Life / Help with calculating expat population in Poland [8]


Difficult one this.

1 With the more wealthy being able to fly back and forth it's difficult to put them into the equation.
2 An expat for me is someone who has been here at least a year or two.
3 There are large number of foreign students here. But of course they are not expats until they decide to stay.
4 If we take into account those on the forum and how this number has grown. (in my opinion, not much)

Then I would say, not much. In fact I was talking to a woman who sells property for a local developer the other day and she seemed disappointed that very few foreign folk were buying property here.

An indication to me that people come and go, but don't often stay.
Whatever the government figures are I would suggest it's lower, for my reasons above.

I await the forum's onslaught.

News / Will Poland become green? [122]


38, 39, 40 degrees is not unusual for one or two days days.

The other extreme is Winter. It can drop below 10 degrees, but not for long periods.

News / Will Poland become green? [122]


I know this. I was wondering if the article had something to do with children who have asthma. There are or were children who spent time underground at the mine, to improve their health.

I know this has nothing to do with heavily poluted air above ground.

In other words. Did someone latch on to the story of Wieliczka and turn it around.

News / Will Poland become green? [122]


The greenest city in Poland is Wroclaw. That will change in the future as more buildings go up. There are moves to address this [green] issue, but they are being ignored.


Thousands of tons of Polish coal are sent to the UK and burnt there.


But the one before that was the coldest in living memory. And this year it's bloody cold.
We still have four seasons here. Meaning... last year was just a mild winter....it happens sometimes.


I'm not going to trawl through the article. Is the above quote in relation to the hospital in Wieliczka

Feedback / Today's Polish Name Day - New Feature [41]


Top left looked better. Top right [now] it's too small.

Life / What if it's not possible to see the "little star" to start PL Christmas? [11]


The first star in the sky can appear in the late afternoon as it will be dark by 4:00pm.

Some people are just getting home from work at this time. So, the star is there when you want it to be there.

Travel / Places to visit Poland for the New Year? [30]


You'll need a ticket [in advance] for some clubs, if not all, in the Rynek area of Wroclaw.

Even pubs get booked up.

Life / Is there Christmas shopping madness in Poland? [8]

Is it possible that more people are buying on-line. That might explain a few things.

Food / practical way to reheat pierogi [12]

Blast them in the microwave oven. But not too much coz they sometimes dry out a little.

You should be able to boil 30 - 40 in a big pan. That's still at least three panfulls

If you fry them... you'll end up using two or three big frying pans at the same time.

Back to your own method. Two big trays in the oven. You don't want to be trying some new method on Christmas Eve.

Work / ABOUT POLISH WORKERS [28]

dheva,

Why don't you just put up a sign that says: No Smoking.

If your employees are working in someones house or office. Then it would be normal to ask for permission to smoke.

Law / Under contract to teach and fraud, is there a fine to leave Poland? [35]

It seems obvious to me that the school had a flat for rent at a cost of 900zl per month.

If that is not how it was/is. Please explain.

Work / ABOUT POLISH WORKERS [28]


Yes. Sometimes it might be a business call.


Yes. Especially if they work through lunch or don't get lunch.


Where I work, yes. We have very good ventilation

In some places, no.

Life / Is there Christmas shopping madness in Poland? [8]

I've just come back from the shops. They weren't all open and there wasn't too many people. It can get busy at Christmas though.

I think we buy less here because of December 6th, and Christmas Eve is more about token gifts.

Life / New skyscraper in Warsaw... [58]


As I understand things. The richest guy in Poland is building the one in Wroclaw and then taking the penthouse.

Food / Fresh Cranberries for a Christmas dinner in Warsaw? [6]


I know that you can get them in a jar. Go to a good supermarket and have a look. They will be near the pickles and bottled sauces.

Life / New skyscraper in Warsaw... [58]


The Wroclaw project has already started. They have cleared the area and are ahead of schedule. It will probably be another year or two before they excavate the area and get the foundations back up to ground level.

Some buildings go up at the rate of a floor a week. Others might go up at a floor a month.
I imagine Wroclaw's tallest building [and possibly Poland's] will be ready in about five years.
Some of the apartments are already on sale at a minimum of 10,000zl per sq meter.

UK, Ireland / Polish towns/cities/villages twinned with UK ones [30]


Wroclaw doesn't seem to have twinned with a British town or city.

Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]


Mohammed said that a woman is worth half a man. 2:282

Except the feeble among men, and the women........... 4:98

Feedback / a thank you to the creators of this great forum [13]


I'm glad to hear that things are working out for you and your new friend. I wish you both well.

Life / New Polish I.D. card. [Dowód Osobisty] - big fine if you don't apply [55]


The deadline is for lazy people who have actually had a couple of years to sort it out.

There were no queues a month ago, until they said the fine would be about 4,000zl

Waiting until the last moment is the Polish way.

Law / Under contract to teach and fraud, is there a fine to leave Poland? [35]

I don't understand this. In January there will not be a border between Poland and Germany. Just fly out of Germany.
It might even be cheaper, anyway.

Real Estate / Do most Polish people rent their homes or do they have a mortgage??? [15]


I think so. That would be council rent not private.

Where possible people buy...usually with a big loan.

Study / School list for Poland [11]


Some newspapers have lists of schools. A sort of league table for when pupils want to choose their next school.

I still don't know how you could access the relevant info though.

UK, Ireland / 13,000 Polish births this year, in the UK [180]


I don't ski or snowboard. But I know plenty people who go to the Czech Republic rather than the Polish mountains. It's no problem for people from Wroclaw. They often bring back a lot of beer too.


It's forgotten

UK, Ireland / 13,000 Polish births this year, in the UK [180]


When it comes to skiing/snowboarding most Polish folks would probably agree.


I think you'll find that young Polish skiers couldn't give a toss about the war. Especially in the evening when they are drinking Czech beer.

Travel / Would i be able to part with lose Euros in Poland? [7]


They take them just inside the Polish/German border, but this ain't gonna help.
They may take them at the airport.
Or I could buy them off you.

I'll give you some taxi numbers later.

here is one to start you off 9667

Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

It seems he married more than once

He had sex with a nine year old..... he married her when she was six !!!!!

The result of a rather quick google search.

Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]


A lot of fire and boling water in that clip.

Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]


Where did I say that ?