UK, Ireland / How much people in UK are manipulated by false anty- Polish propaganda [37]


What trashy comment. Shows the rest of the post up as the nonsense that it is.


Spot on.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


Hard to say that anyone is being denied a right.

Genealogy / How to legally change your name in Poland? [15]


There can be other reasons. I used to know a lady who changed her name because she wanted to sound more dynamic and further her career. Back in the 80s when she did it it kind of made sense. Also I know a Polish guy who changed his name because he wanted to disassociate himself from a particular family member for good reasons.

The OP needs to go back to the country who issued his passport and make the change though. It will probably be easier than in Poland where, believe it or not, a judge has to give permission for the change!

If the OP plans on using his new name here in Poland, he should check with a lawyer here first, especially if he already has a NIP etc.

History / State People in early Poland? [10]

Never a good idea to rely on Google Translate etc. what was the phrase you translated into Polish then back to English.

Life / The unacceptable side of Polish culture [48]

It just sounds like a bar fight to me. Plenty of those here in Warsaw and plenty more out in the sticks. Good that somebody intervened though

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]


Blue is a nice but awkward example - various languages have anomalies about it. Many are beautifully expressive.
I like the word błękitny.

One of those linguistic strange attractors - like mixing up 12 and 20 in second languages.

News / Lech Wałęsa's empty fridge? [9]

If you don't get fed at home, you go for a McDonald's, as Bill Clinton said.

Anyway, it seems that President Wałęsa isn't quite as much of a 'new man' as his look-a-like version who used to push the shopping trolley in the adverts for MarcPol.

News / Polish families are urged to establish themselves in Norway : Taking children away? [36]


Exactly. This Norwegian group should be careful of what they wish for. There are plenty of people from Poland living and working in Norway. If people want to go, they can already. People likely to take advantage of this offer are not exactly the cream of society.

News / Lech Wałęsa's empty fridge? [9]

He can afford domestic help. I suspect he has someone, in which case if his fridge is empty he should have words with him/her.

Travel / New Years Eve in Warsaw (city sightseeing, restaurants) [21]

As usual I'll be going somewhere in a group - venue to be decided. As usual, the bar owners are saying that they're nearly sold out and we should book now, wonderful buffet, dancing, whatever but in the past those places have usually been disappointing. The best places to go in Warsaw tend to be the ones that don't make too much fuss.

And of course the concert in plac Konstytucji is usually good.

Life / Where have all the carollers in Poland gone? [9]

Polonius, do you really think that in our neighbourhood the parents would let them do anything as common? Too busy with piano lessons.

Food / Cheese - first made in Poland! Kujawy actually ... [4]

The Zakopane cheese is one of the better ones - lovely grilled. Most of the rest is just factory-made pap. I do wonder what per-war Polish cheese was like. In the UK (where there are over 700 types) it took years to get over the damage that wartime production needs did to the cheese-making trade, and that in a country that post war was more or less capitalist.

Life / How can I volunteer my time in Poland to help the less fortunate over Christmas? [5]

The Sue Ryder home in Piaseczno is usually happy to hear from volunteers as is the stray dog place in Paluch.

Food / Cheese - first made in Poland! Kujawy actually ... [4]

And they still haven't got it right...

Seriously, I wonder what the cheese was like - perhaps some sort of feta.

Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]


As Vincent says, you'd need UK stamps for a UK pension, however any shortfall in income that you would suffer by being on a Polish pension would be made up by the minimum income guarantee.

Food / Best Restaurant in Warsaw [23]

No - it's the same restaurant - a favourite with the good folks of the SLD - I've seen Aleksander Kwasniewski there a few times.

Forget your carpet shop down the road, it's still the best restaurant in town.

Food / Best Restaurant in Warsaw [23]

In the Stara Oranzeria - I heartily recommend it.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]


If you belive that, you'll believe anything. This is the guy who went into a coalition with politicians who openly admire General Franco.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]

Do expand. Unless you think their treasonous gibberish about overturning the Constitution and creating a 'Fourth Republic' is just a figment of people's imagination.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]


Spot on - and they are quite open about this.

Fortunately they haven't got a cat in hell's chance of achieving their aims.

News / March for Poland's democracy organized by PiS 13th Dec [49]



Nice to be proved right.

Food / Best Restaurant in Warsaw [23]


Fukier is still good, though I prefer Stara Oranzeria.

Avoid Pod Gigantami - apart from being a favourite of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, they have several restaurants and make the food centrally and then distribute.

Life / How many children is a good number in Poland? [12]


Indeed - for Catholics, birth control (whether pre-or post-conception) is forbidden by the Church. But it isn't usually taken seriously.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

Compared to most places in Europe it is doing well.

News / How much Poland's economy grew up since 1989? [32]


You do know what GDP is about? Or do you?


Tosh. Most of he ones that weren't taken over and dragged kicking and screaming into the modern world failed.

News / How much Poland's economy grew up since 1989? [32]

No, GDP is hugely up. Perhaps you'd prefer to return to factories producing things that nobody wants to buy and staying open even if they make a loss.

News / PiS wants symmetry for minorites living in Poland [71]


By whom?


Fair enough - if English or Irish is the official language of the workplace.
So let him offer the same benefits, fast track to citizenship and protection against discrimination that the recent Polish influx to the UK has received.

Language / Mushroom: pieczarka vs grzyb [24]


Actually, not much rarer than in countries where they are harvested. Delicious.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]

Read it carefully - that's actually the opposite of the findings of their research.

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]

Read the link - look at other sources debunking the deniers' agenda and understand that the scientific community is generally reliable on matters on science.

And stay away from: