{"id":3687,"date":"2016-01-01T23:08:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T22:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2020-05-11T23:12:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T21:12:55","slug":"wroclaw-european-capital-of-culture-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2016\/01\/01\/wroclaw-european-capital-of-culture-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Wroc\u0142aw &#8211; European Capital of Culture 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">In 2016, two cities were selected to be\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">European Capitals of Culture<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">San Sebasti\u00e1n<\/strong>\u00a0in the Southern Basque Country and\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">WROC\u0141AW<\/strong>, in Silesia (Poland).\u00a0<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>The inauguration ceremony for\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Wroc\u0142aw-European Capital of Culture<\/strong>\u00a0took place on 15 January. \u00a0Over the course of three days, almost one hundred cultural events \u2013 running the gamut from exhibitions on architecture to jazz concerts \u2013 were held across the city as part of the largest cultural event ever held in Wroc\u0142aw.\u00a0<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>&gt;&gt;&gt; The\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">full programme<\/strong>\u00a0of Wroc\u0142aw-European Capital of Culture can be found\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wroclaw2016.pl\/events,index,date,whole_program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>The Wroc\u0142aw 2016&#8217;s curators are: Chris BALDWIN (performances), Micha\u0142 BIENIEK (visual art), Agnieszka FRANK\u00d3W-\u017bELAZNY (music) et Jaros\u0142aw FRET (theater).<\/p>\n<hr style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" \/><hr style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" \/>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align: center\"><span style=\"line-height: 19.2px;color: #ffffff;background-color: #000000\"><strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\"><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Wroc\u0142aw 2016 is coming to Belgium!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">As part of events to promote\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">WROC\u0141AW 2016<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Wroc\u0142aw National Forum of Music\u00a0<\/strong>(Narodowe Forum Muzyki we Wroc\u0142awiu,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.culturepolonaise.eu\/3,4,679,en,Wroclaw_-_European_Capital_of_Culture_2016#HenHefHem\">NFM<\/a>) will be the special guest at the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">KLARAFESTIVAL 2016<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Festival van Vlaanderen in Brussels which will take place from\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">9 until 23 March<\/strong>. It will participate in the following events:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;line-height: 19.2px\">The\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">NFM Wroc\u0142aw Philharmonic Choir<\/strong>, conducted by\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Agnieszka FRANK\u00d3W-\u017bELAZNY<\/strong>, Music Curator of Wroc\u0142aw 2016, will sing in the premiere of\u00a0<em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">&#8230;And you must suffer\/St John Passion<\/em>\u00a0performed by the Belgian Baroque orchestra\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">B-Rock<\/strong>\u00a0conducted by\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Andreas SPERING<\/strong>\u00a0(coproduction NFM\/Klarafestival)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Kaaitheater,<\/strong>\u00a0Brussels<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">10<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u00a012 March\u00a0<\/strong>2016<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\"><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><\/strong>&gt;&gt;&gt; Find out more on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/AndYouMustSuffer_fr\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.polishculture\/AndYouMustSuffer_en<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;line-height: 19.2px\">On\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">13 March<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">NFM Philharmonic Orchestra &amp; Choir<\/strong>\u00a0will perform the music of\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Zbigniew PREISNER<\/strong>\u00a0composed for\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Krzysztof KIE\u015aLOWSKI<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">DEKALOG\u00a0<\/strong>films to mark the 20th anniversary of the director\u2019s death.\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">The composer himself will conduct the orchestra<\/strong>.\u00a0<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>The concert will be accompanied by a\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">conference<\/strong>\u00a0on the music of\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Krzysztof KIE\u015aLOWSKI<\/strong>\u2019s films, led by\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Nicholas REYLAND<\/strong>, a musicologist from Keele University (United Kingdom).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">(It\u2019s also worth noting that\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">CINEMATEK<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">\u00a0will be screening the ten\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">DEKALOG<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">films at\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Flagey<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">\u00a0in their original language with FR\/NL subtitles from\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">9 until 13 March<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Flagey<\/strong><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">9<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">13 March\u00a0<\/strong>2016 : cycle\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\"><em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Dekalog<\/em><\/strong><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>&gt;&gt;&gt;<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u00a013 March\u00a0<\/strong>2016 :<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u00a0conference\u00a0<\/strong>at<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u00a014:00<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u00a0concert\u00a0<\/strong>at<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u00a020:00<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><\/strong>&gt;&gt;&gt; Find out more on:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/Dekalog_fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.polishculture.eu\/Dekalog_en<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;line-height: 19.2px\">The\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">NFM Choir<\/strong>\u00a0will also perform at the gala concert organised by Bozar Music during which the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Budapest Festival Orchestra<\/strong>, directed by\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Iv\u00e1n FISCHER<\/strong>, will play Gustav Mahler\u2019s\u00a0<em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Third Symphony<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&gt;&gt;&gt; Center for Fine Arts &#8211;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">BOZAR\u00a0<\/strong>(Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, 1000 Brussels)<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">16 March\u00a0<\/strong>2016\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">20:00\u00a0<\/strong>(broadcast live sur Radio\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/radio.klara.be\/radio\/10_home.