Task co-financed as part of the Senate of the Republic of Poland’s care for the Polish diaspora and Poles abroad in 2025.
Task co-financed as part of the Senate of the Republic of Poland’s care for the Polish diaspora and Poles abroad in 2025.
ZygZagPol is a cultural directory and community platform that connects visitors from Poland with Polish-American institutions, organizations, and individuals active in Polish culture across the United States.
ZygZagPol is designed for:
Visits from Poland to the United States are often short, exhausting, and expensive. After long travel, immigration procedures, and jet lag, visitors are expected to compress conferences, meetings, performances, and networking into just a few days. This leaves little time for meaningful conversations or cultural exchange.
ZygZagPol helps visitors prepare before they arrive by identifying verified institutions, events, and potential hosts in advance so that the time in the U.S. can be used more intentionally, efficiently, and meaningfully.
Many cultural visits are shortened not by choice, but by constraints such as visa requirements, travel costs, professional obligations, and the high expense of legally presenting artists in the U.S.
While longer visits allow deeper engagement, they often require work visas that are costly and time-consuming for both presenters and artists. As a result, many institutions reduce visits to the minimum possible. ZygZagPol focuses on helping artists and institutions make the most of these short visits while also supporting better planning for longer stays when feasible.
No. ZygZagPol does not provide visa assistance, legal advice, or booking services. It is a coordination and information platform designed to support cultural exchange.
ZygZagPol works by allowing verified Polish-American institutions and hosts to identify and reach out to funded visitors from Poland whose travel dates, profiles, and cultural focus match up with their own activities.
The platform supports this process by enabling:
By shifting outreach to the host side, ZygZagPol reduces pressure on visitors, avoids cold introductions, and helps ensure that limited visit time is spent on intentional, mutually relevant encounters. The platform provides coordination tools but does not manage or guarantee connections.
Institutions in Poland create an account and complete verification in order to add visitor information to the platform. Polish-American institutions and individual hosts also register and verify their profiles so they can view visitor information and contact visitors through the platform when there is a clear match.
This two-sided verification process supports trust, accurate information, and respectful connections—especially when visits are short and schedules are full.
The directory includes a wide range of verified Polish and Polish-American entities, such as:
Institutions are verified using official registration or identification information, such as KRS, REGON, EIN numbers, or comparable documentation, to help ensure authenticity and trust.
Yes. Institutions may share information about cultural events, conferences, workshops, exhibitions, and community gatherings to reach Polish-American and international audiences.
Visitors may browse cultural information and listings freely. Institutions may be subject to registration or participation requirements depending on the features they choose to use.
ZygZagPol supports Polish culture in the U.S. by bringing Polish and Polish-American institutions into one reliable place and helping them connect with visiting artists and cultural professionals from Poland. By reducing confusion and last-minute coordination, especially when visas and travel are costly, it makes short visits more meaningful and helps build lasting relationships between Poland and Polonia.
The platform highlights:
ZygZagPol respects user privacy and does not sell personal information. Only information users or institutions choose to make public appears in profiles. Personal data is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and may be processed by trusted service providers.
No. ZygZagPol is an informational and coordination platform. It does not guarantee meetings, hosts, funding, bookings, or outcomes, and does not supervise or manage offline interactions. All arrangements are made independently by users and institutions.
ZygZagPol is designed to support professional and respectful cultural exchange. Users are responsible for exercising appropriate judgment and safety precautions when communicating or meeting others. The platform does not conduct background checks or endorse individuals or organizations.
ZygZagPol is intended for adults aged 18 and over. The platform does not knowingly permit use by minors.
We are committed to making ZygZagPol reasonably accessible and strive to follow recognized accessibility standards where practicable. Accessibility is an ongoing process. Users who encounter barriers are encouraged to contact us for assistance.
If you encounter inaccurate listings, technical issues, or conduct concerns, please contact us at info@ZygZagPol.com. We review reports and may take appropriate action within the scope of the platform.
You may subscribe to ZygZagPol updates to receive information about new visitors, platform features, and upcoming cultural events.
ZygZagPol is an independent cultural coordination platform operated in accordance with applicable U.S. law and guided by its Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Safety & Responsibility Policy, and Accessibility Policy.