Travel / How much PLN to take with me on my trip to Poland, Wroclaw? [10]

Depends how good you negotiate for your accommodation. And what you can find.

Life / What are the poorest regions of Poland? [15]


That GDP table is 10 years old. However, as expected, the regions with the big economically important cities do best.

Most bigger cities do quite well. But almost all of the Polish countryside is still poor. The difference between Eastern and Western Poland is not very big. Except from the fact that there are a few more big cities in West.

Travel / My first visit to Poland - I will be returning maybe later this year for a more! [10]

Didn't you visit Kraków?

Life / Car Crime in Poland [28]



If you do that not much can happen. But I think we are talking about normal parking on a normal street, which also is rather safe in many parts of Poland.

Just get to know the place where you park, and make a short analysis. There are many factors affecting this.

I know where to park and where to avoid parking in my city.

Language / Czego, Czemu, Co, Kto, Jak, Dlaczego? [64]

Actually I didn't think about it before. But all Poles say "O co panu/pani/ci chodzi?" in this situation.

Literary it means "About what are you going?". It doesn't make sense in English, but in Polish it does make sense.

But you use "znaczy" when you define what words mean, and in most other situations.

Life / Car Crime in Poland [28]

Dobry wieczor!

If you drive a very expensive car with foreign reg. plates the risk is higher.

Language / Czego, Czemu, Co, Kto, Jak, Dlaczego? [64]

As you say co=what, jak=how, sometimes Jaki/Jaka/Jakie (see below).

But there are expressions in all languages that can't be translated word-by-word into for example English. This means we get exceptions from the rule above.

One of these exceptions is "what kind of" / "what sort of". As you said above. Here Polish uses Jak or Jaki/Jaka/Jakie.

Jak is not declined. It's used when you refer to a verb.
Jak się pan nazywa? (verb)

Jaki/Jaka/Jakie is declined as an adjective (both gender and case). It's used when you refer to an adjective.
Jaka to jest książka? (adjective)

How to decline Co:
Nom. & Acc: Co
Gen: Czego
Dat: Czemu
Instr. & Loc: Czym

This is commonly used with prepositions that governs the different cases.


O co panu/pani/ci chodzi?

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

If you compare Polish and Western European girls it's a big difference in this aspect.

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]


Compared to?

I've lived 3 years in Poland. I see very few Polish women with black men in Poland.

Maybe it's different with Polish girls living abroad (and those on vacation). But here it's very uncommon.

However I have seen some relationships with Arabs (in the biggest cities).

Travel / Trains in Poland - Poznan to Gdansk [9]


She asked about Poznań-Gdańsk.


I disagree. The difference in comfort is not very big. What you pay for is that EIC has newer trains. However, the difference in price is big. If you don't care about money you can choose EIC of course. But TLK is comfortable enough for everyone I know. And about reservation, how often is the TLK between Poznań-Gdańsk full? Not often, maybe sometimes on friday/sunday in the afternoon/evening.

Life / Kryminalni Sezon 7, why is the box set so hard to find? [6]

Baw się dobrze. :)

UK, Ireland / Oxford Polish bride 'heartbroken' over arrest - accusations of sham marriage [126]

It's an easy way to make quite a lot of money.

Travel / Trains in Poland - Poznan to Gdansk [9]

rozklad-pkp.pl/?q=en/node/143 - Here you can search in English

It takes about 5.5-6.0 hours. But some takes much longer time, so be careful. Costs about 50 zl (5 €) in 2nd class.

When you buy a ticket, write/draw on a paper that is easy to understand, use your imagination. They probably don't speak English.

Real Estate / Relocating in Poland - what's the best area? [56]


It's good if you want to go between the centre and the suburbs where most people live. And the towns located on the boarder to Warsaw.

If you want to travel inside the central parts, buses and trams are better.

In my opinion the public transport in Wawa works well.

Real Estate / Relocating in Poland - what's the best area? [56]


That park was twice as beautiful one year ago. Now they are rebuilding a lot of things there, it doesn't look so nice in my opinion.

Just wait until next summer, it will look great.

However Aleja zakochanych in the park is great, with its fountains.

Travel / Longhaul coach connections in Poland [4]


How anyone can choose Polish buses instead of trains is impossible to understand. They will probably change their mind quickly when the see the reality (and safety features). There are many private companies driving between different cities. From Wawa you can go to many cities by bus. But there are many small companies, so it's difficult to get a good overview.

Study / Studying in Poland in English [35]

Some programs are good in Poland. But USA's education system is better, but much more expensive.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]


Competition between many companies almost always lowers the average prices. All educated people know that.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]


I still think BK will win.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

Now things are more unclear...

wybory.gazeta.pl/wybory/1,106978,8097014,Wybory_prezydenckie___RELACJA_NA_ZYWO.html

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

As I said, Kaczynski has congratulated Komorowski to the victory.

Travel / what are the average fares to Poland from USA? [10]


Good idea. From WE you can get much better deals if you look around for a while.

Genealogy / Village near Lancut [15]

It might have changed name. This was quite common in Poland. And he was born over 100 years ago.


Yes, I'm rather sure about that. But it doesn't answer the main question.

Life / Kryminalni Sezon 7, why is the box set so hard to find? [6]

Here you can buy it for 38,99 zł. They send it within 24 hours. They ship word-wide.

merlin.pl/Kryminalni-sezon-7_Ryszard-Zatorski/browse/product/2,788707.html

Merlin.pl is the best.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

Kaczynski has congratulated Komorowski as the new president.


And their views on culture and tradition are moderate and well-balanced.

Work / CV for polish job market [17]

Generally difficult. Depends on many factors, what kind of degree, what kind of work, knowledge of Polish language etc.

Life / Small change in shops in Poland!? [95]

This is a phenomena from from the commie time. There were no competition between the grocery stores, i.e. people bought items where they were available. No competition means you don't need to be nice to your customers. They can't go to another shop if they're not happy.


It depends on which bank issued your card. Not only if you have VISA or Mastercard or whatever. Especially if it's a foreign bank who issued the VISA/Mastercard. It's really strange. But sometimes you have to sign even if you have PIN-code.

Travel / Travel by Motorcycle in Poland (cost, distance, risk?) [47]

There are many beautiful and fun MC-roads in Poland. But rather dangerous ones.


Very characteristic and nice taste. And as everybody says, it mixes excellently with apple juice.

I drank several bottle before I discovered that there is a straw of grass in every bottle.

Travel / Train routes and timetables in Poland - planning and info [19]



You can get to this cities by train. But there are not so many departures per day, and it takes at least 5 hours.