Kaja, you do not sound as though you are from Poland. Your accent is a little more Scandinavian. Also, moving to Poland is easier of course if you are originally from there.
First went to Poznan from Scotland in 2012. Wow, was I impressed. Having been every year since to 2018, (Covid stopped visiting) Seen Wroclaw, Gdansk, Krakow, Elblag. What I really noticed if the amount of sensible investment, to all buildings and infastructure. Very impressive development of all Architecture. Transport in the cities is excellent. People make you feel welcome. There is a cleanliness in all eateries and the food is great. Pay a visit soon. You will enjoy it.
I'm from Spain and I´ve been living in Poland for a year. Living in Warsaw is awesome! I might be a bit biased because living in the capital it´s not really representative of the whole country, but generally speaking, you have everything you might need and want. There´s no need to speak polish to get a good job and almost everyone (even some old people) speaks at least a bit of English, if not very well. Definitively, everyone should come to Poland and experience how such an unknown country abroad can be this good.
People from Spain and Latin America are increasingly coming to Poland to settle here. I know a few of them in Warsaw and they don't seem to regret their move. Btw, do you know Francisco Galarraga's bar that serves delicious Argentinian empanadas? I recommend it, it's at Grzybowska street.
I'm from Poland ,was living in Madrid for 2 years. Todavia puedo hablar espanol un Poco😀 Madrid is 3 times bigger than Warsaw. Was very hot there ,mucho calor ,pero me gustaba alli 😉
I visited Warsaw two years ago from NY and was blown away. I have been to most of the big cities in Europe and this visit exceeded my expectations. I would even go as far to say that Poland is a quiet storm coming, slowly but surely and everyone should take notice. The value you get for the money there is far more superior than many other European cities.
That's very nice of you to say that. Poland is very underrated for some reason, yet it shines in many areas. The only thing inferior in Poland comparing to these European icons are the salaries. But that's something a tourist doesn't experience. I must say though that in Poland we feel a little sad when we hear how cheap Poland is, because for us it's not. Some things can be like twice cheaper for tourist, but we make 4 times less than this tourist. So imagine having the prices doubled where you live, basically. That's Poland for us.
@@rafadydkiemmacha7543 I agree with you. In my humble opinion, the problem came from the way Poland negotiated its position in the EEU initially. Mistakes were made, from protecting farmlands, including the sugar industry and more. Otherwise, its GDP would have been much stronger than it already was 11 years ago and going. The key moving forward is to cast your industrial net far and wide, beyond the EEU. Everyone has been doing it with even a designated ministry to reinforce this initiative via the diplomatic channel.
@@jaimehaiti9479 And well, farmers gained the most among all people in Poland by participating in EU. Most of them were really EU-sceptical before we had joined it.
@@krowaswieta7944 Yes, some farmers are doing well but the potential of the agriculture industry has been compromised when comparing to other countries in the EEU. I know at least 4 sugar factories that were forced to close in small towns, including Łapy. They never recovered.
Overall, I think Poland is a nice place to live, work and travel. It is environmental friendly, easy to find a job even don't speak Polish or a house to live, as well as a free broad range of education.
It is worth noting that the entire "old town" that you see in the film was 100% destroyed during the war by the Germans and the Poles rebuilt it in a perfect way, with all the details. Something that has been in the works for generations was built from scratch in 30 years.
I just got my Polish citizenship by descent/ancestry confirmed last summer and I will be traveling to the Polish consulate in Houston next month to apply for passport.
Po 16 latach w UK wracam do Polski i mam lekkiego stresa, dzięki za ten film, podnosi na duchu, komentarze obcokrajowców zachwyconych Polską są super 😊
yes, Countries with one nation keeps traditions. When other nation coming they do not accept it but wants their way. And that's how every tradition collapses in the name of political correctness.
I visited Poland for work reason, and I fell in loved in the country right a way. Very friendly people, low cost of living, good nature and clean. I will definitely considering moving from the U.S.❤
as for payments ... if you speak a foreign language or you are an IT specialist or a programmer, you can find a very well-paid job in Poland, but your salary compared to Western Europe will be quite low if you convert from PLN to EUR, while with such a payment you can expect a very high standard of living in Poland, maybe even better than in Western Europe or the North. But when you move from Finland, for example, do not expect that you will save money to start a new life in Finland, but your standard of living for a payment of EUR 2,000 in Poland will be better than in Finland. You come here to live, not to save money.
Ich lebe in Deutschland und ich lebe hier gerne, hier lebt auch meine Familie, aber neulich habe ich viel Gutes über Polen gehört, mit Ausnahme der Politik. Ich habe von den Menschen verschiedener Nationen viel Gutes gehört, dass Polen ein wuderschönes Land ist, schöne , saubere Städte, die Landschaften, viele , tolle Sehenswürdigkeiten, schöne gute Cafes , Raestaurants, gutes Essen , und so weiter, auch die Menschen , meistens freudlich.
@definitelynotclickbait8283 YES! Germany is getting worse every day too. So much woke, leftist bullshit thats just destroying everything. Would love to live in Poland. Its super super safe and the women are beautiful (little bonus). But the language... why is it so freaking hard to learn :(
Hi Kaja! consider me as your avid fan! Your YT channel is worth to watch.Very substantial and informative! I'll be moving to Poland next week from Taiwan ❤️
Turkey and Poland has always very good relationships from 1500s till today times and in Istanbul Polish citizens had settled in 20.000 and founded Polonezkoy Town Near İstanbul. While being student for 1 month to expedite my English level to better, and time to time jogging in Brighton during communism newly free years of Poland, i found a warsaw guy at 15 years old and he told me that Polish citizens work hard to reach Turkey economic, social levels. At Bilkent University, i have got Polish citizen economics Prof Dr Man and he told me the Same , they work hard to reach contemporary levels in economics, infrastructures, technologically to Turkey's levels. Today Warsaw apartments are 4 times more expensive than İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir apartments' values.
The 17th century was full of wars between Poland/Lithuania and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) that climaxed with the battle of Viena in 1683. Mutual Polish-Turkish relations began changing (improving) in the 18th century, due to the emergence of a common threat to Poland/Lithuania and Turkey: the Russian Empire. It is said that Turkey was the only (partly)-European power that never recognised officially the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian state and its vanishing from Europe's map in 1795. Poland and Turkey have been doing between them very well ever since.