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klara<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">21 March\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rtbf.be\/musiq3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Musiq3<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">20:00<\/strong>)<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u20ac92<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u20ac<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">68<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u20ac<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">48<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u20ac<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">22<\/strong><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/bo.clic-com.be\/main.aspx?sPageToGo=Event&amp;iEventId=21364&amp;iCultureId=1043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online box office<\/a><strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\"><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><\/strong>&gt;&gt;&gt; Find this concert on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/klarafestival.be\/en\/content\/mahler-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klarafestival&#8217;s website<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bozar.be\/en\/activities\/5698-budapest-festival-orchestra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bozar&#8217;s website<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;line-height: 19.2px\">Please also note that the Wroc\u0142aw\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">POLISH CELLO QUARTET\u00a0<\/strong>will perform for the first time four cello pieces by four young European composers, including\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Artur ZAGAJEWSKI<\/strong>\u00a0at Bozar, which are variations on the\u00a0<em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Vexilla Regis<\/em>\u00a0from Franz Liszt\u2019s\u00a0<em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Via crucis<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">BOZAR<\/strong><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>&gt;&gt;&gt; Tuesday\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">23 March\u00a0<\/strong>2016<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">\u00a0&#8211; 20:00<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><\/strong>&gt;&gt;&gt; Find out more on:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/PolishCelloQuartet_fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.polishculture.eu\/PolishCelloQuartet_en<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" \/><hr style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" \/>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" name=\"HenHefHem\"><\/a><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">A few word about NFM<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><\/strong>Over the course of the last few years, Poland has invested heavily in museums and cultural spaces: the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Warsaw), the European Solidarity Centre (Gdansk) and the stadia which hosted Euro 2012 (Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw) are but a few examples, to which one must add the building of the Wroclaw National Forum of Music (<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">NFM<\/strong>), the brainchild of the architectural firm\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Kury\u0142owicz &amp; Associates<\/strong>. Many ensembles find that this building, with is wonderful acoustics, is the perfect setting for them: one can cite the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">NFM Philharmonic Orchestra<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">NFM Choir<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Polish Cello Quartet<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Lutos\u0142awski Quartet<\/strong>\u2026 the list goes on. The NFM also plays host to festivals of international renown, such as the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Wratislavia Cantans<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Musica Polonica Nova<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Musica Electronica Nova<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Jazztopad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nfm.wroclaw.pl\/images\/galleries\/NFM_galeria_Lukasz\/NFM_fot_Lukasz_Rajchert_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" border=\"0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nfm.wroclaw.pl\/images\/galleries\/NFM_galeria_Lukasz\/NFM_fot_Lukasz_Rajchert_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"134\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nfm.wroclaw.pl\/images\/galleries\/NFM_galeria_Lukasz\/NFM_fot_Lukasz_Rajchert_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"134\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nfm.wroclaw.pl\/images\/galleries\/NFM_galeria_Lukasz\/NFM_fot_Lukasz_Rajchert_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"134\" \/><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><sup style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px\"><em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Pictures by \u0141ukasz Rajchert. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/sup><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">+++\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nfm.wroclaw.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.nfm.wroclaw.pl\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" \/>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12px;line-height: 19.2px;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>Amongst the events which will be held this year in Wroc\u0142aw, we would like to focus on one in particular today. An initiative launched last year in Mons, which was European Capital of Culture in 2015, it thus built a cultural bridge between the two cities: the concert\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Contemporary Sound of Poland<\/strong>. The Polish group\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/omn.art.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej<\/a>, conducted by Szymon BYWALEC, used Mons as the stage on which to present pieces by contemporary Polish composers, chiefly from Silesia, the region where Wroc\u0142aw is located (Henryk Miko\u0142aj G\u00d3RECKI, Pawel MYKIETYN, Agata ZUBEL, Cezary DUCHNOWSKI, Przemys\u0142aw SCHELLER and Jaros\u0142aw MAMCZARSKI). In Wroc\u0142aw, it will be contemporary music from Wallonia which will be celebrated!\u00a0<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><em style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">More information soon.<br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><\/em><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/>+++ The\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">2015\u00a0project\u00a0<\/strong>on our website:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/3,4,648,en,Gorecki_Mykietyn_Zubel_Scheller__Mamczarski_ARSONIC_Mons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><a style=\"color: #bdc0c2;line-height: 19.2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"http:\/\/culturepolonaise.eu\/3,4,648,fr,Gorecki_Mykietyn_Zubel_Scheller_et_Mamczarski_ARSONIC_Mons?y=2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br style=\"line-height: 19.2px\" \/><\/a>+++ The project paved the way for the\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">publication<\/strong>\u00a0of a bilingual (FR\/NL) brochure entitled &#8222;<strong style=\"line-height: 19.2px\">Imaginary Landscape. Musique nouvelle de Sil\u00e9sie<\/strong>&#8221; available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-issuu wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-issuu\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/issuu.com\/polishculturebrussels\/docs\/fr\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, the Polish Institute of Brussels collaborated with the\u00a0<strong>Hainaut-Mons Club de la Presse<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Mundaneum<\/strong>\u00a0for a project devoted to literary reportage, a highly-developed genre in Poland. 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