History / Wrocław's Train Station: Not A Happy Place. [39]


it is being renovated at the moment in order to present itself for Euro 2012. I can see why you have such feelings, but most of the PKP Dworzec in Poland have a lot to desire. Years of neglect really show. However, many of them have been renovated- still not enough to bring the shine back on.

Life / If a Pole says something it must be wrong - a prejudice? [25]


that includes you. Next time you do that I will point it out to you. Deal?

Why are you hiding under unregistered name?

Law / Going back to Poland (Do I need to pay taxes if I take my furniture etc?) [10]

true, but the same rules may apply to that as to the rest of the stuff. She should check how long she has to be an owner in order to be exempt from paying the duties. I would not leave anything to chance when it comes to duty officers and the duty law in Poland.

Law / Going back to Poland (Do I need to pay taxes if I take my furniture etc?) [10]

glad to help:)

as for additional cost you have to pay the processing fee to the duty office and that should amount to around 800 PLNor so if I remember correctly:). They stuff is usually shipped to Gdynia of you send your stuff by the sea. From there you need to collect it and transport it to your destination. The cost would depend on the distance. She should check that out before leaving Israel too.

Law / Going back to Poland (Do I need to pay taxes if I take my furniture etc?) [10]


yes, they should have all the proper info regarding moving back to Poland. It is called relocation. She is transporting < mienie przesiedlencze" and from that Polish citizens are exempt from paying duty upon crossing the border.

She has to prove that she was living in Israel by showing her paying stubs for the last 12 months (provided she was working) and/ or copies of the bills for rent, electricity, phone bill for the last 12 months, OR/AND an official letter from the consulate that she was a resident of Israel for the last 12 months. I moved over a year back from Canada, had to show the bills. The more she has, the easier it would be getting her stuff clear. Trust me on that. I had some problems in a process, since I was studying in Canada and discarded all the bills. Managed to prove that I was a resident nevertheless.

She should check all the info I have provided with the Polish consulate just to make sure.

One only pays duty on new /unused things, so make sure that even if you buy something new, it looks used:) unpacked from the original package- you don't want to be paying duty on newly purchased stuff. I understand that upon moving people purchase some new stuff to bring into Poland at times, so they duty officers are very diligent when it comes to checking that:)

Good luck in moving:)

Law / Going back to Poland (Do I need to pay taxes if I take my furniture etc?) [10]


she should not since she is relocating and it is not taxes but duties we are talking about.


It is still the case. Polish consulate should have all the info and they require all the bills for the housing in order to prove that one lived abroad for at least last 12 months.

News / More anti Polish sentiment in western media ("Apple is worth more than Poland") [110]

I don't see what the big deal is. Maybe the author wanted to take a personal dig at Poland, but that would mean that he also wanted to take a dig at Sweden and Saudi Arabia. I think that he wanted to show how fast the value of Apple shares is going up. It is an unfortunate comparison, but I would just ignore, as I would ignore a troll on PF.

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]



so much for the source.

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


as if he didn't know that. Why feeding the troll?

Life / Polish plantlife and similar flora where you live. [81]


well, it depends what you like.

I don' have a garden, but my father does and I help him every year.

He grows cucumbers, carrots, parsley, beets, waxed beens, rasberries, strawberries, some pumpkins and flowers.

He grows tomatoes and lettuce in a hot house every year.

Some people grow potatoes, cabbage and all kinds of other veggies. You can buy all the seeds and start them on your own.
I forgot about onion, garlic and leeks. Also, you can plant fruit bushes such as goosberries black and red currant. Currants turn well in Poland.

Not to mention fruit trees:). Everything I mentioned usually turns out, although it has to be taken care of as well as it need some type of fertilizer. Either natural or not.

Good luck!

Food / How toxic is industrial salt? (some food factories in Poland used it for sausages) [49]


it is being tested at the moment. Just wait and don't buy more Polish food for now.

USA, Canada / Polonia who needs help with Polish Documentary [27]


how do you know what his intentions are? DO you have a crystal ball? Just curious;). I see nothing suspicious about being interested in Polish football hooligans. How do you know that the OP is going to reinforce bad stereotypes.

Why don't you register instead of lurking?

