Law / What are the bike laws in Poland? [30]

I am Belgian, live more as five years here and so got my Karta Pobytu replaced (it expired last year) by a flimsy piece of paper which is supposed to be your Permanent Residence Permit. And on that one most definitely the PESEL is mentioned. On the old Karta Pobytu it was not.

Back to the original thread, does anybody know if wearing reflecting (these bright yellow) jackets after dusk is compulsory? I heard a rumour about that one some time ago, but actually nobody is doing that.

Life / POLISH TEENAGERS TURN TO PROSTITUTION... [77]

The fact there are more "tirowki" visible can easibly be attributed to the weather. Selling yourself on subzero temperatures...Not an option. Most of them actually are gypsies here in Poland, Bulgarian or Romanian origin as far as I know. Nothing to do with the end of Christian civilisation or something like that. Rather with the perverts buying these poor girls' "services".

Same guys who later vote PIS and go to church faithfully every week.
That said, I mean you have to be really desperate to have sex with an unwashed girl on the backseat of your Merc and later say hello to your family?

There was a great roadside poster about this last year (maybe somebody can find and post it). Something like "Fun for 20 (?) USD and HIV gratis".

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

That is what I adore by this forum. Always some nutcase posting some new utterly wild theory :)
The Sorbs are a small minority in the far east of the old DDR. World domination is not in te planning I guess :)

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

Especially when these Patriots which maybe will be coming to Poland are solely for US training purposes without warheads. Anything to appease the Poles, after all in the whole of CEE they are the only country still needing visas to enter the US?

Fine thread though. Any moment I expect somebody to pop up with a posting about "Nazi Ufo's over the Antarctic" or something entertaining like that :)))

Life / POLISH TEENAGERS TURN TO PROSTITUTION... [77]

The movie is "Galerianki"

News / Poland back to reality after Sunday ? [30]

I feel very sorry for Marta Kaczyńska. And even more so for her daughter. She lost her parents in such a dreadful accident. In no time her evil uncle JK will also use her in the coming elections.

By the way - as I remember - she got divorced from a quintessential PIS guy (deftly silenced by all Polish media - even the normal ones) and got married again to a left-wing guy?

Actually SLD I think... ?

News / Poland back to reality after Sunday ? [30]

Went today for a walk in Warsaw Old Town. Cobalt-blue sky...sunshine... People enjoying the first real warm spring weekend... strolling...
Life is returning to the country. Enough of this artificially-prolonged time of national mourning.
I see this also between colleagues and friends. They get weary of yet another day of organised mourning. Of yet another day of soulless TV transmission.

News / Poland back to reality after Sunday ? [30]


No he was not and he is not. He was elected by a small majority. Without the Smoleńsk tragedy he would have been soundly defeated in the elections.

News / The sale and drinking of alcohol has been banned in Warsaw and Krakow on weekends! [30]

Not really... Have to work tomorrow anyway...
I just wonder why they do this prohibition thing. Does it give an added value?
I think it is just plain silly. So until 18:00 you cannot buy a beer. At 18:01 all the taps are open and you can. Strange.

News / The sale and drinking of alcohol has been banned in Warsaw and Krakow on weekends! [30]

Merged:Prohibition in Warsaw and Kraków

Here in Poland they have this very strange custom...If the pope comes here / dies...If like now LK will be buried... they think a prohibition is necessary... What is the relation between not being able to buy a beer in my local pub on a Saturday afternoon...and the fact that a remembrance service is going on?

And what is even more mysterious, is the fact that it is valid until 18:00 hrs tomorrow.
Where is the logic and the sense in that?

News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]

It is really pathetic how all concerned parties - Cardinal Dziwisz, that perfidious JK, PIS, the family - all point the finger at each other. "No it was not my idea, the other guy decided it"

For me it is very acceptable that the evil genius JK in a true Machiavellian way orchestrated this. A perfect start for the new election campaign.

The arrogance - to compare themselves with Piłsudski.

Good that that volcano put a stick in their propaganda campaign. Most likely PO together with Putin managed that eruption :)

News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]

It has to be the Russians, the Jews or the Freemasons (or maybe PO ?) who made the volcano to wake up :)

News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]

Apr 13, 10, 22:37 - Thread attached on merging:
LK buried in Wawel?

Until now the Smolensk tragedy was handled in a neutral bi-partisan (and completely un-Polish way). Although I know from many friends and colleagues at work and friends they are astonished how the worst Polish president in living memories has been turned into a saint, just because his plane crashed. But in the present climate telling this in public amounts to suicide.

