Work / As a Foreigner, being a sole trader in Poland. Own company and working permit [2]

there is legal possibility to extend one's residence permit in Poland to continue running a business (including a sole trader business) but I don't know any details (like legal conditions you have to meet)

History / Film "Wałęsa" - historical reality vs myth - controvercies [103]

Walesa is a bufoon and a former SB snitch

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

can't say if it is inferior to Western products of the kind but here in Poland masmix is cheaper than the Western brands

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


in case you didn't know Masmix is a mixture of vegetable (usually rapeseed) oil with butter - the mixture is easy to smear on a slice of bread and it tastes much better than margarines

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [940]


so you claim that pre-teens can't transmit the virus? - interesting

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

must be remnants of a basalt volcano - there were a handful of them in Lower Silesia

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


chick peas are actually the best on their own - a can of chick peas serves as a proper meal

Love / How do Polish men feel about gender equality? [780]


more than 12 months ago

Food / What Polish foods do foreigners generally not take to? [115]


many people put kielbasa (and/or a chunk of bacon) into barszcz - my mom used to do it often

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [558]


at least Ziemowit realizes this

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]


it means from/of Kielkuty (or possibly Kielkut) where Kielkuty is a place name (most probably a village) - the place can't be found in present day Poland and it sounds like a polonized Lithuanian place name

there is a village Kiełkuty near Olsztyn in Poland but the area was not part of Poland before 1945

(as an afterthough Kiełkuty may be the origin of your surname but it's not certain)

History / Information required on location of WW2 prisoner of war working parties ( arbeits kommandos ) in Poland [15]

if your family memeber worked in a coal mine then it's probably in Koenigshuette/Chorzów because it's in a coal bearing region - Blachownia/Blechhammer is near Kędzierzyn-Koźle - there is no coal on the site but it is near enough to the Upper Silesia coal bearing region and on a major railway line - that's why it was probably chosen as the side of the hydrogenation plant

the first scan shows medical records - your family member received some sort of vaccination in 1940 (I guess TY stands for typhus)

Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [418]

I like dogs that like me :) well maybe except the mentioned pitbulls

Language / Terms of endearment in Polish [222]


bubek can have positive meaning in the Silesian dialect of Polish

Study / Which Universities in Poland offer courses in Sound Engineering? [7]

acoustic engineering is taught in AGH (a technical university) in Kraków but their site doesn't say anything if they offer the courses in English - here's the contact webpage of AGH: international.agh.edu.pl/eng/contact-us/

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


there's no such word in Polish - the closest is the phrase 'mi da' which means: (someone) will give me - (mi here is me, and da - will give)

Life / Territorials - Polish National Guard [57]


you may have forgotten that Macierewicz started KOR

Work / What is a good monthly salary for an English teacher in Poland? [124]


remember the head of ZNP (Mr Broniarz) claiming that teachers wouldn't find work/turn jobless after the educational reforms made by PiS

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]


it was Czarzasty who pushed a policeman who seriously injured his leg falling down - no media mentions Kaczyński (Czarzasty is the head of Lewica)

Life / The best Psychiatric Hospital in Poland? [11]

I found one psychiatrist in Ełk but I couldn't verify is he speaks English through internet - here's his phone number: 508 088 110 or 88 732 5240

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

@pawian - don't make Pam blush :P

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

never heard this saying but I guess it is a bit indecent

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


well propaganda alone couldn't do it - simply they delivered on at least some of their promises

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

also PiS won almost 2 million votes more the second time they were elected than in 2015

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

you know what - current opposition shouted that PiS is going to rig the elections in 2019 - and guess what: not a trace was found of rigging - PiS is a democratic party which is willing and ready to face the judgement of the voters at ballots

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

PiS has been democrtatically ellected about a year ago - do you think most of Polish people suddenly feel oppressed by them

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


which opressors if I may ask

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


he he - just like USSR in Hungary in 1956 or Czechoslovakia in 1968

News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]

"According to the World Health Organization (WHO), children under the age of four should learn about masturbation as they have "right to explore gender identities"," - this is what more conservative and better oriented people in Poland fear

News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]


I have ever heard of only one such instance where a gay parade was physically attacked