Why Poland Is Quietly Becoming Europe's Next Superpower
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
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In just three decades, Poland went through an incredible transformation. But there is still one thing that could thwart the entire Polish miracle...
0:00 - Intro
02:30 - Starting from the bottom
04:08 - Polish economic miracle
07:54 - Poland's military muscle
08:52 - How "real" is the Polish miracle?
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I doubt that Poland will ever become a European superpower.
You forget about major detail regard Polish militarization. Specifically outside high-end systems and ad-hock acquisitions to compensate whole drama in Ukraine. Majority of new hardware would be made in Poland. That include thousand BWP Borsuk and same number of K2PL tanks. So majority of hardware would be still made in Poland.
It won't exceed France, Britain, Italy or Germany. Poles still hate Germans, Poland's version of history is very biased. They are a most vengeful people filled with much hypocrisy, not much different than the Russians to be perfectly honest.
@@Channel-sp3fp No. But it can become equal. Poland has robust education system. What tend to be chocking point in the middle income economies. People forget that Poland was Great Power priori to WW2. It is not some weird exception. Poverty in Poland was.
PS: There is literally zero chances of Poland falling apart. Despite clear division between historical zones of partition. Poles are actually more intermixed. Current Polish government is extreme even for Conservative Poles. And what is more important, they are hypocrites. In reality they do not have radically different politic then opposition, beside some nonsense talked in the TV and few populists regulations.
This is the same channel that claimed Japan will disappear because of it's low birthrate, 1.34. Poland's birthrate is 1.38 and sinking.
I'm a Hungarian, living in Poland for 3,5 years. Since then I'm asking, why I didn't come earlier. And I'm sorry for Orbán Viktor, but not everybody is spitting on the 1000 years old friendship. POLAK-WEGIER DWA BRATANKI
We'll see... Our government ain't perfect, but there is a "red line", which your government crossed. But like in Belarus - noone does anything substantial to fix it...
guess what - Polands dictator said he will make Orban's Budapest or Erdogans Ankara here...he is trying very hard to push Poland into Medieval times
☮️❤️🤝🍻✊⚔️
@@intenseplBelarus is a dictatorship there's nothing the people can do
It's basically the European North Korea
Orban is not the worst I guess. Most worring is him engaging in corruption. Making gas deal with Russia seems good as switching to renewable sources of energy can be hard. Because to get hydrotermal energy you need to make big investments that do not bring high immediate profit. And I heard that although Hungary leads in this area it will not cover all of its demand for energy. Also I do not think making deals with Quatar (what Poland did) for gas is good as the country funds Islamic League - a terrorist organization. But maybe the switch is like in case of USA in 90s when they started to shut down renewable sources to depend more on oil. Idk coz I don't live in Hungary
Respect from Ireland. I know a lot of Polish people who made a great contribution to Irish society. Dziękuję
what did u contribute to polish society in return?
@@acayette a hundred thousand welcomes
@@acayette This must be one of the dumbest UA-cam comments I've read in a long time.
Are you aware of the tens of thousands of Polish families who migrated to Ireland? Families who were supported by the Irish government at every step of their way, who received jobs and financial support at a time when the Polish economy was struggling?
We should be grateful to have such an opportunity, and yet you ask for something in return??
The question should be - what did we give in return?
@@acayettethere is literally more people in Ireland that speak Polish than Irish
I heard lotta Polish over in Ireland, England side lotta trout fishing.
I lived in Poland for 5 months as a Turkish erasmus Exchange student. I wish everything best to you. Kocham cię Polska!
seneye okumaya gidicem mümkünse ben de ve kalmayı planlıyorum, siktiğimin ülkesinden kacıcam ins
👍☮️🇵🇱🤝🇹🇷
...yeah - 5 months are not enough to learn how deeply backwarded and racist Poland is. Even I as a Croatian know that - and Croatia is already backwarded and racist enough...
Thank you - from a Pole in Canada ❤❤
I met several Turkish erasmus exchange students in my University. You guys are amazing and intelligent and we invite you for next visit soon !
From a British person’s view I’ve admired Poland a lot, I’m even learning polish too
🇬🇧 ♥ 🇵🇱
My aunt married an Englishman a few years ago who came to Poland and is really delighted with our country. He learned Polish very well (he also knows several different languages). Good man - I like him a lot.
Man, good luck with polish language, it's hard even for us
My sister married british guy, he is learning Polish too ❤ Good luck!
GL for that man, its hard
You got that right!@@arkadiuszturek5927
Let's go Poland!
- from S. KOREA ❤
Good luck S.Korea. Nice country & brave people. (from Poland)
Thanks! Greetings from Poland!
Love Korea from Poland ❤️
Love Poland ❤ from Japan🇯🇵
Regards Japan. All the best.
Japan is awesome ❤
Love Poland and Japan ❤️ from Portugal 🇵🇹
Love Japan from Poland
Love to both from a Pole living in Japan 😆
Love Poland from Slovakia 🇸🇰❤️🇵🇱
A my kochamy Słowację, za ludzi i piękno przyrody...no i zamki oczywiście!
My favorite neighbore❤
A my Was....😊
Kochamy Was również ❤
As a Pole it always amazes me how much our country have been through. We were erased from maps and weren't considered a country for 123 years, it was also illegal to teach or talk in polish, they destroyed a lot of our books, paintings, etc. and we still survived. I can't even imagine what my ancestors have been through, I have tears in my eyes every time I think, talk or hear about it, so what did they have feel back then?
Fear. If nazis realised you were speaking or teaching polish well u were dead
Z jakich map? Napewno noe polskich. A jezeli mowisz o obcych mapach to bie jestes prawdziwym polakiem.
Ukraine has been through more..
