Life / Poznan. The most hated city in Poland? [21]

Im moving to Poznan from Norway in three weeks... I have never been to Poland, nor do I speak polish... I will stay there for 6 years to study medicine (In english of course)

Tell me more about Poznan please =)

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

lol I have no idea since I've never been to Poland =P

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

I have looked arounde alittle, and it looks like it is pretty expensive to live near the City centre. (not compared to Norway of course, but still with my budget)... I am a little picky when it comes to where to live, so I hope I will finde someplace nice =)

I cant wait to come down to Poznan and check out the city. I just hope I will be able to go out and enjoy it after school starts and not be drowning in to much medical books =P

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

Wow! Thanks ALOT you guys for all that information =D It seems like Poznan will be a nice place to live compared to Norway when you are a student. I guess it will be hard at times to having tons of schoolwork and being far away from home, but I will try to enjoy my years in Poznan as much as I can =) Lets just hope I make it through all 6years at PUMS!

I will be living in the university dormitory the first month, and during that time I will look for an apartment to live in after that. I just hope I dont get ripped of on the rent haha..

I also hope I will be abel to learn to speak polish in those years I am there, couse I dont want to be looked upon as an ignorant foreigner. But from what Ive heard, the Norwegian students tend to keep to them self. That might create a kindeof "getto" groupe thats having a hard time learning the local language and way of living =/

Its too bad that the polish students might not be very fond of us english-program students. I dont know if we get any advantages or not yet since I haven't started school yet. But it might be because we pay a shitload of money to go there and we might a scream a little louder if we dont get our way =P Just a theory though. I hope I get to know alot of poles though =)

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

Thank you =) I hope so too! Do you live in Poland?

We will actually have a polish class for the first two years at the Uni. But I think that is mainly medicine orientated... I will do my best though =) But there is soooo much other things I will have to learn on the top of a new language, so we'll see how it goes ;)

I must admit I am pretty exited though! As you said, it is going to be a whole new experience. Not only living on my owne, but in another country!!!

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

Yeah that is probably true about the "day/weekend-students". Its just how things are I guess.

I've heard various stories about the teaching in the different MD-programs in Poland. And from what I understand I must prepear myself to work my ass off, not trying to argue with the professors even though I might think I am beeing treated wrong or something like that and to be very efficiant when it comes to planning my reading...

I am hardworking, and I actually enjoy reading about subjects that interests me (medicine in general), so I hope I can use those things to my advantage...

It sure will be harder than studying in Norway. The schoolsystem and the teachers here are quite "soft", and the students have quite alot more to say than they are allowed in other countries.

Life / Cost of living in Gdansk [16]


This is a reason itself for moving to Poland =) ;)

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

I've heard that can be quite hard in Poland (to do everything right before the exams), becouse you have tests allmost every two weeks... I think you finde people like that in every country in the world =P

Studying from the start has been my plan the whole way. I cant imagin how I would be able to pass trying to "take the easy way out" like you talk about. I'm not a super-smart guy, I only get good results from hard work =) It makes victories taste alot better knowing you have worked for it =)

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

Cool that you are trying to learn polish!... I hope you finde something that you enjoy to work with later on =)

I've alway wanted to become a doctor as my dad, and I finde medicine to be a really interesting and exiting subject.... Basicly something I can see myself working with for the rest of my life =)

Language / How to say that you dont speak polish in polish? [23]

Thanks alot =)
I will be sure to try to finde that program!

Language / How to say that you dont speak polish in polish? [23]

Thanks to everyone else thar replied too =D

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]

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Is smoking banned in public places in Poland?

I really really hate smoking in public places (bars, restaurants, hotels etc.). I dont smoke myself, so I finde it really annoying to come home from a night out and stink like an 3days old sigarett becouse of the clouds of smoke in clubs/bars.

Sinces Poland is a member of the EU, has there been any talk about banning smoking in public places (if it is not banned allready?).

Here in Noreway smoking in public has been banned for a few years now, and most people (even smokers) think its a good thing. As a (hopefully) future doctor I recomend everyone to stop smoking ;)

Life / What does a Ipod cost in Poland? [22]

Ipod nano 4GIG costs 480PLN and a 8GIG costs 640PLN inNorway.. So it cant be that expensive

edit: 8 gig costs 619PL.. Took 1 hour to finde the price on the polish apple store =P

Life / What does a Ipod cost in Poland? [22]

Yep it sucks =( But I really want one too. I saw they go for arounde 100USD on ebay, but Ive never used ebay, and I dont know who to trust on there =P

I am also moving to Poznan in about 2 weeks, so its kindeof hard to order anything when you dont know when it will arrive.

Life / What does a Ipod cost in Poland? [22]

I'll look arounde to see what I can finde. Ipods are nice becouse they are easy to use and you can connect it to Itunes.

Life / What does a Ipod cost in Poland? [22]

I bought a new Ipod Nano 8 gig here in Norway today instead =D

Life / What does a Ipod cost in Poland? [22]

In Norway you have to pay taxes (24%) on the items you buy in other countries if the price is over 100PLN... Thats why its often not worth buying things online here =(

Is there some kinde of limit like this in Poland too?

News / Survey on Polish brand and image of Poland [13]

Done!

News / Survey on Polish brand and image of Poland [13]

Since I havent been to Poland it was hard to answer some of the questions. But from what Ive heard there are alot of small things the people in Poland can do to improve their reputation, make more money and get a higher status...

Just beein more service minded will benefitt them greatly. This is ALWAYS a huge factor when it comes to how tourists view another country and its people. I have travelled to many different countries, and I must say that when the people living there (like when I went to Bulgaria) tries to screw you over to make a short term profit it is a very bad thing...

Last year there was many Norwegian tourists going to Bulgaria and the travell-agencies had a big promo campaigne for Bulgaria... But after many reports about people beeing robbed, beat up and screwed over they decided this year to cut back 80%(!!!) of the trips down there...

Things like these MUST be sorted out before you try to promote a place. I am NOT saying that these things happens everywhere in Poland, but from what Ive read on here there are several things that can be fixed just by people having a better attitued and try to give better service.

News / Survey on Polish brand and image of Poland [13]

Very good! I wish you all of luck with any future campaigne =)

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

Thanks alot =D I will be sure to remember that.. I might send you an e-mail during the next week as I will go to Poznan next sunday =)

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

hehehe, thanks.. I am making a "Need to pack list" right now =D

Do any of you know what a gym membership costs in Poznan? Like on monthly basis...

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

Ok thanks.. 350 PL is way to expencive for me.. I have worked at a gym in Norway for 6 years now and even we dont take more than 200 PL per month (even that is pretty expencive in Norway)...

I need to finde a place with a squach qourt so I can continue to play while I am in Poland =/

Work / Moving to Poland in 3 weeks to study! [30]

As long as there is a place I can play I am happy =) I hope maybe the University (PUMS) have their owne quort or something...

Thanks alot for the info =)