3 reasons why winter is the best time of the year in Poland

Not for me. While I'm loving this cold winter, I'm looking forward to spring and summer. I love it when it's 30C. My Polish and British friends think they're going to die of the heat. I just smile and enjoy it.

I may have driven on the worst pot holed road ever yesterday. It has been a particlarly long and cold winter and that shows on the roads. i was hitting the holes left right and centre, no choice when theres trucks coming in the other direction.

I suppose they'll send out the dirty guys with the van and tarmac to patch it up soon. Same as last year and the year before.

I would not call this hot. Its just normal. In the cold you can wear more to warm up.

When its very hot +55C you cant take more and more layers off to keep cool.

Some of my best photos were taken in winter:

My Slavic archetype is sleepy when it comes to winter as preferred season :(((((

I absolutely hate it.

some of mine also pawian.Didnt particularly like - 24, biting winds and very miserable looking people ( xmas 2009/10). cold winter in england. bloody nightmare in poland. agree with natasas post. i hate winter!

1. No tourists
2. Good reason to stay in the bar.
3. Nothing like government heating on 24hr for dirt cheap prices :D

I don't like winter

I love the cold winters in Poland. Makes everything look fresh to me.

1. I love love love to be uncomfortable every time I step outside.

2. Lots of laundry rocks my world.

3. I prefer high risk driving conditions.

There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

Fuzzywickets,what type of temperatures are we talking in a Polish winter?

Uncomfortable? A good pair of shoes and a good jacket and you're sorted.


You didn't drive in Poland, so what does that matter?

Driving in snow is the most fun anyone can have legally, in my opinion.

The old "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing" gag. There's a reason why wealthy people live in the south of France.

Saying anything more about this would be like explaining to someone why driving on dangerously slippy roads with a wife and children in the car is undesireable.....


Oh no you dit' int!

This is why conversation is futile with you, man.

"Stabbing yourself in the face is bad for you." Go ahead Delph, work your magic.

i can assure you having the back end slip out on a busy motorway is no fun, rear wheel drive is an absolute nightmare in the snow.

On topic though: i genuinly prefer a good variation of seasonal weather such as experienced in Poland. Nice warm summers with cracking thunder storms, to the autumn, to the freezing ass -20 snowy / icey days. Just when youre starting to have enough of the snow, wind, rain, sun or whatever theres always a new season to look forward to along with all the associated pluses and minuses.

Actually, there's a reason wealthy people don't live in the south of France. But I guess that to know it one must have met wealthy people.

Wealthy people just don't live in France full stop. There's a reason why Monaco still exists.

My friend is self employed in France, and the taxes are frankly crippling.


Quite obviously, you've never actually driven a car in a proper winter. Or in Poland full stop.

Well, I love cold weather/snow. If I won the lottery (and therefore became wealthy) I'd only move up the road from where I live now. One of those big houses on the other side of the nearby main road would do nicely. There's no way I'd move to some mock-Tudor footballer country like Alderley Edge, even if that is where many wealthy people move to! lol

This is the funniest damn thing I've read in a long time.


I grew up in New Jersey dude. My parents had a blizzard that dropped 14" of snow in October last year. I've driven in more snow storms than you ever will. And yes, I've driven in Poland plenty, I just never owned a car there. You GOTTA try and come up with something better to say, Mikey.

Owning property in the South of France does not make a resident, particularly for tax purposes. Perhaps you ought to look at the French taxation policies and discover why wealthy people tend to leave.

With a 40% upper tax rate on inheritance above 1.8 million Euro (not that much in the grand scheme of things) - wealthy people aren't exactly going to stay tax resident in France.


Borrowing a car for the day hardly counts as "driving".

14" of snow? That's what, roughly 35cm? Nothing special.

In October that distance from the equator, yeah, it's pretty special.

I've also seen 36" in a 36 hour period in March. 2 mornings in a row, snow level going over the top of the snowblower.

In New York state just a few hours north, there are some towns where the houses are built with 2 front doors, 1 on the ground floor, 1 on the second floor because every year, a storm will come that will completely snow in the ground exit and your only way out is the 2nd floor. They also have towns with entire road systems built for snow mobiles because it's literally impossible to operate a car once winter really sets in.

I spent a decade driving in the northeast, but hey, what do I know about winter and driving in the snow.

1. I love love love to be uncomfortable every time I step outside.

2. Lots of laundry rocks my world.

3. I prefer high risk driving conditions.

2032?

Are you Marty McFly or something? lol

In order for there to be the beautiful rebirth of all things in the spring it all has to die first. Polish winters are good for that.

Merged:

During this time of year... at this northerly latitude... I'm not able to receive enough daily sunlight...

At this northerly latitude... I'm not able to receive enough daily sunlight to satisfy my cravings. Furthermore, my natural tan is fading and I am starting to look deathly pale... Folks, should I give in to temptation... and enter a cancer (tanning) booth?

The melting snow feeds the land.

many Polish women do (at least they used to some 10 years ago)

Spending winter at these latitudes is a huge mistake on your part. You should take the example of Polish storks and emigrate to Africa and come back to Poland in April.

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.....never come back again.