But now somebody (presumably his horrid brother JK) managed to arrange he will be buried in the Wawel crypt. Even worse, next to Piłsudski? That is such a scandal. I think the Field Marshal will turn in his grave - His Sanacja multicultural patriotism is for sure diametrical to the Endacja narrow-minded nationalism adhered by the Lunar Twins.

It looks to me JK is using two dead bodies to start the Presidential elections.
I am surprised though Cardinal Dziwisz agreed to that. Though his comments on TV were not all that happy.

News / Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [682]

1. Presidential plane plans to land on a military airfield with little or no ILS and in bad weather conditions
2. Half hour before a Russian military plane, with an experienced pilot who knows the area, could not land there and went back to Moscow
3. ATC in Smolensk asked the Polish pilot to divert to Minsk because of bad weather conditions
4. Planes with heads of state can override this kind of instruction and pilot proceeded and crashed (ordered by L.K. ?)
5. Some months ago in Georgia a similar incident occurred also with L.K. in the plane. At that time the pilot ignored the president and diverted. And later got in big **** because of that.

Or maybe the Freemasons did it? Just a guess....

News / Did you know that Polish army is the weakest in Central Europe?.. [150]


You mean like these antique C-130's Poland "got" from the US? And what about the technical problems these F-16's suffered until now - including emergency landings when ferrying them to Poland?

USA, Canada / Traveling from US to Poland with maiden name in my passport and renewing it there [16]

As on the US border most foreigners are shot on sight, or treated as criminals and sent to KZ Guantanamo....fend for your life....

Law / Stała Karta Pobytu and how to protect it in Poland [11]

Every time I go to Medicover for example, I need it.

It is not by the way a EU residence card (That is meant for non-EU citizens). It is a permanent residence card. (Actually the front page says this literally) but the card itself is valid for 10 years, automatically renewable.

Real Estate / Neighbourhoods in Warsaw - how safe? [23]

I am living already for years in Bielany, the not so posh part of Warsaw, never had any problems. My cars is parked on the street, never broken into.

By the way what is the expat fascination with Mokotów? I have never understood this.

Life / Gyms in Warsaw [44]

I am going to Gymnasion - gymnasion.pl - can recommend it. Costs me 179 PLN per month.

Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [154]

Zamek Kśiąż near Wałbrzych is one of the biggest castles in Central Europe.
OK, Wałbrzych is a city best forgotten. The castle is impressive though.
As a bonus you get the nearby town on Świdnica with its fair share of monuments.
Nice place :)

zamek-ksiaz.pl

Travel / First Impressions About Warsaw & A small guide [7]


Upmarket supermarkets in Warsaw are Bomi, Alma, Piotr i Paweł and Mini-Europa.
You pay close to Western European prices, but the quality is imcomparable higher compared to C4.

Travel / Live Music / Festival in Warsaw? [26]


You mean the home country of Mc Donald's and George Bush has the monopoly on decent music ?
Please explain... ?

Food / How to find Halal Food in Poznan (Muslim food in Poland) [55]

You could always try to contact the local Al-Quaida outfit - I guess they also exist in this country :)
Remember Sobieski at Vienna !

Life / Exam for Drivers License in Poland; English? [99]

Whatever, bribes or not.... The average Polish driver is a regular nut case. Drive a bit in Warsaw and I am sure you will agree.

I am driving each month 2.000 km back/from work. Today I saw 4 accidents. Every day I think I saw the worst possible and always there is a kamikaze who surprises me.

It is not the licence which counts here I guess....

Travel / Getting from Krakow to Warsaw [99]

Trains here in Europe in generally go from a train station.
Short manual:
1. Go to the train station in Kraków (you know where trains depart and arrive)
2.Every hour you have an Intercity train to Warsaw
3. Hop on, and buy your ticket from the train guard, and pay with your credit card
4. "This express train" is the regular hourly connection between Kraków and Warsaw
5. You will even arrive in good health and there is a decent restaurant on-board (in theory non-alcoholical)

Varsaw is written as "Warsaw" in English. I even heard people look there as in the US....

Travel / WARSAW OLD-TOWN RESTAURANTS? [25]

I have to disagree on the Old Town. We always go to Jazz Bistro on ulica Piwna, which has good food for normal prices and often live jazz music.

Life / Good place to live in Poland (if you want to move on)? [66]


You mean the bunch of criminals who made their employees wearing pampers such as not to loose 5 minutes going to the loo???
As a matter of principle I never ever enter a Biedronka store.