Kocham Polskę i polski język ! Jestem ormianką i jestem od kilku lat niezmiennie zakochana w tym języku! Uczę się polskiego z wielką przyjemnością .Pozdrawiam wszystkich Polaków bardzo serdecznie!
I'm Irish living in Ireland and there million's of polish living here I like polish people a lot good strong people who are super polite God bless the polish
Im English living in England and feel the same way mate. Love the Poles. I understand people have issues/concerns regarding immigration, as do I, but I feel that Poles are unfairly treated in that respect.
Slashplite, my husband and I just got done backpacking Eastern Europe and we already can wait to go back! Everyone was so friendly and the food was amazing.
I'm American and I just finished backpacking from Estonia to Serbia, including Poland, Ukraine (Lviv), Budapest, etc. and only met 4 Americans. I remarked to myself, "Where are all the Americans?" I found them all when I finally arrived in Nice, France.
I'm a simple hungarian, if I say some Poland related video I like it. Nice people, rich culture, beautiful cities, good food and european values, thats Poland. Greetings from Hungary.
Balázs Tóth I know that you’ve posted this long time ago but I just wanted to say that I really want to see Budapest next year! Greetings to you my brother! 😊
As a Czech person living just few kilometers from Polish border I'm sorry that Western tourists don't know much about Poland. I always enjoy time there :-) If you want to see Europe from different corner where its cheaper yet still safe and fun, you should definitively visit Poland.
Lucius I. Patriot Bygotte de Aquitas I think it will become more popular as other parts of Europe are sadly becoming too dangerous to visit. It looks wonderful!
I agree - I have not been in Poland yet, but I absolutely want to go there in one of my next holidays (I'm German). So many Germans always want to fly half around the globe for their holidays - Europe is so beautiful though!
I had a part-Polish roommate--he was American. He was very nice! Also, I had a Brazilian friend who moved to Poland and he liked it and the food. He said the food was better than Ireland and the people were more open. I've thought about Poland but now I know, if I go, I should visit Krakaw. Is it cold there?
I love the Polish people and the ones I’ve met here in the UK are some of the most open, friendly and fun people. A great intellect too. I think I’ll make a visit one day to Poland.
@@yashaisjdoakd Anybody who wants to live in Poland at this time is either a hard right winger or is not aware of the "Law and Order " party in charge. They are taking peoples freedoms away and vilifying those who are different. The present political climate is really no different than before the fall of communism. The fact that they embraced the authoritarian politics of trump makes me ashamed of my heritage. I thought that since I speak the language and spent time there studying in the early 70"s that maybe I would be able to retire in Poland but until they embrace true democracy I will remain in the USA and so will my retirement pension. I wish you the best of luck.
@michael Grabianowski you should try live in Israel as a "different" if you don't like it in Poland:) Or in free Canada to have your account blocked and truck confiscated for protesting. Democracy is better off in Poland than in US - at least all the main media don't tell the same and aren't owned by the same. You can say whatever you want and you don't get cancelled -although this threat grows since people copy the fashion and think it is democracy... You can say what you want but yes - there is responsibility and there can be consequences - for example you will get sued by state for calling "murderers" the border guards who don't let illegal immigrants freely. And it is fair - for vast majority of Polish citizens - it seems not for you.
PrzypadkoweCyferki sama zauważyłam, że większość ludzi których mijałam na ulicy ma taką twarz co bardzo mnie śmieszyło i coś czuje że sama często mam taką. Jednak jeżeli się widzi grupkę ludzi którzy spędzają razem czas na ich twarzach zawsze gości uśmiech! No chyba się pokłucą xD
My Norwegian wife says that the Norwegians use to smile and ask you "how are you" in the streets, but when you have a problem they don't even recognize you the day after. The Poles looks sour, but if you have a problem they always use to help you to solve it. The true friends, she says. ;-)
Yes, it's better to be natural, without this hypocrisy "How are you? fine OK! (in mind: my mother died 3 days ago)" cause you will loose friends if you will show problems immediately. Never the case in Poland
My grandparents were from Poland. I wish I could have taken my mother there before she passed away. She could speak some Polish. I'm proud to have Polish blood in my veins.
I hope you know, that we are planting at least dozen speciec of potatoes, and each of them taste different, even if their made same way? Cabbage also btw..
Anilu Gómez when you go to Poland remember to get traditional meal which is żurek and pork chop with mashed potatoes and cabbage also remember to visit Kołobrzeg it's nice place good for visit and leisure
I love Poland, and I love polish people. When I traveled there, I was helped by the local people there, I was so thankful. This is a very beautiful country, food tastes great, cheap, scenery is beautiful, churches are big and gorgeous.
@@KairraKat And he's surprised that they smile hearing "prosim" - this is actually funny because Poles mostly find Chech's speech funny ;) So they are laughing at him :D
I spent several nice vacations with plenty of good food in the Czech Republic in Harrachov, close to the polish border. I was impressed by the cleanliness in Poland, very well maintained roads and spotless houses in the villages. When I visited Karpacz, I felt like I was in a swiss ski-resort ... so beautiful and even affordable. Highly recommended for some days to spend there!
So, according to you there are virtually no roads in Krakow only kudus' trails running across Polish bush and immense dunes of an arid and empty regions of southern Poland. It's such a shame you didn't warn of avid lions and crocodiles awaiting unexpected tourists...
When I've been to Scotland I saw how polite and great people are. Also amazing for a Pole to see Wojtek's and general Maczek's statues in the centre of Edinburgh. One of the best places I've been to
I'm America and did a 7 week roadtrip through Europe in 2012. I'm a bit of an extrovert. When I travel somewhere I want to meet new people and see how they live. I want to eat what they eat and drink what they drink(bison grass vodka, yes please). Poland, specifically Warsaw and Krakow, were amazing. Along with the Greeks the Poles were the nicest, warmest, most welcoming people I met on my trip. Paris, London, Vienna, and Amsterdam, were all great but if I had to pick a favorite it would be Warsaw because of the wonderful people. bóg błogosław lud polski po
the food.... the potatoes and cabbage. I like potatoes but after being there a while when I was in college my mom told me she was making my favorite meal when I got back home: steak and baked potatoes. I said, please... no more potatoes! The soups, mushrooms, fresh fruit and pastries are delicious though!
I’m polish but i live in the us and I walk around with the “polish face” and people always if I’m ok or if I’m sad and I’m always like no.... I’m fine lol edit: i don’t remember writing this but i feel cool that you people liked it
Don't complain about slow service. The more you are waiting (to some extent of course) the more chance you have to get freshly cooked meal instead of the one just warmed up in microwave. :)
That's true. I'm from Poland, but live in US and see that people here are getting angry when they waiting longer for food, they're not realizing that for fresh made and nutritious meal you just have to wait longer.
Food in Poland is awesome! I went during Easter and in Krakòw square they had this big barbecue in the market so I had sausage, some other bit of pork, potatos and sauerkraut all for about £10, absolutely amazing. And also I loved the obarwazernik krakowiski, is that's how it's spelt? Like massive pretzels crossed with bread rolls, sometimes I'd just go get a get a couple of those and that'd be my lunch sorted for around £3!
My best friend of 32 years is Polish. She's stunningly beautiful, devoutly Catholic, kind, sincere, loving and just the best. Thanks be to God and to Poland. 😊
I'm Russian and we've got the same here. People just don't smile for no reason in either Russia or Poland or other slavic countries. But when it's about friendship, I guess, we're way better, I mean we will always help and support our friends or relatives. Slavs don't like to make people paying any attention for them on the streets, that's also important.
*I'm From INDIA and I'm living in POLAND for 2.5 years. I love this country.. POLAND is the cleanest and beautiful country in the Europe.. Itz million times Peaceful and awesome than all other European country*
Seema Dhaler yeah u can come here without any fear... this is the calm and peaceful country u will c in Europe... and it’s located in the heart of Europe so u can easily travel to any part of Europe during vacation... racism are very less here... see u soon in poland 🇵🇱
Diaz Wellington thanks a million for the swift reply.. I am Muslim so looking in for halal food and mosque around.. I am formally born and brought up in Dubai then after marriage move to South Africa.. now would love to be a part of Poland..
I love the Polish people! As an American who lived in Germany for many years and traveled extensively throughout Europe I jokingly called Polish people Americans because the minute you talk to them they’re like super super super friendly compared to other European countries. I hate to do stereotypes but it is how I felt. That truly was my experience. It’s interesting because very few people speak English but everyone really wants to try and help you if you try and speak Polish. You know as I said I just loved Poland and I plan on going back.
Thank you very much. I'm a cashier and here I met American woman.(she's a customer in my store) She's very nice and she's happy that she lives here since few years. Greetings from Warsaw. 😊
nobody cares about your thanks. Despite rude words above.. is always nice to hear something nice bout specific country, especially if you live in. Tho honestly... nobody cares if you say "thanks" or not in this case. Why I'm so rude? Cause You - as individual unit - didn't do anything for this country. If this guy said something nice about your work, creation, servives, anything that he remembered, than yeah, u can answer like that, but in case u didnt do anything besides breathing in this city, it's nothing more than useless answer.
My Polish friends are all very nice, generous, welcoming. Much politer than we Germans are. I mean they are very polite. And they do a lot to improve their living conditions. I guess they work very hard. My favourite place is Szczecin. His number one is not mine. Food? BTW, kasza gryczana is a must to try. And nature is beautiful in Poland. It's so green. We should love Poland, really. 12 points from Berlin.
In winter the burning of lignite is not healthy. Air in many cities is filled with particulates. Instead of scrubbers, the Duda government says the will plant more trees to scrub the Greenhouse Gases and that will do it. Myth. The trees, if in private, intensive managed for wood products, would need more than 2x the surface area of the country. Then, you must ask if the existing scrubbers are good to keep mercury from coal to be released (it is in the coal) , deposited on the land and forests (interferes with biological processes, increases forest mortality) Duda, that name rhymes with a portion of anatomy on your backside in Polish. It's what a snow jobbing, know nothing is called here. A "Du..."
