One Of The Last DVD And Video Rental Store In Poland Is Closing

Jan Jez, the owner of 'Video-Film' DVD and video rental store on Kalwaryjska Street, one of the last ones operating in Krakow as well in the country. Krakow, Poland on February 19, 2022. The company which was estabilished in 1991, has to close after 31 years at the market, due to high electricity and gas bills which increased with the beginning of the new year. Despite of the fading interest in movies' rental since online streaming services business, the store managed to survive even during the coronavirus pandemic. However now with high inflation in Poland, in order to pay the bills, the owners started selling off their DVD, Blue-ray and video cassette collection, which lists more than twelve thousand titles. Customers started to help by buying films in the store or by ordering via the Internet. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)