THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!

I have just moved to Poland this month, and WOW! What a place, what a pleasant surprise. I visited Poland in August and spent a very happy month touring around, meeting people and enjoying Gdynia, Sopot and Gdansk. My visit in August was enough to convince me to move lock, stock and barrel to Poland. Now I find myself living in the lovely town of Kartuzy. I’m making friends and enjoying the food and the culture. The way of life here suits me down to the ground. I’m no ’Brit’ basher, in fact I think Britain is OK, I have lived in Britain and in Italy, again, Italy is a lovely country, great fun and a fab climate. BUT there really is something about Poland that has grabbed me, I strongly believe that it’s a country on the up, with massive opportunities. I now know and have met many ‘Brits’ that are considering relocating to Poland! I just hope that places like Gdynia and Sopot don’t suffer the same invasion of ‘Brits’ that Spain and France have suffered, and if you have ever visited these areas you will know exactly what I mean.

Not sure about France but i hear the Brit areas on the coasts in Spain are just council estates in the sun. Not for me. I would say its highly unlikely Poland or more to the point the tri city area will ever be anything like that.


I used to think like that. Hope it all works out for you.

But it's ok for you to go. Do as i say not as i do!

That's what I thought, too. Reminds me a little bit of those "secret travel tips" to hidden places. Someone finds a beautiful spot and talks about it, and then it takes only a few more years before the tourist industry moves in and ruins the place.

I'm not British my friend, I'm Irish.

So it's a nationalistic thing then, i will not use racist or some one will pipe up saying the Brits are not a race etc but that's what i meant.

Sorry I don't know what you mean. Can you please " spell it out" explain. Anyway the polish would have no right to complain ( and i don't think they will). Walk around any city / town in the UK. You will see there is a large and somtimes overwheliming number of polish people.

Irish that lots of places in the Uk have suffered

You heard wrong. There are three types of ex pats in Spain:

1. old farts went for the climate, most have no intention of learning the language and are happy to play bridge with all the other ex pats.

2. 20 somethings who have gone out there to experience living abroad and most speak the language.

3. Families with kids in Spanish school, they speak Spanish and Spain is their home.

Where my mate has her apartment its 70% Spanish and 30% Brits all but one of the bars is Spanish run and Spanish food is plentyful.


Thats a bit rich coming off a paddy! But Im glad you're happy and you are enjoying your new home :D

Ha ha ha. I'm loving Poland.

That's one of the things I've never understood about Ireland: every Irishman will tell you at great length how the place is by far the finest country on the planet but a hell of a lot of Irish choose not to live in Ireland!

Indeed I do know exactly what you mean.

Belated welcome to the forums omalley

It's a bit like Poland in that respect, Harry. They claim to have the best of everything here and, boom, 1 million 'evacuate'. The thread makes out like Brits will flock in their droves. Maybe those rare few who don't want to retire in a beautiful and quaint British cottage. They might want to explore Kraków but many save up all their lives to retire in cosy surroundings at home. It also can't be said that many Brits will get jobs outwith teaching English. Some do, of course, but they are in the minority.

That is because we are true Europeans, enjoying Europe to the full.

You’re just closet Poles but don’t want to admit it. Harry accuses Poles of the same.

It's time to wake up and smell the coffee, I am not an Irishman in Poland, I am a European in Europe. And I just love it.

You and RevokeNice are going to get along like a house on fire when his suspension finally expires.

You are not an Irishman in Poland? Are you in Poland? Are you an Irishman? Then stop havering!

It will be amusing to see him back in a few months banging on about the same shite we do.

Exactly, his utopian experiences may well come to an end.

That never stops them!

Actually the right for Poles to complain (often hypocritically) is written in their constitution.

Very true.

Poles occasionally grumble to me about British stag parties in Kraków, as if it's somehow my fault.

They sometimes become silent and sulky when I tell them that the companies who advertise these weekends, on websites with pictures of vodka, tarts and partying are all Polish-run.

I think it's cool that Brits are emigrating to Poland ( even if it is in small numbers). Better some Europeans than a bunch of muslims.

Some bad tongues say british do everything to escape from English women.(that's why they are such great sailors). Aparently a large percentage of sailors in the Polish navies are from the landlocked region of Sląsk... says a bit about the women there!

You can never have to many British !

Depends if they're Scots or English or Welsh, we're all quite different.

it is unlikely that it will happen to the same degree since the weather in Poland is not as attractive as the weather in France or Spain is.

Brits have been coming to Poland for the last 20 years but not in big numbers. I have met quite a few over the years.

Or Irish. Ireland is part of the British Isles to, nothing to do with nationality just a collection of islands.

last time i checked eire is an independent eu member state not park of britain? just a technical point

I hope that you still love it after the latest snow fall and temperatures of 12 degrees below zero;)