Thanks for watching! ❤️ You can subscribe and see all our videos here 👍 ua-cam.com/users/AltSimplified EDIT: To clarify, Poland was first to reach developed status on the FTSE Russell Investment Index. We appreciate developed status refers to different measures, notably the UN's definition of developed status, of which the Czech Republic and others reached that interpretation prior to Poland. A Tiger economy can be interpreted to be one which has undergone rapid growth. Quantity of wealth is different. Poland has made great progress but undeniably has its challenges. The video emphasises the growth path and whilst challenges are highlighted, certainly not enough time for all current economic / policy / political challenges. Depending on authority, Poland is typically defined as Central, Eastern or both. We mentioned Eastern from readings, but note the term is used interchangeably.
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@@alh6255 delighted to here that , as you know there is a large polish population in Ireland, and they are very welcome here. I’m very happy that the Irish are viewed so positively in Poland - continued success to you all 🇮🇪 🇵🇱
Greetings from Croatia from your Slavic friends and brothers! I hope to visit your beautiful country in the future! I think this is one of the most underrated countries in the world! 🇭🇷🇵🇱🇭🇷🇵🇱
I am Brazilian, but I am very curious to know Poland....My great-grandfather was a pharmacist in Warsaw, but he emigrated to brazil in 1939 and start a new life became a little farmer .... It is strange to see the old photos and imagine that my great-grandfather had a middle class urban life in the 1930s, and he died poor growing tobacco in Brazil ...
Hey bud. I know a Brazilian who came to Poland, got a job. Same story as yours.his ancestors were polish migrants. He is a graphic designer and lives in my town, we play music together....come over
Dear Flavio, get your paperworks done and come back to your fatherland. You are always welcome at my place in Gdansk. Take it as an official invitation :)
It's like average Pole reacts on Hungarian successes. No other such a 2 countries with such a strong historical bonds as Hungary and Poland. Best regards from Poland to Hungarians !:)
Could you and Hungarian brother just leave the e u and Britain you have nothing to be proud of, just occupation it's amazing how small weak countries are the most proud goodbye and good riddance
@@stefannils2032 There are only 97k Hungarians in the UK, which makes us the 27th smallest minority there. The EU is an economic alliance. There are more than 300k Germans in Hungary. The EU funds are there as a compensation, because when we joined, we had go give up our factories and companies for your country's companies. You are making way more profit from us than what we get with the funds. You are just hateful, misinformed and misguided. We have alot to be proud of. Unlike you, we didn't oppress the half of the world or genocide people. You western Europeans like to pretend to be morally superior to cloak the sins of your past.
In the economic history of the world, there has never been something called “transitory inflation”. Once inflation gains a foothold it is extremely hard to control and is almost never countered by deflation.>
Between Inflation, China's crisis, a hawkish global banking sentiment, and farmers struggling, I'm not digging the fundamentals on equity right now. I'm surprised we went as high as we have in Indicies, I don't expect it to sustain for very long.
I am continuing to Add to my portfolio. As Warren Buffet said, "be brave when everyone else is fearful ". The stock market ALWAYS recovers, so hold for the long term and have the stomach for the ride.,
@@charlestancred6181, You'll make a lot of money in the long term if you stay invested and ignore the market's ups and downs; but, a major market correction triggers a lot of margin calls and sell-offs, sending the market further lower. In a bull market, people become greedy, and it's nearly impossible to resist the urge to buy additional stocks with borrowed money or money they don't have.>
@@elizabethangus6628, This is exactly as I've been educated by my consultant, Cintra V. Bedassie If people understand the market manoeuvres like consultants/advisors do, a lot of people will make good money during panic times such as now.>
I am Mexican and ever since i stumbled upon Poland while researching about German history i began to be interesting in learning more about Poland. Poland has been through a lot of unfair times in the past (like Mexico) and i believe they can rise to the top of Europe economies, i believe in the polish people and their beautiful country!
Congratulations to Poland, one of the fastest growing economies of Europe. Keep building! Polska is an amazing country with friendly peoole. Greetings to our brothers from Hungary! 🇵🇱🇭🇺
@@harttsteen9128 cheer up dude, i never said that it is identically similar. Try looking on the bright side instead an exclusivism "always be right" perspective. Similarities brings people together, exclusivism brings people apart.
Well, after we entered EU we saw that everyone else was very friendly towards us. So we kinda picked up on it and now we love strangers from other countries. Especially when they come visit us. It's really a complement for us, when someone comes visit. That's why foreign visitors receive not only cheaper services based on our cheap currency, but also they can count on "royal welcoming" by our businesses owners and local population. Also we had a bad reputation during communist era, many Poles were simply becoming criminals in the West, because of poverty, so we had a huge social campaign (not by government, but by honest people), to condemn such actions. We don't want to be perceived as Europes poor cousin, so it involved a change of heart as well. Greets.
I wish too. We just don't accept totalitarianism. Your religion is totalitarian, so either change it, or just go back to your country. You're the guest here in Europe, not other way around.
@@bigcheemo What are you talking about. Poland is something else than Western Europe. For the first time you can get a feeling not to be welcome. Finally when they get to know you become friend, real friend. Polish people are not plastic with plastic smiles and nobody there like fake personality. With open heart you get wide open hearts to you.
Im as a Pole i am shocked that a country not big sizes as Taiwan and problems with Chinese Peoples Republic has like 600billions nominal gdp and 20millions people. I wish Taiwan great future
Hi friend, I must say I am very worried about the Taiwan - China tensions... what is the atmosphere in Taiwan regarding possible Chinese invasion? It this any concern? News coming from that part of the world are very scarce.
Taiwan is part of China. Although Taiwan and mainland China are ruling under two systems for decades, It will be governed under on system (one government) eventually.
With love from Russian Slavic brothers. The government has pitted us against each other throughout our history, but ordinary people have a different opinion🇷🇺♥️🇵🇱
I’m half Polish, half Russian. I know that the history was hard and evil but we must look far into future. “United we stand, divided we fall”. 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇷🇺
Thank you.And i love Bulgaria.I was there 4 times ❤️I visited many countries but Bulgaria is my number one.Great people,beautiful beaches,good food and great music hah i love chalga....🇧🇬❤️
It will never be with shitty history like that. Sadness and back luck catched to Poland definitely too much. Poland Has no sense for exist, if it's not developed, Rich, Happy, lucky country for all time.
I visited a coupe cities in Poland and found them to be beautifu and thriving economically. If the stay on this economic trajectory they will be the envy of Europe. The people are friendly and well educated; and most importantly the young woman are classy, well educated and good looking.
Nice, here in Canada I had a polish lady as a substitute teacher during high school. Nobody would mess with her. She was very strict , organized and didn't take bullshit.
Most propable she was trying to be perfect at what she is paid for, that's why she was strict and nor accepting bullshit, because she was trying to be just, honest and brave, i.e. virtuous in Polish way. We are reliable. We Polish avoid fullfilling rules put on us by force, but if we accept certain rules as a part of a fair deal then they are unchangeable and iron-like.
@parpanbacyrcym "German Chemistry" is about washing powders and the like. Basically the good stuff is sold in Germany, while the same things sold in Poland under the same labels are mixed with something cheap to make them less potent.
Have visited Poland lately to visit some polish friends and I have to say the future is bright. Polish people are one of the friendliest people I have ever met and I would really consider moving there one day! Greetings from Włochy! 💕
No problem, people from Italy are welcome! You know! People from Europe are welcome in Poland! This is not racism but learning from the mistakes of other nations and also learning from own mistakes. It is not a coincidence that the crime rate in Sweden is three times higher than in Poland and in Germany two times higher. By the way, a short addition to the video! What should have been mentioned is that it was not the decision of Poland to be until the 20th century a backward agricultural country. That was determined by the occupiers of Poland which did not allow industrialization of Poland. Therefore, when Poland gained independence in 1918, there was little industry in Poland. What is amazing is that from 1918 Poland succeeded in a very short time catch up with the industrialization of the country. Whereby one has to consider that Poland was parallel to the industrialization reunited from three very different parts to a united country. Whereby Poland was considerably damaged by the First World War. What very few know is that Poland also suffered enormous losses from WW1! Poland was ruined after World War I. The front rolled over Polish territory several times! ! Much of the heavy fighting on the war's Eastern Front took place on the territory of the future Polish state. The scorched-earth retreat strategies left much of the war zone uninhabitable. The economic damages were extreme! But also the number of dead was enormous! 450,000 Polish soldiers died and close to one million were wounded while forced fighting in the Russian, Austrian, and German armies. 678,000 dead civilians as a result of WW1. Total deaths from 1914-18, military and civilian, within the 1919-1939 borders, were 1,128,000. Many Poles were also forced to work in Germany. People were indiscriminately forced into forced labor in raids. The working and living conditions of the forced laborers in the labor battalions were very poor. This weakened the Polish population additionally. The Polish territories conquered by the German army were also looted, including the robbery of entire factories. Large areas were deliberately devastated by the German army during their retreat from the Vistula...shattered towns and villages. That was the scorched earth tactic!There were also massacres of civilians such as the massacre of Kalisz (before that Russian-occupied) On 2 August 1914. The German soldiers took polish hostages, mistreating them and even killing them. The town was burnt down! Only the churche and some public offices survived. A significant number of citizens were murdered with many women and children. Prior to the war, Kalisz had 65,000 inhabitants. Afterwards, it was left with 5,000 inhabitants. About 1 million Polish refugees fled eastward behind Russian lines during the war. As a result of the death and deportation, the number of persons living in the later Second Polish Republic fell by 14.9%. It is estimated that in the years 1914-1918 about 30% of national wealth in Poland was destroyed. And from this pile of rubble, which was also divided into 3 parts, the Poles had to build a state. Poland was occupied by Russians, Austrians and Germans for over 100 years. So after the occupiers were driven out Poland was reunited from 3 parts and from 3 different parts had to be developed a united state! So Poland had to unify the disparate systems of law, economics, and administration in the former German, Austrian, and Russian sectors of Poland. There were in Poland 3 different currencies with 3 different banking systems, 3 different legal systems and 3 types of rail systems with different track widths each needing to be consolidated. 3 banking systems, 3 education systems, Also soldiers from 3 armies so the army must also be assembled from 3 different armies. There were 3 of everything etc, etc, etc....3, 3, 3, etc. Everything was available 3 times and had to be combined to a unit. So it is not surprising that because of the enormous devastation caused by the war and because the state was rebuilt from three completely different parts there were immense and massive economic problems. In Poland was also in 1923 even a hyperinflation. This hyperinflation was then successfully fought by the ingenious Polish National Democratic Prime Minister Władysław Grabski with a Currency reform and other very sensible measures. By the way, in this situation Poland won several wars caused by the fact that virtually all Poland's borders were disputed. But the war that Poland also waged against the Bolsheviks was not only a border conflict, but also the prevention of the conquest of Poland by the communists. Poland won this various war despite the fact that the Polish Aemee had huge problems because the Polish army emerged from the 3 armies of the former occupiers of Poland. So the Polish army had weapons and equipment from these 3 armies. In addition, the British, French and Americans also supplied weapons and equipment. Poland also bought weapons and equipment from other countries. So the Polish Army used rifles manufactured in six countries, each using different ammunition. It was no different with artillery. Poland also produced its own weapons and equipment. For example, the Poles built an armored car from the Ford T. Although Poland also use other armored cars. That was very useful. In fact, the Polish Army used this armored car for blitzkrieg attacks against the Bolsheviks. Anyone who thinks that the Germans invented the Blitzkrieg with armored vehicles is wrong. The Polish Army had successfully used this tactic against the Bolsheviks with rapidly advancing armored cars clearing the way for the rapidly following infantry. But in fact, just 10 years after gaining independence, Poland exported various industrial products such as civil and military aircraft, locomotives and tanks. What few people know is that Poland was actually on the same technological level as Germany when Germany raided Poland in 1939. The Germans were technologically far superior only in the navy and rocket construction, but these technologies were irrelevant to the war in 1939. One could also see that in the weapons technology. Poland didn't lose the war because Polish weapons were worse, but because Poland had fewer weapons. So it wasn't the quality that was the problem, it was the quantity. Poland has not rearmed as etremely as Germany has, because Poland has relied on the French and British allies. Little did the Poles know that these nefarious allies would betray Poland so cowardly in 1939 and would not attack in the west as agreed with Poland. In terms of weapons relevant to the war, Poland was certainly not technologically inferior. Even the ridiculed Polish fighter planes were not as bad as is always claimed. Although th Polish fighter planes were slower than German but the Polish were significantly more manoeuvrable. The Polish bomber PZL P-37 Łoś for example was one of the most advanced bombers then operational in the world and significantly better than comparable German bombers. Poland actually exported such bombers before the war, which turned out to be a mistake, because Poland, like of all weapons, had too few bombers compared to the Germans. In conclusion, it should be noted that Poland has achieved great successes in industrialization what should have been mentioned in the video and why the Polish economy was so backward in 1918 but was no longer so in 1939.
I was born and raised in the USA but live permanently in Poland now . Poles are decent hard-working. well educated and cultured. I would not live anywhere else. And I think there is a bright future ahead for the entire nation.
Im from Slovenia and im busker (street musician) last year i was first time in Poland and i was playing in Katowice,Krakow and Bielsko-Biala. I was surprised how good Poland was for busking and in general it looks very good. People are very friendly,also and when this pandemic is over i will go back to Poland!
@@henningbartels6245 you know what are these contributions? Our money that was stolen from us! Demolishing Warsaw, killing citizens, stealing assets and gold, ruining infrastructure. My grandparents was forced by German army to work for free. They were just teenagers.!! They were never reimbursed for their time, lost years and health, for their fear. So you know what can you do about this comment on contributions? Learn more historical truth.
