Visit Poland - The DON'Ts of Poland
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Poland is an incredible country with some amazing cities like Krakow and Gdansk, nature to enjoy like in the Tatras Mountains, but even with so many things to do in Poland this video focus on what you don't do when you visit Poland. From when visiting someone's home to heading out on the town these are what NOT to do in Poland.
Filmed in Warsaw, Poland
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Polish people love watching English videos about Poland #100%
Beka
Tak XD
Yep 100%
Prawda
tak
wszedłem dowiedzieć się czego nie powinienem robić
To samo
Żyć
Ja też
Chyba to robimy intuicyjnie
Mówi się weszłem
Ziomek:
7zł piwo, luzik, taniusio
Ja:
Za 7 zł to ja życie sobie ułoże
Drahimkaf tylko to jest (chyba) Brytyjczyk wiec dla niego to 1,40£
@@Tobiasz1408 akcent brzmi raczej amerykańsko
Jeez, tak xD Byłam w Krakowie kilka dni i wróciłam kompletnie bez hajsu, a tu słyszę "it's really cheap there". Czej co xD
Tobiasz1408 To jest Amerykanin xd
@@Shawnx0 To wszystko wyjaśnia xD
I find Polish people being quite similar to us (finn), I've worked with a few and also visited Krakow and felt quite comfortable with the people there. No neccessary bs or pretending something that you aren't. Straight honest people :)
Finland is my dream... (to visit or live and working there) Very clear air,reindeers and...Santa Claus. Very beautifull country
I loved Moomintroll more than Winnie the Pooh as a kid. Ha.
@@dorotakononczuk3131 same!!
Kraków*
Yea, some ppl say polish ppl dont smile and walk sad-false! We usually dont fake smile.
If you dont speak polish ask somebody who is young because teens are more often bilingual than elderly ppl
Polish*
Thanks 😅🤦
Teach me please I want to visit Poland soon 😊
Unless you speak Russian or some other Slavic language, then the older generations understand that a lot better
Yeah most adult Poles had to learn Russian, since Poland was part of the Soviet Union.
But you can get mixed results, since some people are not fond of Russians.
*To jest ten komentarz po Polsku którego szukasz*
Jusz chciałem pisać to samo xd
Ahahaha
Właśnie szukałam xD
Xd skąd wiedział
Ale po co piszesz po polsku na angielskim kanale?
Here in Chile we don’t take off our shoes because there’re earthquakes every day and if we have to go outside quickly and running without problems it’s more easy ;)
Love that comment ! :)
Wow. Chile is my dream country but there are earthquakes everyday??? Damn
@@bhmglam317 well it's not like thaaaat but there is, although you should be fine there
How sad
Like in Mexicooo guys
Ja :Polak
Yt: propnowane: czego nie robić w Polsce
Właśnie w ten sposób zobaczyłem ten film…
ja tez
Hahahahahahaha dobre
tak
"Everything is cheap"
Not for us
It is cheap but polish people don't earn much, because of the fucking taxes and low pay
We have high taxes? Try Scandinavia :)
@@Raguel1984 I didnt say we have the highest taxes on earth but still high.... stop acting smart and cool pls thank you
@@RRedefined that sounds like in Taiwan. That is part of why everything seems "affordable" with US purchasing power.
because American money trumps your shitty Eastern Euro-loser money :) its good to be american and paid
Oh and Polish grandmothers make the best food ever.
True xD
I’m sure they do 👍
My grandma's kotlet is better than your grandma's kotlet BET.
@@big_fat_pineapple Oh you are on thin ice.
@@mitzkonic5024 Wdym?
Visited Poland last year. My first time in Europe. I loved every moment of my trip. Beautiful country, beautiful culture, beautiful people.
I was treated like a celebrity in Poland. As an Africa American everyone wanted to touch my face. People just stared at me & wanted to take pictures. I sooo loved being there. The food was amazing & ppl were so friendly.
co ty wymyslasz człowieku???
@@ewamaria2535Lol😂
Don't Say "kurwa" in public. Seriously. You have been warned.
Or "zamknij się gówniarzu"?
@@fumba6411 I think it's ok 🙃😂
@@robertmakowicz6982 xd
@@fumba6411 :)
or "Huj ci na matule"?
"Niedorobiony ten kotlet"
etc.
In Poland don't say that you're confident .
Hahahaha, that was brilliant 😂
Listen up people, *don't do it*
Why?
@@zahramohammed891 'konfident' in Poland means 'a snitch'
it is but not for people that live in Poland to neighbors it is cheap.
xD
4:00 to zbliżenie na tego pączka a w tle "polski donut" XD padłam
Ja tak samo
Poland is full of trails, please DO FALL for the ecotourism thing. It's absolutely amazing! Even at a 10' drive from big cities like Krakow!
Don't keep your hands in pockets when speaking to someone. I USA it is sign of attention, while in Poland it's sign of not carring.
Yeah It's VERY important
It is just being cultured
Im from poland and its not true
@@Star_Mati co ty pierdolisz typie?! Jak trzymasz ręce w kieszeni ktoś pomyśli że jesteś niepoważny albo że masz wywalone na to
Pozdrawia typ z łodzi
@@Star_Mati Ciekawe skąd taka wiedza bo raczej jest powszechnie wiadome iż nie trzyma się rąk w kieszeni podczas rozmowy.
Question for Americans:
Why do u wear shoes inside your house?
