Life / any online newspaper for Lodz? [6]

Hi,

the Lodz Post is relatively new (ca 1 month old) but it is constantly improving. It is a mix of Lodz news, Polish news, Lifestyle, Travel and Sports. At the moment there are about 2 -3 new articles a day, but it will change to an up to date newspaper / online magazine.

lodz post

Travel / Best way to get from Lodz to Warsaw? [48]

@ Sara1984, train ticket to Lodz is 32 zloty which equates to roughly 8 Euro. Taxi from Lodz Kaliska to any of the hotels in the city center (Hotels on Pilsudskiego) is about an additional 12 - 15 zloty so all in all a trip from Warszawa Centralna to the Hotel in Lodz would costs approx. 44 - 47 zloty, not even 12 Euro . It takes maximum 3 hours (delays due to construction on railtracks and in the city of Lodz already taking into consideration).

Love / Are women from Poland scared of good looking guys? [48]

What a great conversation this is. Makes me wonder how low the self-esteem of some people must be, if they feel the need to have deluded rants about "how many broads they smashed" ,in a forum.

Ever heard about "A Gentlemen does not kiss and tell"?

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

Zach, the "Irish Mbassy" or "Bull Pub" are pretty good places to meet some people rather quickly. Particularly Irish Mbassy will not leave you sitting by yourself for too long. Depending on what you fancy, Mbassy normally has some kind of entertainment. Either pub quiz, live music or sports events (Premier League, Rugby etc.) on television.

Mbassy's Sunday roast was something i found to be very delicious when i stayed in Krakow and even throughout the week, their food is quite good. From there, you can easily move on to other places around the Rynek and Kazimierz is not too far either (even by foot).

Work / Shifting to Poland - 6000PLN after tax good enough for Krakow? [12]


Yes! You should be able to rent a small 1 bedroom for between 1300 - 1600 zloty close to the center. I used to pay 2000 zloty for a slightly larger one bedroom but it was also only a 2 minute walk from the Rynek. Plus extra costs you may be looking at 2000 altogether.

That leaves you with 4k left which is plenty even for Krakow.


I am not sure if this is a serious question or not........!?

Life / Should I expect racism as a 'black' woman in Poland [149]


So if you do not know the two cities, what do you base your recommendation on?

Life / Should I expect racism as a 'black' woman in Poland [149]


Lodz is 130 km away from Warsaw, Lublin 180km. I am sorry but can you see you why I am questioning your reasoning?

Life / The best English newspapers about Poland? [22]

The Lodz Post is relatively new reporting on news from Lodz and Poland in general. They have a sports section to cover mostly football as well as entertainment and travel tips around Poland. They are not always up to date yet, but the news are coming in more regularly constantly. Check it out.

Travel / Best places to visit in Sopot in December [11]

Article on the nightlife in Sopot: lodzpost/entertainment/sopot-nightlife/

Law / Poland's Work permit questions - visiting European countries; working in the EU / switching job; dependants [86]

Am I missing something here? Since when do companies issue work permits???? Either someone is seriously taking the **** here or is trying to get information as to how to defraud the visa regime.

Either way, I don't think that any further answers have any remit seeing that arslan has used the visa for Poland as an entry ticket to Germany. We have immigration rules for a reason, just like any other countries / common travel areas have.

Life / Racism & study with part time jobs in Warsaw ? [53]

Education does not start at third level education. It starts from a very early age when children learn a certain way of living. It is not a co-incidence that most southern European countries are struggling while still maintaining a high level of third level education.

What else would you name as the reasons for the struggle of southern Europe if not education?

Law / I have overstayed my visa and been banned from Poland. Is leaving Schengen zone and coming back a solution? [10]

No, this is not how it works, otherwise they could just abolish the rule completely. It is 90 days in any 180 day period, meaning if your friend has been in Poland for 3 months, she would have to leave Poland for 3 months and then come back.

Regarding the question as to why "I have to go home to apply for a visa or appeal against a decision".

You do not have to go home to the country you were born in, however, you have to do this in the country you are registered as a permanent resident. The reason is that for consular affairs, only the embassy in the country where you permantly reside in is responsible for you.

