Travel / Credit / Debit Cards to use in Poland [37]

mBank and WBK have refused people that I know of. Thus far Bank Millenium is the only one I know that will. I personally tried several including citibank, ING and BPH back when I was first looking for an account and didn't have a karta pobytu and they all refused.

However knowing how things are done in Poland you might get a different answer if you step to the next window and ask again.

I have not done anything but pay bills and use the bankomat with Millenium but I haven't had any trouble. I don't know how they are when it comes to loans or anything more complicated.

Life / Why do you choose to stay in Poland, why not other country? [152]


These two leave me wondering if people say this as a joke or they have not actually been in Poland.

Sure there are some nice people but overall people are rude, dour and suspicious.

The food? Are you kidding? There is no variety at all and everything is based on survival foods from the poor times like cabbage and flour dough stuff. Vegeta is used to add flavor to everything because nothing has it naturally and the bread is the worst in the world. Even slums in India make better bread.

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

The people who go on and on about "Polish Pride" are the same ones who get drunk and sing those stupid football songs while waking everyone up and bothering people on the trams and buses shouting out how Poland is the "greatest nation on Earth!!!". Pride is an ugly and dangerous thing.

I have noticed in my years around the world that the smaller or less powerful the country the more often their people say things like "Yeah Armenia is the greatest nation in the world and our Army could kick your arse!!!". Give me a break.

I can't stand empty blustering and quite frankly wouldn't mind Poles so much if it weren't for the constant whining, arguing and blustering. I don't think a day went by when upon being known as a Yank I wasn't engaged in some "verbal challenge" or bragging about how great Poland is compared to the US. You are your own worst enemies.

Travel / Looking for a good map of Poland on the Net [19]

use google maps...works great

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

Krystal you said live in the US and seeing as your ancestors went to the US a long time ago I gather you have your whole life? I am asking because your English sounds like it's not your native language. Did you not grow up in the US?

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]


It is good to see you are self aware and not embarrassed to deconstruct yourself. Maybe there is hope for you to shake the Polish pride complex yet.

UK, Ireland / Warning to British people visiting Poland!! Don't get drunk and smash the place up! [447]

Polish Police enforcing the law?? Hahahahahaha....oh my....hehehe....hhahahaha.

I mean if you ever need someone to check a homeless person's ID and write in a little book for 30min then the Polish Police are your best choice...but for anything else I'd not look to them.

Travel / Credit / Debit Cards to use in Poland [37]

I would say you were much too hard on yourself with the first one but a little too complimentary with the second.

UK, Ireland / Warning to British people visiting Poland!! Don't get drunk and smash the place up! [447]

You can't have the advantages of being a cheap labor and cheap party country (money) without the troubles that come with it. I am sure that if foreigners stopped visiting and paying into Poland's economy there would be a major campaign to get them back.

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

Editing your post then spewing another lame insult? There really is nothing new on the internet is there?

Travel / Credit / Debit Cards to use in Poland [37]

When you get that accomplished report back. We are on the edge of our seats.

Travel / Credit / Debit Cards to use in Poland [37]

Well I guess you have it all figured out then. I guess this IS a Polish forum so what would it be if people didn't want to argue about everything. After all complaining/arguing is the national sport.

Travel / Credit / Debit Cards to use in Poland [37]

They are making a killing off of fees and the investment interest they make off of your money. Banks love every zl you give them as that's more interest they earn.

Travel / Credit / Debit Cards to use in Poland [37]

Yep Bank Millennium will take your money as long as you have a passport.

millenet.pl

They are the only ones I found who would do it without Polish papers. They are probably making a killing off of expats.

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

I don't care enough to go quote for quote with you and frankly I find people who pick apart posts like that annoying. But I did notice your last comment...people who encourage others to commit suicide are a special kind of disgusting. Good job showing the world your true character ;)

Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

Question away....everyone he speaks to says so and that's good enough for me. Took him 5 years of serious study.

Most of the others have been there nearly 10 years and can barely manage the shopping terminology ;) We just don't care.

Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]

I know loads of American and Brit expats from Warsaw. Maybe 40 or 50? Of all of those ONE speaks fluent Polish. And most of them have been in the city for 5 or more years and are married to locals. You just don't need to speak Polish and that takes away the motivation. Couple that with the ridiculous grammar and structure (like everything Polish it is WAY harder than it needs to be) and we usually don't bother. I get by with shopping and normal life but I don't care to bother beyond that.

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

Oh give me a break. What have you done that honors them so much Timbo? The current generation would be an embarrassment to the WWII era Poles. Also...they didn't do what they did so YOU could do anything. They did it to survive. They are not different than anyone else who survived horrors...the nationality doesn't matter.

Why do you let your egos rule you so much? The more someone talks about how PROUD they are to be some nationality the more useless they are to that society as a rule.

UK, Ireland / Bank transfer from Poland to UK - do I need only IBAN number or SWIFT one as well? [8]

The Polish bank should be able to get it but if they WILL is another story. They don't like to go out of their way to help.

Try here:

bankers-telenet.com/?gclid=CKqT2v6M9p8CFQsMDQodsCWwYA

UK, Ireland / Bank transfer from Poland to UK - do I need only IBAN number or SWIFT one as well? [8]

Account number
Full name and address of recipient
Swift Code

All I have ever needed however who knows with the way things are done in Polish banks.

Best to take all you can get info wise and then you won't be missing something when you go fill out the form.

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

Then you have some common sense. Only idiots are that blindly patriotic. The massive Polish inferiority complex makes them annoyingly "proud".

Life / You are Polish if... [433]

If you can't name a country or city without saying "the" in from it.

"I am from the Warsaw"

What do you say for Holland? The The Netherlands?

Life / 3 reasons why winter is the best time of the year in Poland [58]

I lived in a building with mostly old folks. In the beginning when I didn't really speak any Polish I was always getting stuck in the lift with a few of them chattering away. I just smiled and shook my head "yes" a lot and it seemed to work because they smiled back and just kept talking. They either thought I was the nicest yank in the world or the dumbest.

Life / Feeling ashamed of my Polish heritage. [237]

I would like to commend you for not being such a patriotic jaggoff that you came in here cheering "Poland is the best country in the UNIVERSE".

My solution for you is simple. Stop worrying about pointless ego stroking things and live. The more "proud" someone is the less I generally like them. Humble people are best. Live well...be good to other good people...and you will be much more content than worrying about national pride.