Law / Setting up small business in Poland? [191]

guys i would greatly appreciate your help on confirming this and helping with the details.

if i come from a non-european country and i want to open a single person business in poland. for example, i want to offer my freelance services as a web programmer here, or something similar.

after looking at the paiz.gov.pl, i understand that the most feasible option i have is to open a Limited Liability Company (LLC).

in which case, mainly i should prove i have 50K PLN at my disposal (deposit them at a polish bank etc.), and be able to pay certain fees/taxes every month.

- are there any other initial or ongoing requirements that i am not aware of?
- do you guys know how much fixed fees i have to pay every month (meaning, suppose i have no income from the business, how much do i still have to pay every month)?

i would greatly appreciate the help, feel free to PM also.

all the best
groovyg

Life / Reliable Weather Service In Poland? [25]

don't use yahoo, it's very inaccurate, msn weather is much better and has more features

also try:

imgw.pl
accuweather.com/index-world.asp
myforecast.com

Life / Internet / Telephone provider in Krakow [28]

ghnet, aster, upc, netia, tele2, noeostrada and there are many more regional ones

depends on your location, most companies only do certain areas

neostrada is everywhere and so is netia with its wimax

Life / Internet / Telephone provider in Krakow [28]

it's not true that most companies work with tp, actually there are very few of them, e.g. netia and tele2, but netia offers wimax by now

@zoogle - you don't need to buy equipment to use ghnet

Work / Average monthly salary in Poland is around 1000 PLN (few hundred bucks). [387]

give it a couple more years and 1000pln will be worth more than $1000 anyway. poland is the place to be.

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

cien, prozak mentioned above are relatively 'wannabe posh' and music is technoish. if you like it then cool, otherwise look for other clubs that offer a completely different atmosphere.

Travel / Getting from Krakow to Warsaw [99]

there are new fast trains from krakow to warsaw (and vice versa) for a fraction of the price of IC. forgot the company name but it's very famous now, ask around.

Love / Woman 23, man 47 years old. What do you think about ? [162]

age is ********, if the connection is good who cares

Life / Internet / Telephone provider in Krakow [28]


i have encountered this before - in general, companies that work via tp might give you a bad technical service, i would guess that maybe tp is giving THEM a bad service so to hurt their business. just a guess.

Travel / Trains travel between Germany and Poland [7]

try bahn.de

Travel / Clubs, bars and general night life in Poland [13]

summer is not so good for nightlife, as mentioned above many cities are dead in summer months

holidays resorts (sopot etc) are active

krakow is always active but much much much better in october when the student year starts.

if all you want is 2 weeks non stop party your best choice would be october-november in krakow.

there will also be less tourists. weather may be cold but you are from sweden so nothing new.

Travel / Regular UK visitor to Krakow - How to meet people and make friends? [56]

there are a few irish pubs in krakow you could go to and there's a lot of britons there

there are also some organized expat meetings

also if you're not the timid type just go to the clubs on your own, you'll make tons of friends ;)

Travel / Poland to Romania (and back!) [18]

there used to be some really cheap buses (less than 100zl) but i don't know if they still have this deal. also you'll have to spend 3 days or more on the bus.

Travel / Train routes and timetables in Poland - planning and info [19]

try bahn.de for train connections across europe

Travel / Wroclaw to Cologne [13]

germanwings has a hub in colonge, if they have flights to wroclaw then it would not be expensive

Travel / My friends advise me not to go to Warsaw because people are horrible there? [30]

no they are not horrible at all, they are very nice people in general

just a bit serious and have a bit of a problem understanding jokes..

Law / Laundromats in Poland? Good business venture or not? [90]

the whole central europe area hardly has laundromats

you'll have to make a cultural change

hope you have a lot of money and a few decades of spare time

Study / The reputation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. [52]

Opinion about Jagiellonian University 2 weeks intensive Polish course (Krakow)?