Topic like any others to be honest and it is a part of Polish reality.


I agree with that. a.k. doesn't seem to like the truth about Poland, colourful or not.


that would be a little difficult since it is a pretty sealed environment, but there may be a poster here who is able to help you.

Soccer clubs in Poland have official websites- not sure you are interested in those.

Good luck.

Food / Anybody in Poland actually eats soup-mix soups? [27]


people who eat heathy don't buy it, the same as in the US.


some people do, just like in the US- it has nothing to do with the nationality.


those products are being offered in supermarkets, so some people buy it because Poles don't have lunch time at work:). Those things are popular among students.


who cares? Just because you make a judgement on anything Polish doesn't mean that Americans do, they probably have better things to worry about.

I cook everything from scratch.

Love / More loveless sex of Poles living in the regained lands [73]


if anything.......lol. Not everything written in the newspaper is true, or is it? ;).

Now excuse me, but I am going to have loveless sex;).

Honey!!!!!!!!!!! Don't forget to put your communist underwear on. It really turns me on.

Life / Behemoth, an interview with a Polish musician [7]



I asume you are speaking for yourself, stop the personal remarks if you have nothing else to say on the matter.

History / Lech Kaczynski - was he a good leader? [88]


I agree.

Life / Behemoth, an interview with a Polish musician [7]


no, I am not kidding. This is just an example of the people who don't follow the main stream in Poland and they are loud about that. So what?


you seem to have missed the point of that. That is too bad. That is part of Poland too, isn't it? Missing the point so often.

Love / More loveless sex of Poles living in the regained lands [73]


why, thank you then. Thank God we are not as associated with the Church down here. You have not been in this part of the country then.

Greeting from Szczecin - one of the most promiscuous region on Poland.

Po polsku / Czy znacie jakieś "kultowe" Polskie filmy na Youtube? [21]


no, no. I bardzo dobrze. Jestem ciekawa, kto wymyslil Poloneza na Studniowke anyways;)

News / Wisława Szymborska died. [30]


I think she renounced her communist views in the 60s if I am not mistaken. That gave her 50 years of writing.


I am sure you are right, yet that prize is not given just to anybody, so I am not sure what you are trying to say, or rather asking me. I was NOT there.


Yes, I am suggesting that. That is OK though. I don't get many things either:).


well, I disagree, but perhaps you are not a cat owner:)

News / Wisława Szymborska died. [30]


the cat piece is brilliant in my opinion. I read it yeas ago and I was taken by it. It isn't very uplifting because she is talking about death in a non direct way. She had a gift of talking about most painful things in life. It is very difficult to describe poetry or explain it. One either gets it or not:).

News / Wisława Szymborska died. [30]


I see. So she got the Nobel prize for nothing then in your opinion.

News / Wisława Szymborska died. [30]


thank God it wasn't.

Off-Topic / Book: Gogol's Taras Bulba [37]


Ukrainian

Study / Shocking! Test standards in Polish schools. [165]


I agree. The fact that those students would get such high marks according to the official standards just says everything about the state of education in Poland. I teach gimnazjum students and they are way better then this, however they have been studying English at the state school, as well as in a private one. I find that some Polish students lack writing skills in English, while their reading, speaking and listening skills are on the much higher level.

The marking standards just proves that the Polish education system is not concentrated on the writing skills, which is a shame.

Stu's post is correct. I would be appalled too.

USA, Canada / Can you BE Polish without SPEAKING Polish in the US? [256]


you clearly don't get America, do you? You are such a bore.

USA, Canada / Can you BE Polish without SPEAKING Polish in the US? [256]


I strongly disagree.

USA, Canada / Can you BE Polish without SPEAKING Polish in the US? [256]


you make sure you are out of the house, lets say having a quiet time in the Polish Deli munching on kielbasa sandwich with sour pickles;), or in a Jewish Deli having cream cheese with smoked salmon on the the finest European Sour Bread or something like that.

USA, Canada / Can you BE Polish without SPEAKING Polish in the US? [256]

How would I know;).

If they eat kielbasa every week and go to Polish church they are Polish.

wait for the answers of the regular offenders on PF;). They take such topics seriously.