Pro tip: it doesn't happen in every other country. Im polish but i live in Dublin now. People tend to smile to each other for no reason at all. Even if you pass stranger in a public restroom, or catch eye contact with someone on the street- there is a high chance they might smile at you. Something that will never-ever happen in poland lmao
@@bellatrix1408 @ why do poland don't like smile? smile is beautiful think, I will visit poland soon I will try not smile coz I don't want poland people think I am crazy or stupid
It's the same with videos done by americans commenting on germany, apparently. There is one channel where a woman moved to germany and talks about comparisons, she mentioned that most of her viewers are really germans. And judging by the portuguese comments in another channel it is apparently pretty common everywhere when it comes to european countries. It's either wannabe tourists, poeple who have already been there or people from the country. Except me. I'm neither polish nor american, I was just watching the english history cooking videos and I end up watching food comparison videos and then I end up in tourist channels like this one XD.
I'm Czech and I've been to Poland 6-7x and every time I went there I felt like I was still in CZ (after about 15 minutes) except for a couple of things, like the street signs being in Polish, and everything is in a "sklep." Very confusing because in Czech, "sklep" means "basement" and I was looking for a Lada auto parts store, and everybody was telling me how to get to the basement of the auto parts store (I thought). I was like "Ne SKLEP Mototechny, ale jenom Mototechna!" The parking situation is also strange and I never will understand it. If I lived up there I could learn Polish in 3 months but some things I will never understand like the excessive religiousness and the obsession with football teams. Everybody up there thought I was at least some tiny percentage Polish but I'm not. Definitely a decent and safe country to visit, and if I had to live somewhere else, I'd move there.
My gf is polish and I've been twice so far, I highly recommend, the people are lovely and the food, beer, entertainment, beer, vodka is great! I also felt far safer in Poland then here in the UK. Amazing place.
Mickey Halford British wankers with Polish girls get the fuck out your polish girlfriend take her to a Great Britain or get the fuck out of Poland but don't bring your British it in my country fuck Great Britain
That's true, but the name "Warsaw/Warszawa" relates to legend about fisherman named Wars and his wife named Sawa, there's another version saying that Wars captured mermaid which name was Sawa. That's why mermaid is Warsaw's icon.
no. 11: Poles shake hands every day. In other countries you shake hands with people that you haven't seen for a while. In Poland you do it once a day. You come to the office in he morning - you have to do a round through all the rooms to say hello to everybody and do the handshaking ceremony. I was quite surprised by that.
I love how you refer to polish language using czech word "prosím" (please). The right polish word is "prosze". But that´s ok, we understand our languages are extremely difficult to learn. And I share your admiration and love towards Poland and Poles. Greetings from Prague !
Exactly, I noticed that too. Prosim might be not understand by polish people. Proper word which means 'please' is "proszę", as our southern friend says :)
My grandfather and greatgrand father was from Poland & they were very committed with family and history.. I wish to visit someday----God Bless my dear Poland --from Atlanta Ga--USA
Uhm i'd like to say few things: 1. We don't smile when there is no reason to do it. We actually think that people smiling all the time and without reason are just fake. 2. Younger generation is less religious than elderly people. 3. You usually have it listed on the menu that you will get potatoes or cabage with your dinner etc. 4. Please = proszę, not prosim. 5. Actually there are a lot of tourists in Cracow or Wroclaw but in certain time of the year. 6. Yup it's quite green here. I love polish forests. 7. Waiters are almost always friendly and polite (that's a part of their job). They don't smile all the time, but usually when they give you your food they will smile and say "smacznego" = "enjoy your meal". Service won't come to you every 5 minutes with a huge smile asking if you like the food or need something, but they are ready if you want something. They just don't want to bother you when you are enyoing your food :) 8. If you are a tourist then you should visit not only big Cities, but also the smaller ones like "Sandomierz" or even countryside. That's it, have fun visiting Poland :)
@@kosherboyy i think July or August, summertime. But it tends to rain at times. August is better. Visited it in 2011 but i also love Dźwirzyno and Dąbki.
@@IzayoiArwena oh thanks a lot for the suggestion! I might go a lil later than August I guess...ticket prices are outta my budget during the summer haha. Anyway, thanks a lot for the alternative cities too.
I didn't experience the stone face you talking about. I am Irish and have been there several times visiting friends as well as a tourist. Talking to my Polish friends, they find Americans too pushy and in their face a bit. Smile but be give people their space. They do appreciate if you make the effort to speak some Polish words, even if it is only one or two words. It was said to me by a waitress that I was the first English speaking Tourist she heard speaking Polish and it was much appricated. Reading Polish is not that hard, so you can say the word, if not understand it. Yes, the are a few extra symbols and W are pronounced as V. But nothing that can be remembered. Poland is a great country and I look forward to going back again!
hahahahaha wtf you like us?! HAHAHA maybe you guys like us but rest of the country?! haha i've been to UK i have family there and you know what? Guys from UK, they can just hear that you are from Poland and tell you that you are a scam, a useless peace of shit, that you are a work horse and nothing else
Polish people do not smile because they do not need to. I'm polish and it's very normal. Even i was asked if am i sad hah. It's very kind for us to hear from people from other countries something good about Poland. Greetings from Poland :)
Something I've noticed watching UA-cam videos is that many Polish cities have a well-developed public transit system. Some of it is older but very functional.
I dont think when people in other countries walk in town and they have their own business to get done they will be smiling their best at everybody or crying. they will have a normal straight face.
so loved all of your comments! especially the Polish "face" i am from California and have been residing here for 3 years (polish husband ) and the no smile face gets me everytime , I will say though that the people that know me at my favorite stores and restaurants even ice cream place do smile back ,I really miss costumer service though we tip ,if we get it , and when the same server sees us at the same restaurant , we get great service. I do love polish people though, we have a crazy son (autisim) and they are the kindest most patient people ever ,even the children understand.
My father liked the Poles. He used to say during the Cold War that the United States should have told Russia that they can have France in exchange for Poland. Great video. I like the way you go right into it without any long introduction. Articulate and you stayed on point. Thank you.
Polish faces can be read like books. If a Pole is happy, he looks happy. If he is sad, he looks sad, etc. What emotions should have a person waiting for a bus, going to work/school, or performing other usual daily activities? That's why most of the time they have this neutral expression. This is typical in eastern europe, the people there are simple and honest. They don't have to pretend they are happy 24/7.
eskyvike1000 as a Polish person I wish you best of luck, but please keep in mind that your Polish will never be perfect. Don't feel discouraged by your mistakes - you will always make them. I have seen foreigners with a degree in Polish struggling to conjugate basic nouns ;)
There are things in the Polish language that only professors of linguistics know. Even most Poles make, on average, a few minor mistakes per conversation.
I'm Japanese. I lived in polish city Gdansk for 3 years. Polish people were very so kind that helped my life to live comfortably. Foods, culture, history, etc, many of things in Poland are very attractive to me. But I decided to back to Japan from Poland. I strongly feel fear of my future. The basic reason is economic. In fact, the wages aren't so high that I'm satisfied with. Compared with wages, it is not cheap to buy everything plus a high tax rate. Despite the low wages, it is very difficult to get a good job spending typically life. Many of polish student drop out the study in university for a difficult exam. Although my polish friend has the doctor diploma, she is keeping hunt a job. When I walked in street, elderly polish usually asked me to give them money. It seems that the Polish government doesn't work very well to use tax for polish economic. It is the real.
You should have seen the crap that the government is doing right now XDD They pay more to cows (yes, cows, I mean it) and children more than they pay teachers XD
a lot of this is just wrong. 'the polish face'? they are the same as anywhere else. 'the lack of service'? i go to poland a lot and the service is great, don't expect your food to be there in two minutes because they're a more chilled and relaxed people. please is prosze (proshe) not prosim. It's pronounced krakov not Krakow. Warsaw was raised to the ground not Krakow. Warsaw is all Russian architecture because they wouldn't let the locals build nice modern buildings they wanted to keep it eastern looking. There's like a hat in the language? what hat? i think that's in the Russian language. dwie piwe prosze not dwa piwo prosim. They eat potatoes and cabbage because is natural they eat very little processed food, but it's nice!
I was totally blown away by Poland. I loved the museums so well made. Didn't love Warsaw as much, but Krakow was amazing. i didn't know what to really except from Poland besides the fact that wee were going to see a lot of WW2 history. But I think the thing that shocked me the most was how very clean literally everything was in Krakow, we got in at like 5am so we got to see the town wake up and the street sweepers. Amazing food, incredible pastries, and honestly the people where so beautiful and friendly.
The summer I spent in Poland it rained a lot. I hadn't brought my umbrella on a particularly drenching day trip so I went to a store in a small town where no one spoke English and I could not remember what the Polish word was. So I gestured like rain dropping on my head, acting like I am trying to open an umbrella, and ducking the deluge that was outside getting nowhere with a manager when a cute little clerk popped up from behind the counter and said "You want something to stop bird poop? Upstairs in the parasol area". I love Poland.
