History / Do Prussians still remain in Poland? [33]

Malbork Castle in Malbork near Gdansk should be of interest.

UK, Ireland / No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]

This is B******s of the highest order.
There is very little racism in The UK compared to other European countries,perhaps with the exceptions of Scandinavia and The Netherlands.But racism is on the increase there too.

Of the racism that exists in The UK,very little is aimed at Poles and what there exists tends to be away from metropolitan areas.

In general,British people have a very positive view of Poles.In fact I would go as far as to say they are respected.
The main critics of young Poles in The UK in my experience comes from the older generation of Poles that came here after the war!

Food / Eating Kielbasa - how do you cook yours? [119]

But here's the thing.
Most Americans only think of kielbasa as one type of sausage.
When in truth there are dozens of different types of Polish kielbasa that all lend themselves to different types of cooking.
I don't think uncooked kielbasa have even been mentioned in this thread!
So in short,there is no answer to the question of "How to cook kielbasa",you first have to ask what type of kielbasa is it?

Whist on this subject,have any of you ever heard of Tucholska?

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


As an aside,the person that replaced him as MP for Tooting is Rosena Allin Khan whose mother is Polish and father Pakistani.

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]


Before the mass influx of Poles to the UK from 2004 onwards there were over 100,000 people of Polish descent here already.
Mainly WW2 veterans and their descendents.
If you add these to the more recent arrivals it makes about 1 million.

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]


Yes,Porto Alegre in Brazil has a large Polish population.

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]

Point taken TheOther.

And you are right about Australians too,but Australians do spend a fair bit of time drunk... :-)

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]

It's true that Germans and Poles are both direct but I don't think many Poles have that arrogance so often shown by Germans.

I would never accuse Australians of arrogance but in my experience they are much louder than Americans.

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]

I don't even think Poles ever hated ordinary Russian People.Even when she was in a Siberian Labour Camp during the war my aunt told me ordinary Russians were good and often kind people.

It is The Russian state that we Poles hate and are fearful of and nothing has changed there.
As for Germans,it's the other way round.
The German state is not too dangerous but some ordinary German people can be very arrogant and condescending.

News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]


That will never happen.

Travel / Anyone here use/used Ryanair? Flying from/to Poland [31]

LOL!!

News / Poland's MPs vote to demote communist-era army officers [13]

With the exception of The UK many young people across Europe are turning against The EU.
But in the Central/Eastern European countries it's not just the young.
I love to see Poles showing pride for their country,culture and people.
Poles have had enough of being controlled by foreign states.
They won't let it happen again.

UK, Ireland / Criminal elements within the Polish community in the UK [26]

In my area most of the crime is committed by British born Indians but like RR1972,I won't offer any evidence............ ;-)
It is true that Polish criminals have come to The UK to try their luck but they are a very small minority.
In general I would say that Poles are more law abiding than Brits.