Travel / How to get from Wroclaw airport to Gliwice? [9]

You can also check: wroclaw.jakdojade.pl

In one text field you enter Lotnisko - odloty in the other Dworzec PKP Wrocław Główny
you can enter the date, and it'll list all best bus connections.
There's a bus line 406 that goes quite often.

Love / Help me plan my wedding - in church in Poland, with a 2 day wedding party - Zabrze [24]

All weddings I've been to were a one day event, and I don't know personally anyone who had a 2 day wedding. Some time ago I only connected these 2 day weddings with families from the countryside, like highlanders for instance. But I heard about some city folks who had a 2 day. I'd say 1 day weddings are a more usual thing, but I don't have a very in depth knowledge of the subject...

Buying booze separately happens most of the time, people find their own places for that, and usually can buy it for a much smaller price in for instance supermarkets or wholesellers...

Love / Help me plan my wedding - in church in Poland, with a 2 day wedding party - Zabrze [24]

Hi Axwell,

I'm from Zabrze and have been to several weddings during this year. I'd say the nicest church is St. Mary's, it's quite big and really nice looking. But I suppose you guys have already something selected. I don't want it to sound like an advertisement but the one I liked most was the one in paniowki.restauracja-bialydom.pl

One of my closest friends had his wedding there and from what I know they were really happy. He said though that they got the cakes and the main wedding cake from separate confectionery stores same with the dj ( That restaurant can provide most of the stuff if someone wants to ). The wedding was ~40k. It's actually a straight road from St. Mary's church which was really fortunate.

A thing to remember is that most of the good wedding places you'd need to book 1,5 year before to make sure you'll get it.

Reread your post and noticed that you plan a 2 day wedding - not sure if 40k would be enough, all depends on the number of guests, the one I mentioned has around 70-80.

Work / NO JOBS IN POLAND FOR ENGLISH PEOPLE EXCEPT TEACHING? [44]

Also, there are native teachers and there are native teachers. The company I work for got us some additional English lessons here in Wrocław, and the teacher is not very good. Late every time 5-15 minutes ( once even 30 minutes ). On top of that has no idea how to setup an interesting lesson. Every lesson starts with half an hour of chit-chat about who has been doing what, with the more introvert people not participating at all. I'm not saying I'd know better but I think there's a big disparity in quality of learning across the board..

Life / Jack Strong ( Film about Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski ) [48]

Looks really interesting, thanks for the link. I especially like the fact that it wasn't written by a Pole...

Life / Jack Strong ( Film about Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski ) [48]

I've seen the movie as well and liked it. I don't have a solid point of view on Kuklinski, which is good cause I don't need to get myself into petty squables. I really liked how Polish brass was portrayed - drunk, shabby, podgy bunch of random guys, especially next to the cookie cutter menacing Russians....

Work / Salary for a senior software engineer in Poland [195]

The salary you'll get doesn't directly correlate with the years of experience you've got. Quality of that experience is important, as well as what technologies you're required to be proficient with.

Work / Is 104000 PLN (yearly) a fair salary for a Software Architect in Wroclaw? [12]

It depends, if it's a regular position then it's around that. With 10 years experience in whatever they are requiring you could probably get a senior dev position somewhere in Wrocław and that would mean a little bit better salary.

But yeah this amount is just about it.

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Sorry, but it's too late for an unboxing video ;) It was the first time I tried Valley Spire, have to say though it's gonna be a tad bit better. I definitely prefer the Extra Mature Cathedral, and the ordinary Mature Cathedral also seems to have a better flavour. I don't mean it's bad, it's definitely good, but it seems it got overhyped for me because of all the comments.

There's still a lot of it laying on shelves in Lidl. Next time I'm gonna try the one in Fenix :)

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [173]

I remember a copy was hanging in my grandmas house, I think the flood in 97 took it though.. couldn't find any place selling print outs ;o

Work / Is 6500 PLN salary gross enough to live on for a small family in Wroclaw? [20]

I can confirm everything InWrocław and Harry said.

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

A new batch of Valley Spire arrived to Lidl in Wrocław on plac Strzegomski. I've bought one, haven't tried yet :)

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Spot on Sir! :)
I've nearly finished my extra mature cathedral I might give the cinnamon one a go.. sounds good ;)

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Have been to Alma in Arkady today, found 2 cheddars, but I dunno the brand, here are the pictures along with the company name "Singletons" ( which to be honest I associate with a type of programming construct, or one of my favourite whiskys).

First one:
i.imgur.com/C4AQcZj.jpg
Second one:
i.imgur.com/ye6rIVj.jpg

I also jumped into Mark & Spencer to buy some Vanilla Extract, asked whether they have any cheddar, but it seems they never have any at least in Wrocław, shame I was hoping for some good quality.

Travel / Christmas Fairs in Poland [9]

There's one at the Wroclaw's market square. Got a little messed up during last friday's weather. Everythings expensive, and most of it seems quite cheap ;) A huge crowd at the market sqare also makes it a tad bit annoying... But I suppose it makes the atmosphere a bit more christmasy

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

I found these 3 types below in the Lidl at plac Strzegomski in Wrocław. There was also this Scottish Mature beside the ones you've mentioned. Pic below:

i.imgur.com/hv04aSS.jpg

Btw. wonder what's with the devilish number ; )

Real Estate / Housing market in Wroclaw....any info? [4]

Regarding the first offer, they are mentioning it's around 10 minutes by foot from the main square. I'd say it's actually around 25 to 30 by foot. These developers they often do that, but it's a blatant lie.

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Sorry, yeah I meant Wrocław.

It's called Feniks: feniks.wroc.pl
Here's the proof :) i.imgur.com/O2uo9aF.jpg
They cost 11zł. Could be worse.

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Have been to Fenix at the marketsquare. They have quite a variety of Kerrygold cheddars, there was: Vintage cheddar, red cheddar, mature cheddar and dubliner. Previously Ive only seen just one type... Will have to try some when my fridge gets a bit more empty ;)

Travel / Where can I get Mince Pies in Wroclaw? [5]

There are two M&S in Wrocław, one is near the main square on Oławska street. It has god a small food section, but I don't remember whether it has any mince pies. There is some pastry there too. Haven't been to the other one..

Work / What salaries are for IT specialists (Senior QA Engineer) in Poland? [59]

Salaries in game development are much smaller than in enterprise or banking. It's possible to count big game companies in Poland on the fingers of one hand. The average is being dragged down by very small unimportant companies. Beside that game dev in Poland is very young. In comparison Wroclaw and Cracov are big IT sponges right now in the south Poland, with huge foreign corporations. Senior programmers and QAs are in high demand and 3 years of experience can land you an over 9k gross job.

Work / IT Jobs in Poland? [30]

The pc might be on a decline. it doesnt change the fact that hp was doing horribly for some time already, they were doing worse and worse with laptops, made a complete flop while trying to get into smartphones market

Work / IT Jobs in Poland? [30]

Quite possible, but we should remember HP is not doing as well as it did 10years ago.

arstechnica.com/business/2012/10/hp-ceo-were-screwed-for-the-next-few-years

Basically hp is not a good company for an example of moving human capital to middle east ;)

Work / What salaries are for IT specialists (Senior QA Engineer) in Poland? [59]

Inwroclaw you're quite right the salary range you have posted is just that for senior programmers/developers in both Wroclaw and Krakow. Taking into consideration that QAs/testers earn slightly less Id say that what you are aiming for Katrina85 is in your reach as long as you have these 5 years of experience.

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

I'd be afraid to eat polish cheddar ; ) And I think I've seen Kerrygold in plenty of places - it was the first I've seen and tried in Poland..

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]


That's cool, I think I tried it - definitely the mild one, probably the mature one too. It was quite good, nothing out of the world though ;)


I don't remember tem being that steep, bought some good biscuits and pastry in there. In comparison, Alma seems much more expensive than M&S, especially the walkers shortbread cookies which I worship..

And btw, I wonder if there's some good cheddar in Alma, I need to check in next time when I'm in Renoma ;o

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Thanks interesting read I wonder if there are any of those m&s brands i the m&s in wroclaw, ive also seen some "cathedral" brand in polish tescos but i doubt its the same one they mention in the article

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

I tried some of the cheddar that appeared in lidl lately and Its ok though id prefer it a tad bit more crumbly.. Dont remember the name though :o

Language / Frustrated Polish Learner -- people in Poland try to speak to me in English [31]

It really depends on the people. I've got a foreign friend who I work with who's learning polish. When he told me he'd like to talk with me in polish more often I followed that request. Now I pressure him to speak polish even when he's sometimes tired with his learning process ;) I also noticed it's quite hard for me to remember and explain certain grammar structures and concepts. Maybe that's the problem - some people are afraid they are gonna get cornered in some scary dead end of polish grammar they haven't visited since childhood ;)