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Fat cat a top tourist attraction in Polish city

The Straits Times

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February 24, 2023

A black-and-white fat cat has become the top tourist attraction in a Polish city.

- Eileen Ng

Fat cat a top tourist attraction in Polish city

Instead of visiting historical museums and mediaeval castles, tourists visiting the north-western city of Szczecin, located close to the German border, make a beeline for Gacek.

Its name means "long-eared bat" in Polish and is pronounced "gatsek".

The chunky feline is so famous that someone even started an Instagram account for it, proclaiming it the "#1 tourist attraction in Szczecin".

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