Law / Healthcare for foreign Students in Poland (permanent resident for a fixed period) - How to get the insurance? [11]


I wonder if you live in Poland....Buying for example antibiotics at full price is very expensive.

Language / I need advice - how long does it take to learn Polish? [70]

There is something very oldfashioned called evening classes. Completely out of date in these times but still the most efficient way to learn a language.

Travel / Baggage size limit on Trains in Poland? [16]


Bicycles can be taken without extra cost - just as luggage. Same goes for Warsaw public transport, where a few years ago you still had to buy an extra ticket for them.

Law / Damaged documents. Poland VISA and Work permit information [8]


So you expect to get a visa on the base of a passport in which your surname is not visible? How peculiar.

Travel / Getting from Wrocław airport to Książ Castle, near Wałbrzych [6]

I would say roughly an hour. Once you left the industrial estates around Wrocław behind you - plenty roundabouts - it is an easy and pretty scenic road.

Zamek Książ is pretty well signposted - it is on the right side after you have passed Świebodzice. It is on a dual carriageway going into Wałbrzych.

Expect traffic jams because of ongoing road works into town .

Travel / Foreigner traveling in Poland - is it better to rent a car or travel by train? [9]


Yes, but she wants to visit Zamek Książ near Wałbrzych. Getting there by train/public transport could be a challenge for somebody who doesn't speak Polish.

Life / Volunteering in Poland [21]

Instead of writing senseless stuff like that and utterly unhelpful...
Maybe this one:
wolontariat.org.pl
They coordinate pretty much of wolontariat in Poland.

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]

I wouldn't take chocolates to Switserland....it is a bit like taking chocolates to Belgium or ice to Greenland :)


I know Jon, they are cheap and most likely inflammable...but I am taking them to Belgium - somehow my parents like them(They could be excused because of their age :) )

On Podwale there used to be a nice linen shop, not exactly cheap but they had nice stuff.
Bołesłąwiec earthenware springs to mind as well as gift.

Love / Age difference in relationship with a guy or girl from Poland? [28]

I think 4-5 years difference is OK. My parents differ 4 years, she older as he. But at an age of 81 and 85 I do not think it makes a difference...

For spring chickens such as us...For example 18 and 25...really big difference mentality-wise. 52 and 57...not really. 10 years...we are talking of a different generation IMHO. I differ with my youngest brother 11 years and it shows.

Law / Apply Karta Pobytu (Residence Card) for my wife [7]


What do you in this case with the personal interview - I suppose they still do exist (they did in my time)?

Life / How and where do I return empty alcohol bottles in Poland? [17]


Actually I do disagree on this one, it is only promoting vagabondism.
And all too often I see (or foremostly smell) the said gentlemen on Warsaw public transport, a plague for all other passengers.
It is a mystery to me how a bar of soap can be too expensive, and a carton of pseudo wine cheap enough?
Same as I do not give money to the gentlemen offering to "keep an eye on your car".

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]


Not really :). But as for now I will go for the wódka - Polish wine I need to investigate a bit more :)

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

Merged: Which wódka to take from Poland back home?

We are going home to Belgium shortly for a long-awaited vacation. Question and dilemma...which wódka to take? In Belgian supermarkets you can buy Wyborowa and Żubrówka - be it at twice the going rate in Poland...So not these ones. I was thinking of Pan Tadeusz or Dębowy. Chopin is also nice....

For my mother I am taking as always Krupnik.

History / Restoration of Poland's Monarchy? [40]


You are talking about the liberum veto here, which was the summum of anarchism. All schlachta were in the pay of their respective magnates and voted as instructed by them. And the magnates were in the pay of foreign powers.

History / Restoration of Poland's Monarchy? [40]


Polish kings got their crown from the highest bidder, the foreign power which managed to buy the majority of the magnates and szlachta. Which royal tradition?

Life / What type of gift should i buy for my hosts in Poland? [22]


Actually my parents back home in Belgium like them. As a rule i don't take chocolate back home, that would be the same as taking ice to Greenland :).

But I indulge in their taste :)

Law / What documents do I need to register a car in my name in Poland? [18]

It also is not a "maldunek" but "meldunek".
If you have a Pesel, you should have a meldunek as well - as fas as I know they are interconnected.
And as the last poster wrote... I never heard of a meldunek being a handwritten piece of paper. Absurd.

Travel / DRIVING - CB RADIOS AND THE "PSY" aka - COPS - in Poland [12]


Which puts you in the same league as that maniac in Sopot.

Study / There is no exam for Polish C1 level - why? [6]

I always thought C2 is native speaker level ?

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]


Is that because you are a vegetarian?

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]


Did you try the Biedronka cheddar?

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]


Sure it was HW. Price was 10,99 PLN though.

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]


I am a bit surprised by that one. One of our daughters came back from our local Lidl one hour ago, and reported stacks of Hatherwood cheddar - in the regular "everyday" shelf.

Also a pallet of peanut butter/cheese (whatever you call it - I cannot stand it) right before the check-out. Nobody seems to buy it. Price is back (for the cheese) to 10,99, still decent for 400 g I should say.

But lucky for me they also keep on selling Belgian cheese :)

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]

Yes, to be more precise: Warszawa-Bielany.
I was there this morning and lots of cheddar available..

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]


Here in my Lidl that cheddar is now part of the regular supply. It replaced Valley Spire.

Language / Listening to music and learning Polish [45]

Good old evening classes, heavy dose of Polish grammar?

Food / Polish wine produced in the Zielona Góra region [41]

Thanks, I will check them out :)

In connection with this, there is an interesting article in GW today about this subject:

For vineyards to start selling their collections, there is a need for three seasons. Poles are still learning how to make good wine and learning takes time.

For now, on the Polish market of wine there are dozens of manufacturers. However, there is also a trend to grow more wine production in Poland, as confirmed by Agricultural Market Agency. However, as notes Iwona Ciechan , spokeswoman for ARR , it is not known how many bottles of wine produced in Poland goes on sale . Why ? Because for the time being Polish wine grapes is a niche product available in caterin , online stores and some stores of wine only.

Food / Polish wine produced in the Zielona Góra region [41]


I always considered them to be a tourist trap - the location begs for it - so I have never been there.

Food / Polish wine produced in the Zielona Góra region [41]

Still - the links I provided do point at some legit and established wine producers. So there has to be an AC classification.
I remember here in Warsaw at ul. Długa there used to be a shop which had Polish wine on offer.

Work / Insurance / Customer Account Specialist job salary question is Warsaw [6]

Looks like a BPO or SSC job to me - I would say 4500-5000 gross?