Greetings from Poland-and from oldest Mountains in Europe- Swietokrzyskie Mountains, if you wonna cheap journey -come to our mouintains :) all this places are in short directions-till 100 km,check: Holly Cross(real part of it) in Łysa Góra Temple, Park of Miniatures-Sabat-Krajno, for kids: European Museum of Tale-Pacanów, and more for kids; Museum of Toys and Play-Kielce, Museum of Polish Villages in Tokarnia, Bałtów JuraPark-Jurassic Park, Chęciny Castle, Krzyżtopór Castle, Kadzielnia Rocks in Kielce, Military Museum in Skarżysko-Kamienna City, Paradise (Raj in Pl)-Cave (most beautifull cave in the world) Amazing "Devils Rocks"-Niekłań Wielki- from Jurassic Period- they have got beetwen 50-200 milion years! If you dream is to see real prehistoric culture-come to our poor Region :) Thanks for reading my comment :)
People don't smile all the time, but men usually open you doors and offer you sits if you are a woman. I very appreciate this pollite yet quite vorgotten gestures😊 You will never meet such pollite people in Western Europe, especially in Germany. And polish women? They will always prepare you at least a fine cup of coffee with filigrant served sweets when you have a business meeting! And they will look fantastically stylish, especially those ladies from Warsaw😊 I am Russian, by the way, and i really feel myself very comfortable in Poland, surrounded by hearty honest people. I we would forget and forgive our common history...
the problem is one, we never forgot and never forgive ( that's why Poland was able to reborn after was cleaned ( erased "thx Pete" ) from the world map for over then 100 years ) .. dear, and that's not our fault .. this is very deep inside of our culture, history .. that must be.
CrayFish US Who the fuck are you... Do you say that if you live here then you go like "HEY PEOPLE GO AWAY FROM HERE B-CUZ I'M A BULLSHIT AND THIS COUNTRY IS FUCKING SICK!!!!!" You're just wrong. Maybe others want to live here and that is not your thing to judge them.
I'm British and I've been learning Polish for some years. Prz is pronounced like 'psh' as in 'cheap shirts', and the Ł is pronounced like an English W. Sz is like sh in English and Cz is like ch in English, and sometimes you get them together like in 'barszcz'. It's really not that hard to pronounce.
Conway79 - it's close to what you say but not exactly. The Sz Cz Rz sounds the way you describe will help you get by but you'll very much be speaking with an accent.
Ouroboros That is true, but sz=sh and cz=ch is how I learnt it, and it's probably the easiest way for an English speaker to learn. It's like the T and D sounds - I learnt that they're made on the teeth in Polish and not alveolar ridge like they are in English, but I can't hear the difference when others speak or when I made the sounds, so I don't bother trying to do it when I speak Polish.
Just got back from a 3week trip to Poland--- eye-opening place. Small towns are interesting places to visit especially... you'll likely be the only foreigner there when you stop by a small town.
I was a bit shocked that there is such a vibrant craft beer scene in Poland. Lots of local breweries are producing some really creative delicious beers indeed. Excellent video as usual! 👍
I`ll tell you something scary. Polish beer and vodka are going to shit my friends. Even spirit, that i dilluted with carmel, and drank at some occasions up to not so long ago, is now perfumed with some shit... They were far better few years back, but, like always, as soon as commercial thinking sets in... You want good alcohol? Go and find people who make good moonshine, try beer that is local, and you`ll get thing that is first rate And if you find our beer tasty... What kind of swilr they make in your country???
+raedwulf61 for walks in a park go to Łazienki, it's a beautiful park with gondolas and a palace on the lake, peackocks just walking around and squirrels you can feed from your hand, its crowded especially during weekends - they have free piano concerts twice a day (Chopin); and if you arę interested in history, see the Museum of Warsaw Uprising, they have audioguides in English and the exibition is really fascinating; good spots to eat, drink beer and meet people: the riverbank (pubs, cafes, nightclubs and even a beach on both banks of the Vistula river), the Old Town (mainly for tourists but at least the waiters speak English), Krakowskie Przedmieście and Nowy Świat street (for tourists but also university students), Plac Zbawiciela (Square) - for hipsters. Don't be discouraged by the "polish face" and ask for directions whenever you are lost 'cause most people turn out to be really helpfull and know at least basic English
Its rare for older people to speak English since we had russian as second language for most of the time, but most people in their 30s to teens speak english pretty good
+Wolters World How did you manage to write this "ę" in "proszę"? This little ogonek added to "e" makes it grammatically correct in your sentence. Even some Poles write it wrong sometimes, hah. This together with misspelled "pivo" makes this sentence even more awesome :D Greetings from Poland.
Here are few tips in polish, w = v(eng), ł = w(eng), v - does not exist, rz and ż - it is a sound of vacuum cleaner xD, sz - something like sh(eng), cz - somehing like in check so cz = ch. ś, si, zi, ź, dż, dź, ć, ą, ę - these are really hard to explain but you can always check in google translator (click sound button in polish table) translate.google.pl/?hl=pl#pl/en/d%C5%BCd%C5%BCownica%2C%20d%C5%BAga%C4%87%2C%20ziewa%C4%87%2C%20%C5%BAd%C5%BAb%C5%82o%2C%20wzi%C4%85%C5%82em%2C%20wzi%C4%99%C5%82a%2C%20siusia%C4%87%2C%20%C5%9Bcierpn%C4%85%C4%87
Wooow, great :)))) If you are from India you should know Lisa Ray, a Canadian actress....her father is from India and her mom is from Poland and she was working for some years in India, she knows Hindu a little and she knows Polish :)) Her Bollywood movie was Kasoor.
Małgorzata Margaret .. I’m also from India and yes I remember Lisa Ray.. I haven’t seen the movie but songs were too good.. I too like Poland and polish people. Poland is really a beautiful country with good people.
People don't smile because they don't want to look like they trying to pick you up or look like they're too friendly. If you go to any of the European countries people really don't smile as much like they smile in United States on the streets and in the stores.
About facial expressions. Here we seldom smile for no reason. Living and traveling in the countries of Western Europe I noticed that people are nice and smile just because others expect this. In fact, they don't think of you as positively as it looks. I definitely prefer a true smile or lack of smile on the faces than this smile on the western's faces.
Precisely. Fake, obligatory smiles of ppl who do not give an "F" about you are a shocking disovery made by every single Pole who visits Western European countries. In Poland we do not use our faces to hide what we think. We use them to express it.
You ever been to New York?? If you even look at someone they think you are weird. If you smile at someone they think you are a creep and want to kill them or rape them.
Maybe people in Western countires smile because they're happy and it makes them look friendly, so they probably talk a lot more to strangers and that makes them even more happy? :P
"Zakopane is cheap" it sounds funny to us. Zakopane is one of the most expensive places in Poland, most Poles avoid it because of it's high-leveled prices. But it's most tourist-oriented place in Poland. Anyway it's a good place to visit. If you still want to spend less money on hollyday, Ukraine is also a good idea. Prices are ridiclously low there, even for us :)
No, Zakopane is not very expensive place in Poland. If you use your brain. I visited Polish Tatra mts many times, and always stayed in Zakopane, in very decent guesthouses (even more than decent - with very good conditions) for prices like in provincional agro-homestay. Just don't go there in high season and don't stay in center. 15-20 minutes walking distance from Krupowki, prices are much lower than in center. Trust me, in every tourist country around of world in high season prices are at least 50% higher than in low or shoulder seasons. By the way: compare prices in Zakopane with prices in Slovakia ;)
Jude, you don't understand, 1US dollar= 4 zł. For Poles it is expensive. No one in Poland cares about how cheap it is for tourists. No one really cares anyway.
I went to Krakow ln September. Me and my teen daughter. I didn’t expect the Polish to be so nice. We fell in love with this little city. The people were very helpful and friendly even a young guy at the mall helped us when I didn’t know where to order at McDonald’s lol. The people that try to get business in tours in the city center were also very polite and would say “enjoy your day” I totally didn’t expect to love this place so much. If you plan to go to Europe for the first time Do Krakow!! We will definitely be back and bringing the rest of my family:)
As Polish, I'm saying that you're surprisingly accurate in your observations. If asked, I would say that the main things about Poland are: *a heroic, amazing and also tragic history and a lot of its evidence (and cultural attachement to it); *a lot of nature (a sea, wonderful mountains, forests and even more farming fields, and much more); *cheap travelling (which is a bit unfortunate for Polish people, because while visiting other European countries the costs are quite... unpleasant for us); *an insane language (very poetical, though - I mean for example that, because of variety of words, you can describe one thing in 20 different ways); *specific people - we're generally 1. proud of our nation, and unfortunately 2. not very outgoing and a bit stiff, but try to make friends, because 3. once a man is a friendly "countryman", he's welcome and warmly treated; *very strong religion -90% Poles are catholic. We have a lot of beautiful churches and most of us go to churches on Sundays. And a tip: the religion can be either a very interesting or a very fierce topic of conversations - depends on people you're talking to, so be careful. There are some backwards, of course (as everywhere), but it's not that hard to meet wise people you can talk about religion with and see it's nicer than you may think; *three meals a day: the first - breakfast, the second - which is sth between a lunch and a dinner - and the third: a supper. And the middle one, let's say dinner - almost always includes potatoes. *not very many big cities - most of us live in little cosy towns and even cosier villages. Poland is really a place allowing you to relax. I strongly recommend visiting countryside here! Poland is very specific, but after a moment of surprise (maybe shock) you'll see its beauty and you'll fall in love with it (which I suppose, and I hope). I really encourage you to come and visit my country, so you can see for yourself.
I always talk about my trip to Krakow over 5 years ago, and I’ve been gagging to go back. I’ve just graduated and worked for a year to pay off my loan - and now I’ve JUST booked to teach in Gdańsk, Łódź and Wroclaw. I’m SO excited.
And why supposedly had in order not to love other people or the nation? Poland is a normal country of normal people. As a matter of fact the majority is very religious and the belief in God is doing wonders.
Try smiling if you live between Germany and Russia.
XD
and have been invaded by them so many times in history
yeah
Prussia invaded 3 times :P
MADE ME SNORT
Kocham Polskę i polski język ! Jestem ormianką i jestem od kilku lat niezmiennie zakochana w tym języku! Uczę się polskiego z wielką przyjemnością .Pozdrawiam wszystkich Polaków bardzo serdecznie!
