Kostrzyn is a small town on the present day German / Polish border. Unfortunately, as most of Kostrzyn was in German times known as a fortress city most of the town was destroyed during the fierce fighting at the end of the second world war. The economy of the town is one centred on German visitors coming to the Kostrzyn for cheap cigarettes, petrol, food and the 'night-life'. The centre of Kostrzyn is today dominated by petrol stations and some of the ugliest looking shopping centres and supermarket constructions on this planet. Along the course of the river Oder, which now forms the border between Germany and Poland, there is a Swedish-owned paper mill, which provides work for several hundred residents of the town. Kostrzyn now hosts an equally huge annual music festival known as 'Woodstock' during the summer months.