Hello Hakan. I've been on vacation twice in your beautiful country. Hope to come back again. Beautiful views, wonderful weather and friendly people. It all makes you want to come back to you!
i am 23, ive been to Katowice, Krakow (few times), Wroclaw and Przemysl... i have been all over England and Wales (i am English) i have been to Spain (few times, Barcelona most recently), France (Paris), Cyprus, Turkey and Albania... from my view Poland feels the the safest for me personally i feel at home in Poland, my girlfriend is also Polish and i find it hard to understand why many Poles complain about their nation. I come from Birmingham a bankrupt city full of crime in England, from my Experiences being in Birmingham, London, Paris and Barcelona compared to Krakow or Wroclaw etc i think the main thing is safety and identity. what i might say may come of as "racist" but i can assure you im not as my best friend is Sikh British-Indian (hes also been to Poland a few times he loves it never had any racism when being here) but those 4 major cities around the west of Europe all have one thing in common and thats mass multiculturalism i seen it with my own eyes many times for example Paris felt more like North Africa than it did French, the French culture was non existent in many places except the small villages (like England) i felt very unsafe a lot of crime and pick pockets... Barcelona again massive groups of North/West African men walking around especially at night time they even got aggressive towards me for no reason, i saw them urinating in the streets the smell was terrible... and now my home nation Birmingham where i live is like 40% or less Native population the biggest religion being Islam, there are no go zones around Birmingham meaning no whites are safe in those areas, if you dont believe me you can search Alum Rock Birmingham "no whites"... and again same for London i went last year you made me upset 35% or less of London is native English, i walked around and barely heard anyone speaking English i felt like the tourist :/ again massive violent crimes in London... my girlfriend said the same about Amsterdam said she was groped by Arab migrants, people want to keep ignoring it but thats why Poland felt so good (there is other people but they are integrated and there arent so many to the point the native people and culture is dead) unlike the list i have given. i want to move to Poland not just because i feel safer but the economic situation in the UK is horrendous, my girlfriend even said it, Birmingham felt like a shithole and the tower blocks felt like soviet tower blocks all over the place most roads bad as well... its like this i pay huge taxes and get crime flooded area to live in, overwhelmed services (NHS, Police, Transport etc), terrible road, massive car insurance prices due to crime, huge house prices due to mass migration (supply and demand issue we are overpopulated) and poor wages etc etc...
You are right. Poland has not yet been "culturally enriched" by invading youths from the third world. Let's hope it stays that way, so that Poland can remain Polish. In my country, the UK, the cities are exactly as you described: shit holes.
Wish more citys in USA were like just having more parks seems like there's no balance it's either just a bunch of buildings or country not much in-between. As well as the education! As a not so educated American I'm really jealous of countrys like this.
I love Poland. I did not think in the past that I will say this. But Poland is awesome. I’ve traveled in some cities, and I felt like being in a book story.
I met the love of my life who's Polish. She lives in Cieszyn, therefore, I plan on moving there in about 8 months. I'm Canadian. I love the historical look!
As far as i remeber Cieszyn isnt great city to live in... But well, last time i was visiting it was like 15 years ago and things change here quite rapidly so who knows XDD
I visited over 65 countries, working for the airlines as an engineer. I'm sort of a digital nomad. Poland was, by far, the best country I've visited in the past 10 years. I've been to Warsaw 3 times already, and Krakow once, and Gdansk once. It is currently my favorite country of all time. I definitely agree with her that it is VERY SAFE and also VERY LIVEABLE
Thanks for the video Kaja. These types of videos help me in researching where i may possible retire. I currently live in the States. I was born in New york but both my parents were born in Poland. I have inquired in getting dual citizenship and hope to one year visit poland and see what its like.
How I wish I can go to Poland to finally meet my virtual Polish friend. I started to learn basic Polish words (thanks to my friend who became my polish translator/tutor. I love your video. I learned from it
Tyś jest Polka, co wiele zmienia. I dodatkowo podróżujesz po planecie Ziemia. I jesteś za młoda, by pamiętać, jak Polska wyglądała 30 lat temu. Gdybyś to pamiętała, to jeszcze bardziej byś była zachwycona tym, jak pierońsko dużo się tu zmieniło na lepsze.
Your English is great. I can understand everything you said, but I cannot understand many other people. I'm going to come to Poland, and after your video I want to come there faster. I hope I enjoy this country and stay there. Hello from Uzbekistan, thanks for such a good video.
I am planning on moving to Poland this year after nearly a decade spent abroad , particularity on British islands, learnt a decent polish there as my best fellas were Polish , must say though, I am Slovakian, which brought much of the advantage into my learning, if it comes to other Slavic languages, the language has its bits, that mAkes it harder than my own, or Czech ( which I am fluent at too ) , all three are comparably hard with grammar, but polish is the hardest one, followed by Slovak and then Czech period.
My grandmother and grandfather came from Poland as children. They did not like the German side of our family. They spoke polish at home and my dad learned some polish from his childhood. They had the surname of kowski. My youngest brother told me that he found that our grandfather didn't speak much with us because he mostly understood and spoke polish. He was in his 60's when I remember him. I'm 82 now. A long time ago. He worked building boats and in his younger years he walked on logs being floated down the big river to be loaded onto scooners for shipment to Europe. That was a very dangerous job with almost certain death if he made the wrong step. One of his grandsons drowned on those Michigan rivers as he tried to free up a log jam. He was my age. I think the family came to the US during the partitians. I think both my grandparents came from the German partitian. I would like to come see Poland, especially where my grandparents came from. I imagine thay came from the Tatras but I have no real knowledge of their Polish history. Too bad.
hey, im going on erasmus to warsaw and finding a place to stay and understand polski may be a big challenge. Having someone to talk about it is so nice! thank u :)
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
I'm from Poland living in New York, I can say some things in US are backward comparing to what we have in Poland - like for example banking system, but even health care in some aspects, the way they deal with some things or treat patients. Of course there are also things that are better than in Poland, my point is that many people are ignorant - not just about Poland but in general. More education, open mind and awareness is needed. Thanks for great video and feel invited to my channel as well 🙂
Thank you for this video! I was also born in Poland and moved to the US when I was five. Life here now is much different and not very flexible to build a “normal” life for someone my age. I am now considering moving back to Poland, but am very scared to make the jump.
gers to murder and rob other people, everybody respectful and friendly. You will love it... Just don’t come if you are a leftard with socialist ideas, ‘diversity’ supporter and social justice warrior. We don’t need and don’t accept people like that here....
