Work / Looking for accommodation & teaching job in KATOWICE [78]


No offense but "teaching "( singing a few songs )Polish toddlers or baby sitting them in English would be suitable but please stay away from teaching English to anyone above 5 years old.

I just can't imagine myself learning Polish with someone who cannot write Polish properly, does not have experience and just wants to be my teacher for money because he speaks his mother tongue.

Let professional teachers of English teach Poles properly and offer your services at a Pub or at a shop needing English speaking staff for instance.

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]

How can one take this comparison into account when applied to Polish salary ? We can say the same about rents in London and rents in Warsaw too but the cost of a metro ticket or a tram ticket costs almost 10 times less than a taxi fare in Poland !( at least in Krakow /10zl for the 20 mns shuttle and 90zl + tip with a taxi).

So i think the new metro line is a good project but i would also wish there was a fast shuttle or metro to link the Warsaw airport to the city center like in Barcelona where you just buy a metro ticket to and from the airport.

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]

Poland was not a Communist country by choice but Communist Invaded so maybe that's why Poles tend to forgive Jaruzelski and did not send him to rot in jail like the French did with Marechal Petain. Maybe they just thought he was one of the muppets of Moscow and held no real responsability for their misfortune.

Law / Poland Carpentry Certification question .. ! [5]

I am afraid i cannot help you with the title of the Polish Carpentry Certification if there is any but i know that Polish Carpentry is one of the most famous in the world. The Carpenters who built those amazing wooden chalets in Zakopane are doing projects all over the world so maybe for you the best would be to contact the Zakopane townhall to ask them about that.

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]

Grzegorz( Beautiful name by the way) what the heck are you talking about ?


Draconian limits on C02 emissions is bad? Do you still want to show your great grand children the beautiful Bialoweza forest , the Beskids etc ?
Coal is the Number 1 energy used in Poland and it is extremely polluting and damaging for Human beeings,Natural sites and even historic buildings.

A clean energy is not real Economy? Eu is reducing competitivness of Polish economy by partly financing your local transportations? lol

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


I find these Metro entrances really tacky and unpractical , can't they commission a good designer for the money which will go into the project?

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]

Not a very practical ROOF when it SNOWS in Winter!

Food / Orange Roughy in Krakow? [9]

On Wikipedia they tell us the most common fish in the Baltic Sea and the problem of the alga /bacteria coming from agricutural waste ( under the Biology section of the article)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea
Apparently there isTurbot in the Baltic Sea which is a delicious fish ( never had it in Poland), BLS if you have a crave for Orange Roughy i advise you wait until you go back to the US on holiday to have it .

The choice of Frozen Fish is also somewhat limited in LIDL supermarket you can buy plaice, cod, salmon but no orange roughy.

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


Warsaw would indeed deserve a direct fast public transportation to and from the airport.

In Krakow the Balice shuttle was also financed by the EU and it is working extremely well , the journey is 20 mns and at a cheap rate ( about 10 zl 1 way from the airport to Glwony Dorzec the main Krakow station in the center).

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]

With 67.3 Billions of Euros for the period 2007-2013 Poland is the country in Europe which benefits the most from the European Union structural Funds.

Who is paying ? the European Union is.

The Warsaw metro will be half financed by Polish taxes I assume.

If it is a public service like in Paris France not like in London UK it means that all of Poland will finance the Capital 's metro even cities which will not have any metro lines.

I think it is money well spent because our cities in Europe have to develop public transportations to avoid traffic jams, car pollution etc.

Real Estate / Can a Non-European buy house in Poland? [14]

yes of course you can buy your friend's house in Lodz( Agricultural land and historic buildings are protected but individual flats or houses are for sale for anyone who wants to buy them!) but Lodz is not Krakow or Zakopane. Do you want a holiday house or a permanent house?

Food / Orange Roughy in Krakow? [9]

Well to be honest with you , Krakow is not the place for Fish,it is too far from the Ocean.
When you are asking" is it popular in Europe"?Europe is Big And Diverse! Germany is Germany Spain is Spain Norway is Nrway Poland is Poland and we are all different and don't know what everybody eats or like.