After everything Poland has gone through in the history, I hope that Poland will become an economic powerhouse of the Europe in the near future. I would say that conditions for that are favorable at the moment. Cheers from Finland.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy- then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies have branches there. It is therefore clear that the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly. So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies. Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany. So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe. However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
@@diogenesrent4304 It's not that simple. The redistribution of the whelth is beneficial to both sides. For the post-socialist countries it busts their economies but for the Germany/France etc. new members of the EU opens a big markets for trade, cash flow, and lowering production costs by opening branches in cheaper labor markets (while still gaining the profit by mother-companies). While they could do it by offshore outside UE, the lower cost markets within UE are more sable, with law fixed according to UE law system. And a huge part of the UE funds goes to improve the infrastructure, so it's benefiting western companies working in Poland, not to mention improving the trade routes to the East. Another thing is that usually the big projects in post-socialist countires are realized in cooperation with or entirely by western companies so in the way the money goes back to those countries and supports their GDP. From the description above comes two things: - you mention the low number of the patents - it's true. and it's due to the place of Polish economy in global production chains - as a cheap labor market. After the fall of communism it was the only asset that Poland had in comparing with western countries, so it was used it to biuld up new economy. And it was a success. The new challenge now is to move to the higher level in the production chain, and it is visible with more and more sophisticated production and services located in Poland. Secondly the low-cost labor market means lower nominal GDP but also life-costs - so the same money can buy more in Poland than in Germany. That is why while Polish GDP per capita nominally ranks Poland 58th in the World (in 2019), by taking GDP with purchasing power parity (PPP) it's 40th.
@@dutchvanderlinde8034 are you polish? If not, how can you know if it's embarrassing to be polish? I'm not embarrassed to be polish, although I feel embarrassed by specific people, but they come from different nationalities. Guess who just made it to that list.
@@homonid8 yes I am and I honestly feel embarrassed to be polish. Here are the reasons why: 1. It's still poorer than western European countries. 2. Some people think its a racist and homohobic country and it sometimes makes me embarrassed to be polish. 3. It has a bad national football team.
I live in Poland more than seven years within this years Poland improved economically. Road construction big architecture has been changed every city. Poland is neat and clean country more than any others European country. Poland is very safe country. I am really happy as citizen of Poland. Love poland from my heart. Go ahead Poland. Long live poland from Bangladesh.
*THIS is Poland"* (and how I see it) - Many great, well kept and interesting cities - Marvelous historican architecture - Huge number of modern architecture - Thriving economy - High standards of living - Delicious food - Very honest people Greetings from Norway!
I was born in Brazil, my grandparents were from Silesia PL. They left Poland in 1922. I still remember the stories they told me about the hardships, adventure and fun they had since they lived in PL until when they arrived in Brazil. I live now in the US, but I am planning to visit Poland as soon as travel is allowed. From all I see and hear about it, it looks like a great country, with amazing resilient people.
You need to try Pierogi. In my opinion best Poland is in May-September sometimes Autumn is brilliant but when sun is on the sky. Castles, Old buldings, Colors, somewhat cheap a lot of young people understand english but we are not awesome in this. You need to see some cities on photo and chose the most intresting and not only the biggest but also we have cute small cities. My favorite is Świdnica city amoug agrocultural land's.
@@segiusgssegiusgs2609 Thank you for your insight. I defenitely want to travel to the countryside as well as the coast (including the beautiful city/region of Hel). I will include Świdnica on my plans.
Love you too Ukraine ❤️. Wanted to visit you so much in 2022 but I’m afraid of a conflict with Russia. I hope everything will go well for Ukraine. My heart is with you brothers and sisters.
Your country will forever be legendary in poles hearts, once a polish soldier found a baby bear in Iran. He brought it back to Poland and he was trained to be friends with the people which eventually led to him joining the 22nd British supply company during WW2. He was called Private Wojtek and he carried ammunition to soldiers, and basically became a hero. Your country provided us with that bear so best wishes to you Btw im 100% serious this is true
What I love about Poland is that we do not have this ubiquitous political correctness. Poles are speaking their minds and that is ok with everyone here. While beeing in other western countries I was feeling like there is some sort of "censorship" - don't say this, don't say that... In Poland you don't have to think what to say to be "correct". If you don't like something/someone, then you are welcome to say it. It's *normal* here.
Yeah... That's not true. We just put emphasis on "censoring" different things. Only recently we have started having a conversation on harder topics, like abortion laws, child abuse and so on, and it has caused a huge polarisation in society.
@@cpkingadam5 It was stunt by activist/left leaning journalist who made fake signs and series of photos with them, but there are no laws against LGBT people and discriminating them is illegal, everyone have same rights and freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution :)
I am German and started learning polish 2 months ago because some day if the situation here gets worse (like ethnic conflicts for example) I have a place to go. Also I like that in Poland everything is a lot more relaxed.
@@karlheven8328 Es sollte da nicht schlecht sein. Ein schöner Gegend. Und nah an die Schweiz, Italien, Frankreich. Süddeutschland gefällt mir. Viele Leute da kümmern sich um eigene Tradition, Kultur, sind ehrgeizig, sportlich, aktiv. Die Städte und Dörfe sehen gepflegt, sauber aus. Schöne Architektur, sowohl die alte, als auch moderne, schöne Landschaften. Ich war in Bayern, bis nach Schwangau und Füssen. Es gefiel mir dort. Ich würde von dort nach Polen nicht ausziehen. In Deutschland funktionierte meiner Meinung nach alles logischer, ordentlicher, vernünftiger und ökonomischer als in Polen. Intellektuell, kulturell, sozial, in Bezug auf das Umweltbewusstsein befinden sich viele Polen hinter Deutschen und anderen Nationen in Westeuropa. Ich stelle das als Pole mit Bedauern fest. Aber schuldig dafür ist vor allem der Staat und seine Institutionen und Regierende, weniger die Nation im Allgemeinen.
@@KowalskyLeon Es ist auch schön hier, das habe ich nie in Abrede gestellt :). Klar, Schwangau und Füssen sind schon fast traumhaft. Allerdings entwickelt sich vieles auch nicht gerade positiv in Deutschland- v.a. langfristig gesehen. Man weiß nicht, ob es auch so schön bleibt in so stürmischen Zeiten. Da ist es doch gut eine weitere Option zu haben, oder einfach als Urlaubsziel sowieso natürlich. Was mir an Polen übrigens besonders gur gefällt hat mit den materiellen Dingen gerade nichts zu tun. Wir Deutschen denken nur nach Zweckmäßigkeitsgesichtspunkten (Zweckrationalität), ihr Polen seid ein Stückchen schicksalergebener und bescheidener. Das finde ich gerade symphatisch. Deutschland wird auch sicherlich aus wirtschaftlicher Sicht auf absehbare Zeit weit vor Polen bleiben. Aber dafür haben wir auch wieder ganz andere Probleme. An Polen gefällt mir z.B. die polnische Gastfreundschaft und Lebensfreude... Und die Frauen haha.😍
@@KowalskyLeon Deutschland ist eine Meinungsdiktatur. Während es in Polen Meinungsfreiheit gibt. Auch das Schulsystem ist besser. Das Gesundheitssystem wird noch werden.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy- then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies have branches there. It is therefore clear that the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly. So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies. Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany. So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe. However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
Beside other interesting facts about Portugal almost all Poles know Fatima and have great respect to this place and history. Best regards from Poland :)
@@diogenesrent4304 you just show German arrogance.. just like Markel alone decided to let in migrants into Europe without consultation and then forcing everyone to take them. German arrogance will come to end eventually.
Slovenia and Czech Republic are the best countries from the post east block to move, followed by Estonia. Poland is not yet on that level, but is closing the gap.
@@jangregorc9408 I’d saying considering HDI, monthly salary, infrastructure, education, infant mortality rate etc Poland is more or less level with Czechia, Estonia and Slovenia.
@@raptor2792 Average monthly salary in Slovenia is 1855€, Estonia 1472€, Czech Republic 1280€, Poland 1191€. All gross. Polands average gross salary is for example lower than Slovenian net! HDI index for Slovenia is 0,917, Czech 0,9, Estonia 0,892 and Poland 0,880. So Poland is not quite there yet. Talking about infrastructure I'd say Poland is on the level of mentioned countries. I'd also mention the net migration of the countries. Czechia in Slovenia have positive net migration which means more people move in country than out, when Poland and Estonia have negative net migration. I am absolutely not saying that Poland is bad country. It's absolutley great and very prosperous country to live in, but it's not quitte yet on the for example Slovenian level.
As a Turk I'm very happy & proud of my Polish friends :) what a great nation. I also love Polish History and admire it ! I'm very excited to see what future brings for this epic nation :))) I hope our government will change as well soon and we'll catch up too!
Greetings to Turkey! You love polish history? Then this addition to the video will certainly interest you! What should have been mentioned is that it was not the decision of Poland to be until the 20th century a backward agricultural country. That was determined by the occupiers of Poland which did not allow industrialization of Poland. Therefore, when Poland gained independence in 1918, there was little industry in Poland. What is amazing is that from 1918 Poland succeeded in a very short time catch up with the industrialization of the country. Whereby one has to consider that Poland was parallel to the industrialization reunited from three very different parts to a united country. Whereby Poland was considerably damaged by the First World War. What very few know is that Poland also suffered enormous losses from WW1! Poland was ruined after World War I. The front rolled over Polish territory several times! ! Much of the heavy fighting on the war's Eastern Front took place on the territory of the future Polish state. The scorched-earth retreat strategies left much of the war zone uninhabitable. The economic damages were extreme! But also the number of dead was enormous! 450,000 Polish soldiers died and close to one million were wounded while forced fighting in the Russian, Austrian, and German armies. 678,000 dead civilians as a result of WW1. Total deaths from 1914-18, military and civilian, within the 1919-1939 borders, were 1,128,000. Many Poles were also forced to work in Germany. People were indiscriminately forced into forced labor in raids. The working and living conditions of the forced laborers in the labor battalions were very poor. This weakened the Polish population additionally. The Polish territories conquered by the German army were also looted, including the robbery of entire factories. Large areas were deliberately devastated by the German army during their retreat from the Vistula...shattered towns and villages. That was the scorched earth tactic!There were also massacres of civilians such as the massacre of Kalisz (before that Russian-occupied) On 2 August 1914. The German soldiers took polish hostages, mistreating them and even killing them. The town was burnt down! Only the churche and some public offices survived. A significant number of citizens were murdered with many women and children. Prior to the war, Kalisz had 65,000 inhabitants. Afterwards, it was left with 5,000 inhabitants. About 1 million Polish refugees fled eastward behind Russian lines during the war. As a result of the death and deportation, the number of persons living in the later Second Polish Republic fell by 14.9%. It is estimated that in the years 1914-1918 about 30% of national wealth in Poland was destroyed. And from this pile of rubble, which was also divided into 3 parts, the Poles had to build a state. Poland was occupied by Russians, Austrians and Germans for over 100 years. So after the occupiers were driven out Poland was reunited from 3 parts and from 3 different parts had to be developed a united state! So Poland had to unify the disparate systems of law, economics, and administration in the former German, Austrian, and Russian sectors of Poland. There were in Poland 3 different currencies with 3 different banking systems, 3 different legal systems and 3 types of rail systems with different track widths each needing to be consolidated. 3 banking systems, 3 education systems, Also soldiers from 3 armies so the army must also be assembled from 3 different armies. There were 3 of everything etc, etc, etc....3, 3, 3, etc. Everything was available 3 times and had to be combined to a unit. So it is not surprising that because of the enormous devastation caused by the war and because the state was rebuilt from three completely different parts there were immense and massive economic problems. In Poland was also in 1923 even a hyperinflation. This hyperinflation was then successfully fought by the ingenious Polish National Democratic Prime Minister Władysław Grabski with a Currency reform and other very sensible measures. By the way, in this situation Poland won several wars caused by the fact that virtually all Poland's borders were disputed. But the war that Poland also waged against the Bolsheviks was not only a border conflict, but also the prevention of the conquest of Poland by the communists. Poland won this various war despite the fact that the Polish Aemee had huge problems because the Polish army emerged from the 3 armies of the former occupiers of Poland. So the Polish army had weapons and equipment from these 3 armies. In addition, the British, French and Americans also supplied weapons and equipment. Poland also bought weapons and equipment from other countries. So the Polish Army used rifles manufactured in six countries, each using different ammunition. It was no different with artillery. Poland also produced its own weapons and equipment. For example, the Poles built an armored car from the Ford T. Although Poland also use other armored cars. That was very useful. In fact, the Polish Army used this armored car for blitzkrieg attacks against the Bolsheviks. Anyone who thinks that the Germans invented the Blitzkrieg with armored vehicles is wrong. The Polish Army had successfully used this tactic against the Bolsheviks with rapidly advancing armored cars clearing the way for the rapidly following infantry. But in fact, just 10 years after gaining independence, Poland exported various industrial products such as civil and military aircraft, locomotives and tanks. What few people know is that Poland was actually on the same technological level as Germany when Germany raided Poland in 1939. The Germans were technologically far superior only in the navy and rocket construction, but these technologies were irrelevant to the war in 1939. One could also see that in the weapons technology. Poland didn't lose the war because Polish weapons were worse, but because Poland had fewer weapons. So it wasn't the quality that was the problem, it was the quantity. Poland has not rearmed as etremely as Germany has, because Poland has relied on the French and British allies. Little did the Poles know that these nefarious allies would betray Poland so cowardly in 1939 and would not attack in the west as agreed with Poland. In terms of weapons relevant to the war, Poland was certainly not technologically inferior. Even the ridiculed Polish fighter planes were not as bad as is always claimed. Although th Polish fighter planes were slower than German but the Polish were significantly more manoeuvrable. The Polish bomber PZL P-37 Łoś for example was one of the most advanced bombers then operational in the world and significantly better than comparable German bombers. Poland actually exported such bombers before the war, which turned out to be a mistake, because Poland, like of all weapons, had too few bombers compared to the Germans. In conclusion, it should be noted that Poland has achieved great successes in industrialization what should have been mentioned in the video and why the Polish economy was so backward in 1918 but was no longer so in 1939.