Hahaha yea right you i.d.i.o.t@@russelneilv1361
Is war there coz ukraine is russian land. ukraine never existed as a country. And this is true of the matters.@@russelneilv1361
Poles, Czechia loves you. We are proud to have you as neighbour. 🇨🇿🤝🏻🇵🇱
We love you too. Your kofola ,beer ,sweets are the best. I was in Prague and Liberec and there are fantastick cities.
Thank you for Krtek! We should discuss more about your access to Baltic via Kralovec😊🌴🇨🇿
@@rosak315 his beers belong to heineken..... chemicals geylandse -nieder-landse
I love you both 🇳🇱❤️🇨🇿🇵🇱
@@tomaszser470 as a Dutch person, I agree Heineken is disgusting and I wouldn't even call it beer.
As a person from the Czech Republic, I like Poles. Poles are friendly and honest and my Polish friends like to visit me in Prague, they like Czech beer and Czech culture. I love Poles, greetings from the Czech Republic.
Czeskie piwo jest najlepsze!❤
Lubię Was odwiedzać, zawsze robię duże zakupy przy okazji. Serdeczne pozdrowienia z Polski❤
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Poland and Czechia are the two success stories from post cold war europe. more power to you guys!
we like Czech beer because is the best in the world. quite simple :) (yes i travel often to Cieszyn for a paint or two)
We just comeback from our czech holidays love your beer food and prices ;p
As a german with friends from Poland I can only agree with the great comments here. You guys are one of the loveliest ppl I met ❤ So much love from Germany 🇩🇪 🤝🇵🇱
Wow, im Living in FFM. Honestly its really nice to hear it. Machst gut mein freund❤
Couldn't agree more. Despite some mutual prejudices, which unfortunately still exist, I personally only experienced good things, be it work colleagues from Poland, Polish craftsmen or our hosts whenever my family visited our eastern neighbour.
Thank you, I am also very happy to have good economic cooperation with Germany 🇵🇱🤝🇩🇪
As a pole who lived for 3.5 years in Germany (before moving further and eventually returning to Poland) I have nothing but positive things to say about you guys. Best wishes from Warsaw 💛🖤❤🤍
I am from New Zealand with a Polish wife and have been here in Poland for the past four months. To be honest don't really want to go home as scheduled in November. There is a feeling of peace from the moment you land here and some of the scenery is very beautiful. Krakow is the most beautiful old town and so well organised. Great trams and rail service. Only wish I could speak Polish as would love to spend a year or two living and working here. Poland is well worth a visit.
Crackcow as we students like to call it is actually one of the least peaceful cities... but yea if you live in smaller towns you're really safe and can do whatever you want in peace.
witekswoj2236
1 sekundę temu
If you wants to talk Polish you need to learn one fraze: uch mnee polsckeego prosche. (English pronounciation: teach me Polish please) heart will be opened. We know IT is hard and we honor ones who try. P.S. Polish wideo is not a light strone to carry but worth it;)
@@witekswoj2236 ok so that hurt my brain, soul and eyes...
@@mattor300 my mistake, I wanted to respond previous post. Sorry for that. Word "video" was corrected automatically from word "wife". I live in Gdansk on the north of Poland. Sorry also for your unpleasant memories about my country. Hope you having better now. Wish You the best.
@@witekswoj2236 it was a joke do not worry about it haha
As a Dutch carpenter i frequently work with Polish people, i have to say that most of them are fine people to work with. Quiet, respectfull, generous, friendly and hard working people.
@@jimmattes6297 Yes i do believe.
HOLLAND IS AS NAZIS AS GEMRNAY WA IN 1921. GIVE IT A REST. YOU GUYS ARE THE WORST.
@@jimmattes6297I DON'T BELIVE IT , I KNOW IT
NIECH ZYJE POLSKA NIEPODLEGLA AMEN ,
BOG HONOR OJCZYZNA AMEN 🇵🇱✝️✡️🇮🇱☦️🕎🇺🇦🇵🇱
it always amuses me to judge a nation in terms of some anecdotal situation, the fact that you work with people from nationality X does not mean that the whole society is like that. There are good and bad people in every country.
@@PaulGrunschild I agree, thats why i said "most of them" as in most of the people i work with.
I recently visited both Krakow and Wroclaw, both were among the most beautiful cities I've ever laid my eyes on, the architecture, the people, the culture. Changed my view on Poland forever. I had my concerns before visiting Poland, but after visiting I have almost nothing but positive things to say, My time in Poland left me stunned, and I will definitely visit Poland many times again in the future. Much love from Norway
You chose two best ones for a trip my friend 👏Norway is very beautiful, I visited Oslo, a good while ago, and still have very fond memories of it ☺️
it is worth adding that the PiS government, which has been developing the country so well for 8 years, is on a wave of great criticism in the pro-German Polish or German media, which account for 80% of the media in Poland
lol people from Kraków are seen as arrogant by others.
You should then check out Gdańsk and Toruń!
"Wroclaw" is a german city.
Polish people are just amazing I am Irish. I’ve been to Poland a couple of times and I have a lot of Polish friends and always been welcomed amazing people, amazing country 🇮🇪🥰😘🇵🇱
Poland send love for Irish friends ❤️ 🇵🇱🤜🏼🇮🇪
I'd love to visit ireland too! A beautiful country
Kiedyś słyszałem takie stwierdzenie.
Gdy Polak chcę się z kimś napić,to szuka Irlandczyka.
we so similar at many points i mean as counries. lests stick togeter. ;-)
HA! Good one. I would say find and Englishman or Russian.@@grzegorz1838
Respect from France.
Go Poland !
You guys still alive?
??@@sp5885
Yes, we are still white :)
I visited Poland 7 years ago and this Summer visited again. The country has grown tremendously over these years. And I’m in love with the beauty of historic cities and how nice and clean everything is.
