2:40 I also preferred to take the train to the airport in Warsaw when I lived there - it's so much more comfortable than the bus, and there's no traffic!
Looks like New York in the 1970s :) Regarding your remark about drinking (11:05): people absolutely DO drink in public (transport) in Wrocław and I am sure in some other parts of Warsaw or Poland as well. Though I largely do agree with what you say in this video and I agree that many of the public spaces in Western European countries are in decay whereas in Poland they are getting better, you should maybe consider that you see things still a little too much from a Honeymoon perspective. I have been there myself, I also moved from Bulgaria to Poland and I also experienced a huge improvement in many aspects while moving from there to here. But after a while you will start to notice some of the downsides here as well. Living in Wrocław, I can say that the alcohol culture (in public (transport)) is definitely one of my mayor annoyances, together with the unlimited power of real estate "dewelopers" and the lack of urban planning.
Varsovie est aujourd'hui plus moderne que NY, il suffit de comparer le métro, et tout ce qu'il se construit actuellement, sans parler de la propreté, du bruit infernal, de la jungle des voitures (à NY), où rien n'est fait pour les vélos, etc
Yes, Kopenhamn is shabby and has always been while Amsterdam is not shabby at all. It's really......urban with its own special charm. What I don't get is that Stockholm is both urban, charming, idyllic and at the same time clean like Warsaw can only dream about. Sure enough. Warsaw with its terrible history got a chance to change only thirty years ago and it didn't waste a moment to regain its role at the crossroads of central Europe. Do visit by all meaans.
It is sad when people destroy their own home because public places are our homes too. Since graffiti tagging is mainly done by teens and young adults, it makes sense to punish them by forcing them to clean and repaint it publicly as a form of public shaming during the day. Taking into account that HD Wi-Fi connected cameras could be strategically placed to monitor areas, setting up local monitoring is not a very costly initiative. You are perfectly correct, all that starts with just a "broken window" nobody responds to.
@@Ula-Ka they do not cover them because they reappear not only in black color. In summary, no initial enforcement, followed by no continual enforcement, followed up by lowered social sensitivity to a "broken window" is a sad and vicious reoccurence.
But Warsaw is full of graffiti and tags as well. It is so depressing to see that shit all over Europe now. Totally agree with you, "the broken windows theory" makes perfect sense to me as well
Winter teas in Poland, yes! That spoon.... I would ask for a clean fork instead. Why. Cos you might get the same spoon back . Long time ago went for a pizza ( pizza hut ) near Rotunda. Asked for a wine with it. The glass was gross. I thought they my use the same wine with new glass. Told them about dirty dish and ask for a bear instead. But one thing for sure Mcdonalds in England are much, much worst in comparison with Poland. Restaurands ...not sure. Fully, I would trust only myself 😉 P.S. somehow, you have a bit of polish personality... you are quite straightforward with your opinions. I am really behind the modern world. Never thought about "public offices" 😯
@rrolf71 No, I haven't. Met a few along the way but just very tiny small talks. Too little to say, the we are quite similar in this case. Have a nice day
Polish people are more direct and sometimes blunt in my experience. I find the Dutch to be less accepting of direct comments but they like to dish it out for the sake of being rude. Not really the best way of being direct.
Wow, visited Copenhagen in late 70s. Was a beautiful, totally abuzz city with plenty of cafes to spend the afternoon people watching with a Carlsberg in your hand. Such a shame to see it decay now. 🤘Dutch!
The video is very biased or simply due to lack of knowledge. I have been to Warsaw and Copenhagen many times. And in both cities you can mark both nice and ugly places. In both cities you can eat something good or something bad. In both cities there are dangerous places and quiet places. You don't really know any of these cities and you are showing things out of context.
I must say social safety net in Poland sucks to the bones. You have lower taxes, yes, but practically speaking there are no unemployment benefits, sickness benefits are the lowest in Europe, healthcare is in complete ruin, the housing market is completely unregulated, as is the labor market... I would prefer a few graffiti on the wall and in return at least some elements of an efficiently functioning state, like Sweden, or Netherlands.
