2026 in Poland

Events

January

• 1 January – Six localities obtain town rights: Branice, Janów, Janów Podlaski, Małkinia Górna, Stanisławów, and Staroźreby.
• 3 January – Polish language reform, the largest spelling reform in 90 years
• 12 January – Hungary grants asylum to former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted on charges of corruption.
• 21 January – A magnitude 3.5 earthquake hits the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring two people at the Lubin mine.

Predicted and scheduled events

• 20 22 March 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships at Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship.
• 5 27 September 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
• September/October 2026 Speedway World Cup at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw.
• 3 20 December 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.

Holidays

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 5 April – Easter Sunday
• 6 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – May Day
• 3 May – 3 May Constitution Day
• 24 May – Whit Sunday
• 4 June – Corpus Christi
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 11 November – Independence Day
• 24 December – Christmas Eve
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas

Art and entertainment

• List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

• 2 January –
• *Robert Wolski, 43, Olympic high jumper
• *Anna Kurek, 96, nurse and Warsaw Uprising participant.
• 3 January –
• *Andrzej Paczkowski, 87, historian
• *Mirosław Zdanowicz, 88, social activist.
• 4 January –
• *, 88, social activist.
• *Teresa Zalewska, 87, MP