Am from the smiling coast of west Africa the Gambia 🇬🇲 hopefully I will be in poland next month kaja your video is really helpful me Am coming to warsaw vistula University
I am Polish and have lived in Poland before. She may have mentioned this in the video, but if you don’t know Polish when visiting Poland, it’s OK. Most of the people in Poland that you’ll meet (waitresses, cashiers, etc.) will be pretty reserved when it comes to foreigners. But, if you learn one or two phrases like “Proszę pani/pana o piwo” (a beer please), they’ll be very happy and will be very nice to you.
I am in love with Poland. I got few really good job offers and as a family financially we would have better life than in Serbia...but i didn't accept any of those offers because my wife's salary would be even lower than in Serbia. My wife is a kindergarten teacher and in Serbia where everything is cheaper at least 20 percent she makes 650 euros for 30 hours of work. In Poland she would work longer and make less money while everything is more expensive. As i said at the end of the month with my good salary and her bad salary we would still live way better than in Serbia but i dont want my wife to work for such a low salary (it is literally humiliating) while doing something so important for the society.
Kaja - IMO, despite your Polish roots you are very, very American. That's absolutely nothing negative, just an observation. :) I admire your energy, I think Warsaw is definitely better off with you than without you. I have a question - if you take ONLY the weather/climate into account, which city would you prefer - Copenhagen or Warsaw?
I live in Chicagoland and her accent doesn't sound like any of the American Poles I've encountered. Her accent is very hard to place and that is due to her hodgepodge of places she has lived. I definitely would identifier as a non-native "American" speaker.
If you speak some other european language like German, Swedish, Spanish or Italian then it's gonna be super easy for you to find a job in some corporation
@@teamehpchannel9614 except with unarmed regular cops... and if they do get armed, they will have to be extremely careful not to use them on problematic types under any circumstances
According to salaries, they are much lower than western Europe but also costs of living are affordable For example in Katowice where I live renting a normal standard room is cost like 650-800 PLN, studio costs 1100-1400 PLN, bills usually not higher than 250 PLN a month Food and things you must buy is 750-1000 PLN And net minimum salary is 2700 PLN (2023) so I think it's not so bad 😁
I was looking at the prices of housing across Poland and with how housing prices are here in the US I am seriously considering taking the money I will be saving for a house and using it to buy a house outright in Poland, what are things that I should be looking into doing within the next six years while I am saving up money to make transitioning easier?
this is a perfect place for retirement, so you are getting some money from your country that might be not that much there, but in Poland you're upper class :D
im 4th or 5th gen polish in my family over in america and have always been interested in the culture. i plan to learn polish and go to a uni!! after i finish my current degree though of course.
12:42 great video. The reason the living conditions in Warsaw are so good are because of the tragic history. It was totally decimated. It is the only European capital with such a population density in high rise buildings in the center while at the same time offering the most apartments where do don't face another concrete wall. Visit Budapest or Vienna some time
It's just not true that places like California or New York have lower taxes than Poland. US has huge tax revenues for all sorts of things. They just choose not to spend it on healthcare or education to a European standard. But yes, that's what most Europeans assume: that the US is some sort of low-spending country. US is at 46% of GDP and Poland is a 48%,. So unless we are using France's crazy out of control spending as the standard...
My other half is a midwife and I have my own business as a painter and decorator. Could we have a could life and plant of work. Had enough of England, need a change.
Ugh. PRAGA is no longer a dangerous place….anywhere, at all. I live in Nowy Praga and spend a lot of time in szmulowizna, supposedly the most dangerous. It’s just not. Katowice has the most dangerous areas in all of Poland.
Hi, not sure if I'll get noticed. I just wanted to ask, do you have any idea where go I go if I want to find affordable apartments? Like do Poland have (or specific Poland cities have) website where foreign people can look for apartments especially those who wish to stay and study there?
It's easy to find a place in Warsaw? I don't know where you are getting that from. Ever since the war in Ukraine went into full swing, it's been extremely difficult to find places. Prices have gone up dramatically and availability is much lower.
I'm from England and would love to live in Poland especially in krakow as visited a few ago and very nice city and friendly people. How much money on average would you need to live in Poland for 2 to 3 months to begin with. What's the process like in renting a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment ? Do you need to show you have a job ect or as long as you can pay the money upfront it's fine? What job opportunities are there too ?
Good video. Really enjoyed. I 've thought about living in Poland. I lived and worked in Asia for years, got tired of that. Warsaw looks ok , but I might check out Krakow or Gdansk, or Poznan. I can speak Chinese fairly well, so I don't think learning Polish will be too hard. Pronunciation is always the hard part.
Please everyone in Poland! Please write the name Henry Webb in public places that it's allowed to be written. He is my nephew,his mother is from Poland and now moving back today literally today . I want my nephew to feel as if he belongs and to know he's missed in a fun way . U can use a marker and a rock . Write his name Henry Webb on the rock and place it in public places for him and his mother to find . This nephew is a great hearted and smart person. He deserves a very special reminder .... this is something money cannot buy and a most precious gift of one family to another. Thank you Aunt Becky
Hi Kaja, thank you very much for your sharing and take the time to make this video. I'm moving to Warsaw soon from Shanghai and it will be great to have new friends to hang out with.