Are you high!!??
I remember when everything was nice an clean in the West too.
7 years ago for Poland is diffrence between start of fall and fall prices like on west taxes like on east
@@neuro-physicstalks450 may he work for propaganda
@@neuro-physicstalks450 Why do you ask if I was high when I wrote my comment? What looks wrong to you?
Growing up in the poverty of Poland in the 80s, such films are touching for me. Can you imagine how much faith it took to not leave this country and push it forward to develop?
wait in the 80s?
@@arseniipianykh8425 Its still poor , i left poland 10 years ago , every time Im visiting I can see sad people fighting in their reality , trying to survive to next paycheck ...
@@noregrethepastYou can find such people everywhere, in every country.
@@noregrethepastThe Polish lower class is already richer than that of the UK, and as stated in the video Poland is on its way to catch up to the UK in a couple years and even sooner to Italy and Spain. So by European standards its closer to middle class.
No faith. Just people sending money to Poland from abroad and pumping it into the economy while avoiding taxes, cheating at every opportunity, and a bit of theft.
Poland deserves it and it will rise!
Go kurwa go!
Support from Romania.
🇵🇱🇷🇴🇲🇩
go kurwa go 😂😂😂
😂🤣😅🥰
Romanians are great people, In this three words you have eksplained everythink about Poles. I can not speak romanian, but in polish: jebać wszystko-Rumunio, kurwa, do przodu. wszystkiego najlepszego.
now that's a comment that none Pole will deny or omit
@@dariuszklimczyk2549 uhhh sorry what were you trying to say in polish?
I am from 🇨🇿 Czechia an I am very glad that metaforicaly our cousins are 🇵🇱 Poles (and it my family literally the cousin 😃)
As a Korean, Poland has my respect. Both Poland and South Korea were once deeply impoverished countries with a long history of war and invasion. But now, both our countries are the complete opposite. Poland has a thriving economy, strong military, and drastically improved standard of living, as does South Korea, and both have established themselves as massive presences within their areas both economically and militarily. Poland even bought military equipment from South Korea!
I don't know what exactly is going on in Poland right now, but whatever is happening, I hope for the best. Stay safe my Polish friends.
Best regards from Poland. Koreans are friendly and brave people. I ve been there (Daegu, South Korea).
Pozdrawiam z Polski i życzę wszystkiego dobrego dla Ciebie i twojego kraju🍻
We Polish looked up to Korea 🇰🇷 as role model if we recive more help like St Korea did after war we will rise up
Regard frome Poland
Let's build better world together
🇵🇱 🇰🇷
Thanks and greetings to S. Korea too. I visited the country twice, the first time only Seoul, but the second time on the top of Seoul, I visited Busan (my favourite city) and Gyeongju. People are soo lovely there and the food is delicious, looking forward to see it again.
Well, as You see, our friend, Polish have so many warm feeling to Koreans. You are ALWAYS welcome in our country.
Love and respect for Poland, from an American-Canadian. Beautiful nation.
Thats our history made us like this: ,,Love the others (millions of ukrainian refugees in Poland after russian invasion) and NEVER GIVE UP, never.Regards from Poland.
We all shall thrive .
I love Poland. I have great respect for Poland. I have studied Polish history and it is replete with heroism from its fight with the Mongols, through Jan Sobieski's salvation of Europe at the Battle of Vienna to the defeat of the Red Army's attempt to spread communism through Europe in 1920. Poland was destroyed by the Nazis coming through to their retreat and the overrun by the Russians and yet it rises! It continues to be the bulwark against Russian invasion of Western Europe.
Thank you for remembering the contributions of our people. We want peace and friendship to reign on earth. And we do a lot for this.
It continues to be the bulwark against Russian invasion of Western Europe , typical CNN User :DDDD
@@rfukrsyour nation’s love for freedom is a beacon for the whole world, even here in the deep countryside of Brazil, where I am. Glory to Poland. 🇵🇱 ❤🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇧
We love being free way more than we love being alive: all people should be free.
Soviets saved Poland and Stalin made Poland larger...they stayed in Poland only from fear of another war...so you would build statues to Stalin instead of moan😁☝️.
If Russians wanted to conquer Poland they wouldnt left...present Poland is not preventing world from Russia s bc they have not such ideas...45 years of listening boring Polacks was enough for them...Poland become bridge to american aggresion toward Russia and in your Brussel smell Third reich and swastikas once again..no wonder Ursula is descendant of powerfull nazi family and same apply to Vixtoria Nuland and her Ukrainian Bandera roots...greetings from Slovakia❤️🌹peace.
I am romanian and I visited Warsaw 3,5 years ago for the Christmas Market. Loved it! Felt like home. Can't wait to get a car and visit all the cities and the regions!
As a Croatian, I am so proud of the Polish people. We love having you on the Adriatic for the summer.
Fajni jesteście ale bardzo drodzy...
You love money so much !
The polish love going to Croatia!
Hvala!
Why did you accept euro? For what reason?
As a Pole, I would like to thank you with all my heart for all the warm words coming from the whole world❤ DZIĘKUJĘ ❤❤🇵🇱🇵🇱
We love you Poland 🇵🇱
@@user-ex8kr2kj8eit's a very complex problem. And media and politicians are doing the opposite of helping. They forgot that divide and conquer/"dziel i rządź" doesn't really go as far as to partition Poland to districts again (I've heard historians claiming that everything from from the creation of Polska dzielnicowa/dividing Poland among sons by that king was just downhill, maybe except for some specific short bursts of increase in power (incl. economics) like last 30 years and the time between wars.
Poland is a beautiful country with even more beautiful people. Much love from Greece ❤
Już tak nie slodz bo cię zjedzą,z Okupacji Control ZSRR pod Okupację Control USA .
