Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]


I stand out quite a bit (im pierced, eybrow and earrings, got dark skin, typical spanish-looking) and never had any problems. I never mess with people i don't know and i don't act like an idiot. I think this is the key to be safe, if then something happens like you get mugged you are just unlucky and it isn't your fault

Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]


depends in what are and at what time. if you are taking the metro in the city centre at 4 pm, of course nothing will happen to you.

Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]


Well, i have no reason to lie, im just saying what i heard before coming here. If you ask the average spanish person, he will think that poland is a 3rd world country where you will get robbed instantly, when in spain the odds of getting robbed are waaay higher. And now that im living here i laugh at those people.

I don't go after what people say either, infact i accepted the job. I just can't see why many people picture poland like that.

Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]

Work, the company where i work, i have a contract for 4 years in Poland, but the thread isn't about my job.
I just can't see why everyone in western Europe describes Poland as dangerous when their countries (our countries) for what i experienced are way more dangerous.

Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]

I've been living here for 2 years, and never got robbed. And none of people who came here to visit me/holidays got robbed or attacked. I think it's common sense too. If you walk alone in Praga after a Legia game, wearing Gucci belts and talking on your iphone surely something will happen.

Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]

Yeah, crossing the street in France is like Russian roulette.
I am just talking about my personal experience, and Poland isn't so bad. In Warsaw i can take the metro at 12:00PM and nothing will happen to me. I can go to clubs and if i don't disturb other people, i won't get into fights (never happened to me).

In Spain i will probably get robbed on the metro, and i can't walk at 2 am alone. So why you say Warsaw is so unsafe? Because there are homophobic/anti-Semitic people? Those are everywhere, just that from what i see, in Poland most of those are on forums and there are just a few incidents, and where i lived crime was every day stuff.

I think people in Warsaw don't know what unsafe means. A bike stolen? Hardcore crime. I almost got stabbed from a guy who took my wallet and didn't think i had enough money with me, this was in broad daylight. Some people saw, nobody called the police or did anything. My car's glass was broken in the day in Spain because i left a half-packet of cigarettes on the seat, and another time because i left a nice jacket in my car. And more stories of things that happened to friends and myself. In some neighbourhoods, you have to be back home before the sun goes down, police won't even come to you if you are in trouble.

Really, from what i saw Warsaw is nothing to worry about. And a Jew and a black guy who get beaten up once every month, bikes and cars getting stolen doesn't mean the city is unsafe.


Don't worry, im not here to take your jobs and your women, im working in a spanish company.

Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]

It's quite bad, but when i was in Rome for my holidays i thought my life was in danger. Those guys there are ******* out of mind.

Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]

I know, I really enjoy living in Warsaw, and as i said i feel it's the safest place I've lived in, probably France/Spain are 10 times as unsafe, and there it's a chaos. In here i can actually relax. Good that people say Poland is bad, people who appreciate it can enjoy it :)