Hey, Kaya. Your videos are just gorgeous! I have a question in regard to your latest video about Poland, that is why would you rather choose Poland over Denmark? I realize that you’ve got an EU citizenship, and you can work legally in both and at the same time it’s obvious that salaries in Denmark are higher, my guess would be that Poland has more growth potential or easiness in terms of landing a job. Please, clarify, if possible. Thank you in advance! Best greetings from a Ukrainian living in China.✌️
"salaries in Denmark are higher" in 1990 GDP per capita in Denmark was roughly $ 27k whereas in Poland $ 1.7k so you had 15 times higher GDP per capita in Denmark. even 30 years of steady economic growth cannot work miracle (except in China)
@@radekktos9870 szczerze mówiąc to nawet mi się nie opłaca pracować za mniej niż 8 tys. brutto w W-wie, bo wolę ten czas poświęcić np na naukę języków obcych i podniesienie kwalifikacji zawodowych. w porównaniu do cen mieszkań to są żałosne pieniądze
I checked wages for few jobs in Poland and they were not high. Lower than in Portugal or Spain. I think now wages in Eastern Europe are pretty good, so I was a bit surprised. Also, not in euros, so always headache of conversion.
Yeah it's expensive too. I'm in Krackow and it's more expensive than in the UK. Room rent Supermarkets..People stare,are shy, and have to coks a smile from them... But it is Beautiful
Not the best time to move to Eastern Europe, inflation of 11-15%, people can afford less and less, not saying they could have afforded much before. If you get paid the average salary, you can afford to rent 40 sq m flat on the suburbs of small city ( don’t even dream abt center of the biggest ones ) also don’t even dream about buying a flat or a house since bcs of the inflation, prices are absurdly high. Then you spend half of your salary on rent, the rest on utilities, food ( absurdly expensive rn ) and gasoline ( also absurdly expensive) and then you have nothing left to enjoy life
Salaries are awesome in Poland! If you rent a 40-50sqm in a major city, you will have some $ left to buy toilet paper! * and not much more , but who cares, parents will cover the difference, right banana kids?
Poland is one of the cheapest EU countries, 63% of the EU average, is a country outside the euro area whose economic policy is focused on attracting investors and expanding exports. The real purchasing power of the average salary is higher than in Portugal and slightly lower than in Spain (AIC index). 1,300 euros in Warsaw has the purchasing power of 2,000 euros in Berlin. In Poland, rental housing is not very popular, most of the population owns the real estate in which they live. The vast majority of Poles prefer to live in the suburbs and in the province,
I will be honest with you! If You are white, learn Polish and not manifesting on the streets that You are gay (if you are) you will be very happy living Poland. Other cases if you will be much different from Poles you wont fit in society...sorry!
When I was 14 I stayed in a host family in England. I had an old friend who came from Poland, he was such a nice guy !! He was 60 years old or something
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@@wakeelvlogs11 She said, Poland!
Kaja, you do not sound as though you are from Poland.
Your accent is a little more Scandinavian.
Also, moving to Poland is easier of course if you are originally from there.
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First went to Poznan from Scotland in 2012. Wow, was I impressed. Having been every year since to 2018, (Covid stopped visiting) Seen Wroclaw, Gdansk, Krakow, Elblag. What I really noticed if the amount of sensible investment, to all buildings and infastructure. Very impressive development of all Architecture. Transport in the cities is excellent. People make you feel welcome. There is a cleanliness in all eateries and the food is great. Pay a visit soon. You will enjoy it.
Did you visit Poznań during Euro 2012?
What city of all 5 u mentioned you think is top in terms of beauty , architecture ??
And outside the cities, public transportation is non-existent. If you don't have your own vehicle you won't get out.
It is simply not truth
I'm from Spain and I´ve been living in Poland for a year. Living in Warsaw is awesome! I might be a bit biased because living in the capital it´s not really representative of the whole country, but generally speaking, you have everything you might need and want. There´s no need to speak polish to get a good job and almost everyone (even some old people) speaks at least a bit of English, if not very well. Definitively, everyone should come to Poland and experience how such an unknown country abroad can be this good.
People from Spain and Latin America are increasingly coming to Poland to settle here. I know a few of them in Warsaw and they don't seem to regret their move. Btw, do you know Francisco Galarraga's bar that serves delicious Argentinian empanadas? I recommend it, it's at Grzybowska street.
Wow, that's great to hear !
Thank you . You have convinced me . I love the women
I'm from Poland ,was living in Madrid for 2 years. Todavia puedo hablar espanol un Poco😀 Madrid is 3 times bigger than Warsaw. Was very hot there ,mucho calor ,pero me gustaba alli 😉
Hey Kenneth, do you know of any english speaking entry jobs in warsaw? I am moving soon and looking frequently. Thanks in advance ! -Canada
Looking forward to live and work in Poland in the future! I adore Poland and people are super friendly...
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@@EWAMILENAP hallo !! How are you .
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I visited Warsaw two years ago from NY and was blown away. I have been to most of the big cities in Europe and this visit exceeded my expectations. I would even go as far to say that Poland is a quiet storm coming, slowly but surely and everyone should take notice. The value you get for the money there is far more superior than many other European cities.
That's very nice of you to say that. Poland is very underrated for some reason, yet it shines in many areas. The only thing inferior in Poland comparing to these European icons are the salaries. But that's something a tourist doesn't experience. I must say though that in Poland we feel a little sad when we hear how cheap Poland is, because for us it's not. Some things can be like twice cheaper for tourist, but we make 4 times less than this tourist. So imagine having the prices doubled where you live, basically. That's Poland for us.
@@rafadydkiemmacha7543 I agree with you. In my humble opinion, the problem came from the way Poland negotiated its position in the EEU initially. Mistakes were made, from protecting farmlands, including the sugar industry and more. Otherwise, its GDP would have been much stronger than it already was 11 years ago and going. The key moving forward is to cast your industrial net far and wide, beyond the EEU. Everyone has been doing it with even a designated ministry to reinforce this initiative via the diplomatic channel.
Oh well, ofc you get 'the highest value for the money spent'. Poland is the cheapest country in European Union xd
@@jaimehaiti9479 And well, farmers gained the most among all people in Poland by participating in EU. Most of them were really EU-sceptical before we had joined it.
@@krowaswieta7944 Yes, some farmers are doing well but the potential of the agriculture industry has been compromised when comparing to other countries in the EEU. I know at least 4 sugar factories that were forced to close in small towns, including Łapy. They never recovered.
I just moved to Warsaw two weeks ago for my retirement being 40 years out of Poland. I was born here.
I was out of Poland since 1979, now I moved back for my retirement. Learning how to live in Poland....again.
