Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]


This looks so cool, they look like gingerbread cookies covered with colourful marzipan :)))


Yes, they're nice, I guess we need some colour due to long Polish winters, but if you live here all your life you may get bored of them. I actually like historic British architecture.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Well, we get moose roaming the streets from time to time in the cities in my region, so I guess you never know... lol


Did someone place it like that on purpose or was it knocked down by accident?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Does it have anything to do with a wild animal?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

OK, Mr. Teacher... ;D Nordwind is a very unusual surname for Poland, I've never seen it before. It means "Northern wind" in German.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Nordwind?


Tractor cabin being... towed away?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Yeah, they did look newish to me... I guess I'd have to do some research...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yay! :D


Not for me - I don't recognise it... But maybe someone else will :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Is it Warsaw (the Old Town)?

Life / Do you know this Polish male model ? [8]

He doesn't look Polish to me, tbh.

Love / Are all Polish guys like this [48]

@pawian lol


I don't think I recall seeing it...


Yeah, I'm guessing it's a guy... with a very boring life... lol

Love / Are all Polish guys like this [48]


I think she (?) probably already did (the "Kurdish girl") lol
"Aemilia's" post looked very familiar to me (a shy Polish guy with green eyes, spiked up blond hair, tall, slim, twinkle in his eyes, etc. etc.) so I checked:

https://polishforums.com/love/guys-stare-lot-mean-83778/#msg1687284

jess1: "with those green eyes and a twinkle in them"

https://polishforums.com/love/sad-fact-guys-good-85267/#msg1712170

felicity: "He was tall, slim, had spiked up with gel hair, green shiny eyes that had a twinkle in them everytime he looked at me."

https://polishforums.com/love/guys-stare-lot-mean-83778/#msg1734505

juliane: "his eyes become so beautiful, they are green pure and innocent. He has those spiky blond hair"

2019, 2020 and now - 2021... That is some persistent troll... lol


Yikes... lol

Food / Request for cake or pastry recipe for an elderly Polish lady [20]

@maf ;D
I know what you mean, I probably like sernik without raisins better and I definitely prefer "clean" ice cream too, but I think sernik with raisins is one of the more traditional recipies, so I thought an elderly person would appreciate it ;)

Food / Request for cake or pastry recipe for an elderly Polish lady [20]

Not everyone may like makowiec (I don't), so I would say szarlotka would be a safer bet (everyone seems to like it). And sernik (with raisins, for example) :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yup, exactly :) Ostrów Tumski is the oldest part of Wrocław and the only part of the city where historic gas lanterns where left intact (over 100 of them).

I don't remember when exactly I took that photo but it must've been long time ago, because these days the lamplighters are dressed like this:

youtube.com/watch?v=zGmjVJMoiRU

There's even a documentary about one of them on Youtube :):

youtube.com/watch?v=s-iI__Xr-K0

And the whole photo:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@jon357, yes, it's in Wrocław! :)) And which part of the city?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Miloslaw, yes, you've solved the riddle! Good job! :D He's a lamplighter - at the end of my previous post I've made a reference to "The Lamplighter's Serenade", sang by Sinatra among others, but I guess noone knows it.

@maf ;D

Can you guess in which city I took that photo?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Chemikiem, nope. He isn't catching bats either. His profession is very rare these days. I remember that when I saw him doing his job I thought that if he wore different clothes he would be a greater tourist attraction - an old-fashion gent dressed in funny clothes :))

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@johnny_reb, no, but what he's doing in the photo is his job.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@johnny_reb, nope.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Chemikiem, yes, exactly! :)

Białe koszary (white barracks):

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82e_koszary_w_Stargardzie

Czerwone koszary (red barracks):

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerwone_koszary_w_Stargardzie

They were nicknamed like this simply because of the colours of the buildings' walls :)

Next riddle - what is this guy doing?:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@johnny_reb, um, no... As it was already written - it's in Stargard - Stargard is in Poland and both buildings are barracks (both still in use as barracks by the Polish army at present, but they were also used by other armies in the past).

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


The answer is pretty much in the riddle itself :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yes, both are barracks complexes! What do you think are their colloquial names?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Those are those two buildings in the photos :) So what are they?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Chemikiem, yes, it's Stargard, WELL DONE!!! :D

Btw, do you know what are those buildings in the photos?

Genealogy / Do you consider Gorals, Lemkos, and Silesians Poles? [35]


He maybe doesn't look very typically Polish (Slavic), but so do many other Poles... He could be a mix of some ethnicities, but whether he has any Lemko features (I'm not sure what those would be) - I have no idea...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@jon357, actually, it wasn't a play on words - it is one of the oldest cities in Poland :)

@Chemikiem, don't give up - hints are coming! :D


Nope, definitely not!


No, it's connected to the city's name... But don't think in Polish... :)


Nope, the city's name is exactly the opposite of "Nowy"... (and this time - think in Polish!) :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


OK :)


Haha :D

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Since delph is absent, I've decided to post a more "delph-like" riddle this time:

There is a red place for soldiers and there is a white place for soldiers in one of the oldest of cities.
What is this city called? :)

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Life / I love Poland, but... [53]


It's the same as of most normal people on this planet. Now your turn.