Li Ly Wspaniale słyszeć, że lubisz nasz kraj, mam nadzieję, że się na nim nie zawiedziesz! Pozdrowienia z Lublina :)
Li Ly
Mi też jest miło czytać takie rzeczy. Powodzenia w nauce języka polskiego. Mieszkasz w Polsce ?
Monika Kawa mieszkam w Armenii :)
Dziękuję bardzo za miłe słowa !
Wera K. Dziękuję :)
Li Ly Pozdrawiam !
about polish face..... we are real, when we are happy, you see, when we are unhappy you see it too, we don't pretend much...
lis lisser that’s it!!!
True.
some cultures say " keep smiling" but it is not always genuine. I do not mind seeing lots of serious faces, I do not like angry faces..
I will say" Nice face"
Im polish ... true :|
I'm Irish living in Ireland and there million's of polish living here I like polish people a lot good strong people who are super polite God bless the polish
only ca 100 000 Poles lived in Ireland (with about 3 mln Irish people) some years ago, and half of this number live there now.
@@alh6255 in 2016 there was 122.515 thousand poles living in Ireland trust me that number has increased you have obviously never been there
Im English living in England and feel the same way mate. Love the Poles. I understand people have issues/concerns regarding immigration, as do I, but I feel that Poles are unfairly treated in that respect.
Ireland has a population of like 3 million...wtf
Sorry folks the polish in Ireland are at about 140.000 people also the pop of Ireland south is 4.8 million last census 2016
Also to American viewers: Don't be scared of Poland and Eastern Europe in general. Its not 80's anymore. Poland is more safe than UK, France or USA.
+Slashplite a nice preview for this Wednesday's video
Slashplite, my husband and I just got done backpacking Eastern Europe and we already can wait to go back! Everyone was so friendly and the food was amazing.
I'm American and I just finished backpacking from Estonia to Serbia, including Poland, Ukraine (Lviv), Budapest, etc. and only met 4 Americans. I remarked to myself, "Where are all the Americans?" I found them all when I finally arrived in Nice, France.
Kathryn Patchoski it's been over a decade and I'm still dreaming of coming back as well as the food!!
I am Italian and I do not think to Poland as a dangerous place.
I'm a simple hungarian, if I say some Poland related video I like it. Nice people, rich culture, beautiful cities, good food and european values, thats Poland. Greetings from Hungary.
Balázs Tóth Budapest nad Eger are beautiful
Barbara Dąbrowska thank you. I attended high school in Eger so I can confirm. :)
Balázs Tóth I Really Want To Come To Hungary :
i'm a simple pole, i see hungarian pal commenting i like and love them unconditionally, greetings from Poland.
Balázs Tóth I know that you’ve posted this long time ago but I just wanted to say that I really want to see Budapest next year! Greetings to you my brother! 😊
As a Czech person living just few kilometers from Polish border I'm sorry that Western tourists don't know much about Poland. I always enjoy time there :-) If you want to see Europe from different corner where its cheaper yet still safe and fun, you should definitively visit Poland.
+Lucius I. Patriot Bygotte de Aquitas I agree a lot of people are missing out.
Lucius I. Patriot Bygotte de Aquitas I think it will become more popular as other parts of Europe are sadly becoming too dangerous to visit. It looks wonderful!
I agree - I have not been in Poland yet, but I absolutely want to go there in one of my next holidays (I'm German). So many Germans always want to fly half around the globe for their holidays - Europe is so beautiful though!
I had a part-Polish roommate--he was American. He was very nice! Also, I had a Brazilian friend who moved to Poland and he liked it and the food. He said the food was better than Ireland and the people were more open. I've thought about Poland but now I know, if I go, I should visit Krakaw. Is it cold there?
Its 22-26 now. Close to 30 in summer.
I love the Polish people and the ones I’ve met here in the UK are some of the most open, friendly and fun people. A great intellect too. I think I’ll make a visit one day to Poland.
I hate being Polish
@RATED_HEX yes plz
@@yashaisjdoakd America peaked in the 90s
@@yashaisjdoakd Anybody who wants to live in Poland at this time is either a hard right winger or is not aware of the "Law and Order " party in charge. They are taking peoples freedoms away and vilifying those who are different. The present political climate is really no different than before the fall of communism. The fact that they embraced the authoritarian politics of trump makes me ashamed of my heritage. I thought that since I speak the language and spent time there studying in the early 70"s that maybe I would be able to retire in Poland but until they embrace true democracy I will remain in the USA and so will my retirement pension. I wish you the best of luck.
@michael Grabianowski you should try live in Israel as a "different" if you don't like it in Poland:) Or in free Canada to have your account blocked and truck confiscated for protesting. Democracy is better off in Poland than in US - at least all the main media don't tell the same and aren't owned by the same.
You can say whatever you want and you don't get cancelled -although this threat grows since people copy the fashion and think it is democracy... You can say what you want but yes - there is responsibility and there can be consequences - for example you will get sued by state for calling "murderers" the border guards who don't let illegal immigrants freely. And it is fair - for vast majority of Polish citizens - it seems not for you.
Haha! you really made me lose my poker face, pozdrowienia z Polski!
+PrzypadkoweCyferki ;)
ksiezniczki barbi
PrzypadkoweCyferki same
Mój nick jest trochę przeciwieństwem moje panie PrzypadkoweCyferki.
PrzypadkoweCyferki sama zauważyłam, że większość ludzi których mijałam na ulicy ma taką twarz co bardzo mnie śmieszyło i coś czuje że sama często mam taką. Jednak jeżeli się widzi grupkę ludzi którzy spędzają razem czas na ich twarzach zawsze gości uśmiech! No chyba się pokłucą xD
I've been to Poland several times. I absolutely LOVE this country and its people.
FOTOREFLECTION ~ Wedding and Portraits Photography awww thank you! I’m from Poland:)
Thanks (I'm Polish)
FOTOREFLECTION ~ Wedding and Portraits Photography ^.^
Hey in polish is hey
Thanks
My Norwegian wife says that the Norwegians use to smile and ask you "how are you" in the streets, but when you have a problem they don't even recognize you the day after. The Poles looks sour, but if you have a problem they always use to help you to solve it. The true friends, she says. ;-)
Thanks :)
My mom was Polish- sweetest people😚😙😙
This is soooo true, we Poles look pissed off, hateful and sour xD, but if you have a problem - do not look any further
Awesome commentary
Yes, it's better to be natural, without this hypocrisy "How are you? fine OK! (in mind: my mother died 3 days ago)" cause you will loose friends if you will show problems immediately. Never the case in Poland
I live in Chicago where there is a large Polish community. I find them to be nice and polite and down to earth. I like them a lot.
My grandparents were from Poland. I wish I could have taken my mother there before she passed away. She could speak some Polish. I'm proud to have Polish blood in my veins.
Hope you will visit your's ancestors homeland :)
Im half Polish and I am proud!
Kathy D
Your name is Kasia in Polish.
Kathy D you should be proud
Poland is proud of you
Beautiful Poland! ! Greetings from Uruguay
Thanks! :Greetings from Polen (Poland)
your u gay ?
Uruguay is fantastic and you people just amazing. been there last year and defiantly come back. next time in summer ;)
Ignacio Perez thanks!
In march I'll visit Uruguay again.I am looking forward to drink mate on Mantevideo streets!. One of the most gorgeous countries in the world!
I could eat potatoes everyday. Poland, I'm coming.
I hope you know, that we are planting at least dozen speciec of potatoes, and each of them taste different, even if their made same way?
Cabbage also btw..
Anilu Gómez then you have to go to west Poland
Jesus im sick of potatoes :D
Anilu Gómez when you go to Poland remember to get traditional meal which is żurek and pork chop with mashed potatoes and cabbage also remember to visit Kołobrzeg it's nice place good for visit and leisure
Napisałeś jakby to było jedno danie:D
I love Poland, and I love polish people.
When I traveled there, I was helped by the local people there, I was so thankful.
This is a very beautiful country, food tastes great, cheap, scenery is beautiful, churches are big and gorgeous.
Just a correction:
Prosim is please in Chech or Slovak.
It is Proszę in Polish :)
Exactly! But he is still making the same mistake in every video. Dude is annoying!
I'm glad someone else noticed this, it's irritating me.
@@KairraKat And he's surprised that they smile hearing "prosim" - this is actually funny because Poles mostly find Chech's speech funny ;)
So they are laughing at him :D
That's Mario Batali for yah!
Doomer's Cigarette , phonetically it is pronounced Pro-sha, the “r” is rolled.
Cheers from Brazil, Polish friends
Cheers! ❤
Greetings mate :D I know that it is so far. But if you go to Poland. You will have really good time ;)
kleber povoacao thanks/dziękuję
@begnini87 You are welcome here :D Where exactly do you go? :D
kleber povoacao
Thanks from poland
I spent several nice vacations with plenty of good food in the Czech Republic in Harrachov, close to the polish border. I was impressed by the cleanliness in Poland, very well maintained roads and spotless houses in the villages. When I visited Karpacz, I felt like I was in a swiss ski-resort ... so beautiful and even affordable. Highly recommended for some days to spend there!
maerzen77 hah you haven't seen the roads in Kraków, main roads are like Dakar race paths xd
So, according to you there are virtually no roads in Krakow only kudus' trails running across Polish bush and
immense dunes of an arid and empty regions of southern Poland. It's such a shame you didn't warn of avid lions and crocodiles awaiting unexpected tourists...
Ahh shut it child if you don't get the simple metaphor just be quiet.
" Roma locuta, causa finita "
yes good job kid
Poland is one of the most beautiful countries I've ever visited, loved it.
