Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK

Don`t look only financial aspect. Take in account that Poland have much brighter future then UK that is very fragile. One flood as result of WWIII and UK is sunk.

The cost of living in each country fluctuates depending on where you live. So, you need to consider where are you in the UK and where will you be in Poland. In general, the cost of living is cheaper here, but again, it depends on your particular lifestyle (and hopes/expectations if you move).

In general, local goods/services are a lot cheaper. Imported goods/services can be a similar price, maybe even more expensive (especially if imported from the UK). So, in general, cars, (good) clothes, foreign holidays and various other things will cost about the same. Property prices depend on the location - but, in general, are cheaper. Groceries are generally cheaper, but certain items can be expensive (especially lamb and to some extent beef).

In general, I would say that Poland doesn't necessarily have as many different levels of quality (value, store brand, branded, luxury) as in the UK, with less of a value range (unless it's largely blended with the next level up. But the better quality you buy, the closer it will be to UK prices.

I would say bills are normally much lower - you should be able to compare online, but I'd say they could be 50-60% lower (or more) here.

Ultimately, and this is perhaps crucial in your situation (as you will be earning quite a decent wage), there is a certain amount you need as a "basic" standard of living, both here and the UK. For people on a low to average income in the UK, they could probably get by with half or maybe even a third of the earnings they had in the UK. But as earnings increase in the UK, I think you'll find the cost of living gap between the two countries shrinks (for a comparable way of life).

I suspect you wouldn't be much worse off in Poland on the figures you suggest, and might even be slightly better off - again, it depends on your circumstances/way of life etc.

Just a couple of points to note. Firstly, income tax is due to change next year - you might want to check how that would impact on you. Secondly, in cities most people live in flats. In villages, most people live in houses. If buying a new flat (primary market), you will likely avoid various taxes, but new flats are largely concrete shells, with internal walls, electricity/water, but you normally have to finish everything off. The same is true of some new homes, but people often buy the land themselves and build their own home - this can mean that there are fewer homes for sale than you might expect in the UK (people tend to expect to live in a home for longer, without the view to selling).

Building a home comes with its own challenges - I've not experienced this myself, but you can read about it on these pages. However, as a Brit/foreigner, there are various differences in what permits etc. are required depending on the type of property you buy, plus if you need a mortgage, then you'll likely need to be resident here.

Also, homes won't always be as readily connected to "the grid" as is the case in the UK. This can include sewage, water, electricity, gas, broadband etc., especially if building your own home. And a lot of newer villages (and plenty of older ones, too) don't have great roads (when people build their own homes on their own plots, there isn't necessarily anyone willing to pay to build a road, especially if it's basically only for access to/from a few homes).

Thanks, really helpful answer here. Where can I read about the income tax changes for next year please?

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Don't knock the English.

England is not as bad as some of you out there seem to think: SHOCKING first impressions of the UK!

England is a beautiful holiday country and the English are very nice and helpful people if you talk to them properly. The fact that we no longer go to England is only because of Brexit and, in the meantime, our connections with the beautiful Baltic coast in Germany.

Not interested in visiting until stopping child molestation becomes the mission of the government.

At present the entire power structure from the royal family down to the cop on the beat are about facilitating the sexual abuse of children.

I quite fancy doing a tour of Baltic Hanseatic League cities. Start at Szczecin, then head west, up to Kiel, across to Copenhagen, then ferry from Karlskrona to Gdansk. Can you recommend any places along the way?


Haven't you had enough KoolAid now?

What's your counter evidence?

From the sex pest formerly known as Prince through Peter Mandelson to the cop on the beat....

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I'm not the one making a laughable claim, you are, so you need to prove it. And proving that some vulnerable people slip through the support net that should support all vulnerable people is a long long way from proving that "the entire power structure" in the UK are "facilitating the sexual abuse of children".

I'm not making a claim, I'm formulating a hypothesis and looking for contradictory evidence....

Where is it?

