Law / Laundromats in Poland? Good business venture or not? [90]


In all halls of residence (akademiki) that I lived in there were always at least a couple of washing mashines that students could use _free of charge_, and there were special laundry rooms for pepole with lines/hangers for airdrying clothes (I'd have much preferred using a machine dryer, but sadly they're not popular in Poland). I don't think laundromats would have any chance of succeeding here.

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]


"Przećwicz to w domu - niech mama i tata ci pomogą"

Travel / Sleeper train Poland to Holland, the Jan Kiepura [13]

[quote=HelenaWojtczakThese modern sleepers were made so thinly that my shoulders, back, hips, neck and ribs hurt me too much to allow me to sleep, even though I was drugged up on paracetamol for my cold symptoms![/quote]I think you're confusing cause/effect here. When I have a cold, there's no mattress on earth that's comfortable enough.

Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]


No, we don't have patronymics. My name is just my given name and my surname. IMHO the original poster is quite wrong lumping together Russian (actively created) patronymics and Polish suffixes that might look like patronymic endings but in fact aren't (or are just fossilized versions of patronymics used centuries ago).

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]

stat.gov.pl

REGON register is a continuously actualised set of information on subjects of national economy run as an IT system in the way of central database and local databases.

REGON register:

*serves reaching identification cohesion of businesses entered into another official registers and information systems of public administration,
*serves uniformity of descriptions used in nomenclatural and classification concepts in all official registers and information systems of public administration,
*provides general characteristics of businesses operating in national economy in following cross-sections: territorial, proprietorial, types of activity, legal form, etc.,
*enables preparation of address list of active businesses,
*is the foundation for creation of databases and data banks on businesses,
*is the main source of supply for the base of units drawn for statistical surveys.

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Basically, it's a number you get when you register your business with the Central Statistical Office. When setting up a business you're required to state what sort of economic activities you will be doing, picked from the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community. REGON is tied to that.