I agree!I was just there last month and oh I left my heart in Poland! I love it!
is Good that the Polish People loves their Country and Protect it.
Novel Viva polish and proud!!
Love Poland from Italy!! beautiful country and beautiful people :))
Thank You for nice words :-) Italy is also beautiful. Grazie
Jerry Uallera and some Italian culture was pass on by Bona Sfortza. :)
Если кто то тебя сильно любит, надо оценить эти чувство.
I LOVE POLAND! from HUNGARY
Polish people love Hungary :)
True. :) Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát :) Szacunek :)
Polska to sztosy
I got a hungarian bff and im polish. kurwa.
Anna's World LOVE LOVE LOVE HUNGARY 🇭🇺 💜 kisses from Cyprus 🇨🇾 💜
Greetings from Scotland, Poles are lovely people, very hard working and god fearing, we could learn from them.
We don't send our best to Scotland...
When I've been to Scotland I saw how polite and great people are. Also amazing for a Pole to see Wojtek's and general Maczek's statues in the centre of Edinburgh. One of the best places I've been to
Poland is beautiful. The Polish are extremely nice. Kisses from a German neighbor.
@jon ford what is wrong with you
Ich liebe Deutschland und Deutsche volk auch
@jon ford in Poland sex without a marriage is illegal
@@jaymello3731 Hahaha! Really? I live in Poland over 50 years and didn't know that.
Ulrich Lehnhardt thanks! ( Btw love german cheese!)
I loved watching this. Poland is one of my most favorite countries!
Pepe same
Pepe wow Thanks that you like my language 😁😁😁
Number 1 suprised me
Couse i thgout evryone walks like that XD
true
Same XD
It is natural, right? There's nothing that makes you happy or sad in the moment, so you do neutral.
Mateusz Nowak because this isn t true
U made my day. xD but how?! Ppl can have difrent faces? :o
I'm America and did a 7 week roadtrip through Europe in 2012. I'm a bit of an extrovert. When I travel somewhere I want to meet new people and see how they live. I want to eat what they eat and drink what they drink(bison grass vodka, yes please). Poland, specifically Warsaw and Krakow, were amazing. Along with the Greeks the Poles were the nicest, warmest, most welcoming people I met on my trip. Paris, London, Vienna, and Amsterdam, were all great but if I had to pick a favorite it would be Warsaw because of the wonderful people.
bóg błogosław lud polski po
nice:)
Been to Poland twice, one of my favorite vacations, saw a lot of the country, very beautiful country, great food, and tons of history!
lidd69 I got to Poland every year... I'm Polish 😂😜
I'm glad :D I am curious. Have you seen Wrocław? :D ( my city ;D I had to ask about that ;D )
the food.... the potatoes and cabbage. I like potatoes but after being there a while when I was in college my mom told me she was making my favorite meal when I got back home: steak and baked potatoes. I said, please... no more potatoes! The soups, mushrooms, fresh fruit and pastries are delicious though!
I’m polish but i live in the us and I walk around with the “polish face” and people always if I’m ok or if I’m sad and I’m always like no.... I’m fine lol edit: i don’t remember writing this but i feel cool that you people liked it
Joseph Stalin oh nyet
I do the same thing! (a pole who lives in uk)
I'm American and I have the 'polish face'. then again, i have Aspergers
katie macleod sameeee
So it is the polish syndrom? XD
Don't complain about slow service. The more you are waiting (to some extent of course) the more chance you have to get freshly cooked meal instead of the one just warmed up in microwave. :)
That's true. I'm from Poland, but live in US and see that people here are getting angry when they waiting longer for food, they're not realizing that for fresh made and nutritious meal you just have to wait longer.
@@kkrwazie You haven't seen Kitchen Nightmares, have you?
Food in Poland is awesome! I went during Easter and in Krakòw square they had this big barbecue in the market so I had sausage, some other bit of pork, potatos and sauerkraut all for about £10, absolutely amazing. And also I loved the obarwazernik krakowiski, is that's how it's spelt? Like massive pretzels crossed with bread rolls, sometimes I'd just go get a get a couple of those and that'd be my lunch sorted for around £3!
@@AmazinglyAwkward obwarzanek* :)
@@AmazinglyAwkward you know it is cheap only to foreigners we have to pay here as much proportional to you
I visited Poland in 2019 and I intend to come back yearly. It’s such an amazing place.
My best friend of 32 years is Polish. She's stunningly beautiful, devoutly Catholic, kind, sincere, loving and just the best. Thanks be to God and to Poland. 😊
I hate being Polish
sweat:)
I'm Russian and we've got the same here. People just don't smile for no reason in either Russia or Poland or other slavic countries. But when it's about friendship, I guess, we're way better, I mean we will always help and support our friends or relatives. Slavs don't like to make people paying any attention for them on the streets, that's also important.
Balkan Slavic countries are different Serbia Bosnia Montenegro Croatia u can see people on streets smile a lot ;)
יצחק וואלסמאן doesn't like every country not smile for no reason?
What kind of stupid shit is that?
@@kvj541 weź stary. serio?
Yeah its just not being fake, we do not pretend much or try to make impression on random people. Idk if its good or bad but thats who we are
@@dark_paradise27 they have much more Sun 😁
*I'm From INDIA and I'm living in POLAND for 2.5 years. I love this country.. POLAND is the cleanest and beautiful country in the Europe.. Itz million times Peaceful and awesome than all other European country*
Diaz Wellington hello from South Africa.. I am an Indian too and would love to relocate to Poland .. any suggestion🤗
Seema Dhaler yeah u can come here without any fear... this is the calm and peaceful country u will c in Europe... and it’s located in the heart of Europe so u can easily travel to any part of Europe during vacation... racism are very less here... see u soon in poland 🇵🇱
Diaz Wellington thanks a million for the swift reply.. I am Muslim so looking in for halal food and mosque around.. I am formally born and brought up in Dubai then after marriage move to South Africa.. now would love to be a part of Poland..
Diaz Wellington which part of India are you from?
Diaz Wellington this sounds so informative and helps me to make a better decision .. thanks a lot
I love the Polish people! As an American who lived in Germany for many years and traveled extensively throughout Europe I jokingly called Polish people Americans because the minute you talk to them they’re like super super super friendly compared to other European countries. I hate to do stereotypes but it is how I felt. That truly was my experience. It’s interesting because very few people speak English but everyone really wants to try and help you if you try and speak Polish. You know as I said I just loved Poland and I plan on going back.
Thank you very much. I'm a cashier and here I met American woman.(she's a customer in my store) She's very nice and she's happy that she lives here since few years. Greetings from Warsaw. 😊
Yeah, when I went to Poznan for a conference, the food was amazing. Especially the desserts.
what about the city overall ?
Sadly, it was a busy conference and I mostly got to see the hotel and nearby restaurants. Around Stary Browar.
OlofTheOrange
Greetings from Posnan!
Poznan (Eng.)- Poznań (Pol.) XD it' very funny
Gdansk- Gdańsk
Wroclaw- Wrocław
Krakow- Kraków
Jozefoslaw (small village)- Józefosław
Poland is amazing! I went there two years ago and it was a beautifull surprise to me. And Krakow rocks!
Vitor Afterglow Ferreira Thank you very much for your nice words about my country 😀 greetings!
hello,very nice of you ? have a nice day.
nobody cares about your thanks.
Despite rude words above.. is always nice to hear something nice bout specific country, especially if you live in. Tho honestly... nobody cares if you say "thanks" or not in this case. Why I'm so rude? Cause You - as individual unit - didn't do anything for this country. If this guy said something nice about your work, creation, servives, anything that he remembered, than yeah, u can answer like that, but in case u didnt do anything besides breathing in this city, it's nothing more than useless answer.
but still you wouldn't live here, just please don't even try
+Hayazo Go back under your brigde fat troll !
Poland is clean and everything works!!! I found Krakow to be one of the most beautiful cities in Europe...
Hope to visit Poland soon! love from Mexico 🇲🇽 🇵🇱
Zapraszamy:))
Did you go yet?
Bien venido, amigo!
Hope you'll visit us! You're welcome!
My Polish friends are all very nice, generous, welcoming. Much politer than we Germans are. I mean they are very polite. And they do a lot to improve their living conditions. I guess they work very hard.
My favourite place is Szczecin. His number one is not mine.
Food? BTW, kasza gryczana is a must to try.
And nature is beautiful in Poland. It's so green.
We should love Poland, really.
12 points from Berlin.
Mine too but I was born there so I guess I'm biased. Greetings...
I love Berlin! From Poland ♥ :)
Greetings from Szczecin :)
Ohh! I really love Szcecin too. It's like an hour from my home.
In winter the burning of lignite is not healthy. Air in many cities is filled with particulates.
Instead of scrubbers, the Duda government says the will plant more trees to scrub the Greenhouse Gases and that will do it.
Myth. The trees, if in private, intensive managed for wood products, would need more than 2x the surface area of the country. Then, you must ask if the existing scrubbers are good to keep mercury from coal to be released (it is in the coal) , deposited on the land and forests (interferes with biological processes, increases forest mortality) Duda, that name rhymes with a portion of anatomy on your backside in Polish. It's what a snow jobbing, know nothing is called here.
A "Du..."
Polish people are some of the nicest ive met. Greetings from Romania 🇷🇴😝
I can say the same about Romanian People 🇵🇱❤🇹🇩
GAB0NE thx I’m polish
Not in league and i m from poland
GAB0NE thank you ❤️
As long you are not a Jew .Ha, Ha,Ha.🙄🤭
"They don't smile."
Why everybody acts like this doesn't happen in any other country. If you smile 24/7 you're a psychopath.
