Boring starts when the two of you (editorial) just stand there unable to decide what to do next.
I would be bored living in Poland after a month. There really isnt a lot to do and most places are boring and everyone stares at me. Nobody smiles either, except the girls when I speak my broken Polish.
There really isnt a lot to do and most places are boring
Strange, because foreigners are often pleasantly surprised by Poland and find it interesting, from what I've noticed.
Nobody smiles either
This is a cultural difference - it's a bit as if a Japanese complained that noone bows in the US. Nobody is as "smiley" as Americans. Poles smile if they have a reason to do so.
everyone stares at me.
You must look very weird then, if that's true ;D, because Poles normally don't stare at other white people.
That is true, but you will find that in London,Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin etc,etc....only Americans smile that much and to be fair, half the time I think it's false.
There really isnt a lot to do and most places are boring
I was excited to go to Poland before I came to this little Polish Forum. I researchedd Poland and found besides Auschwitz Death Camp, the Salt Mine and the War Museum by day four I would run out of places of interest and be bored and ready to come home.
Even the women all look like Christmas trees and the drunk men pis in the streets like dogs. Face it, Poland is just not that of an exciting place to visit.
Face it, Poland is just not that of an exciting place to visit.
200% agreed but poles thinks it is,NEWBEES in the western world.Im always asked to do a business there when I have a better choice to do it in the states where I know how the system works.
I researchedd Poland and found besides Auschwitz Death Camp,
That is Polands #1 tourist destination. I didnt go there when I was in Krakow, its just too depressing for me.
Poland is just not that of an exciting place to visit.
Europe is expensive and the weather is usually gloomy most of the year. Many ppl dont have much money to spend either, so they have kind of an attitude if you do. And since youre an American the automatically assume youre rich.
You can do better with your money rather going to Europe. I want to check out Costa Rica someday.
200% agreed but poles thinks it is,NEWBEES in the western world.
Oh, actually, it's the opposite. Poles are often convinced that there isn't anything much for tourists to see in Poland, especially for those from Western Europe, that Poland is poor, ugly, boring and dirty and people in Poland are horrible :))) I had the same mindset until I stumbled upon all those videos on YouTube of foreign tourists, travellers, people who moved to live in Poland (including from the US), refugees from Ukraine or even people just driving through Poland being often positively surprised and impressed with Poland and even Polish people :)
Poles are often shocked that other people like Poland, that they think it's beautiful, developed and... clean! (that's the most shocking part - clean! :O lol) We experience the greatest shock if someone actually wants to live here, because they like it in Poland and not for work or because they've met a Polish woman lol
I agree. I can jump on a jet in Detroit in February when it is minus -20* in Michigan
LOL Johnny_reb, have you even ever been to Europe? You sound like one of those Russians who think that because Russia is so big, they have everything there already and they don't need to visit anywhere and see anything else. That's very narrow-minded, imho. For me such people are very boring people ;)
Btw, Polka music isn't Polish lol 🙄
I don't know what's your idea of "exciting". I think it may be different for different people. For example, lying on a beach and eating pork or chicken isn't my idea of "exciting". Nice and relaxing, sure, but not exactly "exciting". Additionally, I'd get bored of that pretty quickly. For me visiting Paris and seeing the Louvre was exciting. I could spent days in just the Louvre alone :)))
I researchedd Poland and found besides Auschwitz (...) Salt Mine and the War Museum by day four I would run out of places of interest
If that's all you found then you researched poorly or Europe is simply not your thing. From what I've noticed, Americans usually visit Europe for it's historic architecture and culture. I'm guessing that's probably not your cup of tea.
For example, here you have a video of two Swedish guys visiting Gdańsk on their way to another country and loving it (their English is great, btw - they talk almost like Americans!) - one of them is calling Gdańsk one of the hidden gems in Europe:
And the first comment I see under that video is from an American (I'm guessing):
"Sabby S The architecture in Europe is so amazing compared to the the US..."
Russia is so big, they have everything there already and they don't need to visit anywhere and see anything else.
Oh I have visited many countries in my life time that I have found interesting. I was even interesting in coming to Poland at one time. Then I came to the Polish Forums and met Polish people that all seemed to be so negative, depressing and boring. To invest a two day plane ride there and two days back and spend $5,000 I would never forgive myself for knowing in advance that there are much more beautiful and adventurous places like maybe Switzerland where people yodel.
Strange, because foreigners are often pleasantly surprised by Poland and find it interesting
It wears off quickly though. How many castles can one look at? Krakow was fun bc they have nightlife and its mostly pretty. The part that doesnt have soot all over the buildings that is.
I was even interesting in coming to Poland at one time.
But youre going to miss out on riding on the monkeys tractor!