Poland does not have a huge choice in terms of fish from my experience , the Baltic sea is very polluted and too cold to have a wide variety of fish species.

Fishmongers are scarce, there is a kiosk on Starolwilsna looking like a stara babcia place , it has a few herrings and salmon ,"the sausage of the sea".

The biggest choice for fresh fish i found is at Alma Supermarket , i can buy Salmon( but no doubt it is not Wild Salmon like in Alaska!) Sole sometimes, maquerel, and herring .+ carp and trouts but no halibut, no snapper and no sea food!

BLS i found this website selling food and your favourite fish, maybe you can order it on line.

niam.pl/pl/produkty/4054-gardlosz_atlantycki

News / Has there been an influx of Polish people into Germany? [21]


Yes absolutely, it is the story of the Ant and the Grasshoper.


Given the Polish growth maybe it will happen one day ! We ll see the Polish workers behaving like primadonas and wealthy enough not to want to do the dirty jobs, you might be among the 1 million low payed working class brits happy to find work in Poland! Lol

News / Has there been an influx of Polish people into Germany? [21]


And so what? Are these older people bothering you? and if they live in the UK with their working Polish families it means that they also spend money in the UK in British supermarkets buying their wodka but also food etc.

Some old Poles are drinking wodka on British benches and some English young men are also just drinking wodka in Polish bars and pubs in Poland!

C'est la Vie!

News / Damien Perquis Football player granted Polish citizenship insulted by the PIS ? [30]

Well if you had said that Jean Marie Le Pen burnt a Polish woman alive because she was not French i would have believed you too! Lol

News / Damien Perquis Football player granted Polish citizenship insulted by the PIS ? [30]


No sorry i would have done without this Polish guy on the political scene insulting someone who got Polish citizenship just because he had Polish roots and was not born in Poland and who did the same against someone who was born in Poland and raised in Germany.

I don't prefer at all people like that to speak their minds and express their hate and hostility for no reason, i would prefer them to shut up . They are an embarrassment for Poland. As for Kaczyński spitting on this football player he is just lucky he did not do that with Zinedine Zidane!

News / Damien Perquis Football player granted Polish citizenship insulted by the PIS ? [30]


Exept when Gazeta Wyborzca and main Polish French and German newspapers write about this...

Tomaszewski also insulted another player E Polanski who is Polish but raised in Germany.

Anyway the PIS will not win the elections in my opinion but the damages on Poland ' s image are big.

History / 1920 Battle of Warsaw - English trailer and film [55]


Amazing Polish actor, especially on the theater scene Divides his time between Poland and France.
That's why he is starting to look like Gerard Depardieu! Lol

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


Congratulations Rodriguo for your new citizenship and for your optimism amid these hard times everywhere.
Out of curiosity what is the job you defined as your great job in Poland?

Travel / Best clubs in Krakow? No tourist traps. [64]

What's the age range for members/guests at Cien ?
What's the price for drinks in there?

UK, Ireland / Why do so many Polish guys in the UK have a crew cut or buzz cut? [106]

Yes we see so many Polish men with shaved heads or really short hair in Poland.
If there were just a few it would be ok but in my opinion there are too many looking like skin heads .
I think it is a trend in Poland for men but in Southern Europe it is associated with "White trash,Hooligans and socially with Unemployed or manual workers.( Miners for practical reasons etc)

Law / Setting up SPZOO and SPK in Poland [16]

It depends on the Business you are setting up , a spolka cywilna with personal liability would be risky if you need to borrow a lot of funds or if it implies getting insurance policies( if a client or an employee sues you etc). What kind of business are you setting up?

If i were you i would just start with a spolka cywilna and as soon as i have good prospects and clients i would switch to a Spolka Jawna which just looks more professional and formal.

This way your company will already be "profitable" before modifying the structure because you'll already have clients.
As far as running business is concerned i don't think it a problem to rent an office and phone lines with a spolka cywilna, it might even be quicker especially if you are not Polish and appear as a foreign "businessman".