@@gypsystar7292 me too
how does the tax part for retirement?
Overall, I think Poland is a nice place to live, work and travel.
It is environmental friendly, easy to find a job even don't speak Polish or a house to live, as well as a free broad range of education.
Joke? Right?
It is worth noting that the entire "old town" that you see in the film was 100% destroyed during the war by the Germans and the Poles rebuilt it in a perfect way, with all the details. Something that has been in the works for generations was built from scratch in 30 years.
I just got my Polish citizenship by descent/ancestry confirmed last summer and I will be traveling to the Polish consulate in Houston next month to apply for passport.
Well done! Enjoy being a Pole. There is a lot to be proud of.
Witamy zaprasamy!
How is you Polish language?
@@zepter00 are you talking to me?
Did you get a lawyer? How long did it take? Was it a difficult process?
Po 16 latach w UK wracam do Polski i mam lekkiego stresa, dzięki za ten film, podnosi na duchu, komentarze obcokrajowców zachwyconych Polską są super 😊
Agreed. Poland is a gorgeous traditional country to live in.
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yes, Countries with one nation keeps traditions. When other nation coming they do not accept it but
wants their way. And that's how every tradition collapses in the name of political correctness.
Traditional? what do you mean?
@@melianna999 this sounds really creepy actually? What do you mean?
@@zepter00 Poland is very traditional, catholic and against gays and Germany and the rest of eu except Hungary is crying about it
I am from Bali ,as a tour driver,last week we explore Bali island with four ladies from poland,they are so so kind and friendly !!!!
I am moving to Warsaw in a week, perfect timing!❤️
Good luck with with the move! :))
Me too
Best of luck!
Don't forget your gas mask, the air pollution levels here are crazy
Selam İlayda , ben de martta Varşova'ya taşınıyorum :) Öner'in var mı bana acaba?
Fajnie zobaczyć taki odcinek jak jestem polakiem :)
I visited Poland for work reason, and I fell in loved in the country right a way. Very friendly people, low cost of living, good nature and clean. I will definitely considering moving from the U.S.❤
as for payments ... if you speak a foreign language or you are an IT specialist or a programmer, you can find a very well-paid job in Poland, but your salary compared to Western Europe will be quite low if you convert from PLN to EUR, while with such a payment you can expect a very high standard of living in Poland, maybe even better than in Western Europe or the North. But when you move from Finland, for example, do not expect that you will save money to start a new life in Finland, but your standard of living for a payment of EUR 2,000 in Poland will be better than in Finland. You come here to live, not to save money.
i'm moving to Warsaw next Saturday! I cannot wait omg.
Amazing! I am Polish Canadian! I speak Polish too. If I may ask why are you moving to Poland because you like to explore?
Did you end up liking it?
Hi! I'm from Brazil and Poland is in my bucket list! I really wanna visit Warsaw and Krakow.
Gdańsk>Kraków Warszawa is great tho
Ich lebe in Deutschland und ich lebe hier gerne, hier lebt auch meine Familie, aber neulich habe ich viel Gutes über Polen gehört, mit Ausnahme der Politik. Ich habe von den Menschen verschiedener Nationen viel Gutes gehört, dass Polen ein wuderschönes Land ist, schöne , saubere Städte, die Landschaften, viele , tolle Sehenswürdigkeiten, schöne gute Cafes , Raestaurants, gutes Essen , und so weiter, auch die Menschen , meistens freudlich.
Poland is based, screw the woke western europe i hate living in finland
the politics is the good part about poland
@definitelynotclickbait8283 YES! Germany is getting worse every day too. So much woke, leftist bullshit thats just destroying everything. Would love to live in Poland. Its super super safe and the women are beautiful (little bonus). But the language... why is it so freaking hard to learn :(
Hi Kaja! consider me as your avid fan! Your YT channel is worth to watch.Very substantial and informative! I'll be moving to Poland next week from Taiwan ❤️
Thank you 😊
Turkey and Poland has always very good relationships from 1500s till today times and in Istanbul Polish citizens had settled in 20.000 and founded Polonezkoy Town Near İstanbul. While being student for 1 month to expedite my English level to better, and time to time jogging in Brighton during communism newly free years of Poland, i found a warsaw guy at 15 years old and he told me that Polish citizens work hard to reach Turkey economic, social levels. At Bilkent University, i have got Polish citizen economics Prof Dr Man and he told me the Same , they work hard to reach contemporary levels in economics, infrastructures, technologically to Turkey's levels. Today Warsaw apartments are 4 times more expensive than İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir apartments' values.
The 17th century was full of wars between Poland/Lithuania and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) that climaxed with the battle of Viena in 1683. Mutual Polish-Turkish relations began changing (improving) in the 18th century, due to the emergence of a common threat to Poland/Lithuania and Turkey: the Russian Empire. It is said that Turkey was the only (partly)-European power that never recognised officially the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian state and its vanishing from Europe's map in 1795. Poland and Turkey have been doing between them very well ever since.
Hello Hakan. I've been on vacation twice in your beautiful country. Hope to come back again. Beautiful views, wonderful weather and friendly people. It all makes you want to come back to you!
Poland’s minimum wage is now much higher than in Turkey. This must’ve been a long time ago. Poland’s economy is fastest growing in Europe.
