Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]

I usually do it in one go overnight and 16-17 hours seems about right, Theres also no border controls either, Make sure you have all the correct stuff in the car ie reflective jacket, spare bulbs, triangle, etc and adequate break down cover as its really expensive if something goes wrong.

Its also worth noting when driving through Germany that all your tyres must have a minimum of 3mm tread and all be the same type and brand. If the police stop you and you don't comply you will have to replace the defective tyres.

Fill up in the UK before you leave as fuel in Germany or anywhere with the euro is really really expensive.

Work / Can I use my English hgv licence to get jobs in Poland? [10]

Whats the point in tacho metres in Poland anyway? Theres so many places on the way to the border that offer "Tacho adjustment services" it seems a bit pointless.

Love / Are all Polish men Psychos? [111]

Some are and some aren't. I hope this piece of information helps.

Love / Polish girlfriend going back to Poland if I dont buy engagment ring [85]

Get her a plane ticket, It will be a damn sight cheaper than an engagement ring and all the bull s hit you will have to take from her in the future.

Love / Polish girlfriend going back to Poland if I dont buy engagment ring [85]

Do as Harry said! I've got a friend in the UK whos with a Polish girl who appears to be around 18 stone now due to her addiction to wotsits and frankfurters (24 bags of wotsits a day and 4 or 5 jars of frankfurters) Shes an absolute spitting image of princess fiona and has the worst personality of any female i've had the misfortune to meet and keeps pestering him to get married,

Work / An Australian girl living in Poland: Residence permit, please help! [44]

@KateFromSydney

Fair enough, The best of luck to you. The Polish authorites will probably do everything in their power to make things difficult but i'm sure all will turn out well.

Work / An Australian girl living in Poland: Residence permit, please help! [44]

I really can't understand why you want to stay in Poland as a person coming from Sydney, I'm a brit moving to Sydney in around 6 weeks and it looks amazing.

Life / Do Polish people help one another? [40]

Generally the ones that have travelled a lot or lived outside Poland are really helpful as they seem to have absorbed some of the western european culture, The ones who havent seem to take more pride in causing problems for people than helping.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

The British Legal system is a joke they will only protect the offenders not the victim, It seems that the only way to deal with jokers like that is to take the law into your own hands.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

So if you know who they are and where they live, when your leg has healed go and find them 1 at a time and kick the living **** out of them. Apparently quite a lot of Polish men feel hitting a woman is acceptable when it clearly isn't.

Law / Using a foreign-registered car in Poland [13]

I change my car so often they couldn't keep track if they wanted to.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

Pretty much, most of them are like it, I had one go for me the other week and after I got a punch in he phoned to get more of his mates, They really are scum of the earth, I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it. Just find out where they live and take them one at a time.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]


Illegal probably, Unbritish, well we didn't get an empire by sitting around letting people walk all over us did we? isn't it time we started standing up for ourselves again? I've heard of lots of Poles getting violent towards people in the UK and maybe if one got the **** kicked out of him enough for it to make the papers they would start behaving in a better manner.

Maybe we aren't hearing the full story, if the op stole some guys g/f then no sympathy whatsoever.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

That is true Harry, I would love to see the look on their faces as they are beaten to a pulp by an asian dude.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

**** thats shocking mate, Get a group of your mates together and track them down to show them what British Beef is really like.

Law / Using a foreign-registered car in Poland [13]

How can they?

You are allowed to take your car to any country within the EU for up to 12 consecutive months so long as its road legal in the country of origin. Its the Law and as much as Poland thinks it can adapt/break the law to suit itself it cant.

You shouldn't have any problems driving a spanish registered car here, Just be prepared to be stopped by the corrupt police quite a lot as they are very partial to bribes.

Travel / How do I go by ferry from south of England to Gdynia? [15]

Do Dover to Dunkirk and then its a flat out drive through europe, Should take no more than 16 hours, Aim to travel through europe on a Sunday to avoid traffic, I've done it more times than I can remember and its a really easy drive. You could even do Portsmouth to Cherbourg and then drive through france if you want to avoid the dreaded a303.

