Editing Łódź (section)

==Culture==
===Landmarks and events===
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The most notable and recognizable landmark of the city is [[Piotrkowska Street]], which remains the high-street and main tourist attraction in the city, runs north to south for a little over {{convert|5|km|mi|spell=in|abbr=off}}. This makes it one of the longest commercial streets in the world. Most of the building façades, many of which date back to the 19th century, have been renovated.<ref>[https://www.poland.travel/en/lodz/piotrkowska-street-stroll "Piotrkowska Street Stroll."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729004747/https://www.poland.travel/en/lodz/piotrkowska-street-stroll |date=29 July 2017 }} ''Poland's Official Travel Website''. Retrieved 18 July 2017.</ref> It is the site of most restaurants, bars and cafes in Łódź's city centre. Important monuments of architecture along Piotrkowska Street are the Old Town Hall, the Descent Of The Holy Spirit Church, the [[Łódź Cathedral|Łódź Catholic Cathedral]] and the [[St. Matthew's Church, Łódź|St. Matthew's Lutheran Church]]. Other important churches in the city center include the [[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Łódź|Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral]] and the [[Karol Scheibler's Chapel]], Lutheran part of Ogrodowa Street Cemetery.

Many neglected tenement houses and factories throughout the entire city centre have been renovated in recent years as part of the ongoing revitalization project run by the local authorities.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Krakowiak |first1=Beata |date=2015 |title=Museums in Łódź as an Element of Tourism Space and the Connection Between Museums and the City's Tourism Image |journal=Tourism |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=87–96 |doi=10.1515/tour-2015-0008 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/tour.2015.25.issue-2/tour-2015-0008/tour-2015-0008.xml |issn=0867-5856 |eissn=2080-6922 |access-date=18 July 2017 |doi-access=free |hdl=11089/20697 |hdl-access=free }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (p. 93).</ref> The best example of urban regeneration in Łódź is the [[Manufaktura]] complex, occupying a large area of a former cotton factory dating back to the nineteenth century.<ref name="Kaczmarek">{{cite book |last1=Kaczmarek |first1=Sylwia |last2=Marcinczak |first2=Szymon |editor1-last=Leary |editor1-first=Michael E. |editor2-last=McCarthy |editor2-first=John |title=The Routledge Companion to Urban Regeneration |publisher=Routledge |date=2013 |pages=98–106 |chapter= The Blessing in Disguise: Urban Regeneration in Poland in a Neo-Liberal Milieu |isbn=978-0-415-53904-3}} (p. 103).</ref> The site, which was the heart of [[Izrael Poznański]]'s industrial empire, hosts a shopping mall, numerous restaurants, 4-star hotel, multiplex cinema, factory museum, bowling and fitness facilities and a science exhibition centre.<ref name="Strumiłło">{{cite book |last=Strumiłło |first=Krystyna |editor-last=Charytonowicz |editor-first=Jerzy |title=Advances in Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure |publisher=Springer |date=2016 |pages=51–59 |chapter=Adaptive Reuse of Buildings as an Important Factor of Sustainable Development |isbn=978-3-319-41940-4}} (p. 56).</ref> Opened in 2006, it quickly became a centre of cultural entertainment and shopping,<ref name="Strumiłło" /> as well as a recognizable city landmark attracting both domestic and foreign tourists.<ref name="Kaczmarek" /> Another example is the former factory of [[Karl Wilhelm Scheibler|Karl Scheibler]] on [[Księży Młyn (Łódź)|Księży Młyn]], which was turned into a mixed-use complex of offices and housing.
[[File:Kamienica Dawida Sendrowicza (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Dawid Sendrowicz's tenement house presents historical architecture, which is characterized by neo-Gothic, neo-Baroque and Neo-Renaissance elements.]]