As an American who visited Warsaw for the first time in 2017 I was blown away at how far ahead in everything Poland is. I am now living in Vienna Austria but after going back to Poland a couple times in 2019, I think I could live there. It's definitely underrated.
Well, Warsaw is one of the most important business centers in Poland, but the best, in terms of quality of living, are definitely suburban areas/small towns/villages located not too far away from the bigger cities. I think it is the model very similar to what you have in US.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy- then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies have branches there. It is therefore clear that the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly. So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies. Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany. So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe. However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
@@diogenesrent4304 that is, to clarify, it is not that germany pays the funds of the european union because it is a generous country ... the german economy is largely based on exports ... germany is the country in the world with the largest surplus trade and the main countries where it exports are the countries of the European Union where it has easier access due to the fact that it is a single market without duties and therefore has an advantage ... (just see Great Britain where after Brexit German exports are collapsed), Germany has every interest that those who buy its products can do so and it is the country that has benefited most from the European single market ... without the German economy it would collapse! do you know that before the euro currency was created, germany was considered "the sick man of europe" for the economy that was not growing?
Agree l'm English, been there many times, been all over poland, they put the UK to shame, cities, towns, villages so clean architecture beautiful, people friendly, and food wonderful, a fast up and coming country, a proud hardworking people and nation.
@@diogenesrent4304 how do you think Germany's economy got off to a fantastic start, it was enormous funding from America just after the second world war that helped them massively, as for Germany funding Poland so they should after the Murderous seismic and economic damage they inflicted on this nation, even now Germany has got off extremely light indeed.
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@Sci-Fi Admirer Gdansk was the Polish town for 700 years up to the end of 18th century (developed thanks to Polish kings privilleges, as one of the 3 Crown Towns of Polish Kingdom, together with Cracow and Lvov). The town was developed mostly by Polish and Dutch merchants and grain and wood exporters from the Polish interior, having their magazines and trading offiices in the port). The members of Gdansk city senate were also the members of Polish parliament and had the nobility status. Gdańsk was also the centre of the Polish royal navy on te Baltic see (vide battles with Sweden in 17th century). It was also the member of Hansa organisation (with the other most important ports and trade cities at the Baltic see). In the end of 18th century Prussia, Russia and Austria attacked Poland together and occupied its territory for 120 years (but in 1809-1812 Gdansk was again in Polish hands during the Warsaw Duty era). In 1918 Gdansk should be given back to Poland, but instead of that it became a Free City under Polish and German rule. In 1945 Soviets ruined it completely, Poles - rebuilt it in 1945-1960, especially most beautiful parts, connected with their history, and the best times in the history of the city (14-17th centuries). In 1980 Gdansk became the place were started Solidarity (Solidarnosc) movement in Poland - strikes and political oposition against communism in the whole country, engagging the majority of the employees, which, 9 years later, ultimately conducted (as one of the 2 main reasons) to the East Block collapse . "Danzig" is the German pronunciation/sound of the Polish name Gdańsk/Dańsk (which means the "given territory" - from "dany/nadany")
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy- then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies have branches there. It is therefore clear that the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly. So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies. Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany. I don't know a single world-class Polish company. The Polish current account has been negative for a long time. Poland's foreign debt is currently almost 70 % of the gross domestic product.
I am from Poland and I can simply confirm that Poland is a rich country. Just rich. Yes, Polish people like to complain but at the same time they usually have a fancy house equiped with higher standard stuff, nice their quality of life is simillar to every day life in countries like France or Germany. The most popular tourists reactions when they visit Poland are: "OMG how everything is great here!", "what a developed country", "Poland is so clean, such a high-class infrastructure everywhere", "feeling of freshness and newness is everywhere" and so on, and so... I am not surprised beacuse this is EXACTLY how Poland looks like, ant his is EXACTLY what Poland is nowadays. Developed country with high standards of living which many people still do not appreciate.
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Interesting facts: - In 1600 Poland (Commonwealth) was the 5th economy in the world, 2nd in Europe (4th and 1st, respectively, if not counting the Holy Roman Empire as a single country). - Even in 1939 Poland was the 10th economy in the world. WWII destroyed this country completely, so it had to be rebuilt from rubble. And we got no reparations for the war thanks to uncle Stalin.
@@wik7or214 that’s a load of shit bud they arnt through any technicalities, like at all lol I think Russia and Japan are or something but Poland and Germany are not lol
Poland after 1945 wasnt freee country but russia province. We are independent only from 1989 almost like we are Ukraine. This is the most exploited robbed and punished country of Europe 100%.
@@magdaty1815 Umiejętności z języka polskiego na poziomie 2 na szynach. Teza zawsze powinna być podbudowana co najmniej jednym argumentem. A sama teza też powinna być tak sformułowana, aby inni wiedzieli, kogo i czego ona dotyczy.
Poland is actually the 7th most hard working country in the world and Poland has always been a very developing country even after the war more than 60 percent of the country being destroyed and poland still rebuilt everything so fast with warsaw now having skyscrapers and a very big product production plants 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
Polish people, the same like Romanians, love to complain about the government, economy, the 90's favorites. What will they complain aboutafter they become a very rich nation? Greetings from Romania.
Last year I travelled from Poland to Bulgaria by car, so spent 1 night at Hello Hotel in Bucharest. Unfortunately due to COVID I couldn't go fo city tour, however I remeber from previous trips it was very intersting. Best wishes to you.
I'm actually running a company in Poland and I have one thing to say - we can grow faster, but the amount of unnecessary bureaucracy is really overwhelming. Every year brings new and more complicated laws around wages. I just created new wage summary for my employees - it's 21 freaking positions about all the different taxes and social insurances, each one calculated differently than the other. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. But nevertheless, it's quite good to live here, but we need smarter politicians (yeah, who doesn't) and some simpler laws to unleash even more power! And the 26 year old income tax thing - it's not really a great deal, income tax is far less then social insurances, which under 26 years old still need to pay. Overall income tax and insurances is a hefty 40%.
@Metallus Zorax Poland may transfer more money to EU than getting from there already. We have to pay to EU before we gat anything plus many of these EU money come back to companies from Western Europe (some estimation say about even 85% rate!). Comparing to Greece Polish debts rate is very low so it is different story
@Metallus Zorax most the money Poland receives goes straight back to the EU, walk through a construction site in Warsaw and all you’ll see is German companies and German machinery. Not saying there’s anything wrong with that, but EU and in particular Germany profit quite well with Poland’s growth.
@Metallus Zorax No! because Poland has good policy, young flexible workers, is close to Germany, has all major corporations/business and on top of that has a great location between west and east. Funds are just a small part of our success
I can definitively tell you: Poland is a great country, and you will be surprised how good their infrastructure is, how civilized and educated the people are as well as how many things are produced there. Greetings from Romania! ;)
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy- then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies have branches there. It is therefore clear that the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly. So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies. Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany. So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe. However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
Poland did extremely well from an agricultural nation, and through the Communist years, then a rapidly growing nation in these years. Congratulations. I am a Taiwanese, my best wishes from Taiwan. Besides, Poland is a big nation in population; it has immense potential to play an important role in the long run.
@@kamilsietes1268 Thank you for the information. I guess you are right. Poland isn't poor at all. Theoretically it must have some strong industrial and commercial sectors to support its growth.
Thank you! Taiwan was also very successful! I hope you can live in peace in your amazing country without any attack from China! But Poland has not been a real agricultural nation since the 20s. That didn't change after the Second World War either, although the communism imposed on Poland was certainly not positive for Poland's development. Despite this, Poland was already industrialized before the war. Here is a short addition to the video where Polish industrialization is also described! What should have been mentioned is that it was not the decision of Poland to be until the 20th century a backward agricultural country. That was determined by the occupiers of Poland which did not allow industrialization of Poland. Therefore, when Poland gained independence in 1918, there was little industry in Poland. What is amazing is that from 1918 Poland succeeded in a very short time catch up with the industrialization of the country. Whereby one has to consider that Poland was parallel to the industrialization reunited from three very different parts to a united country. Whereby Poland was considerably damaged by the First World War. What very few know is that Poland also suffered enormous losses from WW1! Poland was ruined after World War I. The front rolled over Polish territory several times! ! Much of the heavy fighting on the war's Eastern Front took place on the territory of the future Polish state. The scorched-earth retreat strategies left much of the war zone uninhabitable. The economic damages were extreme! But also the number of dead was enormous! 450,000 Polish soldiers died and close to one million were wounded while forced fighting in the Russian, Austrian, and German armies. 678,000 dead civilians as a result of WW1. Total deaths from 1914-18, military and civilian, within the 1919-1939 borders, were 1,128,000. Many Poles were also forced to work in Germany. People were indiscriminately forced into forced labor in raids. The working and living conditions of the forced laborers in the labor battalions were very poor. This weakened the Polish population additionally. The Polish territories conquered by the German army were also looted, including the robbery of entire factories. Large areas were deliberately devastated by the German army during their retreat from the Vistula...shattered towns and villages. That was the scorched earth tactic!There were also massacres of civilians such as the massacre of Kalisz (before that Russian-occupied) On 2 August 1914. The German soldiers took polish hostages, mistreating them and even killing them. The town was burnt down! Only the churche and some public offices survived. A significant number of citizens were murdered with many women and children. Prior to the war, Kalisz had 65,000 inhabitants. Afterwards, it was left with 5,000 inhabitants. About 1 million Polish refugees fled eastward behind Russian lines during the war. As a result of the death and deportation, the number of persons living in the later Second Polish Republic fell by 14.9%. It is estimated that in the years 1914-1918 about 30% of national wealth in Poland was destroyed. And from this pile of rubble, which was also divided into 3 parts, the Poles had to build a state. Poland was occupied by Russians, Austrians and Germans for over 100 years. So after the occupiers were driven out Poland was reunited from 3 parts and from 3 different parts had to be developed a united state! So Poland had to unify the disparate systems of law, economics, and administration in the former German, Austrian, and Russian sectors of Poland. There were in Poland 3 different currencies with 3 different banking systems, 3 different legal systems and 3 types of rail systems with different track widths each needing to be consolidated. 3 banking systems, 3 education systems, Also soldiers from 3 armies so the army must also be assembled from 3 different armies. There were 3 of everything etc, etc, etc....3, 3, 3, etc. Everything was available 3 times and had to be combined to a unit. So it is not surprising that because of the enormous devastation caused by the war and because the state was rebuilt from three completely different parts there were immense and massive economic problems. In Poland was also in 1923 even a hyperinflation. This hyperinflation was then successfully fought by the ingenious Polish National Democratic Prime Minister Władysław Grabski with a Currency reform and other very sensible measures. By the way, in this situation Poland won several wars caused by the fact that virtually all Poland's borders were disputed. But the war that Poland also waged against the Bolsheviks was not only a border conflict, but also the prevention of the conquest of Poland by the communists. Poland won this various war despite the fact that the Polish army had huge problems because the Polish army emerged from the 3 armies of the former occupiers of Poland. So the Polish army had weapons and equipment from these 3 armies. In addition, the British, French and Americans also supplied weapons and equipment. Poland also bought weapons and equipment from other countries. So the Polish Army used rifles manufactured in six countries, each using different ammunition. It was no different with artillery. Poland also produced its own weapons and equipment. For example, the Poles built an armored car from the Ford T. Although Poland also use other armored cars. That was very useful. In fact, the Polish Army used this armored car for blitzkrieg attacks against the Bolsheviks. Anyone who thinks that the Germans invented the Blitzkrieg with armored vehicles is wrong. The Polish Army had successfully used this tactic against the Bolsheviks with rapidly advancing armored cars clearing the way for the rapidly following infantry. But in fact, just 10 years after gaining independence, Poland exported various industrial products such as civil and military aircraft, locomotives and tanks. What few people know is that Poland was actually on the same technological level as Germany when Germany raided Poland in 1939. The Germans were technologically far superior only in the navy and rocket construction, but these technologies were irrelevant to the war in 1939. One could also see that in the weapons technology. Poland didn't lose the war because Polish weapons were worse, but because Poland had fewer weapons. So it wasn't the quality that was the problem, it was the quantity. Poland has not rearmed as etremely as Germany has, because Poland has relied on the French and British allies. Little did the Poles know that these nefarious allies would betray Poland so cowardly in 1939 and would not attack in the west as agreed with Poland. In terms of weapons relevant to the war, Poland was certainly not technologically inferior. Even the ridiculed Polish fighter planes were not as bad as is always claimed. Although th Polish fighter planes were slower than German but the Polish were significantly more manoeuvrable. The Polish bomber PZL P-37 Łoś for example was one of the most advanced bombers then operational in the world and significantly better than comparable German bombers. Poland actually exported such bombers before the war, which turned out to be a mistake, because Poland, like of all weapons, had too few bombers compared to the Germans. In conclusion, it should be noted that Poland has achieved great successes in industrialization what should have been mentioned in the video and why the Polish economy was so backward in 1918 but was no longer so in 1939. Not only the victories in various wars were great successes but also it was a great achievement of the Poles to build a functioning state from 3 different parts. (The German reunification is nothing against it!) The economy has also recovered. After this wars, Poland combined the 3 parts into one country surprisingly quickly and caught up on industrialization in a very short time, that was necessary because Poland's economy was completely underdeveloped due to the occupation. So Poland has also built up an industry in no time! The few means of production that existed before the war were partially destroyed or robbed. In any case, Poland has built up various branches of industry. Airplanes, cars and locomotives were built in Poland. But also various weapons such as tanks, artillery and fighter planes. These goods produced in Poland were of course also exported. Which actually was a mistake. Poland would have needed all the weapons for its own army. But Poland felt safe because Poles mistook the British and French as reliable allies. But the betrayal of these supposed allies is another topic. Poland also planned and built a port city of Gdynia including a deep water port in a very short time, because Poland did not have a deep sea port. Poland has also build a democracy. As is often the case with developing democracies, there were problems, but Poland remained a parliamentary democracy until the German raid on Poland. But all the successes were destroyed by the Germans! The Germans then gave the Poles over 40 years of Soviet rule. Without the Germans, there would have been no Soviet system in Poland! But that's another topic!
