I'm so bored in Poland!

I know them, and they are in fact a bit boring.

Apartment buildings is a better name. Tenements or tenement houses is a mistranslation I've seen a few times. The term tenement usually implies slums or near slums. Where I'm from, those buildings would be considered almost modern and certainly unexceptional.

The best building on that street (you know the one) is Art Nouveau anyway. I doubt any there are worth a special visit.

Boring? Yes, for a Brit or Italian from somewhere crammed with history.


There are some quite nice baroque and more usually neo-baroque churches in Poland, though not do many historic ones compared to some other European countries. The church in my village is Norman and the one nearest to the place I call home there now is Saxon. This is quite typical there and unexceptional, whereas in Poland you would be lucky to find historical ones without a guide book and s car.

The audio guide at Malbork must be new. When I was there you had to join a very dry and dull tour for some unfathomable reason, with an old bag presenting a particular view of history.

An earlier post about things being boring there has gone to off topic for some reason, so I'll try to be specific.

Poland has its strengths, however outside a few historic city centres and isolated settings (Opatów is actually a good example) there's not that much to see unless you like forests and mountains.

Most of the countryside is flat, the built environment is largely unexceptional unless you come from somewhere like Texas with very little history and the nightlife is either rowdy or boring.

That's not a criticism, just an observation

I don't care if you find them boring. I didn't claim that they're somehow exceptional or terribly interesting. They're a typical example of architecture of that period in a rather small city. And as I wrote that architecture was built in classical style (or neoclassical) - that was my point - that I am personally used to that style of architecture.


Now that's a complete bullsh1t. Churches were actually the type of buildings that was most likely to survive in Poland, it seems to me. There's plenty of historical Polish churches.

So why get all worked up? Remember, we're in a thread started by someone who is bored in Poland.

Forest walks are not for everybody and once you've seen a tree, you've seen a tree


Not all visitors get that excited about typical examples of unexceptional architecture that they have fifty times as much of in their home town.


Indeed, however there just aren't that many, or at least that's how it seems to Brits, Italians, Bavarians etc, and most that there are do not compare well with what they're used to

Hence the OP getting a bit bored.

@jon357, I didn't "get all worked up" - I am explaining to you why I wrote what I wrote. I'm also debunking your bullsh1t.


In case you haven't noticed, I'm not inviting anyone to Kielce. My city has never been a great tourist attraction and I never claimed it was.


Bullsh1t again. There are historic churches in every city, town and even villages.


No, that's not why she was bored. This thread was set up by an English woman whose partner was "basically a functioning alcoholic", as she put it, that wouldn't go anywhere with her besides the pub and a store and so she was bored. I'd be bored too if I were in such situation.

Not many compared to the UK, Italy, Bavaria.

For people from those places, it is unexceptional.

I suspect we'll not easily agree on this.


That's a grim reality of life for many people, and although I don't recall the town, city, or village they were in, the pub and biedronka may be pretty well all there is.

@jon357, I don't know the exact numbers, in which country there are more churches or less, but there's enough to sightsee. And people from UK, Italy and Bavaria aren't the only people in this world.


And yet there's plenty of people visiting Poland (no, not just to drink cheap booze, but to actually sightsee the country) and enjoying nightlife here :)

As for "very little history" - you must've hit your head today pretty badly.

For me, yes. However, like you, I enjoy looking at architecture.

Nevertheless, there's much much more where I come from.


Compared to the UK or Italy, yes. Very little remaining traces.

Not many buildings or structures over a thousand years old at all, and there was never the economic booms that led to large scale construction elsewhere.


There's nightlife, just not that good.

@jon357, I don't claim that Poland is a more interesting tourist destination than Italy or the UK. It isn't. So, if someone from the US, for example, would have a once in a life time opportunity to visit Europe he or she would obviously go to one of the bigger, richer Western countries that are a "must see" in Europe. That's why I asked johnny_reb if he ever been to Europe at all.

However, if someone from the US, for example, has Polish roots and is interested in visiting Poland for that reason, then such a person can spend a few days in Poland and then use Poland as a base to visit other European countries, since Europe isn't that terribly big. You can go to Germany or visit Prague in the Czech Republic or even go somewhere further.

Also, there are people in Europe who've already seen all those "must see" places and would like to discover something new or different. To see different architecture, find out about different history (for example communist stuff) and customs, check out the local food. And Poland is cheaper than the West, so it can be a plus too.

In my opinion Poland isn't boring. There are no boring countries, there are just boring people, imho :) There are even Poles visiting Transnistria, so expand your horisons, people lol


Here's a video in which they're summing up their trip to Poland. They've concluded that Poland is undiscovered and underrated and they're planning to come back :):



@jon357, what can I say, I'm a sucker for Christmas lights and not everyone is as jaded and well-travelled and experienced as you are :)))

Long periods in hotels in places nobody would ever visit unless they're paid to (and I do include a few places in Poland among them, though mostly I'm thinking about hotter places) does tend to do that to you.