i am 23, ive been to Katowice, Krakow (few times), Wroclaw and Przemysl... i have been all over England and Wales (i am English) i have been to Spain (few times, Barcelona most recently), France (Paris), Cyprus, Turkey and Albania... from my view Poland feels the the safest for me personally i feel at home in Poland, my girlfriend is also Polish and i find it hard to understand why many Poles complain about their nation. I come from Birmingham a bankrupt city full of crime in England, from my Experiences being in Birmingham, London, Paris and Barcelona compared to Krakow or Wroclaw etc i think the main thing is safety and identity. what i might say may come of as "racist" but i can assure you im not as my best friend is Sikh British-Indian (hes also been to Poland a few times he loves it never had any racism when being here) but those 4 major cities around the west of Europe all have one thing in common and thats mass multiculturalism i seen it with my own eyes many times for example Paris felt more like North Africa than it did French, the French culture was non existent in many places except the small villages (like England) i felt very unsafe a lot of crime and pick pockets... Barcelona again massive groups of North/West African men walking around especially at night time they even got aggressive towards me for no reason, i saw them urinating in the streets the smell was terrible... and now my home nation Birmingham where i live is like 40% or less Native population the biggest religion being Islam, there are no go zones around Birmingham meaning no whites are safe in those areas, if you dont believe me you can search Alum Rock Birmingham "no whites"... and again same for London i went last year you made me upset 35% or less of London is native English, i walked around and barely heard anyone speaking English i felt like the tourist :/ again massive violent crimes in London... my girlfriend said the same about Amsterdam said she was groped by Arab migrants, people want to keep ignoring it but thats why Poland felt so good (there is other people but they are integrated and there arent so many to the point the native people and culture is dead) unlike the list i have given. i want to move to Poland not just because i feel safer but the economic situation in the UK is horrendous, my girlfriend even said it, Birmingham felt like a shithole and the tower blocks felt like soviet tower blocks all over the place most roads bad as well... its like this i pay huge taxes and get crime flooded area to live in, overwhelmed services (NHS, Police, Transport etc), terrible road, massive car insurance prices due to crime, huge house prices due to mass migration (supply and demand issue we are overpopulated) and poor wages etc etc...
You are right. Poland has not yet been "culturally enriched" by invading youths from the third world. Let's hope it stays that way, so that Poland can remain Polish. In my country, the UK, the cities are exactly as you described: shit holes.
I love 💕 your energy.. you seems to be very friendly. the video said it all.
I love Poland and especially Poznań ❤️
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My father grew up in Poznan ..I’m too old to move back from the US..
Poland looks beautiful. All the architecture overseas > USA
Wish more citys in USA were like just having more parks seems like there's no balance it's either just a bunch of buildings or country not much in-between. As well as the education! As a not so educated American I'm really jealous of countrys like this.
I love Poland. I did not think in the past that I will say this. But Poland is awesome. I’ve traveled in some cities, and I felt like being in a book story.
I met the love of my life who's Polish. She lives in Cieszyn, therefore, I plan on moving there in about 8 months. I'm Canadian. I love the historical look!
As far as i remeber Cieszyn isnt great city to live in... But well, last time i was visiting it was like 15 years ago and things change here quite rapidly so who knows XDD
Oh come on, that's my town! :D
stay in Canada
Cieszyn is lovely! And the mountains nearby are beautiful
@@emiliaw5186 unfortunately she broke up with me a few dayß go. I won't be moving there. Devestated and heartbroken 💔
I visited over 65 countries, working for the airlines as an engineer. I'm sort of a digital nomad. Poland was, by far, the best country I've visited in the past 10 years. I've been to Warsaw 3 times already, and Krakow once, and Gdansk once. It is currently my favorite country of all time. I definitely agree with her that it is VERY SAFE and also VERY LIVEABLE
Safe on the night street, but safe on the map?
Thanks for the video Kaja. These types of videos help me in researching where i may possible retire. I currently live in the States. I was born in New york but both my parents were born in Poland. I have inquired in getting dual citizenship and hope to one year visit poland and see what its like.
I am planning to have my masters in Poland. Thank you for this very informative video, ma'am. ❤
How I wish I can go to Poland to finally meet my virtual Polish friend. I started to learn basic Polish words (thanks to my friend who became my polish translator/tutor. I love your video. I learned from it
Hey
Tyś jest Polka, co wiele zmienia. I dodatkowo podróżujesz po planecie Ziemia. I jesteś za młoda, by pamiętać, jak Polska wyglądała 30 lat temu. Gdybyś to pamiętała, to jeszcze bardziej byś była zachwycona tym, jak pierońsko dużo się tu zmieniło na lepsze.
Hey Kaja, thank you for the video is really excited nd educated. I love it expect me sooner in Poland
My ancestors came from Poland but not me, but I wish I could go to Poland and live there and go to a polish college to learn polish for beginners!
Your English is great. I can understand everything you said, but I cannot understand many other people. I'm going to come to Poland, and after your video I want to come there faster. I hope I enjoy this country and stay there. Hello from Uzbekistan, thanks for such a good video.
Did you take the wok to Poland
I am planning on moving to Poland this year after nearly a decade spent abroad , particularity on British islands, learnt a decent polish there as my best fellas were Polish , must say though, I am Slovakian, which brought much of the advantage into my learning, if it comes to other Slavic languages, the language has its bits, that mAkes it harder than my own, or Czech ( which I am fluent at too ) , all three are comparably hard with grammar, but polish is the hardest one, followed by Slovak and then Czech period.
Thank you so much sharing abouts Poland how I wish I could visit Poland.
My grandmother and grandfather came from Poland as children. They did not like the German side of our family. They spoke polish at home and my dad learned some polish from his childhood. They had the surname of kowski. My youngest brother told me that he found that our grandfather didn't speak much with us because he mostly understood and spoke polish. He was in his 60's when I remember him. I'm 82 now. A long time ago. He worked building boats and in his younger years he walked on logs being floated down the big river to be loaded onto scooners for shipment to Europe. That was a very dangerous job with almost certain death if he made the wrong step. One of his grandsons drowned on those Michigan rivers as he tried to free up a log jam. He was my age. I think the family came to the US during the partitians. I think both my grandparents came from the German partitian. I would like to come see Poland, especially where my grandparents came from. I imagine thay came from the Tatras but I have no real knowledge of their Polish history. Too bad.
hey, im going on erasmus to warsaw and finding a place to stay and understand polski may be a big challenge. Having someone to talk about it is so nice! thank u :)
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
I'm from Poland living in New York, I can say some things in US are backward comparing to what we have in Poland - like for example banking system, but even health care in some aspects, the way they deal with some things or treat patients. Of course there are also things that are better than in Poland, my point is that many people are ignorant - not just about Poland but in general. More education, open mind and awareness is needed. Thanks for great video and feel invited to my channel as well 🙂
Very informative video :)
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Thank you for this video! I was also born in Poland and moved to the US when I was five. Life here now is much different and not very flexible to build a “normal” life for someone my age. I am now considering moving back to Poland, but am very scared to make the jump.
Move back pronto do Polski!
