Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts

Saturday, March 04, 2017

Time Machine Minigolf in Warsaw, Poland

Visiting the indoor UV blacklight minigolf course at Blue City in Warsaw.


Emily recently made the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour's 27th minigolf course visit overseas when she swung by Time Machine Minigolf at Blue City in Warsaw, Poland. It looks superb.

Time Machine Minigolf in Warsaw, Poland
Time Travel Minigolf in Warsaw

The 18-hole minigolf course takes players through a fantastic time travelling adventure - from the big bang, to the jurassic era, through mankind's achievements and a vision of the future!

Time Machine Minigolf in Warsaw, Poland
The loop-di-loop obstacle is also a time machine!

We have now visited 723 miniature golf courses since September 2006. 696 of those were in the UK, with 27 overseas.

Time Machine Minigolf in Warsaw, Poland
You get to play through the Wild West at Time Travel Minigolf

Check out the Time Machine Minigolf website for more information, opening times and prices.

Time Machine Minigolf in Warsaw, Poland
What a BIG minigolf ball!

We've visited a number of indoor minigolf courses on our travels and they're becoming more and more popular around the world.

Time Machine Minigolf in Warsaw, Poland
Some of the dinosaur theming at the course

2017 could very well be the year of Time Travel as charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher Gottfried visited the time travel themed GlowGolf minigolf course in Amsterdam in January.

The closest I've been to a minigolf time machine recently was hitting the Doomsday Device at Mr Mulligan's Lost World Adventure Golf in Stevenage last year. Although back in 2012 I did play a Time Machine hole at the Golf Apocalypse in London.

Links:
- Time Machine Minigolf website
- Time Machine Minigolf on Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Indoor Minigolf

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Friday, March 03, 2017

Trams in Warsaw, Poland

A view of some trams in Warsaw.


Emily knows me so well and brought me back this great snap of some trams in Warsaw, Poland following her recent trip to the country.

Type 105Nm tram 1388+1389 in Warsaw, Poland

The older of the two trams could well be the Polish tram equivalent of the dreaded Pacer Railbuses we have here.

You can see how efficiently the trams and traffic operates in Warsaw in the video below.



We haven't got any trams in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport yet, but we're surrounded by areas of Greater Manchester that do have tram lines. Some stations share both heavy and light rail operations.



We've seen quite a few trams on our travels over the years.

One of the trams next to the abandoned Crazy Golf course at Starr Gate in Blackpool

Related videos:
ABC Weekend Television Tram at Blackpool Illuminations October 2016
Tram at Manchester Victoria railway station January 2017
Two minutes of Trams in Warsaw, Poland February 2017

Related blog posts:
- Train nerdery

Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Krynica Morska Minigolf Open tournament in Poland

Details of the Krynica Morska Minigolf Open competition in Poland.


My friend Paweł Larus has sent over details of the 2017 Krynica Morska Minigolf Open tournament taking place in Poland this summer.

A view of the venue in Krynica Morska (photo by Sopot Minigolf Club)
A view of the venue in Krynica Morska (photo by Sopot Minigolf Club)

The two-day competition is the 5th edition and will take place on the 18-hole Miniaturegolf (Eternit) course at Krynica Morska on the 24th and 25th June. The nearest airport is Gdansk. You can find out more details on the event on the Sopot Minigolf Club website.

There will be prizes in Open, Seniors, Juniors, Men, Women and Team categories and all participants will play 5 rounds on the Saturday and 3 rounds on Sunday. Competition in each category, except Open, will finish after 8 rounds. The 9th round is played by the best 8 players of the Open category. Entry to the tournament is 60PLN (€15) per player and registration closes on the 15th June.

Emily playing the Eternit Miniaturegolf course in Stockholm, Sweden
Emily playing the Eternit Miniaturegolf course in Stockholm, Sweden during the WMF Nations Cip

We've played a number of Eternit Miniature Golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, includng two in overseas tournaments. Emily has shot a 24 in competition on an Eternit course - at the 2011 WMF Nations Cup in Sweden - which is still a national women's record score on the Miniaturegolf format of the game.

The World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) is the umbrella organisation of 63 Minigolf sports associations worldwide and recognises four types of minigolf - MOS, Concrete, Miniaturegolf and Feltgolf.

Links:
- Minigolf Club Sopot website
- World Minigolf Sport Federation website

Related blog posts:
- Eternit
- Eternite