@@user-ex8kr2kj8eżeby polityków obchodziło coś więcej niż pieniądze
Poland is also one of the safest coutry in Europe
The safest in my experiences
EU: hold my bear... or turban.
Love Poland ❤ hugs from north Portugal 🇵🇹 please save your beautiful traditional culture
I respect all Polish people they helped us in the Battle of Britain in WW2
What? Britain betrayed us, as they do now currently to the Ukrainians, using us as cannon fodder? As one Polish patriotic politician has rightly observed: our enemy is not in Moscow or Berlin, it sits in London City.
But well, Brits are currently making their own country into one of the most retard ones, bamboozled by the forces from within.
They were primarily helping themselves for a free Poland after World War 2 they did not come for us, rather they used this island as a base. De Gaulle and the Free French did very much the same in 1940 when France fell. We were 'les amies de la France'' then, sadly, when Britain wanted to join the forerunner of the Common Market De Gaule constantly said ''no, no, no.'' It is all part of the strange hypocrisy of human nature.
@@michaelmckelvey5122 agree am aware how de G treated us Macron has followed suit. But history books will say the Poles played a vital role in WW2 for the Battle of Britain.
And how did you repay us? We weren't even invited to the victory parade of 1945 so as to "not upset Stalin". Ugh. @@michaelmckelvey5122
Polish was a the most unluckiest country in WW2
My grandparents emigrated from Poland over 100 years ago and settled in the United States where I was born and raised. After many visits and a stint studying in Poland I became a permanent resident and then a citizen. I live in Poland permanently now. The quality of life here far surpasses that of the USA and Western Europe. The people are clean and decent with still a basic feeling for what isright and wrong. And this is why Poland will surpass Western European countries. Niech zyje Polska!
Enjoy 1k a month peasant
Cope
@@mylifeismymisery Well, my father is Polish and my mother is German, so I am kinda of mixed heritage, anyway, I was born and raised in Germany in the city of Hamburg. I have been living in Poland now for 3 years and at least from my own perspective life is so much better here than it used to be in Germany when it comes to almost everything that is important to me. In the end I am glad that my father taught me at least some basic understand of the Polish language otherwise I would have probably never immigrated in the first place as the language is really hard to learn if you don't know anything about it.
@@mylifeismymisery Not much of a cope considering that the USA is by far the worst Western country to live in, by a huge margin.
Poland will never overtake the West because Polish society is very fractured and divided. This is what the Polish-speaking politicians had in mind.
Respect from Taiwan. God bless the Polish people.
Dziękuję jako POLAK..
as a Pole, I am amazed by how much Poland has grown. we were completely ruined, but we managed to rise from the ground in such little time. I love my country's history❤️🇵🇱
also, I'd like to thank all the people in the comments for such warm words, we love y'all too❤
It's really amazing how much Poland has changed. My family left Poland in 1991 to immigrate to the United States, and when we went back to Poland in 2011, we were in complete shock at how much the country had changed and improved.
I have lived in Poland for about 10 years, the transformation and constant improvement is just mind-blowing! It's a safe country to live in, me and my family are just happy, what a wonderful country ♥️.
I'm a musician and here culture is highly appreciated and well played;)
Love you Poland!❤
Poland need to stop oppressing LGBT people and protect human rights
My wife is from Poland. I asked her on a scale of 1 to 10 how much better is it now. She said 12!!
@@stanleybandos8195 My wife is also polish;)
Listen, if u come to my city (Poznan) I'll show you around and get u drinks. All on me.
Give us a chance to show you this beautiful country!
See you soon, I hope.
Pozdrowienia dla twoją żoną;)
@@PuntoLatinoif someone is polish and his wife is polish , you will still buy that someone drinks ?😅
@@korekmazurski I'm actually Mexican;) cheers!
i had a polish coworker in switzerland. i wasn't aware how nice poland is before i got to know her. one of the most hard working woman i know...and genious coder! future is looking bright i hope for poland
Visited Wroclaw and i was in shock on how beautiful an vibrant is this place. I liked it as much as the more known cities like Warshaw and Krakow. Love Poland and Polish people!!!❤
As a Pole born and raised in Canada I wish one day to return to the motherland
Fatherland dear, In Poland it is the word Fatherland is Correct, unless you mean that its your Mother country, then forgive me for disturbing.
hows canada? can u afford ur rent and groceries?
Poland military’s perspective is different than the ones from other nato members. Poland tries to relays on its own in a potential conflict because it always was let down by their “allies”. While the rest of most NATO countries want to rely on United States help if something happens
Yea France and Britan got us good in ww2
trust me, Poland is actually losing it's potential because of its ruling government.
@hussvrx4264 and our opposition government is dog shit too. Nothing quite like pillaging and raping the nation for all its wealth and goods then indoctrinating and bribing the citizens to secure votes. Disgusting. If Piłsudski were alive he would chew up these idiots and spit them back out. Our politics cast a shadow of shame upon our country.
@@hussvrx4264fr . I have no idea who votes for PiS but they are too religious to make our country grow
they are fake christians actually, they are satanist scumbags who rob us in taxes etc.@@WszechWiadro
Respect to our polish brothers from Finland 🇫🇮❤🇵🇱
Thank you, you are great Nation. And Winter War against Soviets we rememeber perfectly. That's how we should deal with inviders.
Greetings to You and Your country from Poland❤
‘Commentary’ in the West omits the fact 200,000 Poles fought alongside the Red Army in the taking of eastern Germany in 1945. (Berling Army)
One of the Red Army’s top commanders Marshall Konstantin Rokossovsky was Polish.
