Life / Cost of living in Katowice, Poland [53]

This is very sensible advice and i'd echo the point about not moving to Kato for less than 8k netto which is about 11.5k brutto

This tax calculator will help

calculla.com/salary_in_poland

Life / Moving To Krakow May (a place to live and work?) [48]

Kraków has loads going for it, lots of corporations making a job easy to find, a good standard of living and cultural life is 2nd only to Warsaw.

Great places to live here, i'd recommend in this order:

1. Podgórze - cheap, handsome tenements, on the up, close to Kazimerz, great transport links
2. Kazmierz - a bit more expensive than Podgórze but also with great transport links and closer to old town
3. Grzegorzecka area - very close to Kazmierz and Town and also handy for transport with great tram links
4. Bronowice of Krowodrza - nice places if your job takes you out that way.

Work / Salary and cost of living information - Krakow [257]

@Aksh30
If your partner/wife is also working then 20k is a very decent salary here Krakow.

Net it will be about 13.5k, which will give you enough spare to have a nice life here, given rent on top end apartment is around 3k per month,

Use this net pay calculator

calculla.com/salary_in_poland

Life / Are there January Sales in Poland? [7]

@Schmiznurf
Same question but PS4 is what I'm seeking :)

Life / European Capital of Culture 2016: Which Polish city do you wish to win? [42]

Merged:

Best Emerging Polish Artists of 2016

Merry Xmas and a happy new year to you all.

As we close the year I thought it'd would be a great if people could reflect on the last 12 months and share any new and emerging Polish bands, artists, filmmakers etc they have found in 2016.

Particularly of interest to me is any information on good new Polish bands who've appeared this year as I often struggle to find bands I like.

Life / Cost of living in Katowice, Poland [53]

@smurf
I've thought about Crime stats, I often hear foreigners tell me how safe Poland is and whilst I think that's true (it is statistically much safer than western countries), I think there is more at play here.

Unless you speak good polish and read polish newspapers and watch Polish news where crimes are often reported you don't realise that crime does exist here, statistically in most countries in west/central europe you are unlikely to witness a crime live, so I do think it's a matter of perception.

Having said that Poland is one of the safest countries in Europe :), although of course Crime does exist here like everywhere else

Work / Tax and other deduction from Salary in Poland [8]

calculla.com/salary_in_poland

This calc will help and show you the monthly net wage per month, it's based on 2015, but 2016 tax codes don't differ too much.

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


No Powell was a Tory, dismissed by Heath in 68 after an 'inflammatory speech'.

Fiercly anti-EEC and hugely popular in the UK had he not been dismissed, perhaps he could have led a successful campaign to keep UK out of the EEC.

Real Estate / Flats for rents in nice places in Krakow - suggestion for good location to live with family [3]

You are working in a place with great tram links, easy to get to from Kazimierz (probably not so family friendly), I'd suggest Debniki (bit nearest to Wawel Castle, great location, close to river and castle and only few stops from work. Or Podgorze which also has good connections but has a bit more going on.

Language / Learning Polish via YouTube? [12]

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Youtube video - What advice would you give to your younger self???

Hi All,

I saw a nice video a few years ago where a group of older people were giving advice to their younger selfs/younger family members about what they should do.

Was really nice as it was a slow pace, and was subtitiled in Polish and I use to share it with people learning polish. However I changed laptops and now don't have the link. Anyone know of this video and can remind me of its name?

Thanks

Classifieds / FOR SALE lovely apartment on Grzegórzecka, 53m², 5min from the center, 5min from the shore of Wisła River [20]

@Dirk diggler
That is not a rip off in that location in Krakow believe me.

You'll pay 10-12k per m2Stan deweloperski if close to Rondo Grzegorzeckie

Law / Capital Gains Tax in Poland on sale of Shares abroad [4]

Thanks CMS, I presume I just do this through the Usual PIT process?