It might seem something of a wonderland when viewed from above—the village’s green- and gold-striped landscape weaves a tapestry that stretches toward the horizon, as far as the eye can see.
A long, lonely thread of street prods through the village of Sułoszowa, 28 miles northwest of Krakow, Poland. That connects its nearly 6,000 inhabitants and their strangely-slim plots of land. All along the way, houses with brightly colored roofs hug the road as it buckles along its 6-mile traipse through town.
This unique approach to rural planning affords locals the benefits of community and agricultural land. Despite the surreal patchwork of fields, driving through at street level, Sułoszowa looks very much like your average small town—everyone knows everyone else….