How is the acceptation of foreigners in Poland?

Hi everyone!

My name is Edson and I'm from Brazil.

Last year, I've been in Poland to visit Auschwitz camp but unfortunatelly I spent just 1 day in your country.

My 1st impression was the best possible. I enjoyed each minute there and the few people that I talked there was absolutelly friendly and helpful, but I was just a tourist in touristic spots.

I'm wondering how is for polish live together with foreigners? I mean what if I move to Poland and work there? Is easy to make friends? Are you open to other cultures and people from abroad? Are you helpful with the language due to it's hard to understand in very beginning for foreigners? Is a foreigner accepted in social events like birthday's party and stuff like that?

I love to try new ways of life so each time I go abroad I try to live like locals, if its possible.

Poland is a place that I have in my mind as an option to move in the future.

I almost forget! I'm going to Krakow in november to runway from de summer in Brazil lol.

Bye. See ya!

If you are caucasian race then people should be friendly to you. If your appearance differs a lot from a Pole then you may hear comments, staring or even attacks occasionally

About that I guess I won't got problems due to I'm pretty like polish guys. My grandmother parents were from Europe. I'm white, green eyes.

Although I seems european I'm concerned just because I'm foreigner. I've been in some places in US where they didn't are friendly just because you are foreigner.

How are you planning to get a work permit? Or to put that another way: what skill(s) can you offer which one of the tens of millions of unemployed citizens of the EU cannot offer?

What places?

It never ceases to amaze how some people present themselves on here. A nonstop march of oblivious denizens of this world and their endless rehashed threads which enquire about or unjustifiably accuse Poles collectively of being racist, xenophobic and prone to violence. It is as if their own countries (which oddly they are so keen on leaving) are a completely racially diverse (yet colorblind) crime-free egalitarian paradise.

But let's look for instance at Brazil since the OP claims to be from there:

Brazil 7th-most violent country, as 1.1 million murdered in 30 years-report.

Source: Agence France-Presse


So rather than the OP implying that Poland needs to assure him that she will be a good host it is OP and others like him who need to be demonstrating that they will be a well behaved guest.

He's just asking.

Interesting article in Puls Biznesu that I read on the train this morning about the increasing number of foreigners - think it said more than 18 thousand long term work permits have been issued to foreigners. I know its not a mass movement but still quite an interesting trend and finally there may be work in Poland for folks that don't speak the language.

It's a topic that has been asked and answered many times on here. The reality is there are far more low skilled, poorly educated, criminally inclined and discriminatory people around the world than you will ever find in Poland. And this has nothing to do with population differences but everything to do with social attitudes.

It isn't a matter that Poland should be rolling out the red carpet for anyone but that Poland shouldn't be treated as a doormat by those who see it as only as the next economic hub where to make money for themselves.

Poles don't like foreigners. If you look different, you will be labeled.

No surprise there, given that there are far more people around the world than we will ever find in Poland.

Hi Bieganski. How are you doing?

For me move to another country is not a economic question. I have a good job here in Brazil, I live in a good house and has everything I want. I'm not a unemployed, unskilled foreigner in a quest for job.

About the violence I'm not sure about those figures but yes, we have a crescent level of violence here mainly in guettos areas. In Brazil the politicians are very corrupts. They steal people money and to get worst the law has failures that protect them.

My move is not like mexicans to US for survive crossing the ocean in a float. I just like to live different experiences. We're talking about Poland but of course there are so many countries that I would like to live such as Canada, Holland & China.

I'm not a specific land or flag defender. I preffer be labeled as a "world citizen". I respect any country, any culture & any religion. Of course I have my own beliefs, but I respect all points of view.

But I understand that now is not a good moment to move to Europe due to the economic crisis and the gov must look after his own people first indeed, and I respect that as well.


Hi Harry. So far I don't have any concrete plan about that. The company that I work has a branch in Poland, I guess in Krakow. Maybe it's a good start point to move running some projects there.

By the way, I'm an IS manager. I have experience with systems such as SAP, mobile tecnology, CRM, TMS etc. I love learn new languages. So far speak english, spanish, french & portuguese.

Regards,
Edson

"Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day." -Mark Twain

An interesting thread that reveals how people tend to stereotype others from the very start; Biegański stars to show Edson68 as stereotyping Poland as a country hostile to foreign people


yet he himself stereotypes Edson that he might not be "a well behaved" guest on the grounds of a report on violence in Brazil.

In reality, the young Brazilian does not know much about Poland and simply bases his views on his American experience.

Personally, I think comment like


are nothing more than slly. There are, of course, instances of foreign people being attacked (the most recent has been reported from Białystok where skinheads put up fire at the door of the flat owned by mixed Polish-Indian couple), but generally you will certainly not be "labelled as a foreigner" in Poland.

Hello:-)
I think polish are very open-minded and friendly people.if you respect us and our culture we will give you our attention and love and you will have only good memories from Poland.In my opinion it is very easy to find a friend in Poland.I live in Wloclawek for example and we've had a lot of Irish guests for 2 years.They were working for construction company.and I think they felt good in Poland cos many people like foreigners who are easy-going and funny and you can chat with them.so I think they have good memories from our country.and polish are very open people.we are not afraid to talk in foreign languages cos we want to learn it as you want to learn polish:-) so don't be afraid to come to Poland.in fact,it depends on you, on your personality.

cheers

how to respect Polish culture?

That a lot of BS you know. Poles have nothing against foreigner in general but you being foreigner will not stop them if they don't like you. Tygrys given your attitude that must have positively hate your guts not because you are foreigner but because you are an A&**

they will have to get used to it, given that so many Polish girls are carrying foreign blood in their womb! Even gays and lesbians are going for foreign meat- given that they are educated!

Where you are local? My bet would be Trollville. Why are you worrying about Polish girls - they are doing fine without you. And that is the problem isn't it?

lol! well, i was just saying about treatment of foreigners and that people should be getting used to it! :)

Merged: Polish stare

Why polish stare at me everywhere. I feel not comfortable
Did you have the same experience?

How are we supposed to know what's unusual about your look since you haven't told us?

The only time that ever happened to me is when i was in China, I soon got used to it, very few Chinese where I was working had ever seen a westerner before.

If you "Different" and In a Polish village in the sticks you may feel the same as I did .

Do not automatically feel threatened, they are just probably curious, that was my experience in China.

Normal Polish people are friendly and kind, please do not worry too much

I'm spanish guy

I don't know then, maybe they like your hat?

Funny

And worth staring, i'm glad you found the answer.

Spanish guy + Warsaw = party party party. We all love Spain, Jorge Lorenzo is the king.

Hi tOtal.

People tend to stare out of curiosity not maliciousness. It happens to me when I talk. You have to try and get used to it.

Buena suerte!