Let's see now:
Lee Gibson, 23 years
Mark Page, 18 years
Semi Lave, 24 years
Phillip Smisson, 9 years
What do all those men have in common? Could it be that the power structure you claim is "about facilitating the sexual abuse of children" ordered them to be imprisoned for that number of years for sexually abusing children? And they are just four of the 9,017 people in prison in the UK in 2023 for sexual abuse of children. Thirteen percent of all prisoners in the UK are in custody for those crimes. But you claim that the UK doesn't try to stop child sex abuse.

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That's a lot..... why are there so many kiddy diddlers there?

I recommend Greifswald, Rostock and Lübeck. I also recommend the island of Usedom with its beautiful beaches and seaside resorts.

I'd argue that the correct place for nonces is very much prison (assuming that a box six feet under is not an option), no matter how much that costs the taxpayer and so drives up the cost of living in the UK compared to Poland. But doesn't that fact that 13% of all prisoners in the UK being there for sexually abusing children rather shoot down your hypothesis that in the UK the power structure is "about facilitating the sexual abuse of children"?

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Oh wow, a meme! Is that really the best you have to prove your laughable claim that in the UK the power structure is "about facilitating the sexual abuse of children"? You know, the claim that's been comprehensively debunked by prisoner numbers.


And there's a member of the UK power structure specifically calling for more efforts to be made to prevent child sex abuse and supporting her claim with an article from one of the main papers read by members of the UK power structure which also calls for more efforts to be made to prevent child sex abuse. But you're so desperate that you want to try to claim that the post actually shows that "the entire power structure" in the UK are "facilitating the sexual abuse of children". LOL!

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Oh wow! Now we have a photo from 36 years ago! Clearly Maf is getting more and more desperate. He wants to talk sh!t about the British, as he feels so utterly inadequate compared to them, but the facts are entirely against him and now he's being laughed at by Brits for being moronic enough to try and claim that "the entire power structure" in the UK are "facilitating the sexual abuse of children". LOL! It's lucky that he can't afford the cost of living in the UK and so doesn't need to worry about the topic of this thread.

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Hahahahahaha! Maf is now so desperate that he's trying to give us KGB News as a reliable source! ROFL!

Not a good reaction to the sexual abuse of children, but you're obviously a brit so.....

Anyway....

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We're laughing at you, and your increasingly desperate attempts to prove that a power structure which locks up thousands of criminals every single year for CSA is actually entirely about "facilitating the sexual abuse of children".

Look, you tried to mis-use a thread about an entirely different topic to further your campaign to discredit people whose very existence makes you feel utterly inadequate. You got called out on it. You doubled down and were then presented with conclusive proof that "the entire power structure" in the UK is not "facilitating the sexual abuse of children" but is actually locking up thousands of people each year for CSA. You tried to be clever, but you aren't, so you failed. Take the L and move on like the closest thing to man you can manage.

Finally! You admit it! Maybe now you can do something about it! First step... stop the boats!

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Even Jim was never so pathetic as to try to edit people's statements to make it look as if they said the exact opposite of what they had actually said and proven.

As you're finding it so hard to take your L and move on from your failed attempt to convince people about "the entire power structure" in the UK and "facilitating the sexual abuse of children", I'll let you have the last word in this exchange. I won't bother to comment on any further entirely off-topic comments in this thread, so go ahead, confirm your status as a special poster.

And Sir Jimmy may very well be innocent of the crimes levelled against him after his death. An Australian law firm (the first to be floated on the stock exchange, in large part due to the Saville work) and their lawyers appearing almost weekly on daytime TV may well have had its part in that.


Come to the north.


What????? Maybe we're more likely to talk about that subject and deal with it, however we're not Belgium.


He isn't a 'sex pest'.

I hope that was said with a sarcastic tone.......

What everyday items are dramatically cheaper in Poland than in the UK?

@Ron2
100ml bottles of vodka

Lamb chops however on the whole not much is cheaper. A lot is the same or a similar price, some things in England are dearer due to staff costs, business rates. That's a small price to pay though for workers getting decent wages and a better city budget.


A couple of people have already been jailed for making false allegations in the hope of compo from his estate and one particular high profile trial has just been scheduled, unfortunately for next year due to the backlog.