Zakopane jest szkołą tęsknoty
Zakopane is a School of Longing

Summary/Abstract: The author analysed the names of hotels, guesthouses, villas and restaurants in Zakopane from the beginnings of the resort to the present day. Up to the First World War they described the world of Zakopane in the categories of a province, but in the interwar period the number of names designating affiliation with the great world and the centre grew, thus disclosing a provincial mentality. This trend is continued to this day, indicating that Zakopane remains provincial and for this reason, to cite Sławomir Mrożek, is a “a school of longing”.

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