I beg to differ. The claims that there's no unemployment benefits, regulations for housing and labor are false. There's even new regulations since this year. Besides both Denmark and Sweden have 2-3 months waits for specialists and are immensely overstretched with healtcare. There are horror stories where people are left on the side of the road after a crash and there's no ambulance in Sweden. The Swedes often travel to Estonia for healthcare. The Netherlands besides has a completely screwed housing system that is by no means better than Poland. Yes, Poland has struggles with these topics especially healthcare and horrible inflation, but the issues you mentioned are not hugely better in Scandinavia. Read up about the can of worms that Finnish healthcare is and you'll be surprised. Or how in Berlin often there's no emergency call staff or patrols and calling the fire service sometimes literally goes to voicemail. The image you have isn't accurate since about 20 years.
@@WarsawDiaries but it's €359,80 monthly for unemployment benefit, and the disability pension is only €395.77- no wonder people with disabilities in Poland end up homeless, taking also into account the prices of apartments and flats...
Starting 2025, unemployed people will receive 100% of the basic allowance for up to 365 days. For significant disability you get PLN 2,760. Supplementary allowance of PLN 2,520 for those with social pension and certificate of incapacity for independent living. There is additional support through various social assistance programs. You significantly understate the actual benefits available in Poland's social system. Keep in mind we have families in the Netherlands that lose their social homes and are left to sleep in their cars. There's more and more homeless people living in tents even in small towns. Benefits for unemployment are near impossible to claim now and for full disability they are being lowered. Housing is not available for anyone, whether buying or renting. You need years to find anything. Some more money may be available in the system but the issues are as significant as in Poland.
@@WarsawDiaries I’m not going to argue because, for example, social disability pensions are only paid to those who became ill during their studies, and the rest ends up under the bridge. I understand that you want to say that the Netherlands is not so great - I want to say exactly the same about Poland. :) Nevertheless, I believe that a stronger government focus on social issues is generally a good thing, and Poland is quite stingy in this regard. I know this from my own experience. And adding to that the conservative mentality in Poland, the lack of rights for LGBTQ people, the lack of abortion access for women, etc., and the omnipresent Catholic Church - the picture is not very appealing.
I agree with the social issues you mentioned. Your new government may make some changes and in a decade everything may look different. I'm gay myself so am well aware I don't have any rights compared to the Netherlands.
It can get far worse, you haven't been to Sofia, Skopje Sarajevo perhaps. Even Belgrade. In Warsaw it's bad when there's no wind but in Sofia you literally chew black clouds of smog and fire.
@@izpodpoljaIn the Netherlands we live next to farms breathing in chemicals and also because it is very densely populated a lot of traffic pollution. We don't burn coal though
@@WarsawDiaries Don't have to go that far: Kraków, or Katowice, or anything that lies in a bowl-like depression. One way or another the air quality in winter throughout the country is just overall bad.
Yes, hi. Yes, on the 2nd of February there is day of 'Matki Boskiej Gromnicznej' which ends Chritsmas period ( Catholic ) , end of singing carols in the churches. Levist dont care about it, but somehow keep the 'festive' lights up to the date. Nice ;) Gromnica - type of thick candle.
@richardlessig6239 All Western European countries received money from the Marshall Plan to rebuild after the war. Let all countries have prosperity so that divisions and wwars end.
So I will watch your observations. Of todays economics. And the rest. I have just some observation but lack of raw experience. But only will mention last time that prices went really up in Poland. There are a few reasons for that.
Next time you are in Warsaw head down to the area off Nowy Świat between Aleje Jerozolimskie and Chmielna and you will see an area exactly like the one you showed in Copenhagen…overall Warsaw may be a cleaner city than Copenhagen but..like every city…. it does have its rundown areas…p.s…..l am a big fam of Warsaw!
Is Warsaw perfect? Next time you're here, I suggest to explore (for example) some central areas of Praga district, streets like Brzeska or Wileńska. Or some backyards of central Warsaw's old tenement houses (along Jerusalem Avenue close to Marszałkowska street for example). Or the abandoned or neglected buildings at Żelazna street, close to the main business area of the city.