The founder of the Cheka (forerunner of the KGB) was Polish. Felix Dzerzhinsky. He was replaced by another Pole Vyacheslav Menzhinsky between 1926 -34. (His sister Vera Menzhinsky worked closely with Lenin’s wife and entourage).
There are many other examples.....
@@rjames3981 Do you think, James, thet they did it VOLUTRARY? You do not understand what it was here (inPoland and other countris), WEST BETRAYD POLAND. Read, think, write, NEVER in diferent order.
@@rjames3981 Yes, You are right. Everywhere is similar - left side, right side, Green or Red ... And? What change few yours words?
My sister in law is from Poland. I was born in the United States and I wish to visit Poland someday, after college. I heard it's great over there and cannot wait to see everything for myself.
U will be fkn amazed
One of the most underrated places in the world
Huge love to Poland from Belarus. ⚪️🔴⚪️🤝⚪️🔴
long live free Belarus⬜️🟥⬜️
zyve belarus
@rosie_music9022, @@Slashplite Belarus will be "zyve" without you, traitors. My best regards from Minsk, cowards.
☮️❤️🤝🍻
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I''ve worked and lived with Poles almost 3 years, always liked and respected Polish people. So happy to see Poland is getting prosperous and recovering of communist era. Much love from Bulgaria.
Thank you for yohr remarks. Bułgaria- nice country, nice people. All the best.
sad that we're homophobic and racist as hell.
POLAND REPSECST ONLY SKIN COLOUR DUDE. SO STOP BEING A BROWN NOSE.
not recovering, it's middle ages now, last 8 years... horrible country and (most of the) people
Lol. Another country that should never have been let into the EU...
Many Poles immigrated here to Brazil, all the cities they founded are beautiful and prosperous, Poles are very friendly people cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷!
All the best for you and your country, Mr Carioca.
@@miroslaw7105 thanks brother, be always welcome here
Ale w siatkówkę to nie dawaliście nam wygrać za czasów Giba 😉
Yes PROSPERITY.
Polish have to be careful to not bring American corp there...
No millioners from america
No
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@@jolantasokalska4201 What about oligarchs from Russia, Jolu?
Greetings from Germany. Many Germans love Poland and Poles 🇩🇪❤🇵🇱
Hahahahah
Yeah, that's what you said in the 40's.
Yeah. Many.
I studied and lived in Ireland 🇮🇪 for two years and ironically I had to go to Poland 🇵🇱 for Christmas break as I couldn’t find accommodation in Ireland 🇮🇪
I went there for the affordability but I loved it 😍 now I am thinking on trying and study and migrate there.
Greetings from Lithuania! Glad to have a strong and supportive neighbour
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Visited Warsaw, Krakau, Poznan, Gdansk, Wroclaw and the beautiful Zakopane last year. Great country, nice people, and also really good food!! Italy for me nr 1 in Europe, and then comes Poland ❤🤍
Nice to see it, welcome again.
Polish products are wonderful, they create a LOT of inexpensive, high quality, genuine ingredients in their skincare and cosmetics, free of junk and I will always support any company that doesn't sell their soul to a big corporate takeover, THAT should never happen in Poland, no one should ever storm in and take over again and that goes for all good right thinking companies everywhere, keep the corruption out. Polish people are lovely and I truly wish them well.
My experience of Polish people is that they are funny, brilliant and warm-hearted.
And we love nature, you forget it
Yes, that too.....good people...@@bombas_unitas
If you're going to talk about Nazi invading Poland, you should include the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed in august 23, 1939, Nazi invaded the 1 sept and USSR invaded 17 sept. It was a joint invasion.
yes, poland started ww2, just like ukraine is about to start ww3
Also you should include how Poland invaded the SU and Germany between 1918 and 1930
@@ravanpee1325 true after Germany, Russia and Austria occupied the Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth portion of upper Silesia was contested where league of nations made the region vote leading western part to join Germany while easter Silesia voted in favor of joining Poland. Are you talking about the 1930s where Hitler demanded the free city Danzig (modern-day Gdańsk)?
@@chesh3712 I talk about the Polish-Soviet War[N 1] (late autumn 1918 / 14 February 1919[2]-18 March 1921) and the Silesian Uprisings (Polish: Powstania śląskie; German: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area transferred to the newly founded Polish Republic, fought German police and paramilitary forces which sought to keep the area part of the new German state founded after World War.
So Poland was the aggressor in the 1920s
@@ravanpee1325 yes polish speaking population faught the German government wanting to join Poland.
I moved to Poland from Belgium 4y ago. I could live anywhere in the world, but I chose Poland. Best decision of my life.
Smart move. You put your stake on the winning number.
Is it easy to get a green card?
@@costaricap7122 Well, Anton is probably Begian so for citizens of EU there are no working restrictions within EU area. Probably, as a citizen of Costa Rica you should have working permit from Polish side. But check it at the polish government pages. Of course if you like to come here as a tourist its easy access. Regards.
@@costaricap7122 what do you mean? Both Belgium and Poland are in the EU and shengen, he doesnt need any visa or green card
It very depends where from you moved to Belgium. You know, with proper visa, any worker will be able to work in variety of countries. The question is not where to work, but were to live.
So proud to be Polish, long life ! ❤
Thank you for your kind words, worldwide friends!
Sending hugs from Poland ❤
Poland is beautiful. From a lithuanian.🇱🇹❤🇵🇱
Ačiū ❤
Poland is beautiful like you :*
Poland has "pierolnięcie"
Thx and sorry we dominated you guys in history! We had a country together.
Last time Poland was a major power it saved Europe. Long live Poland! Greetings from Cyprus🇨🇾
Wait when was Poland a major power
@@sirgo0se97 XVII century
@@sirgo0se97Google battle of Vienna
❤
I am so glad that you remember! 1683
Polska jest niesamowicie piękna. Zróżnicowana przyroda i architektura, bogata kultura i niesamowici ludzie.
