The Poles endearingly call their slow train Rybak, which means “der Fischer” (the fisherman) in German. This train takes its passengers right across the north of Poland. Twelve hours from Stettin in the west to Bialystok in the east. The train passes through East Pomerania and dreamy Kashubia, and then skirts the Baltic Sea coast and magical Masuria. Also in the Scottish Highlands, tourists are offered fantastically beautiful views on a train journey along the legendary Highland Main Line: hills covered with heather shimmering in violet, picturesque lakes and green forests. In this documentaries, we get to know the landscapes of Poland and Scotland.

Nothing special had happened on that day in the People’s Republic of Poland. The weather forecast predicted moderate clouds. Over 1600 citizens were born and about 600 died. A day like every day… Police reports, control protocols, complaints, letters from the army and to the prison and also to the newspaper or radio programme Fala 56, a poem by Father Twardowski taken off by censors; and all this under the date of 27 September 1962.