Ha ha ha I love your comment so funny
Pro tip: it doesn't happen in every other country. Im polish but i live in Dublin now. People tend to smile to each other for no reason at all. Even if you pass stranger in a public restroom, or catch eye contact with someone on the street- there is a high chance they might smile at you. Something that will never-ever happen in poland lmao
@@bellatrix1408 I assume you've met every single person who lives in Dublin. You're with them every minute, so you can tell they never stop smiling.
@@bellatrix1408 @ why do poland don't like smile? smile is beautiful think, I will visit poland soon I will try not smile coz I don't want poland people think I am crazy or stupid
@@sweetberries683 Better do not do that. They will think you are rude or something. Just be yourself.
11th thing is the fact, that if the video is about Poland, then 90% of comments will be written by Poles
It's the same with videos done by americans commenting on germany, apparently. There is one channel where a woman moved to germany and talks about comparisons, she mentioned that most of her viewers are really germans. And judging by the portuguese comments in another channel it is apparently pretty common everywhere when it comes to european countries. It's either wannabe tourists, poeple who have already been there or people from the country. Except me. I'm neither polish nor american, I was just watching the english history cooking videos and I end up watching food comparison videos and then I end up in tourist channels like this one XD.
Welp right, we are so arrogant when someone starts to talk something good about us or our country
I'm Czech and I've been to Poland 6-7x and every time I went there I felt like I was still in CZ (after about 15 minutes) except for a couple of things, like the street signs being in Polish, and everything is in a "sklep." Very confusing because in Czech, "sklep" means "basement" and I was looking for a Lada auto parts store, and everybody was telling me how to get to the basement of the auto parts store (I thought). I was like "Ne SKLEP Mototechny, ale jenom Mototechna!" The parking situation is also strange and I never will understand it. If I lived up there I could learn Polish in 3 months but some things I will never understand like the excessive religiousness and the obsession with football teams. Everybody up there thought I was at least some tiny percentage Polish but I'm not. Definitely a decent and safe country to visit, and if I had to live somewhere else, I'd move there.
It's shocking?
@Wiralek TV That doesn't actually matter😂😉🇵🇱
My gf is polish and I've been twice so far, I highly recommend, the people are lovely and the food, beer, entertainment, beer, vodka is great! I also felt far safer in Poland then here in the UK. Amazing place.
Two times "beer" Good choice! ;)
Mickey Halford yeah I know right no sketchy people
Mickey Halford British wankers with Polish girls get the fuck out your polish girlfriend take her to a Great Britain or get the fuck out of Poland but don't bring your British it in my country fuck Great Britain
Warsaw. That city really "Saw a War"
That's true, but the name "Warsaw/Warszawa" relates to legend about fisherman named Wars and his wife named Sawa, there's another version saying that Wars captured mermaid which name was Sawa. That's why mermaid is Warsaw's icon.
Michal Jasło to dopiero było w 97% zniszczone wiec sie nie wypowiadaj
Give Up not true
Panowie wiem ze filmik nie jest polski ale dyskutujecie po angielsku w towarzystwie samych Polaków :D
Andrzej Bobrownicki-Libchen i meant true
I speak polish - what's your superpower?
...Polish people don't like such comments
I speak a little, so I might have a medium power.
That would actually tie to speaking Polish because if you can speak it, your tongue is out of this world powerful.
I do not understand I. Please, write in polish.
Monika Kawa where you from?
no. 11: Poles shake hands every day. In other countries you shake hands with people that you haven't seen for a while. In Poland you do it once a day. You come to the office in he morning - you have to do a round through all the rooms to say hello to everybody and do the handshaking ceremony. I was quite surprised by that.
I love how you refer to polish language using czech word "prosím" (please). The right polish word is "prosze". But that´s ok, we understand our languages are extremely difficult to learn. And I share your admiration and love towards Poland and Poles. Greetings from Prague !
proszę*
Hehehe))) Polak i Czech rozumieją te niuanse językowe. Amerykanin- nie))) Dla niego prosim, czy proszę to brzmi tak samo)))
@@naonaonia ale jak powiedzą w Polsce "prosim" to nie każdy się domyśli o co chodzi ;)
Exactly, I noticed that too. Prosim might be not understand by polish people. Proper word which means 'please' is "proszę", as our southern friend says :)
All slavics language is hard
thx for kind words. nice to hear from outsider :-)
+Tomasz Ziobrowski I'm a Poland lover.
Im so proud of my country!
My grandfather and greatgrand father was from Poland & they were very committed with family and history.. I wish to visit someday----God Bless my dear Poland --from Atlanta Ga--USA
you should do that then:)you may like to find out about your family roots,I go there every year! Greets from Pole in Brookhaven/Buckhead Atlanta!!!!
plan the trip then you will understand why...and I'm sure U WILL LOVE IT:)!
Tylko ktoś wspomni o Polsce to zaraz Polacy wbijają i przejmują filmik 😅
Radziecka Gudetama prawda
Radziecka Gudetama I bardzo dobrze. Masz z tym jakiś problem?
Huh ?
dokładnie xD
Małgorzata Rzepka xDDD ja mam, cho na solo
Uhm i'd like to say few things:
1. We don't smile when there is no reason to do it. We actually think that people smiling all the time and without reason are just fake.
2. Younger generation is less religious than elderly people.
3. You usually have it listed on the menu that you will get potatoes or cabage with your dinner etc.
4. Please = proszę, not prosim.
5. Actually there are a lot of tourists in Cracow or Wroclaw but in certain time of the year.
6. Yup it's quite green here. I love polish forests.
7. Waiters are almost always friendly and polite (that's a part of their job). They don't smile all the time, but usually when they give you your food they will smile and say "smacznego" = "enjoy your meal". Service won't come to you every 5 minutes with a huge smile asking if you like the food or need something, but they are ready if you want something. They just don't want to bother you when you are enyoing your food :)
8. If you are a tourist then you should visit not only big Cities, but also the smaller ones like "Sandomierz" or even countryside.
That's it, have fun visiting Poland :)
'It's proszę!"
*A minute later:*
*"Cracow."*
Prosim is Czech
8: visited Kolobrzeg once, and I left my heart there. Thinking about going back there actually, would you recommend me the best month to visit?
@@kosherboyy i think July or August, summertime. But it tends to rain at times. August is better. Visited it in 2011 but i also love Dźwirzyno and Dąbki.
@@IzayoiArwena oh thanks a lot for the suggestion! I might go a lil later than August I guess...ticket prices are outta my budget during the summer haha. Anyway, thanks a lot for the alternative cities too.
I didn't experience the stone face you talking about. I am Irish and have been there several times visiting friends as well as a tourist. Talking to my Polish friends, they find Americans too pushy and in their face a bit. Smile but be give people their space. They do appreciate if you make the effort to speak some Polish words, even if it is only one or two words. It was said to me by a waitress that I was the first English speaking Tourist she heard speaking Polish and it was much appricated. Reading Polish is not that hard, so you can say the word, if not understand it. Yes, the are a few extra symbols and W are pronounced as V. But nothing that can be remembered. Poland is a great country and I look forward to going back again!
Thanks for the good words,Poland is my home till 1970 ,now I’m 50 years Canadian .Love Poland my.
Long live Poland ! Best wishes from Italy !
Ciao!
Nie xD
Grazie mille! :)
dude I'm dead inside, what expression am I supposed to have
that feeling when june comes same
The face that doesn't show happiness, amger or sadness.
As a Pole i wish You to be as happy as possible. But please dont swim drunk in city fountains anymore ok?
Bida w kraju my g
+ifyoungmetr0 d0nttrustyou Pojedz na Ukraine zobaczysz "bide" :)
We love the Polish people in UK, they're very friendly and integrate well, work hard too!
Unfortunatly we didnt have your and France help in WW2, but we (Poles) always are helping :)
hahahahaha wtf you like us?! HAHAHA maybe you guys like us but rest of the country?! haha i've been to UK i have family there and you know what? Guys from UK, they can just hear that you are from Poland and tell you that you are a scam, a useless peace of shit, that you are a work horse and nothing else
+Paul UK I doubt that we will join your army etc, cos we are not really liked in UK you know, some racist happens etc...
+Viz12345 FUK YOU !
CrayFish US *piece of shit
Polish people do not smile because they do not need to. I'm polish and it's very normal. Even i was asked if am i sad hah. It's very kind for us to hear from people from other countries something good about Poland. Greetings from Poland :)
Greetings from Mexico Polish friends
Aquamarine ball act 4 I'm Pole and visiting Mexico in 3 weeks. Cant wait ✌️✌️
From which part of Mexico are you?, I'm Mexican too also
Hope you enjoy!! If you have questions feel free to ask.. I'm visiting Warsaw soon too (:
Enrique Delgado Thank you very much !! I will be in safety hands of my Mexican friend ✌️✌️
peeene head We love you anyways (:
My mom was born in Poland and my dad is irish- needless to say, I LOVE potatoes.
I met a Polish guy in Thailand. He is nice and very funny. I like him 🤗
There is reason it is called *Bangkurwa* :P 🤗
@@Cjnw Uuuummm what?
@@Cjnw
Ahahahahahah bangkurwa
Thanks from poland 😄
Something I've noticed watching UA-cam videos is that many Polish cities have a well-developed public transit system. Some of it is older but very functional.
I live in Poland and I'm 100% Polish person and what's funny is that I have to agree with you in fact number one! It's called POKER FACE hahaha :)
I dont think when people in other countries walk in town and they have their own business to get done they will be smiling their best at everybody or crying. they will have a normal straight face.
Its not smile its USA poker face
You should proud of your national football team
I'm Polish and I always have a blank face, usually people think I'm either mad at everything or I'm just a cold and emotionless person.
