Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]

If it's legal, it isn't cooking the books. If its cooking the books, it isn't legal.

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


Oh my, you either didn't know that he was jailed and then had to leave the country or you conveniently ignored that. You also probably don't know about the massive hostility against him and his kind.

One aspect of British culture that you don't see much of in PL is self organisation. The co-op (Spolem is NOT the same), the WEA, WMCs, Mutual Friendly Societies. A parallel exists in Holland certainly but in Poland there's barely a shadow of that, however I suspect that a lot of people here just don't see the point.

Travel / Fastest way to get from Warsaw Airport to Lodz central on Monday at noon. [42]

Kpc1, are you trying to deliberately mislead the poster? He or she needs to get to Dworzec Centralny/Central Station and then on any train to £ódź. Simple as.

And the stations you mentioned are all in the wrong order.

Real Estate / 100% LTV mortgage possible for foreigner in Poland? [9]

That's my feeling too. Millennium Bank were one of the worst for that. They gave an acquaintance of mine, who works as a hat check boy in a nightclub, a 100% mortgage on. A posh buy to let flat. You can imagine how it all turned out.

The worst thing was Poles getting mortgages in Swiss Francs, even though they were earning in Zlotych. The Financial Times called it an act of collective national stupidity.

Real Estate / 100% LTV mortgage possible for foreigner in Poland? [9]

Try Oppenheimer Kredyt. They're quite good for non-standard mortgage applicants.

Law / Tax to Poland from US non resident company [9]


One distinct disadvantage is that the Tax Office pay extra special attention to companies operating in PL but registered abroad.

News / John Godson (Poland's Parliament member) and his views on social issue. [23]

And of course he still functions as a pastor. Hugely popular in his constituency.

News / John Godson (Poland's Parliament member) and his views on social issue. [23]

I'm also opposed to quite a few of William Hague's views, but would never deny that he is an asset to the political life of his country, just as Mr Godson is here.

News / John Godson (Poland's Parliament member) and his views on social issue. [23]


Do you have even one shred of evidence to back that up, Puzzie? No. Thought not.


I think the good pastor is very far from being that. It shows what a poor opinion you have of Poslowie in our country.


His comments about Pan Poseł Godson suggest that he isn't good. His multiple usernames suggest that he isn't honest, and as a non-European he isn't Polish. So only the peasant bit applies.

News / John Godson (Poland's Parliament member) and his views on social issue. [23]

A strange comment. The Sejm has room for social conservatives too - just not too many of them.


Is that how you perceive the Poseł in question. Then again, I don't suppose you understand much about how things work here...

Law / Tax to Poland from US non resident company [9]


Unless the rule's changed, you can declare a dividend twice yearly if you have an Sp. z o. o..

Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

I'm not sure that all of the things you mention are part of a better society. Especially the bit about family meals. Better to have a more open, permissive society, better education (which Poland doesn't have), proper elderly care rather than the burden being placed for financial reasons on the next generation (almost always the daughter), proper healthcare and a less judgmental society.

Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

I think that if you're looking to recreate a mythic past by coming to Poland, you'll find that many of the things you dislike about modern life are already part of the fabric of society here.

Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

I wonder what you mean by 'richer in morals'.

News / John Godson (Poland's Parliament member) and his views on social issue. [23]

Who knows. I prefer Ruch Palikota myself. But good that John Godson got in. A breath of fresh air compared to creeps like Jaro and Macierewicz.

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

Anyway, back to the successes of the present government - Poland is still doing quite well economically. There do need to be more privatisation a though and it's a shame that they are opposed by the whining opposition.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


That seems to be a Warsaw thing - houses a relatively rare partly because so many people have a flat he and a house elsewhere. But there are plenty of nice family-sized flats, some with gardens (though flats with gardens are also at a premium).


My experience of expat communities in the Middle East (Qatar, Saudi, Kuwait, Libya) is that it's all about money. All other distinctions are secondary.