Love Poland from Ireland 🇮🇪❤️🇵🇱 Sorry to hear so many Poles living in Ireland have had to leave and head home over this last year with lockdowns causing issues with jobs. I’ve never been to Poland but have some Polish friends from work and sporting teams. Wonderful people and I greatly admire how you as a nation have kept your Faith, and are fighting to keep your culture while most others are rolling over. ❤️❤️❤️
Greetings from Australia, go Poland! And for the author - Poland is not Eastern and never been. Poles (at least post-communism generation from 1989 onwards) are well-educated, very skilled and well-behaved and amazingly good folks, thanks to the EU they finally were given a true chance to develop. Give them 20-40 years more of such growth and you will see what is European strongest economy.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy- then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies have branches there. It is therefore clear that the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly. So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies. Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany. So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe. However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
@@diogenesrent4304 besides this rather long and somewhat patronising tone of your comment... With no reparation after the Second World War and most of everything in Poland destroyed I think Germany is SLOWLY paying for what it did. It is a good start though.
@@dominikdobrowolski3908 No dude, Silesia is Polish since over 1500 years, and if we belive to genetics it is Polish since 4300 years. Azeri came from Central Asia 800 years ago while Artsakh Armenians live in their homeland Artsakh for c.a. 8000 years due to historians and c.a. 20 000 years due to genetics.
@@dominikdobrowolski3908 Even today Azeri don't claim it as their land but they claim that USSR gave them power over Artsakh and put Artsakh as a junior partner into federation with Soviet Azerbeijan.
When I was growing up in Poland, the circumstances were insanely terrible. Grew up at a street where we had police several times a week due to crimes. My family broke apart. I went with only my mom to Germany seeking for a better life, whereas my father did Idk even what, half of my family stayed in Poland, the other half went to England. It brings a tear to my eye, that my country from all this terrible history that the other neighboring countries did to it, finally starts revitalizing. Growing up in Germany all my life, looking at the poles I can tell. That its really insane how empathetic and compassionate polish truly are even after all this, whereas I don't see this kind of compassionate mentality here in Germany. I learned about history and from what I see, this country has always been very noble and respectful to others. It did not start wars for no reason, the moment this country got bigger, was due to alliances with other countries "commonwealth". That's the type of mentality this country and polish have. Something that most of the other countries should really learn.
@@henningbartels6245 I grew up in Poland till I was 11 years old and visited Poland 4 times a year until I was an adult. Since then rather once a year. I do know how it is there.
@@Anonimowany1 some food for thought: I always went to my grandparents in a small village during school vacations. Looking back: times were great there: all day outside in nature, playing with the villagers, best food ever from grandma etc., etc. ... one could think, everything was better there ... but honestly: it was mostly better because it were holidays. I guess, when you went 4 times a year as a kid to Poland, things were exciting, everyone was happy to see you, relatives were keen serving great food etc. But in the end you were just visiting and it were probably holidays and joyful family gatherings, too ... but you did not live there the daily, ordinary routine.
Poland and Czech Republic were included in the group of 25 highly developed countries by FTSE Russell in 2017-2018. Poland was there even before the Czech Republic - as the first in the CEE region. It is the FTSE that analyzes the criteria that qualify a given country to this group or disqualify it (e.g. by the decision of FTSE Russel, Greece resumed being a developed country in 2012). These criteria are: the regulatory environment, the quality of the capital market, its infrastructure, the form of the depository and clearing system and the development of the derivatives market. Poland was also included in the group of developed countries on the basis of the so-called Social Progress Index, which mainly takes into account the social and ecological factors of the country. Poland ranks seventh in Europe and 13th in the world. Finally, as the 22nd economy in the world, it met the criterion of the size of nominal GDP, nominal PKB per capita, PPP GDP and PPP GDP per capita as well as the rate and, stability of growth.
Too much sympathy for commie regime here. Poland didn’t “become communist/socialist”. It was occupied by USSR after being occupied by Nazis. And before that it had a war with USSR which Poland actually won. What’s “collective wage bargaining”? There was no bargaining under commies.
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EDIT: To clarify, Poland was first to reach developed status on the FTSE Russell Investment Index. We appreciate developed status refers to different measures, notably the UN's definition of developed status, of which the Czech Republic and others reached that interpretation prior to Poland.
A Tiger economy can be interpreted to be one which has undergone rapid growth. Quantity of wealth is different.
Poland has made great progress but undeniably has its challenges. The video emphasises the growth path and whilst challenges are highlighted, certainly not enough time for all current economic / policy / political challenges.
Depending on authority, Poland is typically defined as Central, Eastern or both. We mentioned Eastern from readings, but note the term is used interchangeably.
you have old photos. here they are up to date from Warsaw. Thanks for the video
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In fact nowadays some Poles work in Czechia, not otherwise.
Do you have a patreon? I cannot find.
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probably in the mine, because there are no workers in the Czech Republic
Love Poland from Lebanon 🇱🇧❤🇵🇱
As a polish, I can't believe how it moved me to read all those kind comments. Very heart warming.
Hol'up... im think im gonna puke whith rainbow.
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Congratulations Poland , a hard working people - from your friends in Ireland 🇮🇪
Love from Hungary.
Here in Poland there is the common opinion, that Irish people are amazing, clever, and cool guys, and the real friends of Polish immigrants there.
@@alh6255 delighted to here that , as you know there is a large polish population in Ireland, and they are very welcome here. I’m very happy that the Irish are viewed so positively in Poland - continued success to you all 🇮🇪 🇵🇱
Much love to Ireland from Poland, stay Catholic and strong!
@@orzelmorze5586 i'm not 100% sure but I saw that their flag's colours mean:
Green - protestantism
Orange - catholism
White - peace between them
Greetings from Croatia from your Slavic friends and brothers! I hope to visit your beautiful country in the future! I think this is one of the most underrated countries in the world! 🇭🇷🇵🇱🇭🇷🇵🇱
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Greetings from Poland! 🇵🇱 We love Croatia: your people, food and the sea. 🇭🇷 I also support your national football team. 😉
@@kapitan_karolina thank you so much! 🙂
Zdrowie !
We will also visit your beautiful country again during the holidays, of course 🙂 .Poles like Croatia very much. Hvar Island is my favorite place.
I am Brazilian, but I am very curious to know Poland....My great-grandfather was a pharmacist in Warsaw, but he emigrated to brazil in 1939 and start a new life became a little farmer ....
It is strange to see the old photos and imagine that my great-grandfather had a middle class urban life in the 1930s, and he died poor growing tobacco in Brazil ...
Come back home Flavio! ;)
Hey bud. I know a Brazilian who came to Poland, got a job. Same story as yours.his ancestors were polish migrants. He is a graphic designer and lives in my town, we play music together....come over
Flavio you are entilted to an EU passport then. Polish passport's great, consider getting it.
Dear Flavio, get your paperworks done and come back to your fatherland. You are always welcome at my place in Gdansk. Take it as an official invitation :)
You are welcome here in Poland!😉
Poland has so much potential! It’s a wonderful country full of hard-working people.
What a mix! Polish, Norwegian and Spanish! :)
LOVE FROM CZECHIA TO POLSKA!
Dekujeme:)
Greetings from Poland
Ahoj Dobri Dzień Bracie-POZDRAWIAMY Z POLSKI PIĘKNĄ PRAGĘ
We miss you, friends.
Czemu piszesz po angielsku? Po czesku będziemy Cię dobrze rozumieć 🙂
Poland appears to be a potential powerhouse on the verge of greatness. Go Poland.
Thanks!
As a Hungarian, this puts a smile on my face.
God bless you our Hungarian brother
It's like average Pole reacts on Hungarian successes. No other such a 2 countries with such a strong historical bonds as Hungary and Poland. Best regards from Poland to Hungarians !:)
Could you and Hungarian brother just leave the e u and Britain you have nothing to be proud of, just occupation it's amazing how small weak countries are the most proud goodbye and good riddance
@@stefannils2032 There are only 97k Hungarians in the UK, which makes us the 27th smallest minority there. The EU is an economic alliance.
There are more than 300k Germans in Hungary.
The EU funds are there as a compensation, because when we joined, we had go give up our factories and companies for your country's companies. You are making way more profit from us than what we get with the funds.
You are just hateful, misinformed and misguided.
We have alot to be proud of. Unlike you, we didn't oppress the half of the world or genocide people. You western Europeans like to pretend to be morally superior to cloak the sins of your past.
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In the economic history of the world, there has never been something called “transitory inflation”. Once inflation gains a foothold it is extremely hard to control and is almost never countered by deflation.>
Between Inflation, China's crisis, a hawkish global banking sentiment, and farmers struggling, I'm not digging the fundamentals on equity right now. I'm surprised we went as high as we have in Indicies, I don't expect it to sustain for very long.
I am continuing to Add to my portfolio. As Warren Buffet said, "be brave when everyone else is fearful ". The stock market ALWAYS recovers, so hold for the long term and have the stomach for the ride.,
@@charlestancred6181, You'll make a lot of money in the long term if you stay invested and ignore the market's ups and downs; but, a major market correction triggers a lot of margin calls and sell-offs, sending the market further lower. In a bull market, people become greedy, and it's nearly impossible to resist the urge to buy additional stocks with borrowed money or money they don't have.>
@@elizabethangus6628, This is exactly as I've been educated by my consultant, Cintra V. Bedassie If people understand the market manoeuvres like consultants/advisors do, a lot of people will make good money during panic times such as now.>
The world economy is collapsing and Bitcoin is still at $19,000.
I am Mexican and ever since i stumbled upon Poland while researching about German history i began to be interesting in learning more about Poland. Poland has been through a lot of unfair times in the past (like Mexico) and i believe they can rise to the top of Europe economies, i believe in the polish people and their beautiful country!
Thank you! Wishing your beautiful country the same!
My dad is half mexican
Cheers from Poland, man.
We wish Mexico the best. I was always treated well by Mexicans when they found out that I was from Poland. I love Mexico.
Congratulations to Poland, one of the fastest growing economies of Europe. Keep building! Polska is an amazing country with friendly peoole. Greetings to our brothers from Hungary! 🇵🇱🇭🇺
Polak Węgier dwa bratanki:) Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát
but your language is horrible:) I've been many times in Hungary My brother even worked in Nyiregyhaza for a 2years Very nice citi and zoo
thanks for pis. God bless them
love Hungary from Poland ❤
🇭🇺🇵🇱 Forever .
Respect and love Poland from Romania bro`s .... lets hope they will get really strong
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Poland is a lovely country. My sister is studying medicine there. Love from Iran 🇮🇷❤️
Thank you greetings from Poland
@@GrzegorzNowacki 🥰💖
I thought you guys didn't have UA-cam in Iran?
@@flopunkt3665 Well we have but its filtered so you can simply connect to a vpn and use lol
@@Yasi_nzi oh, I forgot about the VPNs 😅
Poland and Indonesia share one thing in common, aside from economic strong growth, the flag.
They have a lot of things in common
Who came with the flags? 😂
Wrong! Do not make this mistake again. The white color on the top in Polish flag.
@@harttsteen9128 cheer up dude, i never said that it is identically similar. Try looking on the bright side instead an exclusivism "always be right" perspective. Similarities brings people together, exclusivism brings people apart.
For this, Polandball is actually Indonesiaball and therefore it cannot get into space :-D. Best wishes from Poland for the overturned flag ;-)
Poland is beautiful. I am polish and I love our Hungarian brothers and sisters
"why under 26 year olds pay less income tax"
*cries in sole proprietor*
SIEMA
Farg
elo rudy
EU is a social-neomarxism organisation, it,s something like former USSR.
The struggle is real! 💯
Pozdravujem a gratulujem bratom Poliakom. Zo Slovenska 🤝 🇸🇰❤🇵🇱
Pozdrawiam braci Słowaków z Polski😁
I'm Ukrainian and I live in Poland since I got born, so I live in Poland 19 years now 💪🇵🇱
Nice
WOW,. that mean.... you have been around here before it became famous among Ukrainians... :) XD
Honestly.... congrats. :)
If you are Bornholm in Poland i think your polish not ukrainian
Loves from Poland to Ukrainian brothers!🇵🇱❤️🇺🇦
Nice, ukranians are veary hardworking and nice people
Poland have beautiful architectural designs!
Amazing!
A lot of space, but a lot of traffic too, but not super closed, hm.
Totally unrelated but every Polish person I’ve ever met is very friendly.
Well, after we entered EU we saw that everyone else was very friendly towards us. So we kinda picked up on it and now we love strangers from other countries. Especially when they come visit us. It's really a complement for us, when someone comes visit. That's why foreign visitors receive not only cheaper services based on our cheap currency, but also they can count on "royal welcoming" by our businesses owners and local population.
Also we had a bad reputation during communist era, many Poles were simply becoming criminals in the West, because of poverty, so we had a huge social campaign (not by government, but by honest people), to condemn such actions. We don't want to be perceived as Europes poor cousin, so it involved a change of heart as well. Greets.
not if you are a Muslim.
@so good
I like Polish people.
I just wish they would stop hating Muslims.
I wish too. We just don't accept totalitarianism. Your religion is totalitarian, so either change it, or just go back to your country. You're the guest here in Europe, not other way around.
@@bigcheemo What are you talking about. Poland is something else than Western Europe. For the first time you can get a feeling not to be welcome. Finally when they get to know you become friend, real friend. Polish people are not plastic with plastic smiles and nobody there like fake personality. With open heart you get wide open hearts to you.
Love to Poland from your Czech cousins!
Thank you greetings from Poland
@@GrzegorzNowacki dzięki za pozdrowienia
In Poland we also love Czech cousins, and your beautiful country!....I would forget ... and of course the your beer :)
Greetings from Poland
Myśląc o Czechach=piękne kobiety +Złota Praga+super tenis+dobre piwo+spokojni ludzie.Pozdrawiam.