It looks like the OP has a different boredom threshold to her husband. After all, a lot of people are happy taking holidays in places where all you can do is shop, drink and stare at the sea.

@Paulina likewise, I don't want Polish women like you coming to America either.
In fact your post is totally Off-Topic again See:

https://polishforums.com/travel/poland-bored-76148/4/#msg1868949

I know you Polish people love your country as I love mine but you have to come to grips with the fact that Poland is not that exciting of a country and still very behind in many ways.

Every country has it's highlights but Poland is limited to them making it very boring.
And what I have learned here on the Polish Forums from you Polish members confirms that.
I am afraid I would be bored to death after spending a week in Poland.

Tell me about it! I get off the train at Gdansk-Oliwa and want to take a dump. No restroom. The word panic does not describe it adequately.

FYI, that place is a major tourist destination because of the cathedral and the organ. They even have a restaurant with "American" in its name.


I am not surprised. In my opinion, Poland is for those who are emotional about the place. Poland is not Italy - which may not be a bad thing. Nobody sane in Poland wants Venice there and a million daily "look here" tourists.

You would have to pay for the toilet paper if you did find one. I forgot to pay in Krakow and some old babcia started yelling at me while I was taking a pee. Fun times!


Ive heard they have a nice beach or is that Sopot? Either place the water has to be freezing year round, no thanks.


2 weeks is long enough. Im telling you guys would have a better time in the UK.


Thats one good thing about Poland. If you want to relax and watch the world go by for a few weeks... Why do you think Cargoo is drunk all the time.

I seen a lot of alcoholics in Poland. They cant put that wodka down:(

Because it Poland it is called WC. You were looking for a restroom, not WC, hence your problem.


Did you pee on your pants in amassement??? :):):)


Stop looking into your mini pocket mirror so often. :):):)

Good, so don't come to Poland - problem solved :D

However, I doubt you'll ever make it to Switzerland either... :))) Especially that Switzerland is probably too expensive for you anyway :P


Well, for once in your life you may have a point, actually... I've been to Venice and I loved it as a tourist, but... There aren't that many locals living there anymore. It's not only because of the insane number of tourists (and often their behaviour), but also because of what tourism did to that city in general. And because of how iconic/popular this city is rich people from all over the world are buying out flats and even whole buildings there as their summer homes. That makes it an increasingly expensive city for ordinary local people.

I remember that one Pole living in Gdańsk commented under the video made by two Swedes which I posted earlier, that he's actually glad that his city is underrated, because if it gets more popular it will also get more expensive for locals. I guess that as with everything - there are advantages and disadvantages.

International airport in Warsaw should hand out leaflets to Poles returning to Poland from USA, warning about lack of sufficient numbers of WC per acre of populated space. Unfortumately, retail outlets including supermarkets (!), are not obliged by law to provide public washrooms. This means many expats from the US will need to re-learn the methodology of doing their business in the wild.

It was Sunday morning. I am walking down Nowy Swiat and have to go. As a local, I knew that Gromada is close and open. Not every foreigner is that lucky.

Are not obliged but they always do. It seems you are trying to smuggle a little lie about Poland again. Are you a compulsive liar?

@Sylvio
In my little town in Germany there is not a single public toilet. All tourists have to take care of their needs in the bushes or at the gas station.

This is true and one more case of Poland being a little behind times and why the Polish people pee in public like stray dogs.

This would get boring for me very quickly.

Coz this is Poe-land - the Magical Land -Out of Space, Out of Time. By a route obscure and lonely, haunted by ill angels only, where an Eidolon, named night, on a black throne reigns upright, you have reached these lands but newly from an ultimate dim Thule- from a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE-Out of TIME.

I'm not saying Poland is totally backwards, I'm just saying it is a little behind times in many instances.
This could be because of the (PO) which is a centre-right party, defending a liberal economic agenda which always fails.

I wonder if he thinks they're in office?

Of course he doesn't, he was just expressing what half of Poland is to make it so behind times and boring.
I wonder if you voted for PO ?

Is this the genius post Im supposed to respond to?

The ones in England have WC and in Poland its mostly Toilety.

I hope your happy now, how's FAGMAG going?

Yes, I did, coz they are the most intelligent and decent of all. Compared to PiS gangsters and naziopolaks, PO are as innocent as newly born babies.


OK, I accept your apology. Never mind.


Not really, I expected you would talk back about pants and mirror.

LOL that mafia?

Please stick to the topic of the thread

Dear foreign tourists, if you are bored on vacation in Poland, have a drink of good Polish beer, put together a puzzle with 1000 parts and if it doesn't help, join PF. You can sit here from morning to evening 24/7.🕰

Thats why there are so many alcoholics in Poland. There is nothing to do but sit around and drink all the time.

There are some cool clubs in Krakow but how many times can you go there before it gets boring as well.

If you dont drink, bring your pillow lol

Intelligent people are never bored, no matter where they are.

As for retards with attention span of a goldfish, why should they be of any concern to us? Four pages of an utterly pointless thread. :)