News / Poland's Nationalists hold congress [132]

I don't thnk he's ever been accused of that, nor has he been accused of any criminal acts except by types who rarely care what they say.

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]


The idea is centuries older than that.

A wonderful way of bringing back unused sites for the common good. Perhaps you'd prefer places locked up and full of weeds.

Not that this has much to do with the thread, since migrants to Poland rarely (as far as I know) get involved in these things. What, by the way do you think of guerrilla gardening?

News / Restoring the Port of Elbląg? [113]

More prescient than the historical reasons for establishing a port or anything else are the reasons for doing something now. And there just aren't enough reasons to carry out this particular scheme/scam in Elbląg.

News / Restoring the Port of Elbląg? [113]

Hey, at least they haven't suggested investing millions on a new pack mule route, or shipping corn down the Wisła on rafts.

News / Restoring the Port of Elbląg? [113]


Pure opportunism, with an unhealthy dose of Russophobia.

News / Restoring the Port of Elbląg? [113]


That's what this whole nonsense is about.

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]


I liked Tacheles. It showed what people could achieve together with very little support. True grassroots initiative. The original one, Köpi, is still going, however it's less welcoming to visitors. There used to be a Tacheles style place in Powisle - a real creative gem however the people were evicted and it's now an empty site, chained up and unused.

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]

Mostly young ones. Beyond that I don't know. There's at least one thread on here made by someone from a squat.

News / Restoring the Port of Elbląg? [113]


I've nothing against that philosophy, but is it any basis on which to make economic decisions about redeveloping a near useless port? If you prefer Christian Socialism as the basis for economic decisions, you'll find that the philosophy impacts on so many areas of life. As I say - when proposing spending millions on an economic development, only the economics make sense. Otherwise it's just another Potemkin Village. Better to spend the money elsewhere.

News / Restoring the Port of Elbląg? [113]

I believe I may know the answers, however it would provoke such a shetstorm that I have doubts about posting it. You may notice that cargo tonnage on PKP fell around the same time.

News / Restoring the Port of Elbląg? [113]


When we're talking about redeveloping an old port, everything is about money tonnage and ship size.

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]

Both of the people I'm thinking about are very well travelled and neither I think have their main home in Ireland. I expect it's something they picked up along the way.

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]


I've known two in Warsaw who've used that term about themselves. Both senior managers for multinationals here for a couple of years.

News / Poland's Nationalists hold congress [132]

As I say, pseudopatriots and thugs. A shameful display.


Given that he was investigated by the IPN during the duck years and nothing was found, no charges brought, I'd be very careful about using phrases like that. For accusing someone of murder without a court verdict of murder, you could well find yourself paying for the rest of your miserable life.


He is a kind gentle person of 96.

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]


As part of their job.

News / Poland's Nationalists hold congress [132]

Pseudopatroots, football hooligans and losers all.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

A point to you!

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Indeed - but where did he build that room, used for dinners and for lodge meetings?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Katerina of Anhalt-Zerbst, as she was born. Her lover was very short but apparently a hit with the ladies. He also tried to introduce lamb to Poland without much success. You may as well have a go ;-)

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]

Personally, I've never come across a resident originally from another country who's a squatter here, nor is there really much effect on the housing market. Żoliborz used to be thought of as an area for foreign residents but nowadays there's not much evidence of that. Sadyba was always popular pre-1989 and the bottom end of Wilanów nowadays. There's also that housing estate near the American school which Americans like. Saska Kępa still has a healthy French community, Os. -elaźna Brama has plenty of Vietnamese and quite a few Arab and Turkish residents towards the top end of Jana Pawła. Expats are often in company accommodation round the Marina Mokotów development.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Best to wait a bit and give someone a chance. One clue though,is that it was built by a King, loved by his people, but hated by his rivals and today, not buried in Wawel. Famous for his German lover.

Life / Expat, immigrant, foreigner. Not all foreigners in Poland are expats. [84]

Indeed. There are a few organised squats in Warsaw, indeed one has a regular English conversation evening however as I remember, the squatters in them are all Poles.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Licheń!

365 windows, 52 doors, 7 altars. Or something like that.

Where?

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Poznań!

Kościół Farny bottom left, synagogue top right.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Warsaw. The circular square (sounds odd in English, doesn't it?) is plac Zbawicela. At the left of the picture is the marszałkowska dzielnica mieszkaniowa, based on several Polish architects' love of Parisian town planning.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

It is Dobrycza.

The reason you gave, Pawian, is almost right. It is in the shape of a węgielnica, since the owner and architect were very keen Freemasons. It's now a museum and worth visiting.

Polonia / Egyptian man Want go to Poland [7]

Less and less so - Poland isn't an isolated backwater any more.

Work / Corporate integration or blackmail in Poland's companies? [30]

And quite a lot of other people involved in that field.

Work / Corporate integration or blackmail in Poland's companies? [30]


Competition in what way! Surely that's all the more reason to get along well.


I used to recruit CNC Operators to go to the UK - absolutely tons of applicants.

Work / Corporate integration or blackmail in Poland's companies? [30]


That's quite a strange statement. Personally, I co-operate with my colleagues.