Respect to Poland.
Greetings from Romania!
Irish man here, every Polish person I have met have been respectable, hardworking and kind, It's genuinely great to see Poland go through such a great economic rise like my country has
Thx Mate 👌
Thank you. We Poles love the Irish. I've had the pleasure to visit Ireland a few times, and I loved Ireland and the Irish people. In fact, I loved the Irish people so much that I ended up marrying one and having 2 children with him. It breaks my heart to see what has happened to Ireland in the last couple years. I hope there is still time to save Ireland from the migrant and Muslim invasion that it has suffered and how it has destroyed the country. I know a lot of the Irish people, including my husband's family, are very unhappy with how the far left has completely destroyed the country with mass migration.
My parents and I "escaped" from Poland in 1981, when I was a small child. I didn't return until 2014 for a visit and I couldn't believe that this was the same county I had left behind. I was expecting some kind of "developing nation" but found it to be even better than some Western European countries. I went back 5 years after that and it was even more improved. Very impressive and I'm proud of my home country.
same mentality
poo-land is growing only because the gringos want to debilitate germany and replace it with the hyena of europe, i.e. poo-land 🤮🇵🇱
Now you can see the results of pumping billions of Euros from European Union to Poland for over 2 decades.
My heritage is Polish, and I visited there once, also in 1981. I was hugely impressed with the people there, but found the police presence frightening.
I live in Toronto Canada, which is a deteriorating environment.
@@zakstev Those were volatile times in Poland, with massive strikes and the USSR-subservient government (that we were sold to by Western powers without our consent after WW2) trying to control citizens with state-sponsored violence. It culminated a few years later with Polish citizens forcing the government to break out of the Soviet block, the first country in history to do that. Later on, it made things like the fall of Berlin wall possible.
Today, police is barely visible here, just like in all other countries.
Love Poland, from Canada.
Polen schein sich echt gut zu machen freue mich für unsere Polnischen Nachbaren
So happy for Poland's growth and success. This Romanian wishes you Godspeed, we share history with former iron curtain brothers who strive for success 🇷🇴 🤝 🇵🇱
WELL, our success is your success. And vice versa. Regards from Poland.
Greetings from Poland, friends.
Yes, we wish also all the best to Romania. There were hard times but now we are both stronger, bigger and better.
Maybe the 3sea initiative will be a good thing
Another state that should never have been let into the EU. Like what has Romania contributed in net terms to the EU but move its Gypsies around selling cheap roses and aggressively begging on the streets cheapening it all. Even that pretending to be Muslims. Like there is low and there is whatever talent you sent abroad.
as a Pole I must admit that the growth and transformation in the last ~20 years has been fast and tangible. It's like night and day compared to 90's Poland.
What if Poland reforms union with Lithuania and unites with Belarus and Ukraine.
@@1mol831 Naaaaah Belarus is just Russia’s lap dog
@@TheRealJesusChristusit is still a small price for murdering our people and destroying our country
@@TheRealJesusChristus A few years ago, we had massive immigration from Poland. Who came and took our jobs. Then we paid some of Polands success. But they didn't get it for free. Because our children will probably get jobs in Poland. Then they pay us back.
Even Germany might need polish jobs in the future.
@@1mol831why even would they? This is bullshit. We are in European Union we don’t need second union, since it would mean nothing.Its Only Ruskies wet dream… so they can feel „in danger” and invade.
Much love poland. Great country and even greater people. Best regards 🇵🇱🤍🇱🇹
This really makes me happy. Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki
i do bitki i do szklanki
I am Greek and i love Poland! I find Warsaw and Krakow amazing cities! I am planning on visiting again Poland at Christmas this year.
Zapraszamy
There is one high building and u think poland is high delepoed lol.
Not only its poor af, people are backminded.
Trust me im polish i know.
@@P0Lak2012 Currently only a Russian would say that.
@@gpsgps307 say what ? Russian is same shit as poland poor af
Thank you! Please do come again as there are so many more interesting places to visit (my recommendation: Zamość, Ogrodzieniec, Poznań, Grańsk, Polish mountains, etc. depending on the kind of tourism you are interested in). I have great admiration for Greece, I visited your country twice (the second time I rode all the way to Athens on my bicycle entering from Albania) and I have extremely fond memories. Greeks are very friendly people.
I would be so happy to see rise of Poland. They deserve everything 🫡 huge respect from Türkiye 🇹🇷
Same for you, in Türkiye. It's a hard way in some means but you'll manage it, good luck! I love Turkey, can't wait to visit your country again.
@@chrisrut2664 This year i missed a chance to visit Poland but i definitely will! What a beautiful country!
We Poles and turks have a big history of friendship, i wish i could go to your country.
@@ShadowMakesSomeArt Same I definitely want to go to Poland!
@@covid__2017 I Heard Your cuisine is very diverse. Looking forward to try some of Your meals.
And on top of that it is a beautiful land with nice and warm people, I must say!
Love Poland from Brazil and Portugal
As a Polish I'm really touched with all those kind comments. I must say that I really felt how much Poland and Warsaw has developed this year when I was visiting Berlin after 12 years. Once I felf like poor neighbour, I was fastinated in modern architecture and public spaces and this time I felt like Warsaw now looks much better. This made me proud of how much we done during these last years.
poland is just one of those countries you cant hate lol.
Yes well learn from it.
The past 12 years Germany has increasingly embraced leftist ideology and chose to become multicultural. Wir schaffen das! is what Merkel said. Well this is how Germany is schaffing it.
Ty chyba nigdy na pradze nie byles pajacu
@@honkhonk8009 it's sad because half of the Poles (mostly left-wing people who vote for KO or Lewica) hate Poland.