What are you scared of??? Poland is one of the safest countries in the world, no ni..
gers to murder and rob other people, everybody respectful and friendly. You will love it...
Just don’t come if you are a leftard with socialist ideas, ‘diversity’ supporter and social justice warrior. We don’t need and don’t accept people like that here....
You can always come back. You regret things in life you didn’t do, not so much things you did. You have one life just do it
i hope you took that step and everything is going well!
if you didnt yet.. go for it! we only live once
Am from the smiling coast of west Africa the Gambia 🇬🇲 hopefully I will be in poland next month kaja your video is really helpful me
Am coming to warsaw vistula University
Did you move to Poland?
I am Polish and have lived in Poland before. She may have mentioned this in the video, but if you don’t know Polish when visiting Poland, it’s OK. Most of the people in Poland that you’ll meet (waitresses, cashiers, etc.) will be pretty reserved when it comes to foreigners. But, if you learn one or two phrases like “Proszę pani/pana o piwo” (a beer please), they’ll be very happy and will be very nice to you.
If "Pani" there will be "Proszę PaniĄ o piwo" not Pani 😊
I am in love with Poland. I got few really good job offers and as a family financially we would have better life than in Serbia...but i didn't accept any of those offers because my wife's salary would be even lower than in Serbia.
My wife is a kindergarten teacher and in Serbia where everything is cheaper at least 20 percent she makes 650 euros for 30 hours of work. In Poland she would work longer and make less money while everything is more expensive.
As i said at the end of the month with my good salary and her bad salary we would still live way better than in Serbia but i dont want my wife to work for such a low salary (it is literally humiliating) while doing something so important for the society.
National minimum salary is now about 1k eur so not sure if you had correct information...
Love life in Warsaw Great city to live
Kaja - IMO, despite your Polish roots you are very, very American. That's absolutely nothing negative, just an observation. :) I admire your energy, I think Warsaw is definitely better off with you than without you. I have a question - if you take ONLY the weather/climate into account, which city would you prefer - Copenhagen or Warsaw?
Warsaw because summer / spring is much warmer and longer here :)
Yes, I noticed the same thing-a very strong American accent, it might just be how a Polish person speaks English!
I live in Chicagoland and her accent doesn't sound like any of the American Poles I've encountered.
Her accent is very hard to place and that is due to her hodgepodge of places she has lived. I definitely would identifier as a non-native "American" speaker.
@@KajaKubicka Truly pretty lady! Good videos
Loved the video and would love to go back to Poland and see more of the North where my family is from!!! was there in the summer of 2019
glad to hear you liked it! :)
@@KajaKubicka We should meet up when I go back hopefully soon! My family is Kashub from the North :)
You answered a lot of good questions.
If you speak some other european language like German, Swedish, Spanish or Italian then it's gonna be super easy for you to find a job in some corporation
Wow thanks for that unique information
Great video :)
Thank you 🙏🏼❤️
Enjoy your staying in Poland!
Very Nice and informative video about Poland you are doing a great job Thankyou soo much for this nice video keep it up Long Live with Healthy Life
A lot of native British people will be begging to be let in, in a few years. Our country is becoming very unsafe and our cities are being lost
the uk is pretty much just about to be the same level as america in terms of safety
@@teamehpchannel9614 except with unarmed regular cops... and if they do get armed, they will have to be extremely careful not to use them on problematic types under any circumstances
According to salaries, they are much lower than western Europe but also costs of living are affordable
For example in Katowice where I live renting a normal standard room is cost like 650-800 PLN, studio costs 1100-1400 PLN, bills usually not higher than 250 PLN a month
Food and things you must buy is 750-1000 PLN
And net minimum salary is 2700 PLN (2023) so I think it's not so bad 😁
Yes 👌
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All the Poles I have met have been very nice. Good video
Hey Kaja. This video was really helpful and thank you for coming up with such valid things to know before coming to Poland. Cheers
I lived for couple of years in Poland, moved back to the Netherlands, but now I'm considering going back to Poland again
Is het makkelijk werk vinden daar?
Love your work and your English is excellent!
I was looking at the prices of housing across Poland and with how housing prices are here in the US I am seriously considering taking the money I will be saving for a house and using it to buy a house outright in Poland, what are things that I should be looking into doing within the next six years while I am saving up money to make transitioning easier?
usa citizens can only buy condos
What a wonderful place ❤, I'm living in there soon
this is a perfect place for retirement, so you are getting some money from your country that might be not that much there, but in Poland you're upper class :D
Thanks a lot Kaja.
I'm from Dubai by God willing from now to five months i will go to go poland
I am now in Wroclaw,good to see you
Would love to see an apartment tour…it looks large and bright there.
God bless the humans who live in this country from the uk
AM about to relocate to Poland
im 4th or 5th gen polish in my family over in america and have always been interested in the culture. i plan to learn polish and go to a uni!! after i finish my current degree though of course.
good luck!
Nothings free.. but nice to know!!!
I would like to see small polish cities and villages!
They're different in west of Poland or in east of Poland.
As you wish. My town (13 thousends citizens) 80 kilometers on north east from Warsaw ua-cam.com/video/h8pjYgKi_-A/v-deo.html
It's a good idea. The real Poland consists of small towns and villages.
12:42 great video. The reason the living conditions in Warsaw are so good are because of the tragic history. It was totally decimated. It is the only European capital with such a population density in high rise buildings in the center while at the same time offering the most apartments where do don't face another concrete wall. Visit Budapest or Vienna some time
We love your videos greetings from Algeria 💚💚
I'm considering a short term stay in Poland. Would u say the women there are open to dating foreigners and do they speak English well?
X2 ?
I've met some Polish fellas here in Canada and I liked them. They're very talkative, reminds me of Italians.
It's just not true that places like California or New York have lower taxes than Poland. US has huge tax revenues for all sorts of things. They just choose not to spend it on healthcare or education to a European standard. But yes, that's what most Europeans assume: that the US is some sort of low-spending country. US is at 46% of GDP and Poland is a 48%,. So unless we are using France's crazy out of control spending as the standard...
Excellent video !!
Thank you!
Thanks for information amazing Vedio keep it up
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My other half is a midwife and I have my own business as a painter and decorator. Could we have a could life and plant of work. Had enough of England, need a change.