For example, if you are still registered in Australia, the Polish embassy / consulate in Australia would be responsible to handle your request. This means that technically you would not be able to submit a visa application or appeal against a decision from any other country than Australia, unless you can prove to have a permanent resident address and legal status in the country you are applying from.

Work / Suggestions for starting a business in Poland ( I have 50/60,000 USD ) [59]

Hi Levi, may i ask you what it is that makes you want to invest in Poland?

It seems to me that you actually do not know what you want to do, how to do it and where to do it. You have now gone from "Lounge Bar" to "Hostel". To me it sounds more like you have been in Poland for three months as a tourist, enjoyed your time and believed that you have what it takes to start up a business here. However, you should remember that going on a holiday (even for three months) and real life are two different pairs of shoes. I do not know how many people i have met in Poland who were convinced that if they come back here and open a bar or a hostel, they would make it. Somehow, they all ended up back at home or never started their business in the first place.

The first question you have to ask yourself is what it is that you are really passionate about. Second is whether or not there is a need for it. Have you researched the hostel industry in Poznan? Is there a need for an additional hostel? What can you do with your hostel that other hostel can / do not do? Are you willing and able to deal / cope with the rather bureaucratic approach in Poland, i.e. paperwork and stamps for literally everything you do?

Do not waste your money just for the sake of going to Poland to open a business here. Unless you really have a plan, fully understand your business and industry and are aware of what you are getting yourself into.

Work / Suggestions for starting a business in Poland ( I have 50/60,000 USD ) [59]


Absolutely agree on this. I would compare Poland's growth to the Irish "Celtic Tiger" back in the late 90' / early 2000's when centralized shared service centers popped up everywhere. Surely we have seen how Ireland ended up when the likes of Dell, Google et. slowly but surely started to move their operations to Poland.

@ Levy, judging by your last post, i can only conclude that my assumption about "you may have stayed here as a tourist for three month, but have not yet experienced real life in Poland" is spot on.

Particularly the fact that you have mentioned "opening an airline or a football stadium is too complicated and demanding" and that is why you do not do it, let's me assume that you in fact do not know much about Poland and the markets here.

There were at least two airlines in recent years that either collapsed or never even took off (due to missing licences) in the past couple of years in Poland. And with regards to the football stadia in Poland, well look at the capacity vs. usage of all the new stadia and you will see why I believe that giving these examples, only shows lack of knowledge regarding Poland.

Before you burn 60k USD and end up going home with deep hatred for Poland, think carefully, analyze the markets, double check whether or not there is demand / need.

At this moment, and i hope you will not take this personal, it sounds like you have no idea as to what you really want to do. Having a bit of airline / tourism industry experience does not mean that you have the expertise to run a successful hostel or lounge bar. Neither would any of your posts suggest that you really understand what you are talking about.

Perhaps you may want to look into investing into something smaller for the beginning? An online start up in Lodz is currently looking for a 25k PLN (7.5k USD) investment. If you want to know more, send me a PN but i really would discourage you to burn your 60000 dollars on something you do not seem to know a great deal about.

Travel / Warsaw-Gromnik-Munich-Koln-Berlim-Warsaw? Poland-Germany-Poland by train [8]

The fastest connection from Lodz to Munich by train takes approx. 14 hours with 3 changes in Warsaw, Berlin and Fulda.

Work / Finding English teaching jobs in Poland [19]


Quite interesting that you agree "with most Britindortmund" has written yet you say that Silesians are more open that other Poles would be. While I agree, on that I am not sure how you can agree with Britindortmund's statement about Germany and then say that Silesians are more "open".

If you would pay a bit of interest, you would understand that Silesians hang on to their German history quite a lot. Oberschlesing is a language still spoken by many people ( even the younger ones), German is considered to be their second language, there is even a German newspaper published weekly that covers events from Silesia.

There is a good reason why you may find Silesian people to be more open than other Poles. It is because not many Silesians would consider themselves Polish, although they would not necessarily make their feelings public.

Regarding the teacher issue. I agree that living in smaller cities increases the chances of getting a better paid job. I was on 66 zlotych an hour when I worked for a language school in Chorzow.