Łódź also provides plenty of green spaces for recreation. Woodland areas cover 9.61% of the city, with parks taking up an additional 2.37% of the area of Łódź ({{as of|2014|lc=y|post=).}}<ref name="dlugonski">{{cite journal |last1=Długoński |first1=Andrzej |last2=Szumański |first2=Marek |date=2015 |title=Analysis of Green Infrastructure in Lodz, Poland |journal= Journal of Urban Planning and Development |volume=141 |issue=3 |pages=n. pag |issn=0733-9488 |eissn=1943-5444 |doi=10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000242}}</ref> {{lang|pl|Las Łagiewnicki}} ('Łagiewnicki Forest') is recognized as the largest forested area within the administrative borders of any city in Europe.<ref name="jaskulski">{{cite journal |last1=Jaskulski |first1=Marcin |last2=Szmidt |first2=Aleksander |date=2015 |title=The Tourism Attractiveness of Landforms in Łagiewnicki Forest, Łódź |journal=Tourism |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=27–35 |access-date=28 July 2017 |issn=0867-5856 |eissn=2080-6922 |doi=10.1515/tour-2015-0003 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/tour.2015.25.issue-2/tour-2015-0003/tour-2015-0003.xml |doi-access=free |hdl=11089/20692 |hdl-access=free }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (p. 27)</ref> It has an area of 1,245 ha<ref name="dlugonski" /> and is cut across by a number of hiking trails that traverse the hilly landscape on the western edge of [[Łódź Hills Landscape Park]].<ref>See Jaskulski and Szmidt, p. 29, for a map of tourism trails in the forest.</ref> A "natural complex which has remained nearly intact as oak-hornbeam and oak woodland,"<ref name="jaskulski" /> the forest is also rich in history, and its attractions include a [[Franciscan]] friary dating back to the early 18th century and two 17th-century wooden chapels.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ilustrowana Encyklopedia Historii Łodzi |date=2015 |publisher=MyDesign |isbn=978-83-939822-0-2 |editor1-last=Grzegorczyk |editor1-first=Arkadiusz |location=Łódź |pages=59–61}}</ref>

Out of a total of 44 parks in Łódź ({{as of|2014|lc=y|post=),}} 11 have historical status, the oldest of them dating back to the middle of the 19th century.<ref>Kaniewska, Anna. [http://www.lodz.ap.gov.pl/art,58,najstarsze-lodzkie-parki "Najstarsze łódzkie parki.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131071740/https://www.lodz.ap.gov.pl/art,58,najstarsze-lodzkie-parki |date=31 January 2022 }} ''Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi''. [''The State Archive in Łódź'']. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2017.</ref> The largest of these, Józef Piłsudski Park ({{convert|188.21|ha|sqmi}}),<ref name="dlugonski" /> is located near the [[Łódź Zoo]] and the city's botanical garden, and together with them it comprises an extensive green complex known as {{lang|pl|Zdrowie}} serving the recreational needs of the city. Another notable park located in Łódź is the [[Józef Poniatowski Park in Łódź|Józef Poniatowski Park]].
[[File:ZOO Lodz tunel.jpg|right|thumb|Orientarium in the [[Łódź Zoo]], opened in 2022]]