To się zmienia pamiętaj że warszawa była kapletnie zniszczona żaden kraj nie pomógł w odbudowie miasta a w Kopenchadze nigdy nie było wojen takich aby miała być zrownana z ziemią
@@Robertino12a niezniszczone miasta maja z kolei tysiace zabytkow na utrzymaniu, u nas polowa zniszczona, albo jak w Warszawie większość a i tak nie potrafimy zadbac o to co zostalo. Poza szlakami turystycznymi, zabytki są w Polsce w oplakanym stanie.
It was depressing thanks to the so called “allies”, the cowardly nations that abandoned Poland to Russia after WW2. I think your comment is pathetic. Say hello Starmer.
Late 1980s were literally one of the worst periods in Polish history, i was born in 1990, but my parents told me that you couldn't even buy food since the demand was much higher than actual supply, it was a huge crysis in Poland back then, the inflation in 1990 was nearly 600% !! But after that it was nothing more than a neverending economic growth, Poland right now is among countries with very high per capita income.
2:40 I also preferred to take the train to the airport in Warsaw when I lived there - it's so much more comfortable than the bus, and there's no traffic!
It's a cosy way to travel. Will always prefer it over a bus.
I like live in Poland. Especially if earn in DKK.but even without that its still good place to live
Looks like New York in the 1970s :) Regarding your remark about drinking (11:05): people absolutely DO drink in public (transport) in Wrocław and I am sure in some other parts of Warsaw or Poland as well. Though I largely do agree with what you say in this video and I agree that many of the public spaces in Western European countries are in decay whereas in Poland they are getting better, you should maybe consider that you see things still a little too much from a Honeymoon perspective. I have been there myself, I also moved from Bulgaria to Poland and I also experienced a huge improvement in many aspects while moving from there to here. But after a while you will start to notice some of the downsides here as well. Living in Wrocław, I can say that the alcohol culture (in public (transport)) is definitely one of my mayor annoyances, together with the unlimited power of real estate "dewelopers" and the lack of urban planning.
I have lived here for 20 years and I have never seen anyone drinking alcohol on public transport.
@@hakade5846Copenhagen or Wrocław?
Varsovie est aujourd'hui plus moderne que NY, il suffit de comparer le métro, et tout ce qu'il se construit actuellement, sans parler de la propreté, du bruit infernal, de la jungle des voitures (à NY), où rien n'est fait pour les vélos, etc
Unfortunately, Warsaw is also full of these terrible doodles on the walls.
Yes, Kopenhamn is shabby and has always been while Amsterdam is not shabby at all.
It's really......urban with its own special charm. What I don't get is that Stockholm is both
urban, charming, idyllic and at the same time clean like Warsaw can only dream about.
Sure enough. Warsaw with its terrible history got a chance to change only thirty years ago
and it didn't waste a moment to regain its role at the crossroads of central Europe.
Do visit by all meaans.
It is sad when people destroy their own home because public places are our homes too. Since graffiti tagging is mainly done by teens and young adults, it makes sense to punish them by forcing them to clean and repaint it publicly as a form of public shaming during the day. Taking into account that HD Wi-Fi connected cameras could be strategically placed to monitor areas, setting up local monitoring is not a very costly initiative. You are perfectly correct, all that starts with just a "broken window" nobody responds to.
I wonder why people don't cover the stupid tags. They are just there for years. I'd rather have a random black patch on my wall than this.
@@Ula-Ka they do not cover them because they reappear not only in black color. In summary, no initial enforcement, followed by no continual enforcement, followed up by lowered social sensitivity to a "broken window" is a sad and vicious reoccurence.
But Warsaw is full of graffiti and tags as well. It is so depressing to see that shit all over Europe now. Totally agree with you, "the broken windows theory" makes perfect sense to me as well
Wasaw is way safer and cleaner than Copenhagen. Food outlets are more numerous with greater variety of food and drinks and much cheaper.