Work / Finding English teaching jobs in Poland [19]


I have never been to Gdynia so I can not judge.


True. Chorzow, Zabrze, Bytom etc, would be more Silesian than Katowice is. But Ireland is more Irish than Dublin could ever be.........

Life / Will an English bought TV work In Poland? [20]


Nonsense!

Off-Topic / "fake" PESEL nr. [5]

I am sorry but........ do you realize that a PESEL is an 11 digit number that you can simply make up? If you want to order something from a shop and they ask for your PESEL, they will hardly check if it is correct, right?

Either make up an 11 digit number or use this link:
bogus.ovh.org/generatory/all.html
They will do it for you. It's not difficult

Travel / Travel from Poland to Germany [4]

If you are willing to be stressed over Christmas, take the bus option.

From Warsaw, this train connection appears to be the easiest and perhaps most relaxing option to me:

24.12.14

Warsaw - Berlin
Dep. 05:55 - Arr. 11:15

Berlin - Heidelberg
Dep. 12:48 - Arr. 17:48 (which change in Mannheim).

Total cost: 148 EUR one way (620 PLN)

The Berlin - Warsaw Express is quite a comfortable train. I have taken it many times. From Berlin you would be travelling on the ICE to Mannheim and the last 10 minutes from Mannheim to Heidelberg on the Regional Express (even those are quite comfortable in Germany).

The train option is twice as expensive as the bus option mentioned abvoe, but you will be more relaxed upon arrival. Going by bus, i would be afraid to need a week holiday just to recover from the bus journey.

News / Turkey abolished visas for Poles. [80]


I am confused. Since when would Nation 1 dictate Nation 2 whether or not the citizens of Nation 1 need a visa to enter Nation 2? If that would be the case, Kiew would just make an annoucement that from now on, Ukraine's citizens do not need a visa to enter Poland anymore.


It has absolutely nothing to do with Schengen or the EU.

News / Turkey abolished visas for Poles. [80]


Ireland has a common travel area with the UK and is therefore not a full member of Schengen. Schengenvisas do not apply to Ireland.

News / Turkey abolished visas for Poles. [80]


So what you are saying is that instead of Russian Oligarchs, it is now Polish "Oligarchs" bringing their dollars to Turkey? :)

Travel / Do trains in Poland arrive on time? [38]



Actually, Polish trains or German trains in Poland during the war, were hardly ever steered by Germans, because train personnel was changed at the borders, as were most likely the locomotives that pulled the trains.

This is something that is still being done. Cross border trains are normally pulled by locomotives of the country they are currently in. Of course, that only works on trains that have a separate locomotive, not a build in drivers cabin like the ICE train or Pendolino

Anyway, regarding the actual topic, @ Monika it would be good to know whether or not you have to be in Warsaw at exactly 9:30 or if a slight delay would not matter too much. There is simply no telling about the likelyhood of PKP running on time with this particular train. It's more like a lottery with them.

Travel / Do trains in Poland arrive on time? [38]


A bit off topic of course but......... ICE trains have build in drivers cabins. In fact, in the most recent versions of the ICE trains, the drivers cabin is segregated to the passenger compartment only by a glass wall, allowing passengers who sit right behind it to have quite a nice view.

Travel / Do trains in Poland arrive on time? [38]


I was actually talking about the ICE train in Germany. ICE - Intercity Express. There is no such thing as an ICE train in Poland :)

Travel / Do trains in Poland arrive on time? [38]


Well, to be honest i would be very upset if i pay for an ICE ticket but have to undertake my journey in an EIC. The difference in quality and speed of both trains is massive.

Travel / Do trains in Poland arrive on time? [38]


This one here from Gdansk is quite interesting. I wonder how they ended up from being part of the "S-Bahn" in Berlin to running in TryCity in Poland. I remember using them in Berlin when i was younger.


pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/EW92

Travel / Do trains in Poland arrive on time? [38]


You seem to be spot on with this as "EW90" (also from Berlin) was shipped to Poland as part of reparations. See link pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/EW90

This is quite an interesting topic for me because i have always wondered about the resemblance of the old Polish ETZs to the older S-Bahn Berlin trains