Food / Do Polish restaurants use dead dogs fat as a delicacy for you to eat? [41]

I've recently realised that the word "delicacy" doesn't mean something which is really nice. It seems to be a title given to any disgusting food that can't otherwise be sold but as its called a delicacy it can be sold to people with far too much money and no taste.

News / Poland's supreme administrative court rules against RHD cars [57]

Most of them don't have tax so you are probably right, Theres a lexus soarer down the road from me which looks like it hasn't seen an MOT for many years and theres no tax in the window.

Law / Polish Cop Took My Car Registration :S [143]


Have you driven past me recently? I wasn't getting a blowjob at the time I was snorting line after line of coke from the passenger seat whilst murdering a hooker who was sat in the back seat, Just so I fall in line with your stereotype of "everyone who has darkened windows is a criminal"

The fact of the matter is I have a nearly clean licence, no criminal convictions and never had an accident despite driving 30k + miles a year in a car with darkened windows (from the factory)

News / Poland's supreme administrative court rules against RHD cars [57]


Perhaps you have a point with the poles in rhd vehicles but what about brits? I'm certain that I drive my RHD car in a much safer manner than 99% of poles on the road in their LHD cars. I personally hate driving whilst sitting on the left hand side of the car, it just doesnt feel safe taking your right hand off the steering wheel to change gear and adjust the heating etc.

Law / Polish Cop Took My Car Registration :S [143]

And the UK, Front window must let through 70% of the light although most cars come close to the limit standard, rear windows can be however dark you want.


I love it too, I don't like people looking at me while i'm driving :)

Law / Polish Cop Took My Car Registration :S [143]

You can see through tinted glass? Its not a solid colour you know.

If its so ridiculous why do BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Audi, VW, Honda, etc fit it as standard to a lot of their new vehicles?

Life / Price of a DJ in Poland [6]

I've got a friend who does a bit of part time, I'll ask him for you. Are you thinking about getting into it over here?

This guy is quite good and might be interested, myspace.com/suntec69. He's based in the UK but might come over, hes on my facebook profile if you want to contact him.

Life / Picking up BBC television in Poland [41]

I've used "your freedom" for bbc iplayer of years, It works with all the UK players too. You are limited to a 60 minute connection each time but with bbc iplayer you just load the programme using yourfreedom and then just watch it without the proxy as Iplayer only detects that you are outside the UK as its loading.

Mikey if you want me to show you how I use it so you can write a tutorial or something

News / Poland's supreme administrative court rules against RHD cars [57]

I used to have a small camera installed in the passenger side wing mirror casing with a live feed to the GPS screen which made a fantastic difference when overtaking as you could just look at the screen to see what was coming, It cost about £70 all in and half a days work, It seems to be quite a good idea when driving a RHD abroad. Couldn't be bothered rigging one up again though.

News / Poland's supreme administrative court rules against RHD cars [57]

I've driven a rhd car in Poland for nearly 3 years and 70,000 miles and never had a problem at all, When overtaking you just have to adjust your road position accordingly and its just as safe as driving a LHD.

Poland really needs to sort its act out as its just utterly ridiculous the way they simply take take take from the EU and give nothing back.

The accident rate in Poland is simply down to the incompetent idiots they let on the roads and nothing to do with which side they drive on.

USA, Canada / Moving from Canada to Poland? I'm fluent Polish and could teach English. [24]

You shouldn't have a problem getting a good job in finance here actually, Financial companies seem to be everywhere.

USA, Canada / Moving from Canada to Poland? I'm fluent Polish and could teach English. [24]


Unfortunately yes, I've been here for nearly 3 years, The first year was great but after that i've just simply got fed up with the attitude and incompetence of many people here, Namely drivers, builders and people working in govt organisations and shops and just the general lack of manners displayed by people here the terrible food and the appalling roads just rub salt into the wounds.

Its great for a short term change of scenery 6 months to a year but as a long term proposition I think i'd rather live in afganistan whilst hitting my head repeatedly with a house brick.

Wages are pretty poor too and rental prices are getting more and more expensive.

USA, Canada / Moving from Canada to Poland? I'm fluent Polish and could teach English. [24]

It shouldn't expire but why would you want to come here? I can't see any good reason to leave Canada to come here?