@@honkhonk8009ha, you'd be surprised, unfortunately. (Assuming you are a foreigner). Even within Poland some people gate it, though in most cases it's because of the current government. But... we don't really have anything that much better or more exciting either, and people vote against instead of for.
When I visited Poland in 2010 it was very easy to see Poland become great if politics didn’t get in the way. There was a fantastic work ethic and brilliant minds, I gave them 25 to 30 years to become incredible. I’m glad to see Poland is still on track.
Had a small b-trip to Warsaw recently. Positively shocked by the new city. U rock guys, wish u peace and prosperity.
Wish luck to Poland from Belarus. Hope we will be not just friends but allies as well in the Future.
I have hope too, you Belarusians was our the best allies in our history, i have hope you gonna kick out this lukashenko and putin from your country.
Would be nice to welcome Belarus to our western family. We are building an express way S19 to border crossing with Belarus in Kuźnica which is currently closed. Who needs a border there?
I was just explaining to one American friend how Belarusians aren't seen as enemies in Poland. Hopefully you'll get rid of orc infestation and ship the potato lord where he belongs. Into the dirt.
I belive it happans soon❤
The Americans will pay for everything and make it happen. I heard they have unlimited money to fund their geopolitical objectives. All their gigantic debt is geared towards this.
Really happy for seeing the rise of Poland. Spectacular country and people! Greetings and deep respect from Hungary! 🇵🇱🇭🇺
All the best from Poland.
kingdom of Hungry,forza.
What can I say brother, we know our cause and we are well aware of how much you have done for us.
Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát,
Együtt harcol s issza borát,
Vitéz s bátor mindkettője,
Áldás szálljon mindkettőre.
Bestvérek nincsenek elveszve !!!!
🇵🇱♥️🤝🇭🇺 Forever
Love Hungary from Poland
Hungary we love You ❤
I visted Lodz last year and its beautiful city. I hope I will visit poland again. Respect from Saudi Arabia. ❤
Poland is so underrated. But it is changing with lighspeed now
“United you stand, divided you fall.” This goes for Poland and the rest of humanity. Wishing peace to the world. Happy new Year!
Love Poland and the Polish people! Definitely the strongest military and hard driven soldiers in Europe. Lots of love from the Netherlands!!!
Yeah you're all s yourselves because of Russian invasion... Poland is the only one with a military that might be able to help and even that I doubt.
sucks we might get in debt for economic mistakes
now just dont go mad with power. (please mr president PLEASE)
@@krzystajer5485 hyhyhyhyhy
@@Miragiks11 first time? come by the USA sometime, we'll tell you all about getting in debt for economic mistakes.
I hope it goes well for you Poland, your people deserve it! Even if Poland and my country of Sweden have a long history of rivalry I still hope for a better future🇸🇪❤🇵🇱
once we had one king
it is worth adding that the PiS government, which has been developing the country so well for 8 years, is on a wave of great criticism in the pro-German Polish or German media, which account for 80% of the media in Poland
I'm not usually one to engage in conflicts over such matters and topics. But know that we still remember the Swedish Deluge, better known in Sweden as Karl X Gustav's Polish War. During that war, a larger percentage of the inhabitants of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth perished than in the 20th century during World War II. And the cultural artifacts that were looted have not been returned to this day. Consider where the manuscripts of Nicolaus Copernicus in Uppsala came from.
They're literally ruining our country via unfiltered 3rd world immigration lol@@metalenski9174
sweden its done, gone
As a pole, I am deeply concerned about the polarization of people's view's. I hear a lot of both sides reasoning, and i kind of agree with both of them. However, I feel like Poland is getting more and more popular amongst other countries, and I am so happy about my favorite bands coming more often here or people in general talking about things they like about my country. It was really nice to hear this from someone about Poland. Thank you so much for the video
This made me proud to be Polish!!! Love from Poland!!❤❤
I welcome our new polish overlords. Worked with a ton of Polish people in Dublin and I have zero bad thing to say about any Polish people. They are easily the hardest working and nicest people in Europe. They integrate immediately into Irish society with no problems.
They did the same here in the UK and considering in the space of about 2 years we saw an influx of about 2 million of them I’ve never seen a community interstate so well in the communities, work places and the kids in schools. I’m in the construction sector and can also say I’ve never met a lazy Pole !
@@apangel100same here man construction too those lads are hardcore and solid workers. Happy to say I have some friends still. A real asset to Ireland for sure 😊
Lithuanian are the same. I am Lithuanian citizen and was working in the uk for 10 years, never had any issues
Yeah cheap labour workers in poland are often characterized as easy-going, as long as you drink with them.
@@pashamor Lithuanians too i have met several, all good guys ☺️
Im near crying seeing so many people complement our Poland 🥲 this country has amazing people with own character and the cities are just mystic in own way 🙂
The praise is fully deserved, it's not hyped up!
bro we literally have the highest steam prices in the world
@@czarnymurzynrobidropliving in the 19th century i see, steam to para wodna nie paliwo
@@mattira1258 ...so both of them.
@@mattira1258steam to sklep gier xDD mozliwe ze o to chodzilo
I was born in 1989 in communist Poland, all the changes took place during my life time. It’s quite extraordinary too be able to see and experience changes in my country when growing up and compare to my parents’s stories from their youth in 1970s and 1980s onwards. I was 15 when we joined EU, grown up enough to see how much it changed my country for the better, the sudden sense of security from the East and the open door into the West, something that my parents never dreamed about when they were my age. Thank you for telling our story to the whole world ❤
I love Poles and Czech.
Pakistani-American here.
Poland, you're the ray of hope for me as a European. Regards from Croatia.
Poland is thriving because it does not import a bunch of refugees and illegal immigrants like the UK, France or Germany!