Try to smile more living between Russia and Germany :D
Kopi83r hehe good comment 👍
That was good ;)
Spot on. haha
Kopi83r Thats true a bit.
agree, great comment
so loved all of your comments! especially the Polish "face" i am from California and have been residing here for 3 years (polish husband ) and the no smile face gets me everytime , I will say though that the people that know me at my favorite stores and restaurants even ice cream place do smile back ,I really miss costumer service though we tip ,if we get it , and when the same server sees us at the same restaurant , we get great service. I do love polish people though, we have a crazy son (autisim) and they are the kindest most patient people ever ,even the children understand.
My father liked the Poles. He used to say during the Cold War that the United States should have told Russia that they can have France in exchange for Poland. Great video. I like the way you go right into it without any long introduction. Articulate and you stayed on point. Thank you.
Poland has done more for the world than France and has fought communism more than France lol they probably should of.
I love Poland, can’t wait to visit that country.
Love from France brothers 🇫🇷 🇵🇱
Trojkat bermudzki
@@lewypolski7298?
And I always wanted to visit France:) My online friend lives there
@@lewypolski7298 wtf XD
Salut mon ami. Mes salutations de la Pologne. 😊🇵🇱
Polish faces can be read like books.
If a Pole is happy, he looks happy. If he is sad, he looks sad, etc.
What emotions should have a person waiting for a bus, going to work/school, or performing other usual daily activities?
That's why most of the time they have this neutral expression.
This is typical in eastern europe, the people there are simple and honest.
They don't have to pretend they are happy 24/7.
wiesz w innych krajach są weseli bo cieszą się z życia dla nas życie to katorga
Mów za siebie proszę.
Bartosz Perończyk Mówi, bo pieprzy. :)
Moze dla ciebie.
Erwin Fuchs from my experience Polish ppl always look like they're mad at or something.
I'm very glad I started learning polish, it seems like a beautiful country.
eskyvike1000 as a Polish person I wish you best of luck, but please keep in mind that your Polish will never be perfect. Don't feel discouraged by your mistakes - you will always make them. I have seen foreigners with a degree in Polish struggling to conjugate basic nouns ;)
There are things in the Polish language that only professors of linguistics know. Even most Poles make, on average, a few minor mistakes per conversation.
Polish language is fucing crazy ;D
Polish language is crazy....and Polish people is crazy....;)
Remember to learn lots of swears- after all, learning those is 50% of the success.
Polish Greetings from Norway 🤗,love and Light🇳🇴🇵🇱
You was in Narvik?? :)
@@X32-n8b almost, Oslo in Norway 🤗🌌👍
Ahh haaland noooooo
I'm Japanese.
I lived in polish city Gdansk for 3 years.
Polish people were very so kind that helped my life to live comfortably.
Foods, culture, history, etc, many of things in Poland are very attractive to me.
But I decided to back to Japan from Poland.
I strongly feel fear of my future.
The basic reason is economic.
In fact, the wages aren't so high that I'm satisfied with.
Compared with wages, it is not cheap to buy everything plus a high tax rate.
Despite the low wages, it is very difficult to get a good job spending typically life.
Many of polish student drop out the study in university for a difficult exam.
Although my polish friend has the doctor diploma, she is keeping hunt a job.
When I walked in street, elderly polish usually asked me to give them money.
It seems that the Polish government doesn't work very well to use tax for polish economic.
It is the real.
お年寄りからお金ちょうだいと言われたんですか？たまにホームレスいるがそこまでじゃないと思う。。
経済的にも大分良くなってきた。失業率は他のヨーロッパ国に比べると低いし、仕事はたくさんある。逆に人が足りていない感じ。
You should have seen the crap that the government is doing right now XDD
They pay more to cows (yes, cows, I mean it) and children more than they pay teachers XD
But food in japan is the best
@@reiphas To farmers, not cows
@@marcelium.
For cows, so it's basically the same thing
Poland is on my list of countries to visit. Thanks to this video, it is moving up the list!
a lot of this is just wrong. 'the polish face'? they are the same as anywhere else. 'the lack of service'? i go to poland a lot and the service is great, don't expect your food to be there in two minutes because they're a more chilled and relaxed people. please is prosze (proshe) not prosim. It's pronounced krakov not Krakow. Warsaw was raised to the ground not Krakow. Warsaw is all Russian architecture because they wouldn't let the locals build nice modern buildings they wanted to keep it eastern looking. There's like a hat in the language? what hat? i think that's in the Russian language. dwie piwe prosze not dwa piwo prosim. They eat potatoes and cabbage because is natural they eat very little processed food, but it's nice!
I was totally blown away by Poland. I loved the museums so well made. Didn't love Warsaw as much, but Krakow was amazing. i didn't know what to really except from Poland besides the fact that wee were going to see a lot of WW2 history. But I think the thing that shocked me the most was how very clean literally everything was in Krakow, we got in at like 5am so we got to see the town wake up and the street sweepers. Amazing food, incredible pastries, and honestly the people where so beautiful and friendly.
The Air isn't so clean
Kraków was more beautiful because of you :D
You should visit Gdansk with its sea access, wonderfully clean air and amazing medieval city centre :)
The summer I spent in Poland it rained a lot. I hadn't brought my umbrella on a particularly drenching day trip so I went to a store in a small town where no one spoke English and I could not remember what the Polish word was. So I gestured like rain dropping on my head, acting like I am trying to open an umbrella, and ducking the deluge that was outside getting nowhere with a manager when a cute little clerk popped up from behind the counter and said "You want something to stop bird poop? Upstairs in the parasol area". I love Poland.
Love for POLAND
GREAT COUNTRY💜
Thanks/dziękuję (i am from Poland❤❤❤/jestem z Polski❤❤❤)
Greetings from Poland-and from oldest Mountains in Europe- Swietokrzyskie Mountains, if you wonna cheap journey -come to our mouintains :) all this places are in short directions-till 100 km,check: Holly Cross(real part of it) in Łysa Góra Temple,
Park of Miniatures-Sabat-Krajno,
for kids:
European Museum of Tale-Pacanów,
and more for kids;
Museum of Toys and Play-Kielce,
Museum of Polish Villages in Tokarnia,
Bałtów JuraPark-Jurassic Park,
Chęciny Castle,
Krzyżtopór Castle,
Kadzielnia Rocks in Kielce,
Military Museum in Skarżysko-Kamienna City,
Paradise (Raj in Pl)-Cave
(most beautifull cave in the world)
Amazing "Devils Rocks"-Niekłań Wielki- from Jurassic Period- they have got beetwen 50-200 milion years!
If you dream is to see real prehistoric culture-come to our poor Region :)
Thanks for reading my comment :)
Thanks from Elbląg (Poland)
Pozdrawiam Wszystkich Polaków
Miło jest słyszeć coś miłego o Polsce
"..." zgadzam się (:
Właśnie, wszyscy cały czas narzekają na Polskę
Smaug Straszny Mnie też to wkurza
Też kurde obcokrajowcy non-stop żartują z nas a zwłaszcza głupsi Amerykanie.
At least
People don't smile all the time, but men usually open you doors and offer you sits if you are a woman. I very appreciate this pollite yet quite vorgotten gestures😊 You will never meet such pollite people in Western Europe, especially in Germany. And polish women? They will always prepare you at least a fine cup of coffee with filigrant served sweets when you have a business meeting! And they will look fantastically stylish, especially those ladies from Warsaw😊 I am Russian, by the way, and i really feel myself very comfortable in Poland, surrounded by hearty honest people. I we would forget and forgive our common history...
Yup. I Hope we will live as friends and brothers in peace one day :)
the problem is one, we never forgot and never forgive ( that's why Poland was able to reborn after was cleaned ( erased "thx Pete" ) from the world map for over then 100 years ) .. dear, and that's not our fault .. this is very deep inside of our culture, history .. that must be.
True
@@romekatomek2159 - instead of cleaned (which doesn't make sense) use wiped off or erased 😉 have a great day
@@romekatomek2159 -👍👌 have a great day 😃💪
Just returned from Poland. Stunning place. Spotlessly clean. Gardens were all tidy and the houses were fantastic.
Visiting Poland was very touching and a beautiful experience that I will never forget.
Where are you from ? :)
I agree! I've been to Krakow, Warsaw and Gdansk. Poland is a underappreciated country.
fuck us right? maybe we look nice but don't try to live here
i think you replied under the wrong comment my friend
CrayFish US Who the fuck are you... Do you say that if you live here then you go like "HEY PEOPLE GO AWAY FROM HERE B-CUZ I'M A BULLSHIT AND THIS COUNTRY IS FUCKING SICK!!!!!" You're just wrong. Maybe others want to live here and that is not your thing to judge them.
I'm British and I've been learning Polish for some years. Prz is pronounced like 'psh' as in 'cheap shirts', and the Ł is pronounced like an English W. Sz is like sh in English and Cz is like ch in English, and sometimes you get them together like in 'barszcz'. It's really not that hard to pronounce.
true
Conway79 Anything that isn't English is hard to pronounce for guys like this. What a poor example he sets.
Conway79 - it's close to what you say but not exactly. The Sz Cz Rz sounds the way you describe will help you get by but you'll very much be speaking with an accent.
Ouroboros That is true, but sz=sh and cz=ch is how I learnt it, and it's probably the easiest way for an English speaker to learn. It's like the T and D sounds - I learnt that they're made on the teeth in Polish and not alveolar ridge like they are in English, but I can't hear the difference when others speak or when I made the sounds, so I don't bother trying to do it when I speak Polish.
1. Say you're baffled about how "Szczecin" has 4 consonants in a row
2. Don't bat an eyelid about "catchphrase" and the like ;)
Just got back from a 3week trip to Poland--- eye-opening place. Small towns are interesting places to visit especially... you'll likely be the only foreigner there when you stop by a small town.