The [[Jewish Cemetery, Łódź|Jewish Cemetery at Bracka Street]], one of the largest of its kind in Europe, was established in 1892. After the [[invasion of Poland]] by [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939, this cemetery became a part of Łódź's ''eastern territory'' known as the enclosed Łódź ghetto (''Ghetto Field''). Between 1940 and 1944, approximately 43,000 burials took place within the grounds of this rounded-up cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishlodzcemetery.org/EN/AboutCemetery/AboutCemeteryAtBrackaStreet/Default.aspx|title=Jewish Lodz Cemetery – About Cemetery At Bracka Street|access-date=25 January 2017|archive-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107091938/http://www.jewishlodzcemetery.org/EN/AboutCemetery/AboutCemeteryAtBrackaStreet/Default.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1956, a monument by Muszko in memory of the victims of the [[Łódź Ghetto]] was erected at the cemetery. It features a smooth obelisk, a [[menorah (Temple)|menorah]], and a broken oak tree with leaves stemming from the tree (symbolizing death, especially death at a young age). {{As of|2014|post=,}} the cemetery has an area of {{convert|39.6|ha}}. It contains approximately 180,000 graves, approximately 65,000 labelled tombstones, ohels and mausoleums. Many of these monuments have significant architectural value; 100 of these have been declared historical monuments and have been in various stages of restoration. The mausoleum of [[Izrael Poznański|Izrael and Eleanora Poznański]] is perhaps the largest Jewish tombstone in the world and the only one decorated with mosaics.<ref>{{cite web |title=The New Cemetery in Łódź |url=http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/newcem.htm |publisher=Lodz ShtetLinks |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313232301/http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/newcem.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jewish Cemetery |url=http://www.lodzjews.org/root/form/en/cmentarz/index.asp |publisher=Fundacja Monumentum Iudaicum Lodzese |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-date=18 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418053651/http://www.lodzjews.org/root/form/en/cmentarz/index.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" caption="Tenement houses at Piotrkowska Street">
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 99 2017 (0) ID 613244.jpg|Szaja Goldblum's tenement house
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 143 (1) ID 613254 (cropped).jpg|Krusche & Ender's tenement house
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 86 2017 (1) ID 613240.jpg|House under Gutenberg
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 109 2017 (0) (cropped).jpg|109 Piotrkowska Street
File:Kamienica Scheiblerów Łódź 01 (cropped).jpg|Karol Scheibler's tenement house
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 149 (0) (cropped).jpg|149 Piotrkowska Street
File:Łódź Piotrkowska 152 DSC 0084 (cropped).jpg|152 Piotrkowska Street
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 74 2017 (0) ID 613237 (cropped).jpg|Ludwik Geyer's bank
File:Łódź, ul. Piotrkowska - panoramio (6) (cropped).jpg|Teodor Steigert's tenement house
File:Łódź - Ulica Piotrkowska 53.jpg|Herman Konstadt's tenement house
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 31 2017 (0) ID 613225 (cropped).jpg|Sender Dyszkin's tenement house
File:Dom bankowy Wilhelma Landaua Łódż 01 (cropped)2.jpg|Wilhelm Landau's bank
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 147 (0) ID 613255.jpg|Antoni Petzold's tenement house
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 145 (0) (cropped).jpg|145 Piotrkowska Street 
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 128 2017 (1) ID 613251 (cropped).jpg|Schychts' tenement house
File:Kamienica I.K. Poznańskiego w Łodzi 01 (cropped).jpg|Izrael Poznański's tenement house
File:SM Łódź Piotrkowska 19 2017 (0) ID 613222 (cropped).jpg|Abram Lubiński's tenement house
</gallery>

