Life / Places to meet Canadians or Americans in warsaw? Online Groups? [19]

Harry, I for one would like to step in here, and thank you for always making the effort of helping us out (the new ones) with invaluable information, something which makes visting these forums worthwhile.

Hopefully, one day, I too, can be in a position to assist people with the information they need here, because I know how overwhelming it can be not knowing about things and how greatful one is for those who reach out and help so altruistically.

Real Estate / Renting Apartments in Warsaw. . . [8]

Merged: Good Areas & Apartments in Warsaw

Hello all,

We are currently in Warsaw, and looking at various areas to live in. Does any body know of the Mokotow Area (Narbutta Street) , and Eko Park Estates? Are these convinenet places to live?

Also wanted to know of areas next to Arkadia Mall & Grzybowska Street (Centrum)

Please let me know if anyone has any experiance with nice apts/areas in WAW
Thank You.

Real Estate / Renting Apartments in Warsaw. . . [8]

Okay, thank you all for your feedback.

Real Estate / Furniture For Rent for a short period in Poland? [4]

Lukasz! Thanks so much!!!! This is great!

Life / Well You visited and/or lived in Poland, tell us what its like. [41]

Well I've had a very different experiance in Warsaw, so far. Coming from New York, people were shooting me sympathetic looks and giving their condolences when heaing I was moving to Poland. I came with zero expectations (in feb) and the number has only risen higher.

I LOVE the people here. They are friendly, helpful and ready with a smile! Yes, I know, i had also heard that people do not smile here often...NOT my experiance. Someone I barely knew for a week, was nice enough to give me a "surival guide to poland" to make it easy for me. People who could not speak a lick of english tried their hardest to get the meaning across(inlcuding making pictures on a piece of paper!) while in the process getting a good laugh out of it. In general they are kind and caring, and seem to have a good heart. They are sincere in their expression, as in whatever they feel you see, which is something lacking in the US.

Not knowing the language ofcorse makes things difficult, but I have always believed that a place is made by its people, and with a welcoming enviorment, much can be overcome with support.

I am sure there are negatives as well, where is it not? But for me right now, the positives far overcome the negatives.

Btw, Im South asian, incase anyone is thinking that I'm getting this treament due to having the blonde hair, blue eyes syndrome!

Life / Well You visited and/or lived in Poland, tell us what its like. [41]

[quote=Patrycja19]well, I dont get mean attitudes here in the united states,, living in New York, I
can say I know someone who came back from New york and she said it was
horrible.. New York is not the place to live or visit.. they have a very hard
core, fast environment.. the are a city within a city..

I think you got it wrong. I happen to LOVE NYC. Lived there 10 years. When i said coming from NY, i was telling ppl where I was before Warsaw, and that my friends were all teasing me and warning me of things to come when I moved to a place like Poland. If you see my previous posts, I have always maintained that ppl in NYC are super friendly and open, I made great friends that I will cherish forever. Its a melting pot of cultures and everyone feels welcomed because of it.

Life / Well You visited and/or lived in Poland, tell us what its like. [41]


Z-Darius, I dont know if you're looking at the right places or times for "friendly" attitudes. You mention Wall street, which is mostly bustling with activity during the day when ppl are neck deep in work, so to expect them to stop and exchange pleasantaries would be highly unrealistic. I have spent 10 yrs in Manhattan (Upper west side, east village, west village, soho, and midtown) I speak of my daily interactions, collegues at work, my building staff, neighborhood vendors, ppl living in the community, generally being able to have causual open and friendly conversations with someone at the park, cafe or bookstore without feeling it an imposition.

Have I had my share of subway spats, ofcorse! One wouldnt be classified as a New Yorker if one didnt now :) but thats more the exception than the rule in my experiance..I do believe that New Yorks repuation of being rude, predisposes ppl to be on the lookout for such attitudes...btw how long have you lived there for?

Life / Private Health Insurance in Poland? [7]

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Private Health Insurance

Hello All,

Does anyone have any contact info on how and where to obtain Private Health Insurance in Poland, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.

Life / Cell phone contracts for 1 year in Poland [5]

Ah, but I have already purchased a phone from ERA, which I was paying for the minutes, they still told me that contracts were for 2 yr minimum!

USA, Canada / COST OF PHONE CALLS from Warsaw to USA? [12]

Oh Goodness! I have been making all these calls without knowing the rates can't wait to see my phone bill!!

[quote=AngelNC]It cost alot. I have the live box through TP and it cost 12 grosz a min. When I called from a land phone without it cost me 115zl. for 58 min. but it depends on time I guess too. It differs.

Angel, can you tell me what this live box is? and how does one get it?? Thank you.

USA, Canada / COST OF PHONE CALLS from Warsaw to USA? [12]

Angel THANK YOU so much for all this information! I will look into it, my husband has ordered Skype phone lets see..Btw I was wondering, how is the phone quality from this box since you said they hook it up to the internet?

Life / Fingerprint Information - where to get it done in Warsaw? [11]

Thank you gtd. I suppose in the Police stations they would only speak Polish?? Which maybe a problem for me getting information ...

Life / Fingerprint Information - where to get it done in Warsaw? [11]

Thank you all so much! those are good leads, so I will try all of them!

Life / Fingerprint Information - where to get it done in Warsaw? [11]

Actually I did go to the police station and they were very helpful....although reading your post and suggestion,definitely took stupidity to a whole new level..

Life / Buying a Phone in Warsaw - where to get English manual? [11]

ahhhh...thank you grasshopper :)

Life / Buying a Phone in Warsaw - where to get English manual? [11]

Agree with gtd about language options! And this was told to me by all the agents in the electronic shops that i will not be able to get manuals in english anywhere!Was going to try amazon, but UK Polska gave a great tip!

Thank You!

Life / Place to Buy Fresh Fish In Warsaw or Poznan? [7]

Thank you for the tip, will check it out :)

Food / Bread - is the date on the packet the sell-by or the expiry date? [8]

Tost is what's written on top of the package made by Shulstad. They have different type pf varities like whole wheat, multigrains etc. The expiration date is always week from the time of purchase, so was wondering if that is the sell by date or the time when it expires.

Life / URGENT HELP LOOKING FOR ANIMAL RESCUE SHELTER - WARSAW [12]

I have been trying Vet offices, and whoever can speak english, have given me some other numbers, so far no luck...its snowing outside and the poor thing is already out there for over 7 hrs...will try tourist office, thanks.