Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [160]


When?


Why?

And how is it relevant to the staunchly Roman Catholic Poland?

Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [160]


Who's 'we' and how would you 'know' such a path.


Few here would agree with that.

Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [160]



Why 'return to ancestors'?

Language / Maria, what is the Polish form? [30]


It sometimes is in the UK, if a family is very Catholic. I've come across it once in Poland too, however the person was half-French.

Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [160]


Most people here in Poland would disagree with that assertion...


And that one.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


For anybody probably. Most larger food shops and some smaller ones in my home town stocked Polish products, sauerkraut, gherkins, jam, tinned meat.

Plenty of Poles and Ukrainians there (who came after the war) however as I remember there were some many things from Poland that others must have bought them too. We always had Polish products at home, especially gherkins and jam but also sauerkraut sometimes. They started to disappear from the shops after Chernobyl due to consumer reluctance and when the UK joined the single market in 1990 pretty well vanished completely.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]


I like that too.


Oy's a good idea. I gather a lot of people are doing this now.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


They've sold it in the UK for many years. Jars of Krakus sauerkraut always used to be in the shops. Personally I can't abide it.

Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [160]


Clear as mud.


Tosh.

Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [160]

Tell us more about this interesting idea of yours.

Law / Help with confusing requirements for emigration from UK to Poland [22]


Usually you can't.


That's correct.

There are however some (rare and obscure) exceptions that don't affect most people. Exceptions relate to very specialised fields of work and anyone eligible for that would know already if it applied to them and wouldn't generally be asking on a forum.

Assuming that doesn't apply here, the OP will probably be liable for Polish tax and in any case will need to submit a declaration

Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [160]


No and no.

The Vatican aren't haters and any 'brainwashing' is a result of the naivete of the episcopate here. Most people don't dwell on religious politics.

Law / Help with confusing requirements for emigration from UK to Poland [22]


That's good. It's a 3 week wait in some parts of Warsaw at the moment and similar in other larger cities. You do get a specific time slot though, and probably quicker if you can go in the morning when most people are working.

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


The Jude Gang thing is part of the 'Holy War' of football supporters. Jewish groups who monitor anti-semitism don't consider it to be anti-semitic in itself.

The Holy War (and the name Jude Gang) goes back to the 1920s when it was a rivalry between two Jewish football teams, Makkabi and Jutrzenka, both then in Kraków.

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

Jude Gang is I think (or more truthfully, Google thinks) a supporters group in Kraków. Is it at the Crakovia stadium?

Law / Help with confusing requirements for emigration from UK to Poland [22]


You can, however they'll give you one anyway when you do the meldunek (if you don't have one already) so not much point getting another appointment (you have to wait a couple of weeks) to get one separately.

I was actually at the Town Hall today doing this to help a friend who doesn't speak Polish very well.

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


I once bought a bottle and my wx poured it away.


Is that in Kraków?

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


1. It gets you drunk quickly, and 2. it's cheap.
On the lower shelves in the booze shop, a firm favourite of the homeless.

Law / Help with confusing requirements for emigration from UK to Poland [22]

Probably very little, ID and maybe a PESEL (a number they'll issue you with when you do your meldunek).

You don't need to do anything about health insurance (the NFZ scheme or private) until you're here.

As I say, sign up with one of the FB groups for British people living here. Most of the people in them have just gone through this or are doing it right now including at Rzeszów (important because local offices can be inconsistent with the way they interpret rules). Worth remembering that plenty of Brits are racing to regulate their stay before the transition period ends and the various offices in question are well used to British people right now.


Sadly yes unless Johnson pulls off a miracle deal over the next 10 weeks. It's the same for pensioners who are going to find travel becoming more and more expensive as they age.

Law / Help with confusing requirements for emigration from UK to Poland [22]


In fact it won't. The UK government have said that UK citizens will not be part of this system after the end of the transition period.


Or a private alternative. There are pluses and minuses to both.


It sounds like your relatives have been enquiring about something else entirely, perhaps permanent residence. I suggest you have a look at the FB groups where the current situation is discussed daily.

Law / Help with confusing requirements for emigration from UK to Poland [22]


You need two things (prior to 31/12/20 when it changes). These are:

- A meldunek. This takes a few minutes at the town hall. You need to fill a form in, show your passport, and the owner of wherever you live shows proof of ownership.

- Health insurance. You can either use the NFZ or private. The type you need doesn't cost as much as you mention.

Then you go to the regional office that issues residency with proof of those two things, fill in a simple form and wait for your card.

Note that this is the system prior to the end of 2020 (after which you will probably need to convert the card they give you to a new one. If you leave it until 2021 it is very possible that you'll need to go through a far lengthier procedure depending on whether there's a Brexshit deal or not and depending on what the Schengen zone and Poland decide to do.

There are several facebook groups where this is much discussed. I don't use FB myself, however a quick look at a friend's shows groups called Brits in Poland, Brytyjczycy w Polsce and various variants of those. People in those groups are going through the process and can advise in real time.

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


That's the one.


No, just the bit with the lift.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [295]

Interesting:



bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-54543334

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]


No idea. It's a new project here and only just being rolled out. I might try it, just for medicinal purposes.


Most dealers here don't even see that much in a week. One of the many reasons I don't use it these days. Since I stopped, my joints ache, so it may well be worth a trip to the clinic to get some legally.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

Looks like this. A handy sized stash pot.

There are a few clinics that do nothing else but give prescriptions for it. They're findable online. Several in Warsaw. The pharmacists that stock it even have a choice of types. basically legalisation in stages.

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Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]


Not expensive. Especially given the quality and the fact that it's in a decent quantity rather than little baggies.

One benefit is that you've got a copy of your prescription and a branded medical pot with a sticker from the apteka on the side. People get a prescription once then subsequently keep their stash in the pot, thereby avoiding trouble if the cops come round....

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

Great, thanks!

Have you been there? It's a fun journey. An interesting part of Poland too. A storm broke out while we were there and I got an SMS saying "Welcome to Russia"...

News / A good day for animals, fur trade and ritual slaughter banned / limited in Poland [22]

If anything, it's oily fish that led to hominids becoming homo sapiens.

And then we evolved the skill of farming and our diet became better.

In late 2019 I came back from 3 years in a country in Africa with an almost entirely meat-based diet. Hardly any vegetables at all. The average male life expectancy there is around 58.

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

Dolno, you missed the bit about it being for non-residents.

There's still time to delete your answer so Chemikiem etc can have a go.

USA, Canada / My grievances with the American-Polonia [54]


Quite. It's not so much that people are being deliberately rude (although this certainly happens). More that people are being formal in a context that they perceive as formal. That and the 'arguing' culture here; they're being guarded in case people start arguing with them. A smile to them does however bring good results.

I've seen American Polonia visiting Warsaw become genuinely shocked when a waitron or shop assistant starts being difficult with them.