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


You mean they report you to the police when they find you've been impersonating public officials for weird reasons.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


Yes. That's where I live now, in Żoliborz Oficerskie. It's a lovely area but property is very much at a premium here - there's a very low turnover because people tend to stay rather than sell up.

Flats are a bit easier to find than whole houses - but even then not nearly as readily available as in the new bits of Wilanow. It's also quite expensive due to the proximity of the city centre and good tram/metro connections. Stare Bielany up the road is a good bet for finding somewhere and also on the metro.

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


Why would you do that?

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


A beautiful part of town. I especially like it when they have the festival and dress up in period clothes.


Round there and, as I mentioned, the area round Goraszewska, are a nice place to live.


Yes, very interesting. But wrong. The 'PF expats' thing is a term primarily used by you. And is naturally inaccurate. An expat is usually someone residing temporarily for their work for a defined period of time and usually earning a much higher than average salary (or accompanying a spouse who is). There may be a few people like that on here, but most just don't fit that. Most of the recent migration of Poles to the UK are economic migrants. Not as classy.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]

No, in fact I'd say that Stegny is far less expat friendly. In Sadyba, there's the 'historic' bit where real estate isn't so easily available and the bit nearest to Best Mall, where it is.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


I'd say that Sadyba is one of the more popular areas for people new to Warsaw and has been for decades. A lot of the embassies accommodate their staff there.


That's the bit I mean, near ul. Anny Jagiellonskiej. Actually quite quick into town on the metro.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]

Also, don't rule out Wawer, across the river: basically the string of suburbs following the railway line to Otwock. Nice and leafy, good for families etc. Anin and Międzylesie are maybe the best bits. Avoid Tarchomin like the plague. £omianki (the bottom bit anyway, nearest to Metro Młociny) is pleasant. And just across the river from the golf club at Jabłonna.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]

Sadyba is basically the top end of Wilanow which sort of merges with Dolny Mokotow. Plenty of nice pre-war houses and some new development too. There's also the Sadyba Best Mall, and plenty of shops etc around it. Google ul. Goraszewska - that's quite near the middle of Sadyba. Also ul. Świętego Bonifacego, a long but not busy street that runs from Old Sadyba to Mokotow.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]

Definitely not remote, though some of the new estates in Wilanow do have that feel - windswept, not handy for shops and public transport and surrounded by building sites.

The back parts of Wilanow, behind the palace, can feel almost rural.

Warsaw can be strange like that. If you look at a map, it might show Ursus and being nearer the centre than Ursynow. Anyone who lives here would consider it further away.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]

Yes and no. The northern part of Mokotow pretty well touches the edge of the city centre. The southern (and in my opinion less interesting) part is indeed about 6 km. Check out ul. Pilicka in Stary Mokotow (the old bit), Pole Mokotowskie (the park and metro station) and also check out Dolny Mokotow (round ul. Gargarina, ul. Dolna, ul Belwederska etc)

Edit. Scuse the typos in my last post - they're because of autocorrect on an iPad.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


There's a lot more of Mokotow than that - I'd add bough hat the older parts have much more character than he bits down towards the racecourse. I agree with you on Wilanow Zawady. Personally I like Sadyba. Handy for the centre, good shopping and restaurants and a safe area.

Dolny Mokotow is a good area too - I had several happy years there and there's no shortage of green space and infrastructure.


I suspect it would take at least one lifetime for you ever to become 'enlightened' however as a stop-gap, I suggest you look in a dictionary.

News / More punch-UPS ON 11th NOV in Poland? [56]


Exactly.

Amazing how a thread about football hooligans smashing up town on the day in which Europe remembers those who have fallen in both world wars can turn into a thread full of pointless comments about a reviled former president and his seedy twin brother.

News / More punch-UPS ON 11th NOV in Poland? [56]

Who will lead the rightist hooligans rally, the one round the Dmowski statue, that last year was attended by the cretins who were throwing paving stones and burning TV outside broadcast vans?