I'm Taiwanese and I love Poland. Hopefully they will recover. All the best 🇹🇼🇵🇱
Im as a Pole i am shocked that a country not big sizes as Taiwan and problems with Chinese Peoples Republic has like 600billions nominal gdp and 20millions people. I wish Taiwan great future
Hi friend, I must say I am very worried about the Taiwan - China tensions... what is the atmosphere in Taiwan regarding possible Chinese invasion? It this any concern? News coming from that part of the world are very scarce.
Blue China the only China
Taiwan is part of China. Although Taiwan and mainland China are ruling under two systems for decades, It will be governed under on system (one government) eventually.
@@pacificeye456 Taiwan is part of Asia you mean. Like there is no one Korea or other split countries. Your rhrtoric gives legitimacy to CCPs claims.
Kocham mój kraj, ten kraj jest cudowny! Jestem dumny z bycia Polakiem.
Też
Your country is doing very well. Congratulations.
With love from Russian Slavic brothers. The government has pitted us against each other throughout our history, but ordinary people have a different opinion🇷🇺♥️🇵🇱
спасибо брат. I never saw a nice comment from Russian person, so i'm happy to see you here. greetings!
@Rupali Mukherjee sure bro
Absolutely correct!!!❤️
I’m half Polish, half Russian. I know that the history was hard and evil but we must look far into future. “United we stand, divided we fall”. 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇷🇺
Love and respect to Poland from Bulgaria. I wish I lived there... 🇧🇬❤️🇵🇱
Thank you.And i love Bulgaria.I was there 4 times ❤️I visited many countries but Bulgaria is my number one.Great people,beautiful beaches,good food and great music hah i love chalga....🇧🇬❤️
Why won't you move here?
@@ghostface9369 Well, I’m too younger
@@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936 oh I see maybe one day?
It's very kind of you 😊 On the other hand I wish we had your Bulgarian warm climate in Poland 🌞
Love Poland from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤
Poland maybe the best European country right now
It will never be with shitty history like that. Sadness and back luck catched to Poland definitely too much. Poland Has no sense for exist, if it's not developed, Rich, Happy, lucky country for all time.
@@czomolungmen1506 to make that more accurate, we have sad history, not shitty.
I visited a coupe cities in Poland and found them to be beautifu and thriving economically. If the stay on this economic trajectory they will be the envy of Europe. The people are friendly and well educated; and most importantly the young woman are classy, well educated and good looking.
Love Poland from your neighbour.
🇩🇪 💕 🇵🇱
Love Germany too
🇵🇱💞🇩🇪
I want to travel to Germany one day cause I am learning your language at school :D
@@martynastachyra3160 I am 21 and I started learning polish 2 months ago😁
@@karlheven8328 good luck 🤞 🇵🇱❤️
@@ghostface9369 thx👍
When germany pay for wwII ! We can speak about friend relationship 🤔
Nice, here in Canada I had a polish lady as a substitute teacher during high school. Nobody would mess with her. She was very strict , organized and didn't take bullshit.
Most propable she was trying to be perfect at what she is paid for,
that's why she was strict and nor accepting bullshit, because she was trying to be just, honest and brave, i.e. virtuous in Polish way. We are reliable.
We Polish avoid fullfilling rules put on us by force, but if we accept certain rules as a part of a fair deal then they are unchangeable and iron-like.
@@orzelmorze5586 Ahahahaha. Poland is just factory for Germany concerns, lol
@parpanbacyrcym "German Chemistry" is about washing powders and the like. Basically the good stuff is sold in Germany, while the same things sold in Poland under the same labels are mixed with something cheap to make them less potent.
@@nikostone1266 you are oversimplifying things.
@@nikostone1266 China was also factory for Germany and US. And now...
Have visited Poland lately to visit some polish friends and I have to say the future is bright. Polish people are one of the friendliest people I have ever met and I would really consider moving there one day! Greetings from Włochy! 💕
I also live in Włochy - Warszawa district :)
@@wawa_marek8491 hello
No problem, people from Italy are welcome! You know! People from Europe are welcome in Poland! This is not racism but learning from the mistakes of other nations and also learning from own mistakes. It is not a coincidence that the crime rate in Sweden is three times higher than in Poland and in Germany two times higher. By the way, a short addition to the video! What should have been mentioned is that it was not the decision of Poland to be until the 20th century a backward agricultural country. That was determined by the occupiers of Poland which did not allow industrialization of Poland. Therefore, when Poland gained independence in 1918, there was little industry in Poland. What is amazing is that from 1918 Poland succeeded in a very short time catch up with the industrialization of the country. Whereby one has to consider that Poland was parallel to the industrialization reunited from three very different parts to a united country.
Whereby Poland was considerably damaged by the First World War. What very few know is that Poland also suffered enormous losses from WW1! Poland was ruined after World War I. The front rolled over Polish territory several times! ! Much of the heavy fighting on the war's Eastern Front took place on the territory of the future Polish state. The scorched-earth retreat strategies left much of the war zone uninhabitable. The economic damages were extreme! But also the number of dead was enormous! 450,000 Polish soldiers died and close to one million were wounded while forced fighting in the Russian, Austrian, and German armies. 678,000 dead civilians as a result of WW1. Total deaths from 1914-18, military and civilian, within the 1919-1939 borders, were 1,128,000. Many Poles were also forced to work in Germany. People were indiscriminately forced into forced labor in raids. The working and living conditions of the forced laborers in the labor battalions were very poor. This weakened the Polish population additionally. The Polish territories conquered by the German army were also looted, including the robbery of entire factories. Large areas were deliberately devastated by the German army during their retreat from the Vistula...shattered towns and villages. That was the scorched earth tactic!There were also massacres of civilians such as the massacre of Kalisz (before that Russian-occupied) On 2 August 1914. The German soldiers took polish hostages, mistreating them and even killing them. The town was burnt down! Only the churche and some public offices survived. A significant number of citizens were murdered with many women and children. Prior to the war, Kalisz had 65,000 inhabitants. Afterwards, it was left with 5,000 inhabitants. About 1 million Polish refugees fled eastward behind Russian lines during the war. As a result of the death and deportation, the number of persons living in the later Second Polish Republic fell by 14.9%. It is estimated that in the years 1914-1918 about 30% of national wealth in Poland was destroyed.
And from this pile of rubble, which was also divided into 3 parts, the Poles had to build a state. Poland was occupied by Russians, Austrians and Germans for over 100 years. So after the occupiers were driven out Poland was reunited from 3 parts and from 3 different parts had to be developed a united state! So Poland had to unify the disparate systems of law, economics, and administration in the former German, Austrian, and Russian sectors of Poland. There were in Poland 3 different currencies with 3 different banking systems, 3 different legal systems and 3 types of rail systems with different track widths each needing to be consolidated. 3 banking systems, 3 education systems, Also soldiers from 3 armies so the army must also be assembled from 3 different armies. There were 3 of everything etc, etc, etc....3, 3, 3, etc. Everything was available 3 times and had to be combined to a unit. So it is not surprising that because of the enormous devastation caused by the war and because the state was rebuilt from three completely different parts there were immense and massive economic problems. In Poland was also in 1923 even a hyperinflation. This hyperinflation was then successfully fought by the ingenious Polish National Democratic Prime Minister Władysław Grabski with a Currency reform and other very sensible measures. By the way, in this situation Poland won several wars caused by the fact that virtually all Poland's borders were disputed. But the war that Poland also waged against the Bolsheviks was not only a border conflict, but also the prevention of the conquest of Poland by the communists. Poland won this various war despite the fact that the Polish Aemee had huge problems because the Polish army emerged from the 3 armies of the former occupiers of Poland. So the Polish army had weapons and equipment from these 3 armies. In addition, the British, French and Americans also supplied weapons and equipment. Poland also bought weapons and equipment from other countries. So the Polish Army used rifles manufactured in six countries, each using different ammunition. It was no different with artillery. Poland also produced its own weapons and equipment. For example, the Poles built an armored car from the Ford T. Although Poland also use other armored cars. That was very useful. In fact, the Polish Army used this armored car for blitzkrieg attacks against the Bolsheviks. Anyone who thinks that the Germans invented the Blitzkrieg with armored vehicles is wrong. The Polish Army had successfully used this tactic against the Bolsheviks with rapidly advancing armored cars clearing the way for the rapidly following infantry.
But in fact, just 10 years after gaining independence, Poland exported various industrial products such as civil and military aircraft, locomotives and tanks. What few people know is that Poland was actually on the same technological level as Germany when Germany raided Poland in 1939. The Germans were technologically far superior only in the navy and rocket construction, but these technologies were irrelevant to the war in 1939. One could also see that in the weapons technology. Poland didn't lose the war because Polish weapons were worse, but because Poland had fewer weapons. So it wasn't the quality that was the problem, it was the quantity. Poland has not rearmed as etremely as Germany has, because Poland has relied on the French and British allies. Little did the Poles know that these nefarious allies would betray Poland so cowardly in 1939 and would not attack in the west as agreed with Poland. In terms of weapons relevant to the war, Poland was certainly not technologically inferior. Even the ridiculed Polish fighter planes were not as bad as is always claimed. Although th Polish fighter planes were slower than German but the Polish were significantly more manoeuvrable. The Polish bomber PZL P-37 Łoś for example was one of the most advanced bombers then operational in the world and significantly better than comparable German bombers. Poland actually exported such bombers before the war, which turned out to be a mistake, because Poland, like of all weapons, had too few bombers compared to the Germans. In conclusion, it should be noted that Poland has achieved great successes in industrialization what should have been mentioned in the video and why the Polish economy was so backward in 1918 but was no longer so in 1939.
I was born and raised in the USA but live permanently in Poland now . Poles are decent hard-working. well educated and cultured. I would not live anywhere else. And I think there is a bright future ahead for the entire nation.
God bless Poland from Australia
I worked as security guard in UK midland and london.one thing I noticed the polish are hard workers.
Regards from MK
Yeah, but I heard British aren't really fond of Poles there (specifically local Antifa). But I believe (and hope) I'm wrong.
@Patryk Podbiał O Antifie to "szkoda strzępić ryja"
Beautiful country. Much love from the UK. Poland is the best place I’ve been to. So nice I went twice.
Nice dude
UK is one od the most beautyfull places in the world
Come back again, Dobby! Greetings from a Pole in Australia.
Where did you go mate?
Im from Slovenia and im busker (street musician) last year i was first time in Poland and i was playing in Katowice,Krakow and Bielsko-Biala. I was surprised how good Poland was for busking and in general it looks very good. People are very friendly,also and when this pandemic is over i will go back to Poland!
Your country is beautiful as well! I've visited your highest chimney in Europe in 2017! :)
@@DeLvoy1988 Trbovlje chimney 😃
@@taurondur Exactly! what a wonderful time and place that was! I don't forget that place till my last day :)
Slovenia je super....milujou Slovenia !
@@Waldek9100 Dzenki 😃
Love Poland from USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
Long live Russia from Pooland
I like USA
Oh say can you see???
That's video about Poland!
They are far over the sea,
But they come to the US's land
I hope modifying this anthem isn't illegal
Always welcome.
I look forward for the U.S. Civil War in 2021
Love Poland from Greece
Thank you greetings from Poland
Love Greek culture music food and people
Greetings from Germany! Been there twice and I am really happy that Poland is a developed country. A beautiful one!
Yeah I love Germany too! Especially Bavaria.
Pay our contributions nazi
@@scoff7032 Speak to the german government, they're the fault and not its citizens... And probably they won't hear your stupid commentary.
@@scoff7032 , guess, who is paying the EU subsidies going to Poland? All these people you call nazis and you don't even know.
@@henningbartels6245 you know what are these contributions? Our money that was stolen from us! Demolishing Warsaw, killing citizens, stealing assets and gold, ruining infrastructure. My grandparents was forced by German army to work for free. They were just teenagers.!! They were never reimbursed for their time, lost years and health, for their fear. So you know what can you do about this comment on contributions? Learn more historical truth.
After everything Poland has gone through in the history, I hope that Poland will become an economic powerhouse of the Europe in the near future. I would say that conditions for that are favorable at the moment. Cheers from Finland.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy-
then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies
have branches there. It is therefore clear that
the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly.
So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies.
Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany.
So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe.
However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
@@diogenesrent4304 It's not that simple. The redistribution of the whelth is beneficial to both sides. For the post-socialist countries it busts their economies but for the Germany/France etc. new members of the EU opens a big markets for trade, cash flow, and lowering production costs by opening branches in cheaper labor markets (while still gaining the profit by mother-companies). While they could do it by offshore outside UE, the lower cost markets within UE are more sable, with law fixed according to UE law system. And a huge part of the UE funds goes to improve the infrastructure, so it's benefiting western companies working in Poland, not to mention improving the trade routes to the East. Another thing is that usually the big projects in post-socialist countires are realized in cooperation with or entirely by western companies so in the way the money goes back to those countries and supports their GDP.
From the description above comes two things: - you mention the low number of the patents - it's true. and it's due to the place of Polish economy in global production chains - as a cheap labor market. After the fall of communism it was the only asset that Poland had in comparing with western countries, so it was used it to biuld up new economy. And it was a success. The new challenge now is to move to the higher level in the production chain, and it is visible with more and more sophisticated production and services located in Poland.
Secondly the low-cost labor market means lower nominal GDP but also life-costs - so the same money can buy more in Poland than in Germany. That is why while Polish GDP per capita nominally ranks Poland 58th in the World (in 2019), by taking GDP with purchasing power parity (PPP) it's 40th.
It's embarrassing to be polish
@@dutchvanderlinde8034 are you polish? If not, how can you know if it's embarrassing to be polish? I'm not embarrassed to be polish, although I feel embarrassed by specific people, but they come from different nationalities. Guess who just made it to that list.
@@homonid8 yes I am and I honestly feel embarrassed to be polish. Here are the reasons why:
1. It's still poorer than western European countries.
2. Some people think its a racist and homohobic country and it sometimes makes me embarrassed to be polish.
3. It has a bad national football team.
I live in Poland more than seven years within this years Poland improved economically. Road construction big architecture has been changed every city. Poland is neat and clean country more than any others European country. Poland is very safe country. I am really happy as citizen of Poland. Love poland from my heart. Go ahead Poland. Long live poland from Bangladesh.
Do you have Instagram? If yes, can i have your Instagram and may I message you privately on Instagram? I have a few questions about living in Poland.
@@folk2630 sorry bro i don't have instagram.
md abu taleb hosen -
Do you any other network I can contact you on? If that’s ok with you
Klm
Welcome
*THIS is Poland"* (and how I see it)
- Many great, well kept and interesting cities
- Marvelous historican architecture
- Huge number of modern architecture
- Thriving economy
- High standards of living
- Delicious food
- Very honest people
Greetings from Norway!
In point!
this information is too far-fetched for me as a pole
I can simply confirm everything you've said here.
The infrastructure and architecture in Poland is awesome!
10/10
I was born in Brazil, my grandparents were from Silesia PL. They left Poland in 1922. I still remember the stories they told me about the hardships, adventure and fun they had since they lived in PL until when they arrived in Brazil. I live now in the US, but I am planning to visit Poland as soon as travel is allowed. From all I see and hear about it, it looks like a great country, with amazing resilient people.
Born in Poland, moved to Turkey, Greece and later (from the US) to Sweden and back. Now thinking to become an immigrant back to Poland.
you need to come back, trust me -you would feel like you`ve home you never had.
@@mereza69wppl I might. One of the very few free nations left on Earth.
You need to try Pierogi. In my opinion best Poland is in May-September sometimes Autumn is brilliant but when sun is on the sky. Castles, Old buldings, Colors, somewhat cheap a lot of young people understand english but we are not awesome in this. You need to see some cities on photo and chose the most intresting and not only the biggest but also we have cute small cities. My favorite is Świdnica city amoug agrocultural land's.
@@segiusgssegiusgs2609 Thank you for your insight. I defenitely want to travel to the countryside as well as the coast (including the beautiful city/region of Hel). I will include Świdnica on my plans.
Poland, you are an awesome country! Lets become good friends
-from 🇵🇭
We are very good friends ... we are neighbours 🇵🇱😄
If I see Philippines it reminds me of PTSD of bad times I have there
@@lazytomakeaname4676 Where are you from?
@@olsztynflatcoatedretriever8056 It is flag of Philippines, not Czechia.
Go Poland 🇵🇱🦅📈
Go poland, go to the west cleaning toilets!
@@tribinaaux4043 Yeah, I don't think so, mate.
@@tribinaaux4043 cry
@@tribinaaux4043 I can tell you're a salty Ukrainian
@@tribinaaux4043 Watch your tone, sonny :)
Love Poland 🇵🇱♥from your neighbour Ukraine 🇺🇦
Love you too Ukraine ❤️. Wanted to visit you so much in 2022 but I’m afraid of a conflict with Russia. I hope everything will go well for Ukraine. My heart is with you brothers and sisters.
Great country, admirable growth, it's fantastic! Much love and respect from Iran.
God will bless you Persian nation, regards from Poland!
Your country will forever be legendary in poles hearts, once a polish soldier found a baby bear in Iran. He brought it back to Poland and he was trained to be friends with the people which eventually led to him joining the 22nd British supply company during WW2. He was called Private Wojtek and he carried ammunition to soldiers, and basically became a hero. Your country provided us with that bear so best wishes to you
Btw im 100% serious this is true
@@mikoajh2747 wow, I didn't know that! Thank you very much. Best regards.
Greetings from Poland
What I love about Poland is that we do not have this ubiquitous political correctness. Poles are speaking their minds and that is ok with everyone here. While beeing in other western countries I was feeling like there is some sort of "censorship" - don't say this, don't say that... In Poland you don't have to think what to say to be "correct". If you don't like something/someone, then you are welcome to say it. It's *normal* here.
I hope it will stay that way, it's awesome!
That is so awesome.
Yeah... That's not true. We just put emphasis on "censoring" different things. Only recently we have started having a conversation on harder topics, like abortion laws, child abuse and so on, and it has caused a huge polarisation in society.
But it's hypocritical then to have LGBT free zones. You just censor the opposite way to the West
@@cpkingadam5 It was stunt by activist/left leaning journalist who made fake signs and series of photos with them, but there are no laws against LGBT people and discriminating them is illegal, everyone have same rights and freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution :)
I am German and started learning polish 2 months ago because some day if the situation here gets worse (like ethnic conflicts for example) I have a place to go.
Also I like that in Poland everything is a lot more relaxed.
Aus welchem Teil von Deutschland bist du?
@@karlheven8328 Es sollte da nicht schlecht sein. Ein schöner Gegend. Und nah an die Schweiz, Italien, Frankreich. Süddeutschland gefällt mir. Viele Leute da kümmern sich um eigene Tradition, Kultur, sind ehrgeizig, sportlich, aktiv. Die Städte und Dörfe sehen gepflegt, sauber aus. Schöne Architektur, sowohl die alte, als auch moderne, schöne Landschaften. Ich war in Bayern, bis nach Schwangau und Füssen. Es gefiel mir dort. Ich würde von dort nach Polen nicht ausziehen. In Deutschland funktionierte meiner Meinung nach alles logischer, ordentlicher, vernünftiger und ökonomischer als in Polen. Intellektuell, kulturell, sozial, in Bezug auf das Umweltbewusstsein befinden sich viele Polen hinter Deutschen und anderen Nationen in Westeuropa. Ich stelle das als Pole mit Bedauern fest. Aber schuldig dafür ist vor allem der Staat und seine Institutionen und Regierende, weniger die Nation im Allgemeinen.
@@KowalskyLeon Es ist auch schön hier, das habe ich nie in Abrede gestellt :). Klar, Schwangau und Füssen sind schon fast traumhaft.
Allerdings entwickelt sich vieles auch nicht gerade positiv in Deutschland- v.a. langfristig gesehen. Man weiß nicht, ob es auch so schön bleibt in so stürmischen Zeiten.
Da ist es doch gut eine weitere Option zu haben, oder einfach als Urlaubsziel sowieso natürlich.
Was mir an Polen übrigens besonders gur gefällt hat mit den materiellen Dingen gerade nichts zu tun.
Wir Deutschen denken nur nach Zweckmäßigkeitsgesichtspunkten (Zweckrationalität), ihr Polen seid ein Stückchen schicksalergebener und bescheidener. Das finde ich gerade symphatisch.
Deutschland wird auch sicherlich aus wirtschaftlicher Sicht auf absehbare Zeit weit vor Polen bleiben.
Aber dafür haben wir auch wieder ganz andere Probleme.
An Polen gefällt mir z.B. die polnische Gastfreundschaft und Lebensfreude... Und die Frauen haha.😍
@@KowalskyLeon Deutschland ist eine Meinungsdiktatur. Während es in Polen Meinungsfreiheit gibt. Auch das Schulsystem ist besser. Das Gesundheitssystem wird noch werden.
@@sebastiankrajewski2029 stfu konfederato
I worked with polish soldiers but they were good people. With a lovely heart I look forward to visit Poland
Poland is a great country. Greetings from Portugal 👍
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy-
then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies
have branches there. It is therefore clear that
the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly.
So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies.
Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany.
So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe.
However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
Beside other interesting facts about Portugal almost all Poles know Fatima and have great respect to this place and history. Best regards from Poland :)
No it's not
@@diogenesrent4304 you just show German arrogance.. just like Markel alone decided to let in migrants into Europe without consultation and then forcing everyone to take them.
German arrogance will come to end eventually.
@@dutchvanderlinde8034 yes it is Dutch. But Kaczyński and PIS are a total joke
I think,Poland and Checzia are(from post eastern bloc)the greatest countries to move,and i'm saying that as a romanian
I’d also say Slovenia is a really good Eastern Bloc country to live in along side Poland and Czechia, also the Baltic’s maybe
Slovenia and Czech Republic are the best countries from the post east block to move, followed by Estonia. Poland is not yet on that level, but is closing the gap.
@@jangregorc9408 I’d saying considering HDI, monthly salary, infrastructure, education, infant mortality rate etc Poland is more or less level with Czechia, Estonia and Slovenia.
@@raptor2792 Average monthly salary in Slovenia is 1855€, Estonia 1472€, Czech Republic 1280€, Poland 1191€. All gross. Polands average gross salary is for example lower than Slovenian net! HDI index for Slovenia is 0,917, Czech 0,9, Estonia 0,892 and Poland 0,880.
So Poland is not quite there yet. Talking about infrastructure I'd say Poland is on the level of mentioned countries. I'd also mention the net migration of the countries. Czechia in Slovenia have positive net migration which means more people move in country than out, when Poland and Estonia have negative net migration.
I am absolutely not saying that Poland is bad country. It's absolutley great and very prosperous country to live in, but it's not quitte yet on the for example Slovenian level.
@@jangregorc9408 The question is what is relation of prices, costs of living in Slovenia, Poland and the other mentioned countries.
As a Turk I'm very happy & proud of my Polish friends :) what a great nation. I also love Polish History and admire it ! I'm very excited to see what future brings for this epic nation :))) I hope our government will change as well soon and we'll catch up too!
Love Turkiye from Poland
Greetings to Turkey! You love polish history? Then this addition to the video will certainly interest you! What should have been mentioned is that it was not the decision of Poland to be until the 20th century a backward agricultural country. That was determined by the occupiers of Poland which did not allow industrialization of Poland. Therefore, when Poland gained independence in 1918, there was little industry in Poland. What is amazing is that from 1918 Poland succeeded in a very short time catch up with the industrialization of the country. Whereby one has to consider that Poland was parallel to the industrialization reunited from three very different parts to a united country.
Whereby Poland was considerably damaged by the First World War. What very few know is that Poland also suffered enormous losses from WW1! Poland was ruined after World War I. The front rolled over Polish territory several times! ! Much of the heavy fighting on the war's Eastern Front took place on the territory of the future Polish state. The scorched-earth retreat strategies left much of the war zone uninhabitable. The economic damages were extreme! But also the number of dead was enormous! 450,000 Polish soldiers died and close to one million were wounded while forced fighting in the Russian, Austrian, and German armies. 678,000 dead civilians as a result of WW1. Total deaths from 1914-18, military and civilian, within the 1919-1939 borders, were 1,128,000. Many Poles were also forced to work in Germany. People were indiscriminately forced into forced labor in raids. The working and living conditions of the forced laborers in the labor battalions were very poor. This weakened the Polish population additionally. The Polish territories conquered by the German army were also looted, including the robbery of entire factories. Large areas were deliberately devastated by the German army during their retreat from the Vistula...shattered towns and villages. That was the scorched earth tactic!There were also massacres of civilians such as the massacre of Kalisz (before that Russian-occupied) On 2 August 1914. The German soldiers took polish hostages, mistreating them and even killing them. The town was burnt down! Only the churche and some public offices survived. A significant number of citizens were murdered with many women and children. Prior to the war, Kalisz had 65,000 inhabitants. Afterwards, it was left with 5,000 inhabitants. About 1 million Polish refugees fled eastward behind Russian lines during the war. As a result of the death and deportation, the number of persons living in the later Second Polish Republic fell by 14.9%. It is estimated that in the years 1914-1918 about 30% of national wealth in Poland was destroyed.
And from this pile of rubble, which was also divided into 3 parts, the Poles had to build a state. Poland was occupied by Russians, Austrians and Germans for over 100 years. So after the occupiers were driven out Poland was reunited from 3 parts and from 3 different parts had to be developed a united state! So Poland had to unify the disparate systems of law, economics, and administration in the former German, Austrian, and Russian sectors of Poland. There were in Poland 3 different currencies with 3 different banking systems, 3 different legal systems and 3 types of rail systems with different track widths each needing to be consolidated. 3 banking systems, 3 education systems, Also soldiers from 3 armies so the army must also be assembled from 3 different armies. There were 3 of everything etc, etc, etc....3, 3, 3, etc. Everything was available 3 times and had to be combined to a unit. So it is not surprising that because of the enormous devastation caused by the war and because the state was rebuilt from three completely different parts there were immense and massive economic problems. In Poland was also in 1923 even a hyperinflation. This hyperinflation was then successfully fought by the ingenious Polish National Democratic Prime Minister Władysław Grabski with a Currency reform and other very sensible measures. By the way, in this situation Poland won several wars caused by the fact that virtually all Poland's borders were disputed. But the war that Poland also waged against the Bolsheviks was not only a border conflict, but also the prevention of the conquest of Poland by the communists. Poland won this various war despite the fact that the Polish Aemee had huge problems because the Polish army emerged from the 3 armies of the former occupiers of Poland. So the Polish army had weapons and equipment from these 3 armies. In addition, the British, French and Americans also supplied weapons and equipment. Poland also bought weapons and equipment from other countries. So the Polish Army used rifles manufactured in six countries, each using different ammunition. It was no different with artillery. Poland also produced its own weapons and equipment. For example, the Poles built an armored car from the Ford T. Although Poland also use other armored cars. That was very useful. In fact, the Polish Army used this armored car for blitzkrieg attacks against the Bolsheviks. Anyone who thinks that the Germans invented the Blitzkrieg with armored vehicles is wrong. The Polish Army had successfully used this tactic against the Bolsheviks with rapidly advancing armored cars clearing the way for the rapidly following infantry.