===Museums in Łódź===
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* Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
* Book Art Museum
* [[Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź|Central Museum of Textiles]]
* City of Lodz History Museum
* Film Museum
* Herbst Palace Museum
* [[Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź|Muzeum Sztuki]] (Museum of Art)
* Natural History Museum, University of Łódź
* Muzeum Tradycji Niepodległościowych (Independence Traditions Museum) with three parts:
** [[Radegast train station]]
** Mausoleum and museum in Radogoszcz – [[Radogoszcz prison]]
** exhibition Kuźnia Romów ([[Romani people|Roma]] forge) in former [[Łódź Ghetto]]
* [[Se-ma-for]] museum of stop-motion film animation
* The EC1 complex in a former [[power plant]], which includes the Centre for Science and Technology, the Museum of Comics and Interactive Narration, as well as the [[National Centre for Film Culture]] opened in 2023, the largest institution devoted to cinematography in Poland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-12 |title=Narodowe Centrum Kultury Filmowej w Łodzi otwarte. Wyjątkowe miejsce na filmowej mapie miasta [ZDJĘCIA + WIDEO] - Radio Łódź |url=https://radiolodz.pl/narodowe-centrum-kultury-filmowej-w-lodzi-otwarte-wyjatkowe-miejsce-na-filmowej-mapie-miasta-zdjecia-wideo,302453/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=radiolodz.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref> 
Łódź has one of the best museums of modern art in Poland. {{lang|pl|[[Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź|Muzeum Sztuki]]|italic=no}} has three branches, two of which (ms1 and ms2) display collections of 20th and 21st-century art. The newest addition to the museum, ms2 was opened in 2008 in the Manufaktura complex.<ref name="Krakowiak, p. 88">Krakowiak, p. 88.</ref> The unique collection of the Museum is presented in an unconventional way. Instead of a chronological lecture on the development of art, works of art representing various periods and movements are arranged into a story touching themes and motifs important for the contemporary public. The third branch of {{lang|pl|Muzeum Sztuki|italic=no}}, located in one of the city's many industrial palaces, also has more traditional art on display, presenting works by European and Polish masters such as [[Stanisław Wyspiański]] and [[Henryk Rodakowski]].<ref>Krakowiak, p 91</ref>[[File:Pałac Edwarda Herbsta.jpg|thumb|right|Herbst Palace, designed by [[Hilary Majewski]], an art gallery within a historical mansion, which holds paintings from all over Europe]]

Among the 14 registered museums to be found in Łódź,<ref>Krakowiak, p. 88. Krakowiak also lists 13 more institutions that operate as museums but are not registered with the National Institute for Museums and Public Collections (p. 95), bringing the total number of museums in Łódź to 27.</ref> there is the independent Book Art Museum, awarded the American Printing History Association's Institutional Award for 2015 for its outstanding contribution to the study, recording, preservation, and dissemination of printing history in Poland over the last 35 years.<ref>[http://www.aepm.eu/news/discover-the-book-art-museum-lodz-poland/ "Discover the Book Art Museum, Łódź, Poland."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724093553/http://www.aepm.eu/news/discover-the-book-art-museum-lodz-poland/ |date=24 July 2018 }} ''AEPM: Association of European Printing Museums''. January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2017.</ref> Other notable museums include the [[Central Museum of Textiles]] with its open-air display of wooden architecture, the Cinematography Museum, located in Scheibler Palace, and the Museum of Independence Traditions, occupying the building of a historical Tsarist prison from the late 19th century.<ref name="Krakowiak, p. 88"/> A more unusual establishment, the {{lang|pl|Dętka|italic=no}} museum offers tourists a chance to visit the municipal sewer designed in the early years of the 20th century by the British engineer [[William Heerlein Lindley]]. 

===Łódź in literature and cinema===
Three major novels depict the development of industrial Łódź: [[Władysław Reymont]]'s ''[[The Promised Land (novel)|The Promised Land]]'' (1898), [[Joseph Roth]]'s ''[[Hotel Savoy (novel)|Hotel Savoy]]'' (1924) and [[Israel Joshua Singer]]'s ''[[The Brothers Ashkenazi]]'' (1937). Roth's novel depicts the city on the eve of a workers' riot in 1919. Reymont's novel was [[The Promised Land (1975 film)|made into a film]] by [[Andrzej Wajda]] in 1975.<ref name="Alena Aniskiewicz">{{Cite web |url=https://culture.pl/en/article/hollylodz-a-film-lovers-guide-to-polands-most-cinematic-city |title='HollyŁódź': A Film Lover's Guide to Poland's Most Cinematic City |website=culture.pl |author=Alena Aniskiewicz |date=21 June 2017 |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330125820/https://culture.pl/en/article/hollylodz-a-film-lovers-guide-to-polands-most-cinematic-city |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1990 film ''[[Europa Europa]]'', [[Solomon Perel]]'s family flees pre-World War II Berlin and settles in Łódź. [[Paweł Pawlikowski]]'s film ''[[Ida (film)|Ida]]'' was partially shot in Łódź.<ref name="Alena Aniskiewicz"/> Chava Rosenfarb's Yiddish trilogy "The Tree of Life" (1972; English translation 1985) portrays life within the Łódź Ghetto.