Cleaner? Hahha, dirty buildings and graffiti almost everywhere… a weird concept of cleanliness
@@szyszak9 It's not about graffiti and dirty buildings but garbage on pavements and overflowing garbage bins.
This area under the bridge does not make sense, what is the point if the fences, is it temporary? Why didn't they put the bike park there.
No it's since years
Winter teas in Poland, yes!
That spoon.... I would ask for a clean fork instead.
Why. Cos you might get the same spoon back . Long time ago went for a pizza ( pizza hut ) near Rotunda. Asked for a wine with it. The glass was gross. I thought they my use the same wine with new glass. Told them about dirty dish and ask for a bear instead.
But one thing for sure Mcdonalds in England are much, much worst in comparison with Poland.
Restaurands ...not sure. Fully, I would trust only myself 😉
P.S. somehow, you have a bit of polish personality... you are quite straightforward with your opinions.
I am really behind the modern world. Never thought about "public offices" 😯
You haven't interacted with the Dutch too much, apparently. They practically invented straightforwardness and I love it.
@rrolf71 No, I haven't. Met a few along the way but just very tiny small talks. Too little to say, the we are quite similar in this case. Have a nice day
Polish people are more direct and sometimes blunt in my experience. I find the Dutch to be less accepting of direct comments but they like to dish it out for the sake of being rude. Not really the best way of being direct.
Wow, visited Copenhagen in late 70s. Was a beautiful, totally abuzz city with plenty of cafes to spend the afternoon people watching with a Carlsberg in your hand. Such a shame to see it decay now. 🤘Dutch!
It still is, my next video will have more of the center. On my main channel I have many more videos of the city.
True
The video is very biased or simply due to lack of knowledge.
I have been to Warsaw and Copenhagen many times.
And in both cities you can mark both nice and ugly places. In both cities you can eat something good or something bad. In both cities there are dangerous places and quiet places.
You don't really know any of these cities and you are showing things out of context.
I must say social safety net in Poland sucks to the bones. You have lower taxes, yes, but practically speaking there are no unemployment benefits, sickness benefits are the lowest in Europe, healthcare is in complete ruin, the housing market is completely unregulated, as is the labor market... I would prefer a few graffiti on the wall and in return at least some elements of an efficiently functioning state, like Sweden, or Netherlands.
I beg to differ. The claims that there's no unemployment benefits, regulations for housing and labor are false. There's even new regulations since this year. Besides both Denmark and Sweden have 2-3 months waits for specialists and are immensely overstretched with healtcare. There are horror stories where people are left on the side of the road after a crash and there's no ambulance in Sweden. The Swedes often travel to Estonia for healthcare.
The Netherlands besides has a completely screwed housing system that is by no means better than Poland. Yes, Poland has struggles with these topics especially healthcare and horrible inflation, but the issues you mentioned are not hugely better in Scandinavia. Read up about the can of worms that Finnish healthcare is and you'll be surprised. Or how in Berlin often there's no emergency call staff or patrols and calling the fire service sometimes literally goes to voicemail. The image you have isn't accurate since about 20 years.
@@WarsawDiaries but it's €359,80 monthly for unemployment benefit, and the disability pension is only €395.77- no wonder people with disabilities in Poland end up homeless, taking also into account the prices of apartments and flats...
Starting 2025, unemployed people will receive 100% of the basic allowance for up to 365 days. For significant disability you get PLN 2,760. Supplementary allowance of PLN 2,520 for those with social pension and certificate of incapacity for independent living.
There is additional support through various social assistance programs.
You significantly understate the actual benefits available in Poland's social system. Keep in mind we have families in the Netherlands that lose their social homes and are left to sleep in their cars. There's more and more homeless people living in tents even in small towns.
Benefits for unemployment are near impossible to claim now and for full disability they are being lowered. Housing is not available for anyone, whether buying or renting. You need years to find anything. Some more money may be available in the system but the issues are as significant as in Poland.