But in fact, just 10 years after gaining independence, Poland exported various industrial products such as civil and military aircraft, locomotives and tanks. What few people know is that Poland was actually on the same technological level as Germany when Germany raided Poland in 1939. The Germans were technologically far superior only in the navy and rocket construction, but these technologies were irrelevant to the war in 1939. One could also see that in the weapons technology. Poland didn't lose the war because Polish weapons were worse, but because Poland had fewer weapons. So it wasn't the quality that was the problem, it was the quantity. Poland has not rearmed as etremely as Germany has, because Poland has relied on the French and British allies. Little did the Poles know that these nefarious allies would betray Poland so cowardly in 1939 and would not attack in the west as agreed with Poland. In terms of weapons relevant to the war, Poland was certainly not technologically inferior. Even the ridiculed Polish fighter planes were not as bad as is always claimed. Although th Polish fighter planes were slower than German but the Polish were significantly more manoeuvrable. The Polish bomber PZL P-37 Łoś for example was one of the most advanced bombers then operational in the world and significantly better than comparable German bombers. Poland actually exported such bombers before the war, which turned out to be a mistake, because Poland, like of all weapons, had too few bombers compared to the Germans. In conclusion, it should be noted that Poland has achieved great successes in industrialization what should have been mentioned in the video and why the Polish economy was so backward in 1918 but was no longer so in 1939.
Thank you brother. The poles love the Turks
As an American who visited Warsaw for the first time in 2017 I was blown away at how far ahead in everything Poland is. I am now living in Vienna Austria but after going back to Poland a couple times in 2019, I think I could live there. It's definitely underrated.
Well, Warsaw is one of the most important business centers in Poland, but the best, in terms of quality of living, are definitely suburban areas/small towns/villages located not too far away from the bigger cities. I think it is the model very similar to what you have in US.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy-
then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies
have branches there. It is therefore clear that
the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly.
So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies.
Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany.
So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe.
However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
@@diogenesrent4304 that is, to clarify, it is not that germany pays the funds of the european union because it is a generous country ... the german economy is largely based on exports ... germany is the country in the world with the largest surplus trade and the main countries where it exports are the countries of the European Union where it has easier access due to the fact that it is a single market without duties and therefore has an advantage ... (just see Great Britain where after Brexit German exports are collapsed), Germany has every interest that those who buy its products can do so and it is the country that has benefited most from the European single market ... without the German economy it would collapse! do you know that before the euro currency was created, germany was considered "the sick man of europe" for the economy that was not growing?
Agree l'm English, been there many times, been all over poland, they put the UK to shame, cities, towns, villages so clean architecture beautiful, people friendly, and food wonderful, a fast up and coming country, a proud hardworking people and nation.
@@diogenesrent4304 how do you think Germany's economy got off to a fantastic start, it was enormous funding from America just after the second world war that helped them massively, as for Germany funding Poland so they should after the Murderous seismic and economic damage they inflicted on this nation, even now Germany has got off extremely light indeed.
Well done, Brothers and Sisters!
Sending love from Hungary! 🇭🇺❤🇵🇱
Lengyel-magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol s issza borát.
Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki.
Glad to see again a hungarian brother in polish videos, cheers bro! 🇭🇺🇵🇱
100 % Egeszsegedre.
Amazing country friendly people love from greece
Live Greek GREECE, viva Hellas !
Nice islands, i went to crete like 9 years ago 10/10
Best wishes from Poland
Not entirely "friendly"
@Maciek Krzyżewski It depends.
Some times there are nice people...
But sometines oposite.
Loves from Poland to Greece!🇵🇱❤️🇬🇷
0:15 warsaw looks absolutely stunning 🇵🇱
Hey bro where are you from?
@@hasanercihanl1967 Poland🇵🇱 why?
I hope I'll visit my brothers soon 🇭🇺♥️🇵🇱
@@ghostface9369 very nice. Can you take me to poland too?????
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I was in Warsaw 2 years ago, it was very nice there, the people were also very friendly, greetings from Germany.
@Sci-Fi Admirer The Teutonic Order overstayed their welcome.
@Sci-Fi Admirer are you an idiot?
@Sci-Fi Admirer Gdansk back in Poland.
@Sci-Fi Admirer A Polish City to germany ??? Write a letter to Santa Claus, maybe he can help you.
@Sci-Fi Admirer Gdansk was the Polish town for 700 years up to the end of 18th century (developed thanks to Polish kings privilleges, as one of the 3 Crown Towns of Polish Kingdom, together with Cracow and Lvov).
The town was developed mostly by Polish and Dutch merchants and grain and wood exporters from the Polish interior, having their magazines and trading offiices in the port). The members of Gdansk city senate were also the members of Polish parliament and had the nobility status. Gdańsk was also the centre of the Polish royal navy on te Baltic see (vide battles with Sweden in 17th century). It was also the member of Hansa organisation (with the other most important ports and trade cities at the Baltic see).
In the end of 18th century Prussia, Russia and Austria attacked Poland together and occupied its territory for 120 years (but in 1809-1812 Gdansk was again in Polish hands during the Warsaw Duty era).
In 1918 Gdansk should be given back to Poland, but instead of that it became a Free City under Polish and German rule.
In 1945 Soviets ruined it completely, Poles - rebuilt it in 1945-1960, especially most beautiful parts, connected with their history, and the best times in the history of the city (14-17th centuries).
In 1980 Gdansk became the place were started Solidarity (Solidarnosc) movement in Poland - strikes and political oposition against communism in the whole country, engagging the majority of the employees, which, 9 years later, ultimately conducted (as one of the 2 main reasons) to the East Block collapse .
"Danzig" is the German pronunciation/sound of the Polish name Gdańsk/Dańsk (which means the "given territory" - from "dany/nadany")
Congratulations to poland, despite the situation of the global pandemic of covid, they still have to reach this success
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy-
then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies
have branches there. It is therefore clear that
the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly.
So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies.
Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany.
I don't know a single world-class Polish company. The Polish current account has been negative for a long time. Poland's foreign debt is currently almost 70 % of the gross domestic product.
I am from Poland and I can simply confirm that Poland is a rich country. Just rich. Yes, Polish people like to complain but at the same time they usually have a fancy house equiped with higher standard stuff, nice their quality of life is simillar to every day life in countries like France or Germany.
The most popular tourists reactions when they visit Poland are: "OMG how everything is great here!", "what a developed country", "Poland is so clean, such a high-class infrastructure everywhere", "feeling of freshness and newness is everywhere" and so on, and so... I am not surprised beacuse this is EXACTLY how Poland looks like, ant his is EXACTLY what Poland is nowadays. Developed country with high standards of living which many people still do not appreciate.
I’m setting sure that some people will be kicking themselves in time to come if they miss the opportunity to make an investment today
But people are scared of investing because of high rate of unprofessionals in the business
There are unprofessionals out there, but you can’t deny the fact there are still professionals out there for investors
My first investment of Lydia Eva Kerr gave me profit over 20,000 usd and ever since then she has never failed to deliver and I can even say she’s the most sincere person I have known and also one the professional I mentioned earlier
Lydia Eva Kerr is holding a very high prestige and reputation in personal financial management. I’m happy you mentioned her. My wife recommended her to me after investing 3 grand and she really helped us in times of this bad pandemic crisis. I’m close to my retirement and this has been and well remain a good survival for me
I need this. How can I connect with her. I hope she’ll get me back?
Congratulations poland love from india.
There is a place in Istanbul called polenezköy where departed in1842
polishprens czartoryski founded.nice place nice polish🇹🇷people..
Yes, I saw this on video on YT! Regards from Poland :)
Yes, I heard about this place. :)
Interesting facts:
- In 1600 Poland (Commonwealth) was the 5th economy in the world, 2nd in Europe (4th and 1st, respectively, if not counting the Holy Roman Empire as a single country).
- Even in 1939 Poland was the 10th economy in the world.
WWII destroyed this country completely, so it had to be rebuilt from rubble. And we got no reparations for the war thanks to uncle Stalin.
technically Poland and Germany are still at war, so ap eace treaty is required and therefore our reperations are yet to be paid
@@wik7or214 that’s a load of shit bud they arnt through any technicalities, like at all lol I think Russia and Japan are or something but Poland and Germany are not lol
Poland after 1945 wasnt freee country but russia province. We are independent only from 1989 almost like we are Ukraine. This is the most exploited robbed and punished country of Europe 100%.
@@KrysFG pomiędzy Polską a Niemcami nie było żadnego traktatu, ani reperacji, z kąd roszczenia PiS kilka lat temu o te 850 Miliardów?
@@magdaty1815 Umiejętności z języka polskiego na poziomie 2 na szynach. Teza zawsze powinna być podbudowana co najmniej jednym argumentem. A sama teza też powinna być tak sformułowana, aby inni wiedzieli, kogo i czego ona dotyczy.
Poland is actually the 7th most hard working country in the world and Poland has always been a very developing country even after the war more than 60 percent of the country being destroyed and poland still rebuilt everything so fast with warsaw now having skyscrapers and a very big product production plants 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
Yeah, we are nation that never surrenders.
That's why we Indian 🇮🇳 love you
Poland became the 1st most hard working people after the lazy ones left for Canada .
@@tomkusz3741 🇵🇱💪🏼👏🏼
@@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV no surrender 🇵🇱śmierć wrogom ojczyzny
Dużo miłości do Polski z Anglii 🇬🇧❤🇵🇱
🇵🇱❤️🇬🇧
♡
And much love from Poland! ❤️
Loves from Poland to United Kingdom 🇵🇱❤️🇬🇧
thank you very much
Polish people, the same like Romanians, love to complain about the government, economy, the 90's favorites. What will they complain aboutafter they become a very rich nation? Greetings from Romania.
About poor quality of their football team 😅
IMPO the Romanians are bigger complainers than The Poles which comes down to the fact that we share a common ground for complaining haha
We will never stop complaining. It's in our DNA. Cheers from Poland.
Polish way of life my friend. Even if we do well in life, we still complain...🤣😂. It’s crazy, but it’s true.
Last year I travelled from Poland to Bulgaria by car, so spent 1 night at Hello Hotel in Bucharest. Unfortunately due to COVID I couldn't go fo city tour, however I remeber from previous trips it was very intersting. Best wishes to you.
LOVE HUNGARY FROM POLAND🇵🇱🇭🇺🇵🇱🇭🇺🇵🇱🇭🇺🇵🇱🇭🇺
Kaczyński in your pic is the best 😂
Go Poland 🇵🇱
We Indian hindu love polish people and Poland. Wish you happiness and prosperity.
We also love you if you are staying in India. Do not come to Poland.
@@grzegorz21136 fuck you Artur, haven´t you tried butter chicken yet? Or naan bread and goat yoga, please come, namaste, fuck artur
@@grzegorz21136 shut up
@@ukasznowak1202 stfu he's right
@@grzegorz21136 Wiesz, to samo myślą Brytyjczycy o polaczkach takich jak ty, więc nie udawaj kogoś lepszego od innych
🇵🇱🙋♀️ Od urodzenia dumna z pochodzenia!
I'm actually running a company in Poland and I have one thing to say - we can grow faster, but the amount of unnecessary bureaucracy is really overwhelming. Every year brings new and more complicated laws around wages. I just created new wage summary for my employees - it's 21 freaking positions about all the different taxes and social insurances, each one calculated differently than the other. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. But nevertheless, it's quite good to live here, but we need smarter politicians (yeah, who doesn't) and some simpler laws to unleash even more power!
And the 26 year old income tax thing - it's not really a great deal, income tax is far less then social insurances, which under 26 years old still need to pay. Overall income tax and insurances is a hefty 40%.
The Polish are very hard working, their economy will grow to be very successful
@Metallus Zorax Poland may transfer more money to EU than getting from there already. We have to pay to EU before we gat anything plus many of these EU money come back to companies from Western Europe (some estimation say about even 85% rate!). Comparing to Greece Polish debts rate is very low so it is different story
@Metallus Zorax most the money Poland receives goes straight back to the EU, walk through a construction site in Warsaw and all you’ll see is German companies and German machinery. Not saying there’s anything wrong with that, but EU and in particular Germany profit quite well with Poland’s growth.
@Metallus Zorax No! because Poland has good policy, young flexible workers, is close to Germany, has all major corporations/business and on top of that has a great location between west and east. Funds are just a small part of our success
@@torkel85mal68 Money of EU is only 2% of polish Budget in 1 year.
@@kozaczyna85 O dzięki dobrze wiedzieć;D
Fabulous country. Poland resists European Union authoritarianism.
While being an active member of the European Union -_-
I can definitively tell you: Poland is a great country, and you will be surprised how good their infrastructure is, how civilized and educated the people are as well as how many things are produced there. Greetings from Romania! ;)
Thank you greetings from Poland
All true. All the best to you :)
Unless you go to more rural places, where it can sometimes be still frozen in past decades.
But generally I agree, despite what most Poles themselfs think it is a very good country with some cons like most countries.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy-
then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies
have branches there. It is therefore clear that
the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly.
So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies.
Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany.
So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe.
However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
Wow. Poland has been on a steady rise economically. beautiful shots of the capital by the way
Hello from Ukraine 🇺🇦 wish Ukraine also will be an European tiger in 10 years , after we stop russian aggression in Crimea and Donbas 😇🕊️😉
Maybe just maybe 😉
@@ghostface9369 maybe is better than nothing
I support it but I do not think Ukraine will be the same story as Poland, at best will be like Romenia
@Metallus Zorax ... writes a Russian troll.
Like in poland it would probably a be a huge help for their economy if the Ukraine would join the EU
Poland did extremely well from an agricultural nation, and through the Communist years, then a rapidly growing nation in these years. Congratulations. I am a Taiwanese, my best wishes from Taiwan. Besides, Poland is a big nation in population; it has immense potential to play an important role in the long run.
All the best wishes to Taiwan! No more communist yoke from the CCP!
Virgin People's republic of china VS Chad Republic of China / Taiwan
The thing is Poland wasn't agricultural nation. Before the WW2 Poland was the 10th richest country in the World.
@@kamilsietes1268
Thank you for the information. I guess you are right.
Poland isn't poor at all. Theoretically it must have some strong industrial and commercial sectors to support its growth.