Ugh. PRAGA is no longer a dangerous place….anywhere, at all. I live in Nowy Praga and spend a lot of time in szmulowizna, supposedly the most dangerous. It’s just not.
Katowice has the most dangerous areas in all of Poland.
That's a myth too, I've been living in Katowice for more than 20 years and it changed a lot since then, now it's safe as any other place in Poland.
Hi, not sure if I'll get noticed. I just wanted to ask, do you have any idea where go I go if I want to find affordable apartments? Like do Poland have (or specific Poland cities have) website where foreign people can look for apartments especially those who wish to stay and study there?
我现在在华沙，之前在上海呆过6年，很高兴看到博主跟我有重合的经历
It's easy to find a place in Warsaw? I don't know where you are getting that from. Ever since the war in Ukraine went into full swing, it's been extremely difficult to find places. Prices have gone up dramatically and availability is much lower.
I don’t know why you wouldn’t think of looking at the publishing date of this video ;)
I'm from England and would love to live in Poland especially in krakow as visited a few ago and very nice city and friendly people. How much money on average would you need to live in Poland for 2 to 3 months to begin with. What's the process like in renting a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment ? Do you need to show you have a job ect or as long as you can pay the money upfront it's fine? What job opportunities are there too ?
Good video. Really enjoyed. I 've thought about living in Poland. I lived and worked in Asia for years, got tired of that. Warsaw looks ok , but I might check out Krakow or Gdansk, or Poznan. I can speak Chinese fairly well, so I don't think learning Polish will be too hard. Pronunciation is always the hard part.
thanks! glad to hear!
Please everyone in Poland!
Please write the name Henry Webb in public places that it's allowed to be written. He is my nephew,his mother is from Poland and now moving back today literally today . I want my nephew to feel as if he belongs and to know he's missed in a fun way .
U can use a marker and a rock . Write his name Henry Webb on the rock and place it in public places for him and his mother to find . This nephew is a great hearted and smart person. He deserves a very special reminder .... this is something money cannot buy and a most precious gift of one family to another. Thank you
Aunt Becky
Watching from Qatar..I am a Kenyan.coming soon as a pre school teacher...I love your proficiency in English. Keep up..good video
Hi Kaja, thank you very much for your sharing and take the time to make this video. I'm moving to Warsaw soon from Shanghai and it will be great to have new friends to hang out with.
I’m 58 yrs old and no gallbladder, does this still work for someone in my situation?
Very Beautiful😊👍
Thank you!
Hello Yoruk
Great video my friend have a good day
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@@KajaKubicka I have new video my friend
Hey, Kaya. Your videos are just gorgeous! I have a question in regard to your latest video about Poland, that is why would you rather choose Poland over Denmark? I realize that you’ve got an EU citizenship, and you can work legally in both and at the same time it’s obvious that salaries in Denmark are higher, my guess would be that Poland has more growth potential or easiness in terms of landing a job. Please, clarify, if possible. Thank you in advance! Best greetings from a Ukrainian living in China.✌️
"salaries in Denmark are higher" in 1990 GDP per capita in Denmark was roughly $ 27k whereas in Poland $ 1.7k so you had 15 times higher GDP per capita in Denmark. even 30 years of steady economic growth cannot work miracle (except in China)
@@antekp2965 Selary in Poland and in Denmark can be almost the same when you work in big International corporation
@@radekktos9870 chyba tylko w kadrze menadżerskiej
@@antekp2965 Nie tylko jeszcze sa specialisci dobrze opłacani
@@radekktos9870 szczerze mówiąc to nawet mi się nie opłaca pracować za mniej niż 8 tys. brutto w W-wie, bo wolę ten czas poświęcić np na naukę języków obcych i podniesienie kwalifikacji zawodowych. w porównaniu do cen mieszkań to są żałosne pieniądze
I checked wages for few jobs in Poland and they were not high. Lower than in Portugal or Spain. I think now wages in Eastern Europe are pretty good, so I was a bit surprised. Also, not in euros, so always headache of conversion.
Cost of living is different. You’re better off with a smaller wage in Poland. You can afford more than with your wage in Spain or Portugal.
Yeah it's expensive too. I'm in Krackow and it's more expensive than in the UK. Room rent Supermarkets..People stare,are shy, and have to coks a smile from them... But it is Beautiful
Not the best time to move to Eastern Europe, inflation of 11-15%, people can afford less and less, not saying they could have afforded much before. If you get paid the average salary, you can afford to rent 40 sq m flat on the suburbs of small city ( don’t even dream abt center of the biggest ones ) also don’t even dream about buying a flat or a house since bcs of the inflation, prices are absurdly high. Then you spend half of your salary on rent, the rest on utilities, food ( absurdly expensive rn ) and gasoline ( also absurdly expensive) and then you have nothing left to enjoy life
Salaries are awesome in Poland! If you rent a 40-50sqm in a major city, you will have some $ left to buy toilet paper! * and not much more , but who cares, parents will cover the difference, right banana kids?
Poland is one of the cheapest EU countries, 63% of the EU average, is a country outside the euro area whose economic policy is focused on attracting investors and expanding exports. The real purchasing power of the average salary is higher than in Portugal and slightly lower than in Spain (AIC index). 1,300 euros in Warsaw has the purchasing power of 2,000 euros in Berlin. In Poland, rental housing is not very popular, most of the population owns the real estate in which they live. The vast majority of Poles prefer to live in the suburbs and in the province,
kaja kubika are you from the united states? my great grandparents on my mom side were born in poland and emigrated sometime in the early 1900's
I will be honest with you! If You are white, learn Polish and not manifesting on the streets that You are gay (if you are) you will be very happy living Poland. Other cases if you will be much different from Poles you wont fit in society...sorry!
To dziwne ze w polsce sa prawicowi geje, chcesz miec problem to masz, bedziesz plul na Polske to opluja ciebie i tyle w temacie.
When I was 14 I stayed in a host family in England. I had an old friend who came from Poland, he was such a nice guy !! He was 60 years old or something
Good weather in summer
Did I hear u saying that it's free university? Is it really free to foreigners also ? I mean people who are not polic