@@WarsawDiaries I’m not going to argue because, for example, social disability pensions are only paid to those who became ill during their studies, and the rest ends up under the bridge. I understand that you want to say that the Netherlands is not so great - I want to say exactly the same about Poland. :) Nevertheless, I believe that a stronger government focus on social issues is generally a good thing, and Poland is quite stingy in this regard. I know this from my own experience. And adding to that the conservative mentality in Poland, the lack of rights for LGBTQ people, the lack of abortion access for women, etc., and the omnipresent Catholic Church - the picture is not very appealing.
I agree with the social issues you mentioned. Your new government may make some changes and in a decade everything may look different. I'm gay myself so am well aware I don't have any rights compared to the Netherlands.
Hoe is de luchtkwaliteit in Polen vergeleken met NL?
Als het waait goed, als het niet waait slecht. Het waait minder dan in Nederland.
@@WarsawDiaries It's actually the level of Delhi in winter, cannot get much worse than that
It can get far worse, you haven't been to Sofia, Skopje Sarajevo perhaps. Even Belgrade. In Warsaw it's bad when there's no wind but in Sofia you literally chew black clouds of smog and fire.
@@izpodpoljaIn the Netherlands we live next to farms breathing in chemicals and also because it is very densely populated a lot of traffic pollution. We don't burn coal though
@@WarsawDiaries Don't have to go that far: Kraków, or Katowice, or anything that lies in a bowl-like depression. One way or another the air quality in winter throughout the country is just overall bad.
Yes, hi. Yes, on the 2nd of February there is day of 'Matki Boskiej Gromnicznej' which ends Chritsmas period ( Catholic ) , end of singing carols in the churches.
Levist dont care about it, but somehow keep the 'festive' lights up to the date. Nice ;)
Gromnica - type of thick candle.
@richardlessig6239
All Western European countries received money from the Marshall Plan to rebuild after the war. Let all countries have prosperity so that divisions and wwars end.
So I will watch your observations. Of todays economics. And the rest. I have just some observation but lack of raw experience.
But only will mention last time that prices went really up in Poland. There are a few reasons for that.
Next time you are in Warsaw head down to the area off Nowy Świat between Aleje Jerozolimskie and Chmielna and you will see an area exactly like the one you showed in Copenhagen…overall Warsaw may be a cleaner city than Copenhagen but..like every city…. it does have its rundown areas…p.s…..l am a big fam of Warsaw!
You speak so softly, which is nice but I can hardly hear you when there is some noise in the background.
Is Warsaw perfect? Next time you're here, I suggest to explore (for example) some central areas of Praga district, streets like Brzeska or Wileńska. Or some backyards of central Warsaw's old tenement houses (along Jerusalem Avenue close to Marszałkowska street for example). Or the abandoned or neglected buildings at Żelazna street, close to the main business area of the city.
To się zmienia pamiętaj że warszawa była kapletnie zniszczona żaden kraj nie pomógł w odbudowie miasta a w Kopenchadze nigdy nie było wojen takich aby miała być zrownana z ziemią
@@Robertino12a niezniszczone miasta maja z kolei tysiace zabytkow na utrzymaniu, u nas polowa zniszczona, albo jak w Warszawie większość a i tak nie potrafimy zadbac o to co zostalo. Poza szlakami turystycznymi, zabytki są w Polsce w oplakanym stanie.
When I was there in September 1988 it was horrible. I never wanted to go back. There was no food in the hotels etc. It was a depressing city!
It was depressing thanks to the so called “allies”, the cowardly nations that abandoned Poland to Russia after WW2. I think your comment is pathetic. Say hello Starmer.
@markg1531 well poland is doing good now thank god. These people went through so much.
It was, it's gone and it's long forgotten
@konyadanmeryem7712 thank god. Bless thoes people
Late 1980s were literally one of the worst periods in Polish history, i was born in 1990, but my parents told me that you couldn't even buy food since the demand was much higher than actual supply, it was a huge crysis in Poland back then, the inflation in 1990 was nearly 600% !! But after that it was nothing more than a neverending economic growth, Poland right now is among countries with very high per capita income.