Travel / Buying train tickets - easiest / cheapest way to buy them in Poland? [4]


You can also buy them online at intercity.pl/en/

You will need to print the ticket.

Love / How do I find out if someone is a bigamist? [20]


Courts tend to treat each case on its own merits regarding family and marital issues. It looks like there are some extenuating circumstances, no intention to cause harm and the lady in question cooperated fully.

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]


That myth again...


Not much of a culture if it's so fragile that the presence of others is such a threat...

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]


Year on year you see more people in Warsaw whose appearance suggests they have roots outside our Europe. No bad thing at all.

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]


Because white-skinned nomarks kept them there. The future will be very different.

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]


Acceptable (and perfectly legal) in Britain until a few generations ago. Most people didn't of course and nor do most Muslims now.


Don't keep people down and they won't behave as if they're disempowered.

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]


In rural areas especially this can be a big problem. And it's usually the wife (and always the children) who suffer. Muslims here aren't part of that though - they often see alcohol the way someone from Britain sees marijuana; they know it's legal in some places and they know that others use it, they might even break the rules if they're on holiday and try some however it's something that they've been told throughout their whole lives that they should stay away from.


A lot of people in Europe (I'm thinking Brexiters) conveniently forget that the gastarbeiters working on building sites in Germany before 1989 did not come from Poland, Czech and Romania.


I've never met any immigrant who doesn't want to work hard and ensure their kids have a better life than they did.

Love / Urgent Relationship help - wife wants to stay in Poland [118]


There's a problem in Poland about this which has been discussed before here, when people have had problems. It is possible under some circumstances that both partners are liable for the debt.

Work / Fraudulent job situation Poland [15]


The problem here is that he was never employed by ubereats - he was a 'partner' as they call it, and self employed.


Sadly this is true.

Love / Urgent Relationship help - wife wants to stay in Poland [118]


That's more than double most people's salary. Plus there's the money she is entitled to receive in child benefit under the 500+ scheme.


Poland has a health service too, not everyone goes private, in fact for anything serious or expensive most people don't.


Sadly this is true.


Not least because the Polish courts would award her a fraction of the amount you are paying now.

Work / Fraudulent job situation Poland [15]

In the early 80s as I remember and not a moment too soon. Unfortunately she still has her fans. Including the head of Uber.

And this sort of very sharp employment practice, the thing the OP is complaining about, is entirely in line with that bogus philosophy. Unfortunately, there's very little the OP can do, except spread the story far and wide. It deserves to be picked up by the media, as the ubereats scandal has been in several countries.

Work / Fraudulent job situation Poland [15]

This issue isn't unique to Poland, ubereats have been heavily criticised for doing it elsewhere.

Yes, it should be illegal and they should be prosecuted. No, it isn't currently illegal under the contract 'uber partners' sign and they won't be, since your contract with them wasn't a contract of employment.


And yes, ubereats are happy to take advantage of your situation and doubtless dob you in to the immigration authorities should you attempt to sue them. There's a reason their reputation is so poor, a clue to this should be the fact that the CEO of Uber's twitter avatar is the cover of a book by the disgusting Ayn Rand.

News / Berlin terrorist attack -- Poland's ethnic homogeneity a true blessing [436]

You'll find the table a good indicator

News / Poland may take the EU to court if they step up pressure -- Kaczyński [89]


FF is very popular in Warsaw. Evidently even at the top of public life.

News / Berlin terrorist attack -- Poland's ethnic homogeneity a true blessing [436]


This is worth looking at:

Life / Good place to live in Poland (if you want to move on)? [66]


I suppose you did leave in order to become an economic migrant working night shifts in a factory in provincial England. The person who's asking is a professional person and has obviously weighed up the pros and cons, has been offered a decent salary from Poland (and we don't know his or her situation at home) and has considered accommodation and schooling.

It's obvious that there was nothing in Poland for you, however for the person who's asked the question, it may be a good step. Not everyone (as you well know) has a huge range of choices. Even if the poster has several options, the others may be less interesting.

And yes, Poland is a great place to live.

Life / Good place to live in Poland (if you want to move on)? [66]


Yes, it's a good salary in Poland.

And Poland is a great place to live. Are you coming to Warsaw?

Study / Looking for good bilingual (Polish/English) primary school in Warsaw [8]

These sites may be useful to you:
kopernik.edu.
josemarti.pl
ies.waw.pl/pl/edukacja.php
12lo.warszawa.pl/files/folderen.pdf

Some are for senior schools only, but if you contact them, they may be able to recommend a good primary school that they have received pupils from.

History / Catholic Irish or Scottish Immigrants to Poland [3]

Many Scots (though not especially the Catholic minority) settled here after the Potop Szwedzki as well as merchants who settled here.

News / Good-change government raising minimum wage in Poland, cutting SB pensions [213]


Very naughty of you Po. Perhaps if they'd given you the job you begged for you'd be praising them.


There you go again. Your stock PRL-style response to the reality that hurts you so much.


PiS to a tee.

News / Good-change government raising minimum wage in Poland, cutting SB pensions [213]


There would be very few left. For a party that pretends to be so keen on 'lustracja' they've certainly got a lot more skeletons in their cupboards than any other political organisation in Poland.

News / Good-change government raising minimum wage in Poland, cutting SB pensions [213]


You know that's untrue. By the way, he is at home in Poland very frequently.


There you go again...


Which means it's definitely untrue.

Donald Tusk, Poland's best prime minister so far, would almost certainly win a presidential election if he stood tomorrow. His approval rating within Poland as president of the EU commission is pretty high too.

Travel / Bialystok - what to expect? [4]

Doing this walk round town can be good: szlak.uwb.edu.pl/media/cd_offline_04/files/druk/trail_folder_english.pdf

Also have a look at the Branicki Palace (you can't miss it). There's a nice cafe overlooking the park that used to be the palace gardens.

Food / What Scottish Whisky do they sell in Poland? [24]


Try adding just a few drops only of warm water to open up the flavour...

I can still remember some traditional bars in Britain, especially the North and Scotland which used to have little jugs of hot water on the bar for that. Some in Scotland still do. I've encouraged friends to do that here in Poland. It does make a difference.

There's also ginger wine which goes nicely in whisky however I wouldn't add that to malt.

Food / What Scottish Whisky do they sell in Poland? [24]


It exists here - I'm not sure how much is sold.

People tend to buy blended in Poland and mix it with coca-cola :-(

Though not in my home...

News / Good-change government raising minimum wage in Poland, cutting SB pensions [213]

"the Kosher Courier". The what?


That's pretty well your standard rant when challenged on the bad change government and as usual very little to do with the failed topic of the thread.


One failing, one doomed, one about to lose, one a political pariah and the last likely to end up behind bars.

News / Good-change government raising minimum wage in Poland, cutting SB pensions [213]


The results of the PiS ghouls' activity is likely to be a huge backlash - even bigger than the one after their last brief term of office. This is likely to gel beautifully with the wider European backlash against nationalism.

Every thing they do invariably produces the opposite effect.

News / Good-change government raising minimum wage in Poland, cutting SB pensions [213]


Look what they turned in to. Ghouls nibbling at the mouldy corpśe of 30s nationalism.

News / Good-change government raising minimum wage in Poland, cutting SB pensions [213]


That appeals to his aging supporters

Food / What Scottish Whisky do they sell in Poland? [24]

So many people do, and certainly that product is very popular in Poland.