Life / Foreigner bars in Warsaw [15]

Bradley's between the Holiday Inn and Interconti Hotels is very good, so too are Bar Below and Tortilla Factory.

Try to avoid Patrick's ( an English visitor had a fatal spiking in there, I'm told ).

Real Estate / Advice on what Polish city to invest in.... [101]


I was wondering why nobody had mentioned this before. The capital city and economic headquarters, but with still only a meagre five percent of the population ?

Other capitals in the region such as Prague and Budapest have somewhere like 18-22% of the population, and looking closer to 'home' , London and Dublin account for 25% of their people.

Add to that upto a hundred thousand a year migrating TO Warsaw, and it's still the best bet in my opinion.

UK, Ireland / Manchester - Question - living standard for Polish migrants. [29]

I'm sure you'll love Manchester, much more so than London. My wife is Polish and visited both many times, she definitely prefers Manchester!

I'd really like to help you also, as I went the other way, from Manchester to Warsaw! My Polish friends who have joined me in MCR also love it.

Also, your Pound will go a lot further in MCR than in London, so if the job offer is better, I wouldn't hesitate. Good luck with whatever you decide.

Life / Renewing my English passport in Poland [23]

My friend was at the Consulate yesterday applying himself. They said it will be ready in ten days, but he went for the most expensive option ( about PLN 700 )

He asked if it must be a UK citizen who must validate the photo, a Polish student validated his and it has been accepted.

Hope this helps

Work / Canadian boy in love wants to move to Poland... I can do paintings etc. [14]

Hi Moutchy, see my other thread 'try it' on here, it was supposed to be a response to your thread but I messed up ;-(

Anyway, it's a bit more positive than most on here ;-)

Real Estate / Advice on what Polish city to invest in.... [101]


Ask Dom Development ( the biggest in Warsaw ) what percentage of apartments are sold to foreigners....

Less than ten percent they say, so don't think there's much in your argument to be honest.

UK, Ireland / The British workers denied jobs because they can't speak Polish [45]

" Daily Mail in xenophobia shock "

UK, Ireland / Same banks in Lodz as in UK? [12]

Seems HSBC are about to launch a high street banking operation, certainly a top-end one anyway.

Other than that, BZWBK are 71% owned by Allied Irish Banks, but there aren't really such strong ties.

I have ( or friends have ) opened accounts with BPH, BZWBK and Millennium, they all have internet banking in English.

Life / Try it - move to Poland! [33]

I run a small property company , has been hard work but knew the first year would be. Should reap the benefits now with any luck.

Life / English man is getting married in Poland - Polish Church issue [37]

A good mate of mine from Scotland managed to get married in a Catholic church in Kielce, and the priest knew he was an atheist.

Think he had been baptised in Church, but surely there's a way round that ?

UK, Ireland / Parcels from UK to Poland [7]

[quote=Firestorm] If you find a cheaper way please let me know.. Thx :)) [/quote

I will do. A friend who's half Anglo half Polish told me about it, supposed to be very good but can't get hold of her ;-(

UK, Ireland / Parcels from UK to Poland [7]

Here we go people, looks very reasonable indeed , just not sure if they cover anywhere but London....

polandexpress.co.uk

Real Estate / Cost of construction per square metre [15]

We're looking to build some property in Warsaw and wouldn't expect the cost ( to builder's finish ) to cost more than PLN 2,500- 3,000 / sq.m.

Real Estate / When is the law changing to allow foreigners to buy land in Poland? [32]


It is not wrong at all. I've lived in Poland for five years, it becomes more 'cheap Western' slowly but surely. Might be time to head further east again ;-(

Life / Banks in Poland - Any good recommendations [30]

Hi Vinny, and Happy New Year

Let me guess ;-)

The good lady wife uses MBank and says they are very good. However I am expecting HSBC to launch a branch operation here in the coming months ( I for one can't wait! ) so may be worth hanging on to see. I attended a market research on it recently and it will be aimed at professionals, wheter that will mean they show the same remains to be seen.

All the best, I'll let you know as and when I hear anything

Steve

Law / Permit of residence in Warsaw? [32]

They've made it much more difficult since I picked up my residency card last year in Dluga ;-(