Same with signing contracts and agreements, why would clients care about whether they are signing with a company that is a spolka cywilna or a spolka jawna?

Travel / Cheap hotel price in Warsaw? [16]

Xpertize i thought from one of your messages posted on the forum you recently found and rented a room for 950zl per month in Warsaw ?

As for hostels for 20-30zl per night I doubt there are any. Or maybe in a dorm with several people and no security for your belongings.If you found a hotel for 50zl per night last year it is better you go back there but the price must have increased from last year.

Law / Setting up SPZOO and SPK in Poland [16]


I have seen companies which do have the extention SPZOO SPK and was wondering what it meant.( just type krakow spzoo spk and some will appear) but is it something usual i doubt it.

I have nothing against tax optimization but if the whole thing is a" montage" to only lower taxes i doubt the Polish Tax office will buy that and i agree with Delphiandomine( Good to see you back Delphiandomine by the way) that you should


Concerning the fees of accountancy firms in Krakow mentionned by a PF forum, they are outrageously expensive, unbelievable, it should never be above 800 zl a month MAX especially for a start up.

Well do keep us posted about the development of your business, it is very interesting.

Law / Is having private students in Poland legal? Or a registration as self-employed is required [30]


I personally think it better to tax consumption than to tax work.
In democracies we elect people to manage our country but are they always spending our tax money well? Of course not.
And are they always competent? of course not.
Some countries seem more virtuous than others ( the Nordic countries i mentioned like Finland etc) but they have their own problems too.
In other words we are seldom happy with the way our taxes are spent but in Krakow for instance i would gladly pay more 'city taxes" which i find very low so that my money is spent on public libraries, swimming pools, cultural centers, parks anything which we all benefit from.

Law / Setting up SPZOO and SPK in Poland [16]

Here is a former PF post with accountants in Krakow:

I contacted the offices that were recommended to me by members on this forum, and also offices which I found via Google. I sent them a mail in Polish, explaining that I was thinking of changing for another accountant and looked for new offers. I copied/pasted the list of tasks, and pricing, from the contract I have with my present accountant. Here is the result so far. Price is without VAT and applies to monthly services. As a rule, annual statements are billed separately, usually at the cost of the equivalent of 1 month. Please bear in mind that those offers were tailored for me and would not necessarily apply to your case.

Trinity-CS
I had a long meeting with them. Great capacity for listening to the customer. English.
- one-time fee for taking over from my previous accountant : 1500zł
- monthly fee : 2000zł

QBilans
I had a meeting with them. Very nice people. Polish only, but I experienced that they would make a minimal effort in English for specific words I would really not understand.

- monthly fee : 800zł + 20zł for each invoice billed to a customer outside Poland (I would have 2 or 3 per months)

Kancelaria-MKM
We had a conversation over the phone. English.
- monthly fee : 800zł, but I think there would be an additional cost for something else which would result in a global fee of 1000zł, I should double-check with him.

Liliana Rawicz Raciborska
She made an offer by e-mail. Polish only.
- monthly fee : from 800 to 900zł

The following offices haven't replied yet :
Katarzyna Sadurska
Biernacki

I still have to contact the following, which I forgot :
Partenaire Pologne

Law / Is having private students in Poland legal? Or a registration as self-employed is required [30]


Well you might advise your friend that without taxes a society /country will not have Education for everyone, Local Transportation for everyone, Health for everyone, roads and roadsigns etc etc and that he might aswell live by himself on a desert islandand be exonerated from any tax forever.

Just ask him a concrete question: Does he watch cable TV ? and if he does how do countries finance their Research and Development( satellites and so forth) without the contribution of everyone ?

How would countries actually finance anything ?

Law / Is having private students in Poland legal? Or a registration as self-employed is required [30]


Students are not responsible for declaring teachers 'income.
If Poland does not want to follow the path of Greece( right into the wall!) where cheating on taxes are a national sport and pride then Black economy should be erased and everyone should declare his/her income and pay taxes like in Northern Europe (Finland ,Norway, etc) because one day or another, citizens from countries which cheated for ages are on the edge of bankrupcy.

Don't you think?