) was being laid to rest in his homeland (ojczyzna).

Officials say they believe it’s the first street worldwide to be named for Havel, who died Sunday at the age of 75.

“Vaclav Havel was always a faithful friend (wierny przyjaciel) of Poland and the Polish people. He left a very clear and beautiful mark on the contemporary Europe (współczesna Europa), and the Central Europe in particular” – said President Bronisław Komorowski.

“I believe we all share the same sense of great loss (poczucie wielkiej straty). We have lost a trusted friend who continued to be such also in hard times” – noted Bronisław Komorowski as he learned about the death of the former President of the Czech Republic.

Following the decision of the President of Poland, the state flags flying at the Presidential Palace and the Belweder Palace were lowered at half-mast.

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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About the Author: Kasia

My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.

Comments:

  1. Richard Polakiewicz:

    May God bless Mr. Havel.