Hey;

Anyone has an informed opinion about this course at UJ?

poprzednia.uj.edu.pl/SL/en/program_offer/september_2007/zima/index.php

(it says 2007 in the URL but the courses are for 2011)

I've been studying Polish so far from books and online courses ('Polish in 4 weeks', Rosetta Stone etc.). My level is very basic since it's hard for me to muster the discipline to learn in an orderly fashion.

I was thinking about taking this 2 weeks course, and if it does me well, perhaps move on to a longer course, e.g. their summer courses

poprzednia.uj.edu.pl/SL/en/summer_courses

Opinions, sharing your experience appreciated.

Cheers
Groovyg

Study / Opinions about '2 weeks intensive Polish course' [26]

Thanks for all the replies.

Obviously I don't except to learn the language in 2 weeks, just get a more organized foundation so I can expand it by myself later. I guess I would give it a try, will write my impression once done.. :)

Study / Opinions about '2 weeks intensive Polish course' [26]

Thanks Bondi but alas, I'm in Krakow not in Lublin..

Life / Buying a laptop in Poland - where/whats a good deal? [32]

Buy it in Germany and ship it here.

Study / Opinions about '2 weeks intensive Polish course' [26]

Just to update, I took the 2 weeks course and it was worth it in my opinion. It gave me some basics and a lot of orientation for self study which is exactly what I wanted. They covered a lot of material in condensed way ('intensive' is definitely a good description). The teacher was dedicated and quite enthusiastic.

To recap, if the above is what you're looking for, then it does deliver.

Law / How to register a new business in Poland [129]

There have been a lot of previous threads about this, do a search.

Also:

paiz.gov.pl/polish_law/forms_of_doing_business

Travel / What do you know about Torun, Poland? [30]

OP - been to torun a few times, I second the opinions here, beautiful little town and a lot of students. Don't know about the artist scene though.

Life / Internet access, speeds and companies in Poland. [8]

Aster - they operate in Krakow and Warsaw, they're ok, but do not always offer the magnificent speeds that are written on their website, it depends on their infrastructure at the particular block where you live.

Travel / NOT COMING TO KRAKOW- KEEP IT! [30]


Regardless of this particular site and Krakow in particular.

I highly caution anyone not to form negative opinions about places or people without ever visiting those places or seeing these people face to face.

The internet distorts things, radically, and almost always for the negative.

Call it 'the dark side' of this wonderful tool.


So once again, the reason this was so is because they weren't relying on the internet to judge others or to communicate with them.

Why not do things the way your generation always did? Pay a visit to Krakow, stay a couple of weeks, meet some people face to face, then decide.

Life / American moving to Poland. How do I get/What is the cost of a cell phone, cable, etc...? [16]


Internet highly depends on your area within the city (i.e. which street you are on), you have to check which companies provide service to your street and also which kind of service (companies may not have infrastructure to support fast advertised speeds on your particular street). If stuck, you can always order internet from TP (the national telephone company) but make sure you do so early because these guys may take their sweet time to install.

Study / Opinions about '2 weeks intensive Polish course' [26]

I took the course (see above posts), the course organized the material in a way that I could study more effectively later by myself. Also we made quite a bit of progress within these 2 weeks, and you can once again expand on the topics that were touched by yourself later. Overall I do recommend this format if you can't afford a longer term course.

>> you can't be so intense if everyone is being chilled and having a laugh

No, it's not a holiday course, actually some students were Erasmus and the exam at the end counted towards their grade so they weren't 'chilled'. Others were foreigners who work now in Poland and want to get a grasp of Polish (they didn't care about the exam but it doesn't mean they were slowing down the course). This wasn't a 'party all night and learn a few polish words during the day' course. It is what it says - '2 weeks intensive Polish course'.

Overall this format was useful for me and I want to take higher level intensive course sometime this year again.

Law / Where to register a .PL domain name? [33]

You don't have to use a Polish registrar, many big name international registrars offer .PL domains and often for a much lower price. Anyone can register without restriction. Try gandi.net for example, a known registrar that specializes in international domain names.