Law / Pakistani married to Polish Girl in Sweden [40]

Meaning you married a Polish girl to be able to enter the EU?

Life / Catholic "Telewizja Trwam" from Poland - your thoughts? [98]

Rydzyk is running a business. Thing is his customers are poor pensioners who believe his marketing tricks and contribute their meager pensions to his empire.

I remember he sold mobile phones for his own network - aimed at old-age people. Does this network still exist? And then there was the episode with the TV decoders.

Cyfra+ also sells decoders, and Orange mobile phones. But they are genuine commercial outfits.
Rydzyk pretends to be a priest and to represent the "True Poland". But in reality he is a "money-shark".

Life / Catholic "Telewizja Trwam" from Poland - your thoughts? [98]

What do they do good? Telling babcias to give their pension to Rydzyk?

Travel / Traveling within Poland into my destination city - Lublin (from Warsaw airport) [43]

I have taken 175 over all these years very often, without any problems. As for taxis from the airport...there are three corporations officially sanctioned to operate from the airport. Outside arrivals a steward is arranging all this. Do not accept an "offer" from the gits in the arrival lounge. Sharks, all of them. Yes they have some kind of self made badge "taxi" or something like that. Gangsters.

175 to city center costs 3,60 PLN :)

Travel / Traveling within Poland into my destination city - Lublin (from Warsaw airport) [43]

70 PLN from Dworzec Centralny to the airport? That is definitely a rip-off. I live on the northern outskirts of Warsaw, and I am paying between 50-60 PLN to the airport with MPT (which is not the cheapest corporation). Bus 175 is IMO safe, and not that much slower as a taxi. They will stand in the same traffic jam on Zwirki i Figury.

Besides I I think Warsaw public transport is very safe.

Classifieds / English speaking AA group in Warsaw [4]

Thanks for informing me Johnny, but I think part of the message is missing?

Life / Good books or sites for preparation for life in Poland? [7]


I guess that is because it is outdated ?
There is also "Shortcuts to Poland" but it is very US focused.

Food / The 12 dishes of Poland on Christmas Eve. [51]

I wonder how many Poles are still doing the 12 dishes. I am very happy that 1. My mother-in-law does not like karp, so we had salmon. 2. That I managed to introduce a glass of wine :).

One thing I like very much is "opłatek", this is a very nice tradition.
P.S. Are there any Poles who eat karp on any other day of the year? I doubt it.

Language / Difference between wise and intelligent in Polish [30]

For me somebody who is intelligent is perfectly capable of not being wise.
Again, in Polish I do not see one word describing "wise". "Mądry" for me refers to me to education.

Language / Difference between wise and intelligent in Polish [30]

I know the Polish also make a difference between the two words. Only I cannot find the difference language-wise, that's all.

Study / India citizen in Poland - want to study in Wroclaw [18]


Translate: A easy way to get into Schengen and the EU. I thought that lately India was the leading light on this globe? Perhaps not, then ?

Language / The most effective methods to learn the Polish language? [56]

I learned Polish the hard way. Backbreaking work during many years of evening classes. Grammar, grammar and vocabulary in between.

Life / Question Of Religious Beliefs That Could Differ in Poland [33]

I am sure this was the mistake of the President, PO and Tusk :)

Law / I am starting a new business life in Poland (coming from Sydney) [84]

I am living now over 7 years in Warsaw, and would not dream of going back to my native Flanders. Never ever considered teaching though.
Give me logistics anytime :)
Good luck to you :)

Life / Poles don't know how to celebrate the Polish Independence Day? [57]

For most people here it is just what it is: a public holiday, and this year the chance to have a long weekend. A good sign :)

Law / Want to go back to India for my sister's wedding. Karta pobytu and immigration help. [3]


You were thinking about your free of charge entry to the EU?

Work / Working in Poland - Logistics, procurement, imports-exports [12]


That would be mainly for call center jobs. You might try Accenture. They have all the time jobs posted for native speakers - with no Polish required.

I know a few people here in Poland who started their life in Poland with working for them.

Travel / Restaurant reviews in Poland. [86]

Very funny to see how the contents of IYP restaurant reviews change. Classics here in Warsaw such as the Boathouse are suddenly not anymore mentioned...Samira also vanished....Namaste...as well. I guess the editors did not get any freebies anymore :).

Also, places which IYP praises into the sky, such as Legends, Fish&Chips, Warsaw Tortilla Factory get on Polish forums and in Polish reviews (non-expat) a very cool reception.

Food / Where to buy seafood in Warsaw? [8]

That is why I can recommend this outfit. They are much more expensive as any supermarket, but the smell emanating from the Carrefour fish counter in Arkadia (which I suppose could be one of the better ones)...

Food / Where to buy seafood in Warsaw? [8]

I recently discovered (when I was looking for mussels) a great shop called Le Maree. Mussels were top quality, unfortunately the price was also top :)

Anyway I recommend it for prime quality fish and seafood.

Life / The best English newspapers about Poland? [22]

Warsaw Business Journal wbj.pl

Law / Applying for Polish citizenship through marriage. [116]


If you are EU there is no added value - apart from being able to vote in national elections -. If you are not EU, well any backdoor to the EU is very welcome, isn't it? But why not try the Portuguese entrance?

Food / Availability of salceson (Polish-style brawn/headcheese)? [5]

I like salceson quite a lot. In my native Flanders head meat is popular as well. But fact is there is a big difference in quality and taste. Here in Warsaw about every meat shop has its version.

Law / Process for buying a car in Poland - VAT, additional costs [15]

Maybe he is in great need for a... Maluch :))) Or maybe a Syrena :))

Law / What are chances for Poland to join in Eurasian Economic Community? [100]


Yes I do read history. Yugoslavia as it was known after WWII was the same after the Versailles creation in 1919. I am not talking here about political and ethnographically differences. Still it requires some genuine madness to think that its 1919 creation is because of some imaginary Serb/Polish/elite initiative.

As far as I know Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd George were not serbian?
As being Slavs...Poles are not serbs. They are West Slavonic, shared with their Sorb, Slovak and Czech neighbors. They share a common Western inheritance, a common set of values and a common, if checkered, history. A common Roman-Catholic inheritance. What do Poles have in common with serbs?

Law / What are chances for Poland to join in Eurasian Economic Community? [100]


Wrong. First time the term "Yugoslavia" was officially used was in 1929.
The first name was only a name. In effect it was the same state. Nothing to with some Polish/Serbian elite
The entity, whatever its name, was a creation of Versailles.
And a "Balkan Federation". It is just that. Since when does Poland belong to the Balkan?
Poland is part of Mitteleuropa and as such of Western European civilization.