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Joined: 4 Sep 2014 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 11 Sep 2014
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Posts: Total: 5 / In This Archive: 4 		From: Poland, Warsaw
Speaks Polish?: a tiny fraction of a little bit - I'm learning
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wmertens   
18 Sep 2014
Life / Not possible to find a Hardware/DIY store near Mokotów, Warszawa? (Warsaw district) [10]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find a DIY store within biking distance from Mokotów and so far the closest seems to be OBI in the South which is 23 minutes by bike.

I find it hard to believe that there's nowhere close I can go to buy some screws - in my home country Belgium there's several hardware stores within 10 min biking. Is this a cultural thing? :)
wmertens   
22 Sep 2014
Life / Not possible to find a Hardware/DIY store near Mokotów, Warszawa? (Warsaw district) [10]

Thank you kindly! Uncle Google wasn't very forthcoming to me...

I ended up taking the subway to Leroy Merlin in Arkadia which, though really far, was the least total travel time for me.

On the plus side, I got some screws that would have easily cost me 8Zł in Belgium for 0.40... so 20x cheaper :-) I had never bought screws by weight before, neat!

(Apologies for the delay in answering)
wmertens   
22 Sep 2014
Life / Not possible to find a Hardware/DIY store near Mokotów, Warszawa? (Warsaw district) [10]

Hi Jardinero,

I did ask some locals, and one told me to go to RTV (seriously) and another told me to go to OBI. Googling around for OBI then led me to PolishForums where I found out about Leroy Merlin and some old threads about hardware stores, after which I decided to ask here.

BTW, Google doesn't hide hits simply because a shop isn't paying Google. Google shows you ads related to your search, as well as your search results. Thus you can search for something and get an ad for brand A and a regular search result for competing brand B.