I'm polish and thank you to all people who are very nice about us
I was a bit shocked that there is such a vibrant craft beer scene in Poland. Lots of local breweries are producing some really creative delicious beers indeed. Excellent video as usual! 👍
+Tosh T it has really exploded throughout central europe
Enough of nice stuff to fill any fridge ;)
Yep! I currently live in Wroclaw and here you can buy craft beers literally on every street. I'm really proud of how its getting huge. ;)
And because of that I'm an alcoholic.But 15 months sober :-)
I`ll tell you something scary. Polish beer and vodka are going to shit my friends. Even spirit, that i dilluted with carmel, and drank at some occasions up to not so long ago, is now perfumed with some shit... They were far better few years back, but, like always, as soon as commercial thinking sets in... You want good alcohol? Go and find people who make good moonshine, try beer that is local, and you`ll get thing that is first rate
And if you find our beer tasty... What kind of swilr they make in your country???
I am going to Poland for the first time in a few weeks!
have fun. sumer in poland is amazing
I will be in Warsaw for a conference. Any suggestions on what I should go see? I have two free days, plus evenings free.
+raedwulf61 for walks in a park go to Łazienki, it's a beautiful park with gondolas and a palace on the lake, peackocks just walking around and squirrels you can feed from your hand, its crowded especially during weekends - they have free piano concerts twice a day (Chopin); and if you arę interested in history, see the Museum of Warsaw Uprising, they have audioguides in English and the exibition is really fascinating; good spots to eat, drink beer and meet people: the riverbank (pubs, cafes, nightclubs and even a beach on both banks of the Vistula river), the Old Town (mainly for tourists but at least the waiters speak English), Krakowskie Przedmieście and Nowy Świat street (for tourists but also university students), Plac Zbawiciela (Square) - for hipsters. Don't be discouraged by the "polish face" and ask for directions whenever you are lost 'cause most people turn out to be really helpfull and know at least basic English
+Wercia 121 nice English...
Its rare for older people to speak English since we had russian as second language for most of the time, but most people in their 30s to teens speak english pretty good
I am from Poland and it's veeeeryy funny to watch what people from other countries think about our country. I love it. Thank you. ♥️♥️
Prosim is in Slovak or Czech I think ;)),
Proszę (Proshe) is in polish ;) s and z together make a (sh) sound ;))
+Bartosz Bartosz dwa piva proszę
For Land a jak bedzie po cygańsku 2 piwa? hahahahahahahahah
+Wolters World How did you manage to write this "ę" in "proszę"? This little ogonek added to "e" makes it grammatically correct in your sentence. Even some Poles write it wrong sometimes, hah.
This together with misspelled "pivo" makes this sentence even more awesome :D
Greetings from Poland.
Here are few tips in polish, w = v(eng), ł = w(eng), v - does not exist, rz and ż - it is a sound of vacuum cleaner xD, sz - something like sh(eng),
cz - somehing like in check so cz = ch. ś, si, zi, ź, dż, dź, ć, ą, ę - these are really hard to explain but you can always check in google translator (click sound button in polish table) translate.google.pl/?hl=pl#pl/en/d%C5%BCd%C5%BCownica%2C%20d%C5%BAga%C4%87%2C%20ziewa%C4%87%2C%20%C5%BAd%C5%BAb%C5%82o%2C%20wzi%C4%85%C5%82em%2C%20wzi%C4%99%C5%82a%2C%20siusia%C4%87%2C%20%C5%9Bcierpn%C4%85%C4%87
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Polish/Polish_pronunciation
Here is good information if you want to check pronunciation :D
I'm from India and my boyfriend is from Poland and we are planning to get married soon. I think Poland is beautiful country.
Wooow, great :))))
If you are from India you should know Lisa Ray, a Canadian actress....her father is from India and her mom is from Poland and she was working for some years in India, she knows Hindu a little and she knows Polish :))
Her Bollywood movie was Kasoor.
Małgorzata Margaret .. I’m also from India and yes I remember Lisa Ray.. I haven’t seen the movie but songs were too good.. I too like Poland and polish people. Poland is really a beautiful country with good people.
@@plsinha9650 - nice :)))))
I'm Polish and srsly I wasn't thinking about my face but you are right
People don't smile because they don't want to look like they trying to pick you up or look like they're too friendly. If you go to any of the European countries people really don't smile as much like they smile in United States on the streets and in the stores.
Poland and the Czech Republic are grossly UNDER- RATED. Those two countries are among the most beautiful in Europe.
About facial expressions. Here we seldom smile for no reason. Living and traveling in the countries of Western Europe I noticed that people are nice and smile just because others expect this. In fact, they don't think of you as positively as it looks. I definitely prefer a true smile or lack of smile on the faces than this smile on the western's faces.
Precisely. Fake, obligatory smiles of ppl who do not give an "F" about you are a shocking disovery made by every single Pole who visits Western European countries. In Poland we do not use our faces to hide what we think. We use them to express it.
"In Poland we do not use our faces to hide what we think. We use them to express it."
I really like what you said :) Small change but significant.
Kam Kapetzky Yes! the true smile is better.
You ever been to New York?? If you even look at someone they think you are weird. If you smile at someone they think you are a creep and want to kill them or rape them.
Maybe people in Western countires smile because they're happy and it makes them look friendly, so they probably talk a lot more to strangers and that makes them even more happy? :P
"Zakopane is cheap" it sounds funny to us. Zakopane is one of the most expensive places in Poland, most Poles avoid it because of it's high-leveled prices. But it's most tourist-oriented place in Poland. Anyway it's a good place to visit. If you still want to spend less money on hollyday, Ukraine is also a good idea. Prices are ridiclously low there, even for us :)
Hotele w centrum są drogie. Wynajmij sobie pokój 2 km dalej. Np. w Olczy (o ile nie pomyliłem nazwy).
No, Zakopane is not very expensive place in Poland. If you use your brain. I visited Polish Tatra mts many times, and always stayed in Zakopane, in very decent guesthouses (even more than decent - with very good conditions) for prices like in provincional agro-homestay. Just don't go there in high season and don't stay in center. 15-20 minutes walking distance from Krupowki, prices are much lower than in center. Trust me, in every tourist country around of world in high season prices are at least 50% higher than in low or shoulder seasons. By the way: compare prices in Zakopane with prices in Slovakia ;)
Jude, you don't understand, 1US dollar= 4 zł. For Poles it is expensive. No one in Poland cares about how cheap it is for tourists. No one really cares anyway.
We, poles also avoid Kraków because the air in this city is horrible. That's why I moved from Kraków to Gdańsk.
Mateusz Bartosik ZAKOPIANKA !!!!
I went to Krakow ln September. Me and my teen daughter. I didn’t expect the Polish to be so nice. We fell in love with this little city. The people were very helpful and friendly even a young guy at the mall helped us when I didn’t know where to order at McDonald’s lol. The people that try to get business in tours in the city center were also very polite and would say “enjoy your day” I totally didn’t expect to love this place so much.
If you plan to go to Europe for the first time Do Krakow!! We will definitely be back and bringing the rest of my family:)
Just don't eat McDonald's junkie, LoL This is not healthy at all...and definitely noooot fresh :P
I know it’s unhealthy but my daughter made it a point that we had to have McDonald’s and compare to US McDonald’s lol
As Polish, I'm saying that you're surprisingly accurate in your observations. If asked, I would say that the main things about Poland are:
*a heroic, amazing and also tragic history and a lot of its evidence (and cultural attachement to it);
*a lot of nature (a sea, wonderful mountains, forests and even more farming fields, and much more);
*cheap travelling (which is a bit unfortunate for Polish people, because while visiting other European countries the costs are quite... unpleasant for us);
*an insane language (very poetical, though - I mean for example that, because of variety of words, you can describe one thing in 20 different ways);
*specific people - we're generally 1. proud of our nation, and unfortunately 2. not very outgoing and a bit stiff, but try to make friends, because 3. once a man is a friendly "countryman", he's welcome and warmly treated;
*very strong religion -90% Poles are catholic. We have a lot of beautiful churches and most of us go to churches on Sundays.
And a tip: the religion can be either a very interesting or a very fierce topic of conversations - depends on people you're talking to, so be careful. There are some backwards, of course (as everywhere), but it's not that hard to meet wise people you can talk about religion with and see it's nicer than you may think;
*three meals a day: the first - breakfast, the second - which is sth between a lunch and a dinner - and the third: a supper. And the middle one, let's say dinner - almost always includes potatoes.
*not very many big cities - most of us live in little cosy towns and even cosier villages. Poland is really a place allowing you to relax. I strongly recommend visiting countryside here!
Poland is very specific, but after a moment of surprise (maybe shock) you'll see its beauty and you'll fall in love with it (which I suppose, and I hope). I really encourage you to come and visit my country, so you can see for yourself.
Cronos van Dust thank you! lot of information, now we know more about Poland 😁
I fell in love with Poland after World Youth Day in 2016😍😍😍 Poland is a beacon for the world today
You have loot of Time mennn
I think you have very funny history. Time to time I can't find Poland on the maps.
I always talk about my trip to Krakow over 5 years ago, and I’ve been gagging to go back. I’ve just graduated and worked for a year to pay off my loan - and now I’ve JUST booked to teach in Gdańsk, Łódź and Wroclaw. I’m SO excited.
hope you enjoyed the stay:)
I love Poland!
Bjørn Gryttingsodegård thx btw im from poland
Interesting name, it reminds me of Bjørn from the "Vikings". You are Icelander?;)
nice! so Polish people love u!
And why supposedly had in order not to love other people or the nation? Poland is a normal country of normal people. As a matter of fact the majority is very religious and the belief in God is doing wonders.
Much love for the country of my grandparents and for its proud, beautiful people
Learn Polish language - it is very deep, sophisticated, complex, soulful.
To know another language makes your perception of the world much wider :))