Travel / Hiking around Zakopane/ Tatra mountains [20]

Merged: hiking in zakopane tmrw

hey guys,
Is there a lot of snow on the trails right now up in the regular trails? I'm not gonna hike up to the top of a mountain. I looked on the mountain cams and there wasn't enough snow to justify putting on snowshoes but it looks like it'll be tricky hiking up on regular boots. What do you think?

Travel / How to get to Kosice from Krakow? [4]

Thanks Jon! I totally forgot about tigerexpress!

Damn they're expensive though. 120PLN for one way? Seems excessive. I paid 35PLN for a train ticket to Szczecin the other weekend. Do these guys not offer a student price?

Travel / Recommended National Parks in Poland [9]

Merged: Ojcowski Park Narodowy in Poland

I plan on going there this Saturday, and I'm curious - will it be possible to go snowshoeing there? There is plenty of snow in the Tatras, but I feel like Ojcow won't have the same weather.

I'd appreciate any tips for stuff to do there and your experience of the park.

Thank you!

Travel / Malopolska walking / hiking in march [7]

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Looking for nice one-day trip trails to hike in Poland

Hi,
I live in Krakow and during the weekends I'm looking to hike. I've already done the one to the peak of Giewont, and currently looking at Morskie Oko. Can anyone recommend other trails I can do for a day trip? Someone suggested going to the Slovakian side, but I don't know how I'd get there exactly.

Please and thank you!

Travel / How to get to Morskie Oko from Zakopane? [6]

Thank you!

dtus, could you describe how to find this back trail? Is it easy to get around?

It's just that we'll be arriving so early there, so finding a tourist office that's open will be hard.

Thanks!

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]

hehehe

I like the idea of Sękacz! I just had some of the smalec today and it was great! But yes, keep the ideas coming! Thank you!

Law / Gumtree.pl ad posting criteria? [9]

Merged: Is GumTree a paid online classified??

Hello,
I recently got into using GumTree, the Polish online classified. I tried to post an ad, and they asked me to pay 10 euros in order to do so! Did I make some sort of mistake, or is this some sort of annual fee for using the online classifieds? In any other country I've lived in, it's been free to use online classifieds...

Thank you.

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]

Right sorry about that. I posted this quite late into the night and I wasn't all too lucid.

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]

I saw a webpage from the Swiss government and I also had a friend from Poland who bussed into Switzerland, and there were some times random border checks. According to the website, there is a limit. 300CHF worth of goods, and for things like food and alcohol, by weight and volume. For ex, you are allowed up to 1kg of meat from Poland.

My British friend currently lives in Switzerland, a chocolate capital, and not a big fan of vodka. Any other suggestions?

Life / How and where do I return empty alcohol bottles in Poland? [17]

just under 1 zloty? man that is a lot! Most of these beers cost 3zl so if the return gets me say 75gr, then with each 4 beers, I could theoretically buy a 5th one free.

Life / How and where do I return empty alcohol bottles in Poland? [17]

right, I've been recycling them until now but I was curious how much you get for these bottles. Also, what symbol, or Polish words should I look for when trying to see if the bottle is returnable?

Thanks!

Life / Is becoming a Polish national this easy? [16]


I did not know that. That is great to know! Unfortunately I have studied in Switzerland and they allow you 6 months to look for a job, but it's by no means a work permit. It's just a permit that allows you to look for jobs. That been said, if you find a job, it's very difficult to get the position if you're not Swiss or part of the EU-country members.

I was interested in working in other EU countries to open up choices, and becoming Polish would have allowed me to get my foot in the door. Doesn't seem like I really have a way into all the EU countries but Poland as I will be studying there for 4 years.

Thank you!

Life / Is becoming a Polish national this easy? [16]

I see... thank you! Well, there goes my hopes out the window of working in the EU.

Life / Is becoming a Polish national this easy? [16]

Thanks Monitor. Take a look at this: polish-citizenship eu/foreigners.html

From what I read there, you just need the long term residency for 3 years. But good to know that studying counts only for half the time... would have gotten my hopes up otherwise.

Am I mistaken thinking that I can get a long term residency right away? I already have a permit to stay in Europe and I'm just coming over to Poland and switching it for long term stay visa. I thought from then on it'd be 3 years...

Even if it's 50% for school years, 4 yrs would count for 2 yrs, then I'd have to work one full year in Poland to get the 3rd year, no?

From what you say it seems like I need to spend ~5 yrs just to get the long term stay visa. Which I understand, because some countries will issue "permanent resident" visas only after 5 years. But in this case they say permanent resident or long term, so I got a bit too excited.

Thank you again!

Life / Is becoming a Polish national this easy? [16]

I'm Canadian by nationality.

Do they really discriminate against students like that for long term visas? I will look into this once I arrive into Poland and begin enquiring, but do you have any way to link me via private message? (they don't allow links to be posted here)

Thank you.