===Theatre===
*[[Grand Theatre, Łódź|Grand Theatre]] (''Teatr Wielki'')
*[[Stefan Jaracz Theatre]] (''Teatr Stefana Jaracza'')
*[[Studio Theatre, Łódź|Schiller's Studio Theatre]] (''Teatr Studyjny Schillera'')

===Cuisine and food===
[[File:Zalewajka pomorska from Pila.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Zalewajka]]'' sour potato soup.]]
Among the traditional dishes of Łódź and the [[Łódź Voivodeship]] are ''[[zalewajka]]'' – a [[sour cereal soup|sour cereal]] and potato soup, often served with mushrooms, [[kielbasa]] sausage and bread – and [[cabbage soup]] (''kapuśniak'') served with potato dumplings and pork [[cracklings]].<ref name="lodzpl">{{cite web |url=https://lodz.pl/galeria/czy-warto-odwiedzic-lodz-te-powody-rozwieja-wszelkie-watpliwosci-przewodnik-56641/?imgNum=10&cHash=e0b3053d371388702c61cea70e990af3 |title=Czy warto odwiedzić Łódź? Te powody rozwieją wszelkie wątpliwości |last=Salamon |first=Natalia |date=12 May 2023 |website=Lodz.pl |access-date=14 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref> These were once the staples of the working-class population employed in textile factories. Popular breads and baked goods include the ''[[Veka (pastry)|angielka]]'' baguette roll and ''żulik'' bun with [[raisin]]s.<ref name="lodzpl"/> [[Aspic]] in various forms (''galareta'', ''zimne nóżki'' or ''drygle'') was once a well-established comfort and party food in the city. Łódź and the surrounding region is also known for having a strong preference for [[mushroom soup]] over [[barszcz]] (borscht) for the Polish [[Wigilia]] [[Christmas Eve]] supper.<ref name="onet">{{cite web |url=https://gotowanie.onet.pl/artykuly/barszcz-czy-grzybowa-wiemy-co-wola-polacy/bccrcpj |title=Barszcz czy grzybowa? Wiemy, co wolą Polacy |date=22 December 2022 |website=Onet.pl |publisher= |access-date=14 August 2024 }}</ref>

Major food venues are primarily located at Piotrkowska Street, for example the [[OFF Piotrkowska]], a mixed-use development complex situated in a heritage-listed red brick factory. [[Food truck]]s are a common sight around the city centre and several neighbourhoods.

=== Sport ===
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| image4 = Stadion Widzewa, Widok z lotu drona. Łódź Widzew 29-07-2017.jpg
| caption1 = [[Atlas Arena]], the main indoor arena of Łódź
| caption2 = [[Moto Arena Łódź]], home venue of [[Orzeł Łódź]]
| caption3 = [[Władysław Król Municipal Stadium]], home venue of [[ŁKS Łódź]]
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The city has experience as a host for international sporting events such as the [[2009 EuroBasket]],<ref>[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/6328/_/index.html 2009 EuroBasket] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807052744/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/6328/_/index.html |date=7 August 2016 }}, ARCHIVE.FIBA.com, Retrieved 5 June 2016.</ref> the [[EuroBasket Women 2011|2011 EuroBasket Women]], the [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship]] and the [[2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup]], with the opening and final of the latter taking place at [[Widzew Łódź Stadium|Widzew Stadium]]. Łódź will also host the sixth edition of the [[European Universities Games]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=13 April 2018 |title=Poland and Hungary awarded upcoming editions of European Universities Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063929/poland-and-hungary-awarded-upcoming-editions-of-european-universities-games |work=insidethegames.biz |access-date=14 April 2018 |archive-date=14 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234512/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063929/poland-and-hungary-awarded-upcoming-editions-of-european-universities-games |url-status=live }}</ref>

