Gacek is a fat black-and-white cat who lives in a wooden box on the side of the road and likes snacking on sausages. He’s also the top tourist attraction in Szczecin, Poland with a five-star rating on Google maps. To put that in context: Szczecin’s Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle, a Renaissance building with a history dating back to 1346, only gets 4.5 stars. Tourists reportedly travel from far and wide just to get a glimpse of the rotund fella. “I flew from Oslo with transit in Gdańsk to see Gacek,” one review exclaims. “As expected, he didn’t pay any attention to me which made the experience fully wholesome.”
Apart from the fact that Gacek’s cute, albeit a bit evil-looking, I’m not entirely sure how he became so famous – I can only assume he managed to procure himself a good PRrrrr agency. He first came to the world’s attention in 2020 when he appeared in a YouTube documentary and has been in and out of the headlines since, bursting back into the limelight a few days ago after Business Insider profiled him.
