{"id":6947,"date":"2017-02-14T04:39:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T04:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=6947"},"modified":"2017-02-14T04:39:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T04:39:17","slug":"celebrating-valentines-day-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/celebrating-valentines-day-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Valentine&#8217;s Day in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine\u2019s Day (<strong>Walentynki<\/strong>) is one of the most romantic days of the year celebrated in many countries including Poland on February 14. Poles were quick to adopt Western-style celebrations of Valentine&#8217;s Day and nowadays it&#8217;s as popular in Poland as anywhere else.\u00a0And with this special day just around the corner, let&#8217;s see how Poles celebrate Walentynki!<\/p>\n<p>Valentine\u2019s Day in Poland celebrated with intense joy and excitement but Poland never gets exhausted with it because the event is very economically celebrated there. Roses (<strong>r\u00f3\u017ce<\/strong>), chocolates (<strong>czekoladki<\/strong>), candies (<strong>cukierki<\/strong>) and cards (<strong>kartki<\/strong>) are the most beloved gifts for the romantic occasion for polish people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/happy-valentines-day-images.jpg\" aria-label=\"Happy Valentines Day Images\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6949 size-full\" title=\"http:\/\/www.quotesgreetings.org\/2015\/12\/valentines-day-images-pictures-wallpapers-greetings-cards-ecards.html\"  width=\"705\" height=\"379\" \/ alt=\"Happy Valentines Day Images\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/happy-valentines-day-images.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/happy-valentines-day-images.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/happy-valentines-day-images-350x188.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People give flower bouquets (<strong>bukiety kwiat\u00f3w<\/strong>), rings (<strong>pier\u015bcionki<\/strong>), perfumes (<strong>perfumy<\/strong>), chocolate candies (<strong>czekoladowe s\u0142odko\u015bci<\/strong>) and gift baskets (<strong>kosze upominkowe<\/strong>) to their sweethearts while women give electronic gadgets (<strong>elektroniczne gad\u017cety<\/strong>), perfumes, clothes (<strong>ubrania<\/strong>) as their valentine gifts. Couples take small trips to country side because Poland is known for its pictorial and charming landscape. Visit in sea or mountain resorts for celebrating the romantic spirit of the Valentine\u2019s Day is also common .The Valentine fever is intense in polish that one can find boys and girls taking vows of love and exchanging gifts on polish restaurants and resorts, on this day. And, like in any other country, marriage proposals (<strong>o\u015bwiadczyny<\/strong>) are popular on that night as well!<\/p>\n<p>Many Poles make a romantic pilgrimage of sorts to <strong>Che\u0142mno<\/strong>, a small town about 30 miles northwest of L\u00f3d\u017a along the Ner River, a tributary of the Warta River in today\u2019s west-central Poland. \u00a0It is here that the relics of\u00a0Saint Valentine, the patron saint of lovers, have been preserved for several hundred years in the local parish church.\u00a0Dubbed &#8220;the lover\u2019s city&#8221; or\u00a0<strong>miasto zakochanych<\/strong> , couples visit Che\u0142mno to pray to the saint for a happy marriage.\u00a0The main square becomes a virtual fairyland when a huge electronic heart is lit to glow in the night. The festivities end with a glorious fireworks display.<\/p>\n<p>\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/happy-valentines-day-images-350x188.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/happy-valentines-day-images-350x188.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/happy-valentines-day-images.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Valentine\u2019s Day (Walentynki) is one of the most romantic days of the year celebrated in many countries including Poland on February 14. Poles were quick to adopt Western-style celebrations of Valentine&#8217;s Day and nowadays it&#8217;s as popular in Poland as anywhere else.\u00a0And with this special day just around the corner, let&#8217;s see how Poles celebrate&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/celebrating-valentines-day-in-poland\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":6949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6947","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6952,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions\/6952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}