@jon357, not just by Lenka. The British did have such a reputation, not only in Poland. I've even seen a documentary about it lol o_O Maybe it changed, but it definitely was there, so don't jump on Lenka.
You obviously don't know as much about the Brirish as you you think you know.
I've seen far more drunken Poles in the UK than drunken Brits in Poland
Me too.... On almost every quiet street corner...... Poles cannot teach Brits anything about drinking alcohol. Poles are second only to Russians on the alcoholic charts.
It wears off quickly though. How many castles can one look at?
Well, going abroad as a tourist means spending a limited time in a given country, it's pretty obvious that you won't be there indefinitely. And once you're done with castles, you can move on to churches and palaces lol
Btw, I've seen videos of two travellers-youtubers (an Irish guy and a German-Italian woman) who were sightseeing Poland for three months, as far as I remember, visiting different cities. They didn't seem to be bored :)
I even feel like visiting Łódź after watching their video lol :)) (I was in Łódź before, but that was long ago and I wasn't there as a tourist.)
The British did have such a reputation, not only in Poland. I've even seen a documentary about it lol o_O
Mostly whupped up falsely by the media. I once heard a couple of older ladies in Hannah complaining about a rowdy table of British men in a restaurant.
The thing is, the roost group were all Polish.
castles, you can move on to churches and palaces lol
I don't think that many people from Britain would be interested in seeing those in Poland. There are many much better ones at home.
@jon357, sorry, but if authorities in a given country are actually barring the British from having too much too drink by limiting the amount of alcohol that can be sold to them and where they can drink it, then I doubt it's just a false image created by the media. And as I wrote, I've seen a documentary about it (actually more than one) and I saw with my own eyes how they behave (and they were British, not Polish).
I don't think that many people from Britain would be interested in seeing those in Poland.
In case you haven't noticed - I'm discussing with Americans.
They're actually barring all young groups. Not that Mediterranean beach holidays happen in a country like Poland with poor hospitality standards anyway.
Having said that, there's little to do there except drink anyway.
And the idea that UK visitors are being anti social in Poland is ludicrous.
And whatever documentary you saw doubtless highlights extremes to make good television.
Now Polish drinkers in the UK; that's a whole other issue ..
@jon357, it's not new to me that you're not taking criticism of your nation or anything British too well, so I've got to say I'm a bit amused right now ;) :))
"A shocking Foreign Office report reveals a huge rise in the number of arrests of Britons overseas."
"Arrests of UK citizens in Spain - by far the biggest problem country - have gone up by a third. In France, they have rocketed by 42 per cent in one year."
Isn't it true about that Foreign Office report?
There are many much better ones at home.
But after visiting British castles someone may want to see something different. For example, I'm personally rather jaded with classicist and baroque architecture despite it being pretty and elaborate, because I grew up being surrounded by it. That's why visiting the beautiful and spotless Vienna was a bit "boring" for me in this respect. A lot of Paris is classicist it too, so lets say that not all of it was so terribly interesting for me. But I wouldn't advise other people against visiting Vienna or Paris, just because I personally didn't find some aspects of those cities that exciting.
As for castles in Poland, the Malbork Castle is the largest castle in the world measured by land area (and a UNESCO World Heritage Site). I think it's worth seeing just for that reason :)
Aren't I? (...) From Poles, it's usually a kind of form of special pleading, hoping that by making stuff up
Yes, you aren't. And don't be an a$$hole, I'm not making stuff up. But mods are growing impatient, so let us take this discussion to Random.
In Poland?
In Kielce. Majority of tenement houses along the Sienkiewicz Street are built in classical style (maybe it's called "neoclassical" in English, I don't know). In Polish it's called "styl klasycystyczny" or "klasycyzm". The church where I was attending masses since I was a kid is part of a Baroque cloister complex. So every time I would get bored during the mass, I would look at all the elements of Baroque interior inside that church.
There isn't that much.
There isn't that much of what? Of classical (or neoclassical, if you will) and Baroque architecture? I'm not some kind of great architecture expert, but from I've noticed there's plenty. Poland wasn't created yesterday, you know, and so there are all kinds of architecture styles present in this country.
Yes, the Malbork Castle is a German castle, but it's in Poland now, so you have to come to Poland to see it, sorry ;) As for compulsory guided tours - you can choose the audio-guide option and simply take the headphones off, if it bothers you that much.
As for castles in świętokrzyskie - there are only ruins left. There is, however, a fully preserved and functioning Romanesque collegiate church in Opatów:
Some elements of the interior of that Romanesque Church in Opatów:
@johnny reb, but I don't want people like you to come to Poland, so I honestly won't mind if you stay away from my country and stick to watching castles on TV lol :)))