Under [[communism]] it was common for [[sports club|clubs]] to participate in many different sports for all ages and sexes. Many of these traditional clubs still survive. Originally they were owned directly by a public body, but have become independently operated by clubs or private companies. However, they get public support through the cheap rent of land and other subsidies from the city. Some of their sections have gone professional and separated from the clubs as private companies. For example, Budowlani S.A is a private company that owns the only professional rugby team in Łódź, while Klub Sportowy Budowlani remains a community amateur club.

* [[Budowlani Łódź]] – [[rugby union|rugby]] (six times Polish champions), [[field hockey|hockey]], [[wrestling]], [[volleyball]]
* [[ŁKS Łódź]] – [[association football]] (two times Polish champions), [[basketball]] (Polish champions 1953), [[volleyball]] (two times Polish champions), [[handball]], [[boxing]]
* [[UKS SMS Łódź|SMS Łódź]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smslodz.pl/|title=Szkoła Mistrzostwa Sportowego im. K. Górskiego w Łodzi – Oficjalna strona internetowa Szkoły Mistrzostwa Sportowego w Łodzi|work=smslodz.pl|access-date=12 March 2015|archive-date=11 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311110450/https://smslodz.pl/|url-status=live}}</ref> – association football, volleyball, basketball
* KS Społem Łódź – [[road bicycle racing|road]] and [[track cycling]]
* SKS Start Łódź<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sksstart.com/|title=Spółdzielczy Klub Sportowy START Łódź ul. św. Teresy 56/58 – Oficjalny serwis|work=sksstart.com|access-date=12 March 2015|archive-date=28 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428131804/http://www.sksstart.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> – football, swimming
* [[Widzew Łódź]] – association football (four time Polish champions, semi-finalists of the [[1982–83 European Cup]])
* [[Orzeł Łódź]] - motorcycle speedway team
* Sroki Łódź - [[Rugby league]] (three times Polish champions)

In [[Ekstraklasa (beach soccer)|Ekstraklasa of Polish beach soccer]] Łódź have three professional clubs: [[Grembach Łódź|Grembach]], [[KP Łódź|KP]] and {{ill|BSCC Łódź|lt=BSCC|pl|}}.

===Horticultural Expo 2029===
Łódź bid for the [[Expo 2023|Specialized Expo 2022/2023]] but lost out to [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.

Łódź was planned to host the Horticultural Expo in 2024. However, multiple Expo events were delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], a [[2021 World Horticultural Exposition|Horticultural Expo in Doha, Qatar]] from 2021/22 to 23/24 among them.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/2021-doha| title=Expo 2021 Doha| publisher=[[Bureau International des Expositions]]| quote=The Government of the State of Qatar has formally requested BIE approval to change the opening dates of Expo 2021 Doha to 2 October 2023 – 28 March 2024. The request follows in depth discussions [...] on the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Executive Committee of the BIE unanimously agreed to propose the postponement of Horticultural Expo 2021 Doha, with the BIE General Assembly to vote on the recommendation during its next meeting on 1 December 2020.| access-date=2020-11-15| archive-date=12 April 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412092245/https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/2021-doha| url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, the Horticultural Expo in Łódź has been rescheduled to 2029 to maintain a required time interval between them.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://uml.lodz.pl/aktualnosci/artykul/rok-2029-nowy-termin-zielonego-expo-w-lodzi-id36688/| title=Rok 2029: nowy termin Zielonego Expo w Łodzi| date=2020-09-23| language=pl| publisher=Urząd Miasta Łodzi| access-date=2020-11-08| archive-date=28 September 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928212123/https://uml.lodz.pl/aktualnosci/artykul/rok-2029-nowy-termin-zielonego-expo-w-lodzi-id36688/| url-status=live}}</ref>