Critical
Mass
in Poland
Critical
Mass
is active in some Polish cities and seems to be gaining momentum.
Warsaw CM is by far the biggest - in spring and early summer, it
attracts more than one thousand cyclists. Below, you will find links to
the
websites of various CM events in Poland. All are in Polish, but you'll
probably guess "when" and "where". Just in case you want to join a CM
and can't decipher what the hell is written in Polish in websites
below: piątek is Friday, sobota: Saturday, niedziela: Sunday, czwartek is Thursday.
- Warsaw Mass: www.masa.w.pl (try
also www.masa.prv.pl or www.wawamasa.webpark.pl).
Starts on every last Friday of each month
at 6:00 p.m. at Plac Zamkowy (Zamkowy Square) near Kolumna Zygmunta - the
pillar monument in the middle of the square. Cult event dating back to
1998. Apparently one of the bigger CM events in the world, and a true
Central Europe underground. In
June, 2002, the Warsaw CM was broken by the police with truncheons and
guns. Both sides grew civilized since then and the police accompanies
now CM on bicycles and motorcycles - even though the event for long
time was not
registered (legalized) with the authorities. Recently, CM in Warsaw is
registered with the police.
- Łódź CM: www.masakrytyczna.up.pl.
Starts each last Friday of the month, 6:00 p.m., Pasaż Schillera
downtown.
- Szczecin CM: www.masakrytyczna.most.org.pl.
Starts each last Friday of the month, 6:00 p.m. at Grunwaldzki Square.
- Wrocław CM: www.rowery.uni.wroc.pl
Another CM with
history: on May 9th, 2003, police arrested many participants; some were
severely beaten. Start every last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at
Plac
Bema (Bema Square)
- Olsztyn CM: www.rowerowyolsztyn.prv.pl.
Starts each last
Friday
of the month, 5:30 p.m. at the City Hall (Ratusz).
- Lublin CM: www.mk-lublin.prv.pl.
Every fourth Saturday of the month, 1 p.m, plac Litewski (Litewski
Square),
recently reported inactive
- Płock CM:
bikeplock.w.interia.pl/masak.htm or http://www.mk-slask.prv.pl. Every
last Friday of the month, 3:00 p.m, at the Market Square fountain
- Katowice
CM: http://www.mk.kom.pl. Every
last Friday of the month, 5:30 p.m at Teatr Śląski (Śląski Theatre)
- Radom CM - http://www.masa.z.pl -
every
last Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m. at pl. Konstytucji 3
Maja (Konstytucji Square).
- CM in Bydgoszcz -
http://www.masa.bydgoszcz.prv.pl - every
last Friday of the month, 4:00 p.m. at HWS Łuczniczka
- CM in Sanok - http://www.masa.esanok.pl - every last
Friday at 5:00 pm, at the Roundabout
- CM in Białystok -
http://www.ptr.dojlidy.prv.pl - every
last Friday of the month, 6:00 p.m. at Teatr Węgierki.
- CM in Częstochowa
- http://www.masa.czest.pl - every last
Friday of the month, 6:00 p.m. at Biegańskiego
Square,
- CM
in Stargard - http://www.masakrytyczna.republika.pl
- every last Friday, 6:00 p.m., bus terminal at Moniuszki Street.
The list was
last updated on September 13th, 2004 and will be updated as news come
about
new CM events.
Some international links on
Critical Mass: