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Conservatist   
22 Jan 2013
Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

Try mBank - it's a Polish virtual bank, although nowadays they have offices, too. You should apply for "eKonto" which is just a regular account. For Poles it can be all done without a visit to the bank - the way they work is they courier you all the docs you need, you sign them, make copies of your passport, national ID card or whatever they require and send it back. That's how it works for Poles and Polish residents. I'm not sure if this will work abroad, but from my experience with mBank - if anyone can do it, they can. Another virtual bank (which I have never worked with and have no experience with) is Alior Bank with their Alior Sync account.

With respect to the virtual office - if you Google "biuro wirtualne" you will get many, many offers from various Polish cities and the pricing is far from 150USD/mo. That should be the easy part.
Conservatist   
22 Jan 2013
Language / Correct way to say the date in Polish? [4]

Actually, the first one is correct and the second one is not (assuming you want to translate your sentence - today is ...).

You would use "dwudziestego drugiego" when saying something like "This happened on the 22nd ..." or "Let's meet on the 22nd ...".
Conservatist   
22 Jan 2013
Law / Best City in Poland for Expat Starting Business [9]

Shouldn't you be rather asking questions specific to your business? I would rather choose the city with respect to my business opportunities rather than whether people like me or not ... especially that this won't differ too much from town to town.

Anyway, to answer some of your questions - IMHO any large Polish city will do. Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw, Katowice, Lublin. In all those you will find several english speaking people (mainly local, but also, of course, foreign) and it will be as safe for foreigners as it gets. Then there is the skin colour issue, you're probably safer if you're caucasian, but then again the racist issue seems to be behind us and I haven't heard for a long time (I mean years) of a race-connected assault of any kind.

Also, those cities will probably be the best markets for most businesses as they "house" the most wealthy people (and a lot of people in general). On the dowside, the operating costs, such as rent for instance, will be highest in Poland (especially Warsaw).