Thank you! Taiwan was also very successful! I hope you can live in peace in your amazing country without any attack from China! But Poland has not been a real agricultural nation since the 20s. That didn't change after the Second World War either, although the communism imposed on Poland was certainly not positive for Poland's development. Despite this, Poland was already industrialized before the war. Here is a short addition to the video where Polish industrialization is also described! What should have been mentioned is that it was not the decision of Poland to be until the 20th century a backward agricultural country. That was determined by the occupiers of Poland which did not allow industrialization of Poland. Therefore, when Poland gained independence in 1918, there was little industry in Poland. What is amazing is that from 1918 Poland succeeded in a very short time catch up with the industrialization of the country. Whereby one has to consider that Poland was parallel to the industrialization reunited from three very different parts to a united country.
Whereby Poland was considerably damaged by the First World War. What very few know is that Poland also suffered enormous losses from WW1! Poland was ruined after World War I. The front rolled over Polish territory several times! ! Much of the heavy fighting on the war's Eastern Front took place on the territory of the future Polish state. The scorched-earth retreat strategies left much of the war zone uninhabitable. The economic damages were extreme! But also the number of dead was enormous! 450,000 Polish soldiers died and close to one million were wounded while forced fighting in the Russian, Austrian, and German armies. 678,000 dead civilians as a result of WW1. Total deaths from 1914-18, military and civilian, within the 1919-1939 borders, were 1,128,000. Many Poles were also forced to work in Germany. People were indiscriminately forced into forced labor in raids. The working and living conditions of the forced laborers in the labor battalions were very poor. This weakened the Polish population additionally. The Polish territories conquered by the German army were also looted, including the robbery of entire factories. Large areas were deliberately devastated by the German army during their retreat from the Vistula...shattered towns and villages. That was the scorched earth tactic!There were also massacres of civilians such as the massacre of Kalisz (before that Russian-occupied) On 2 August 1914. The German soldiers took polish hostages, mistreating them and even killing them. The town was burnt down! Only the churche and some public offices survived. A significant number of citizens were murdered with many women and children. Prior to the war, Kalisz had 65,000 inhabitants. Afterwards, it was left with 5,000 inhabitants. About 1 million Polish refugees fled eastward behind Russian lines during the war. As a result of the death and deportation, the number of persons living in the later Second Polish Republic fell by 14.9%. It is estimated that in the years 1914-1918 about 30% of national wealth in Poland was destroyed.
And from this pile of rubble, which was also divided into 3 parts, the Poles had to build a state. Poland was occupied by Russians, Austrians and Germans for over 100 years. So after the occupiers were driven out Poland was reunited from 3 parts and from 3 different parts had to be developed a united state! So Poland had to unify the disparate systems of law, economics, and administration in the former German, Austrian, and Russian sectors of Poland. There were in Poland 3 different currencies with 3 different banking systems, 3 different legal systems and 3 types of rail systems with different track widths each needing to be consolidated. 3 banking systems, 3 education systems, Also soldiers from 3 armies so the army must also be assembled from 3 different armies. There were 3 of everything etc, etc, etc....3, 3, 3, etc. Everything was available 3 times and had to be combined to a unit. So it is not surprising that because of the enormous devastation caused by the war and because the state was rebuilt from three completely different parts there were immense and massive economic problems. In Poland was also in 1923 even a hyperinflation. This hyperinflation was then successfully fought by the ingenious Polish National Democratic Prime Minister Władysław Grabski with a Currency reform and other very sensible measures. By the way, in this situation Poland won several wars caused by the fact that virtually all Poland's borders were disputed. But the war that Poland also waged against the Bolsheviks was not only a border conflict, but also the prevention of the conquest of Poland by the communists. Poland won this various war despite the fact that the Polish army had huge problems because the Polish army emerged from the 3 armies of the former occupiers of Poland. So the Polish army had weapons and equipment from these 3 armies. In addition, the British, French and Americans also supplied weapons and equipment. Poland also bought weapons and equipment from other countries. So the Polish Army used rifles manufactured in six countries, each using different ammunition. It was no different with artillery. Poland also produced its own weapons and equipment. For example, the Poles built an armored car from the Ford T. Although Poland also use other armored cars. That was very useful. In fact, the Polish Army used this armored car for blitzkrieg attacks against the Bolsheviks. Anyone who thinks that the Germans invented the Blitzkrieg with armored vehicles is wrong. The Polish Army had successfully used this tactic against the Bolsheviks with rapidly advancing armored cars clearing the way for the rapidly following infantry.
But in fact, just 10 years after gaining independence, Poland exported various industrial products such as civil and military aircraft, locomotives and tanks. What few people know is that Poland was actually on the same technological level as Germany when Germany raided Poland in 1939. The Germans were technologically far superior only in the navy and rocket construction, but these technologies were irrelevant to the war in 1939. One could also see that in the weapons technology. Poland didn't lose the war because Polish weapons were worse, but because Poland had fewer weapons. So it wasn't the quality that was the problem, it was the quantity. Poland has not rearmed as etremely as Germany has, because Poland has relied on the French and British allies. Little did the Poles know that these nefarious allies would betray Poland so cowardly in 1939 and would not attack in the west as agreed with Poland. In terms of weapons relevant to the war, Poland was certainly not technologically inferior. Even the ridiculed Polish fighter planes were not as bad as is always claimed. Although th Polish fighter planes were slower than German but the Polish were significantly more manoeuvrable. The Polish bomber PZL P-37 Łoś for example was one of the most advanced bombers then operational in the world and significantly better than comparable German bombers. Poland actually exported such bombers before the war, which turned out to be a mistake, because Poland, like of all weapons, had too few bombers compared to the Germans. In conclusion, it should be noted that Poland has achieved great successes in industrialization what should have been mentioned in the video and why the Polish economy was so backward in 1918 but was no longer so in 1939.
Not only the victories in various wars were great successes but also it was a great achievement of the Poles to build a functioning state from 3 different parts. (The German reunification is nothing against it!) The economy has also recovered. After this wars, Poland combined the 3 parts into one country surprisingly quickly and caught up on industrialization in a very short time, that was necessary because Poland's economy was completely underdeveloped due to the occupation. So Poland has also built up an industry in no time! The few means of production that existed before the war were partially destroyed or robbed. In any case, Poland has built up various branches of industry. Airplanes, cars and locomotives were built in Poland. But also various weapons such as tanks, artillery and fighter planes. These goods produced in Poland were of course also exported. Which actually was a mistake. Poland would have needed all the weapons for its own army. But Poland felt safe because Poles mistook the British and French as reliable allies. But the betrayal of these supposed allies is another topic. Poland also planned and built a port city of Gdynia including a deep water port in a very short time, because Poland did not have a deep sea port. Poland has also build a democracy. As is often the case with developing democracies, there were problems, but Poland remained a parliamentary democracy until the German raid on Poland. But all the successes were destroyed by the Germans! The Germans then gave the Poles over 40 years of Soviet rule. Without the Germans, there would have been no Soviet system in Poland! But that's another topic!
Poland was my absolute destination for Dec 2020 vacay...then pandemic happened n ruined everything...hope i cn visit Poland in near future....
We cordially invite you Amie!
We invite Amie.
@@maciejkwiatkowski7558 thanks...its still in my must go list
@@lelo177 thanks...its still in my to do list
Love Poland from Ireland 🇮🇪❤️🇵🇱
Sorry to hear so many Poles living in Ireland have had to leave and head home over this last year with lockdowns causing issues with jobs.
I’ve never been to Poland but have some Polish friends from work and sporting teams. Wonderful people and I greatly admire how you as a nation have kept your Faith, and are fighting to keep your culture while most others are rolling over. ❤️❤️❤️
I'm one of those Pols who left Ireland after 14 years .Now I miss Ireland, Good bless You All
Love Ireland from Poznań, Poland. We've got a lot of good memories with Irish people after Euro 2012 🙂
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I lived Eire 10 years. I love time spent there. That country gave me a lot. Now I’m back to Poland, but Ireland, I miss you so much.
I love Poland and the Polish people.
Thank you greetings from Poland
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Love from poland 🇵🇱🇮🇳 India
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all these ' love Poland ' From India begun to make me nervous!
@@tomkusz3741 dont worry they are just friendly
Greetings from Australia, go Poland! And for the author - Poland is not Eastern and never been. Poles (at least post-communism generation from 1989 onwards) are well-educated, very skilled and well-behaved and amazingly good folks, thanks to the EU they finally were given a true chance to develop. Give them 20-40 years more of such growth and you will see what is European strongest economy.
Thank you greetings from Poland
I am 1982 child and I do not understand "from1989" logic.
" from 1989" i.e. Fall of communism.
Poland receives about 2% of its gross domestic product as a grant (not a loan) from the EU. If Germany were to receive 2% of its gross domestic product as a subsidy-
then this would currently be about 70 billion euros. This is unique in economic history. Furthermore, consider that thousands of German companies
have branches there. It is therefore clear that
the Polish economy must therefore grow strongly.
So, the growth of the Polish economy is very much caused by the German financial transfers and the investments of the German companies.
Poland registers just 500 patents at the European Patent Office, compared to 27000 patents of Germany.
So, if Poland did not receive financial transfers from the EU (better from Germany) and German companies left this country, Poland would be in a very bad situation. We see a similar development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the Baltic States. Germany is the cash cow of Europe.
However, the European Union has no future. The euro will also fail.
@@diogenesrent4304 besides this rather long and somewhat patronising tone of your comment... With no reparation after the Second World War and most of everything in Poland destroyed I think Germany is SLOWLY paying for what it did. It is a good start though.
Cyberpunk 2077s motherland
We missed a trick there! Damn.
Cyberpunk is shit Sony say that 🤷♂️
@@michel6587 it's crap on ps4 and X one but it's decent on ps5 and xbox series x
Maybe it has some glitches, but I've seen more glitchy games in my life.
Omg
Love you very much Poland from Israel 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇲🇨🇲🇨
Bardzo dobrze, Polska. Love from Azerbaijan
Man, first let Artsakh go away, then express love to us, Poles.
Live and let live, then you will deserve a love from Poland.
@@orzelmorze5586 No dude, Artsakh is as Azeri as Silesia is for Poland. It is a rightful azeri clay, recognised internationally. Love form Poland
@@dominikdobrowolski3908 No dude, Silesia is Polish since over 1500 years, and if we belive to genetics it is Polish since 4300 years.
Azeri came from Central Asia 800 years ago while Artsakh Armenians live in their homeland Artsakh for c.a. 8000 years due to historians and c.a. 20 000 years due to genetics.
@@dominikdobrowolski3908 Even today Azeri don't claim it as their land but they claim that USSR gave them power over Artsakh and put Artsakh as a junior partner into federation with Soviet Azerbeijan.
@@orzelmorze5586 "live and let live" No stfu
When I was growing up in Poland, the circumstances were insanely terrible. Grew up at a street where we had police several times a week due to crimes. My family broke apart. I went with only my mom to Germany seeking for a better life, whereas my father did Idk even what, half of my family stayed in Poland, the other half went to England.
It brings a tear to my eye, that my country from all this terrible history that the other neighboring countries did to it, finally starts revitalizing. Growing up in Germany all my life, looking at the poles I can tell. That its really insane how empathetic and compassionate polish truly are even after all this, whereas I don't see this kind of compassionate mentality here in Germany. I learned about history and from what I see, this country has always been very noble and respectful to others. It did not start wars for no reason, the moment this country got bigger, was due to alliances with other countries "commonwealth". That's the type of mentality this country and polish have. Something that most of the other countries should really learn.
how do you know how compassionate Poland and Polish every day life is when you basically lived all your life abroad?
@@henningbartels6245 I grew up in Poland till I was 11 years old and visited Poland 4 times a year until I was an adult. Since then rather once a year. I do know how it is there.
@@Anonimowany1 some food for thought:
I always went to my grandparents in a small village during school vacations. Looking back: times were great there: all day outside in nature, playing with the villagers, best food ever from grandma etc., etc. ... one could think, everything was better there ... but honestly: it was mostly better because it were holidays.
I guess, when you went 4 times a year as a kid to Poland, things were exciting, everyone was happy to see you, relatives were keen serving great food etc.
But in the end you were just visiting and it were probably holidays and joyful family gatherings, too ... but you did not live there the daily, ordinary routine.
working with many hard working polish people in the UK, you have made a difference, you are very welcome even though we have left the EU.
Dislikes are from France UK Germany Austria and Russia
Love poland from india
I love poland. Greetings from New Zeland, Eugene.
I want to know more about new zeland now, hobbit was filmed there yes? If yes I love new zeland more already, but anyway have a nice day :)
4:03 Poland have a very skillful drivers, who can drive backward like this ? :D
the time moves in the backward direction here 😂
We do many things backwards.
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Some time we said everything is possible in the USA, today, everything is possible in Poland ! The best country and Warsaw the best City
@@vodkila194 Warsaw is ugly compared to Krakow
Love Poland from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🇵🇱
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God bless if you are from Korea✋
Poland is a great country to live in!
Its a nice country. Quietly going about its business.
That's how you do it. Cheers from Poland.
Hungary🇭🇺❤🇵🇱Poland
Poland and Czech Republic were included in the group of 25 highly developed countries by FTSE Russell in 2017-2018. Poland was there even before the Czech Republic - as the first in the CEE region. It is the FTSE that analyzes the criteria that qualify a given country to this group or disqualify it (e.g. by the decision of FTSE Russel, Greece resumed being a developed country in 2012).
These criteria are: the regulatory environment, the quality of the capital market, its infrastructure, the form of the depository and clearing system and the development of the derivatives market.
Poland was also included in the group of developed countries on the basis of the so-called Social Progress Index, which mainly takes into account the social and ecological factors of the country. Poland ranks seventh in Europe and 13th in the world. Finally, as the 22nd economy in the world, it met the criterion of the size of nominal GDP, nominal PKB per capita, PPP GDP and PPP GDP per capita as well as the rate and, stability of growth.
woah, that gives some insight
Fortunately, Czech Republic was also successful! That makes me happy as a Pole!
Too much sympathy for commie regime here. Poland didn’t “become communist/socialist”. It was occupied by USSR after being occupied by Nazis. And before that it had a war with USSR which Poland actually won.
What’s “collective wage bargaining”?
There was no bargaining under commies.