Amazing country and brilliant people
@@BocaoZlol Britain did still becoming black and brown shitholr
Good to see that you have lost hope in in EU. Lol. You have so much coming your way yet.
Yes! Come to us! Your car is already waiting for you here!
I visited Poland recently and was shocked. I expected it to feel soviet and sad, but it was vibrant and very pretty, delicious food, well-dressed people. Well-kept homes. Was very nice. The Poles have a good reputation in my home country as hard-working salt of the earth people and with their tough history I'm happy to see them thriving.
Nice to hear that but we know we have still a lot to do but we are on a good way. Fingers crossed 👌
Guests are always welcome! Greetings from Poland
And who said soviet is sad??
@@ivoatanassov7922 legend says more melanholic than sad but in fact russian are just regular murderers 🤷
@@ivoatanassov7922 I didn't... I said Soviet AND sad, not soviet IS sad. Stop making up shit to be offended about.
Really interesting to hear. My parents are from Poland, I’m born in the 90s in Germany and lived here ever since, but we visited our relatives in Poland since 2000 every year in summer and spend our vacations there.
Our family lives near the Ukrainian border, so there no big cities the area is mostly rural, but the development in the last 23 years is just stunning. When we first visited, my family even hadn’t a proper bathroom, there where outhouses in most cases, and for bathing most time you needed to cook water on a stove.
The trick was that literally every person in their 20s to 30s went away to work in the west. There were just young children, mothers and the elderly around. The others worked most of the time in foreign countries but spend their income in Poland on building their homes and families.
Everybody is forgetting that before WW II, Poland was 11 largest global economy.
Polish people are the best migrants i now here in the netherlands. Our friend group even exists out some polish guys. They are nice and hard working people who want to make a difference.
I went on holliday with my father to poland. In the beginning he didn't want to go because he remembered poland from the sovjet days as i eastern poor country. After the holliday he changed his view on poland. It was one of the best countrys we have ever visit with nice people.
My son lives in Amsterdam,(born in Canada) ,maybe He can become Your friend as well 😊
@@margok904 i live 2.5hours from amsterdam in a bordertown near germany
twente?@@Romatisa
@@MrBlackspoon venlo
“Someone who pick up his pieces after his defeat is an unstoppable man”
-A Wise Man
Polish is officially the 2nd most spoken language here in Ireland and I don't know anyone who doesn't have Polish friends. They're great people so this is awesome for us and them
Something interesting is the fact that Poles really love when foreigners even so compliment our country. This shows the deep love and respect for the beauty, history and culture. That explains why We are getting so excited for this video to even exist! Much love from Poland! ❤❤❤
Polacy nie sa tu wyjatkiem, kazdy narod lubi pozytywne oceny o swoim kraju . Nie wiem po co to tlumaczenie, nikt nie zadawal tobie pytan zakompleksiony czlowieku.
Poland is beautiful
@@baskan.y.1004 If you want to hate on a wishful comment, I don't think you're old enough to even understand it.
Big respect from France, you're already strong. I hope you will help EU becoming even better. Good job bro'.
Thank you for your nice words. If only we are not gonna be stopped and bullied by the EU...but I believe in the European common sense:)All the best to France, I know you have also your own problems, well like any other country.
Respect from USA, keep going strong POLAND
Welcome to Poland my Friends! 🤝🏼🇮🇩
I always was and always will be proud of beeing polish ❤️ thank you for this video.
Me2
I love Poland. I've been there many times, everything is super well maintained, overall an A+++ country. Poles are amazing people, super nice, very polite, very helpful. You deserve to have a great country! Pozdrawiam z Litwy! 🇵🇱🇱🇹
Pozdrowienia z Polski. 😉
I think Poland just went to the top of my bucket list of destinations.
Sveikinimai iš Lenkijos!🇱🇹🇵🇱
Dziękuję za miłe słowa.
Bro I was in Lithuania Kaunas last week and was surprised how many young people just wander around. In Poland i have never seen so many young people during the day just walking around the city. Plus it's very much clean and beautiful city.
I am from Turkmenistan and having visited many EU countries, have to say that I liked Poland most out of them all and will rank it even above ones like Italy(where I reside currently), Germany, France, Spain and many others. Beautiful Baltic Gdansk, summer Warsaw and warm people gave me the great memories. Knowing russian one can understand polish language as well. Food is cheap and delicious, many museums, like resistance to Nazis, Communists and Kopernik science museum, and parks to visit. Definitely would love to visit again. All the best to this country
Thank you very much for your kind words, please visit us again when you can. Only please, for historical correctness, do not say we were invaded by 'nazis' (there was not any Naziland that spawned them), we were invaded and sloughtered by Germans (and some Austrians too, plus Russian RONA, and Ukrainian SS Galizien) from the West and from the East we were attacked by Russian communists (and their accomplices) who cruelly exterminated the other half of my country for so many years.
@@gpsgps307 And you forgot the Slovaks from the south 😃
@@rob6927 Yes, you are right, some of them did kill Poles but it was not on an extermitory scale. For historical precision we should add Lithuanians and their collaboration with Germans, the most horrible example was the Ponary forest executions.
Thank you my friend for your kind words...greetings from Poland
@@gpsgps307 so you want people to say German invasion instead of Nazi invasion, and then xontradict your own point with valid historical facts which are the very reason why we say Nazi instead of German - as it was multiple countries collaborating to invade and later slaughter Poland, not just Germany, not to mention how very diverse German army became at the end of war especially (remember reading about pockets of resistance in Berlin being almost 100% non German soldiers lol).
I am so glad for you. I hope this is true. You deserve so much. Thank you from the British Isles.
Poles may be divided on many issues, but if anything threatens Poland, we will always stand shoulder to shoulder, we never give up