Travel / Warsaw, Poland - hotel recommendations? [30]

I think its too late too put a comment here :), but for information Polonia just seem's to charge insanely high prices for internet. Though I must say they have excellent rooms and breakfast.

Another I would suggest is Zgoda Apartments (stayed there for a week) . Its better than most of the hotels.

Travel / Best place to obtain Zloty [6]

I have used one ATM at international Airport Warshaw.
Normally I will take out Euros using my WMC card from that ATM. I get those Euros converted to zloty from Kantors inside the city.

Travel / Is Wroclaw the best city in Poland? [30]

This is my third visit to Poland and everytime my stay has been limited to Warshaw.
I was just wondering if it stands any place in the list of good/attractive cities in poland :).

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]


May be going out and exploring the market yourself will be a better choice. I don't know about jewellery but people here definitely seem to be interested in wood-craft :).


I am in IT and currently in poland on a short official trip. I must admit guys I have met here in office ranks among the best s/w professionals I have seen in my career.

I think Warshaw is a decent university, but you can easily find similar ranking universities in India (though competition may be a lot more). As for the scope of IT, it is growing, but again it looks more like a service industry with work flowing in from US or other european countries.

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]


Your thinking is narrow-minded. Given a choice b/w a top university (anywhere in the world) and your local university which may be good but not comparable, wouldn't you choose the better one?

If you say no :), probably its more because you are not good enough to be a part of the best school.
lolz@only ticket out .

Indians in America are doing all kind of job depending on what they are good at. There are restaurant owner, cab drivers (for which you don't need to be in a great school, I don't know about canada :)) and they are in top managment, engineering positions as well.


This is lame :). All I can say is India's economy is booming and IT has a major role to play in it. Thanks a lot for electing your so call "idiotic leaders" as they have a role (however small) to play in India's booming economy.

Law / Start IT business in Poland [17]


Must be true, I belive.
Luckily I am here with a company who has just one single machine with Windows :) (used for running some proprietry conference s/w). Each and every other task (except conference :) is done on machines running linux. I myself am using linux for the last 4 year and pretty satisfied.

These programmers are not hackers :), some of the best you can meet and working on products (yes linux based) which will revolutionize the market. (slight exaggeration only ;O)

Actually people are used to windows that anything else looks strange and imperfect which is not true.
Consider replacing a front line actor (read windows) from a long running television drama, however good the replacement (read linux) may be, ppl are bound to feel the transitions "shocks". (weird analogy :)

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]

Welcome hemandara,


You will be able to get apartment fullfuling all your requirements.


Currently I am paying ~2500PLN (local currency), but I realized only late that this is relatively high as per normal rents here (which is ~1500 PLN). May be because I occupied it for 3 months only.


I am living close to centre (10 min walk) and I think you will be able to find one at a reasonable distance.

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]


I am no expert, but may be you can start looking for a place atleast 2-3 weeks in advance (to be on the safer side).

You can search for apartments through internet. Generally the rates mentioned there are pretty high, but you can call them and discuss about your budget (as I did).

Just in case you face problem, send me a personal mail, I will pass on some contact information which you may find useful.

Life / Best and cheapest telephone mobile card in Poland [5]


I have got a Heyah SIM. I bought it a few months back for 9 PLN. Recharge coupen available for 5 PLN, 25 PLN ...

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]


If its for me, incorrect, I am staying in warshaw.


Its' difficult to answer and I think it varies from person to person.
There are a lot of India ppl here in warhaw (and I believe so will be be wroclaw). If should not be difficult to settle down though there may be language problems initially.

People here, in general, are good.

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]

That depends how much compensation your company is offering you :).
Living cost is ok here.


You mean how much a person getting 50k in india should expect here?
Your employer must be having a predefined policy for this.
Comparing the living cost it should be over 7000-8000PLN (atleast).

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]

Vinay,
May be you can start a new thread for your query (rather than making it india specific by posting here). That may generate response from people who are more knowledgable and aware in this regard.

Study / Schools to learn Polish in Warsaw [29]

[Moved from]: Polish language school near Centrum, Warsaw (to sign up for a language course)

Can anybody provide some information on some good polish language school near Centrum, Warshaw?
I will be here for 3 months and would like to join some weekend polish language course.

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]

my guess :), around 3000 PLN for a freshman.