+M Jay I don't know. That's a good question
M Jay
Not all Americans wear shoes inside their house. I don't really wear shoes inside the house. I use socks.
my mother would get really mad about wearing outdoor shoes in the house. now, if you have slippers of sandals only for inside, thats fine.
I don't.
M Jay Because we're not sticklers for tracking really nothing from the outside.
I'm a Hungarian, I see a video about Poland I press like.
0. Yeah, we still can't get over being under the Soviet regime so we're really sensitive about that. But an even greater DON'T is saying "Polish concentration camps". Other than actual slurs, that's probably the worst thing you can say in front of a Polish person. No, it's probably even worse than slurs.
1. More of a superstition actually (people believe it's bad luck) and a habit built upon it. Even Poles tend to forget about it from time to time :)
2. YES!! We feel awkward walking in our shoes inside someone's home and we find it rude when someone does. There are exceptions though. Usually, when you come as a contractor to get some work (plumbing etc) done, you're allowed to leave your shoes on. Also, some hosts might tell you specifially to leave your shoes on because they haven't washed their floors in a while and/or don't have any slippers to spare.
3. We've over the moon whenever a foreigner makes an attempt to speak Polish. Sadly, linguistic education is far from perfect in Polish schools, so while many people understand it fairly well, they are too self-conscious to actually speak it. If you want your English to be understood, make sure you speak super-slow and super-clearly, without any slang, more towards a slightly formal language, as this is what we mostly learn at school. Btw. the way to say "please" in Polish is "proshe-w" ("e" pronounced as in "bed"; "w" is often dropped).
4. It's only cheap when you don't earn in PLN :( Compared to income, it's actually more expensive than the US.
5. A regulation introduced to reduce misdemeanour under influence. You can go around this law by pouring your booze into an inconspicuous container.
6. Most ATMs give out 20s. Also, nowadays you can pay by credit or debit card pretty much everywhere, so unless you know you might end up in a place where you'll specifically need cash (e.g. a Christmass fair, a bazaar, a place with small tourist stalls), you don't usually bother to carry more than 50PLN on you. Contrary to the US, we don't have to build our credibility to receive a card - you get a debit card automatically as soon as you open your bank account, so non-cash payments are really widespread. Solves the "smaller bills" problem :)
7. I think it depends on where you eat. Fancy restaurants and cafes - sure, but bistros etc. don't demand a tip.
8. I know A LOT of tardy Poles and it drives me crazy :) Facilities always open and close on time, as do shops.
9. Debatable. Maybe it's because I'm Southern Polish, but I like Prague a lot more than Cracow. And you forgot to mention (visit?) Podlasie with it's Białowieża Primordial Forest which is an absolute gem and needs more publicity before the government destroys it :(
10. Until recently we didn't have as many cars as western countries so, yeah, public transport is quite well-developped in urban areas. Good look in the countryside, though :D
who the hell wears shoes inside of a home?
Americans lol
Wild N Reckless I live in America and have never seen people bring shoes inside of a home
@@zakaryloreto6526 I live in America but I'm not from here and every American who's house I've been in, I've never been asked to take my shoes off
Americans lmao
We do
I’m an American
If it’s hot we’ll be in flip flops
Dont talk so loud in public transport. We hate it ;)
omg yes
Yess
Yes
That's so true :D
no.i dont mind.
Don’t visit Wroclaw and say “ I feel like I’m in Germany.”
You mean BRESLAU ? that OLD GERMAN TOWN !
@@paveloknowski1339 Im fine with people saying that Wrocław is German AS LONG AS they admit that Lviv is a Polish town, Lwów (Im Polish)
Wroclaw was Polish then is was in Germany
Poland is Poland you idiot
Jak dostacz w morde:
Spent a week in Warsaw just before Covid - almost accidentally (long story). My wife and I just fell in love with the city. We stayed in a beautiful hotel a couple of hundred yards outside the city gates. We dined every night in that square - a wonderful experience sat out till midnight in complete safety. Armed police patrolling the whole time, didn't see any drunks or anti-social behaviour and everyone we spoke with were happy we had made the effort to see their city. The museums were outstanding and we can recommend the free walks around the city. Did a couple under the guidance of "Bart". He enjoyed the walks almost as much as we did and his pride in the city shone through. At some point we will return to Warsaw for sure.
Armed police patrolling the whole time? That's concerning, and not at all my experience of living here for 30+ years. Where exactly did you say you stayed?
@@weareallbornmad410 That comment was concerning the centre of Warsaw. I don't see armed police as anything other than reassuring. Many of the countries I've lived in routinely arm their Law enforcement agencies. Although here in UK that is not the case. Why concerning?
@@Scaleyback317 Generally speaking we don't have "armed police patrolling all the time" in Warsaw. If something happened to trigger such a thing during your stay, that's concerning.
The reason why we are so happy when we hear a foreign tourist speaking polish is because our language is so damn difficult and even we, Poles make mistakes very often haha
so it is nice when we hear you trying :D
I like a girl in Poland her name is Maja pawalec do u know her
Secondly, we learn english, german, russian... and more at school :)
It's helpful, but also I'm upset when I'm in Poland and speak in English, because someone have not learnt few words like "straight" which is necessary to say them how to get somewhere :)
I think that polish people are jealous, because we have to learn so much languages, but no one is going to learn our language.
@@gabrielamakar9315 I really love her but she won't replying me why
Ur language ain’t use vowels
@@erectustesticulus3191 nah its just that there's a lot of z's and it seems that way
I live in Poland and i can say one thing: No one expects you to give a tip.
It's always very nice to do so but you don't need to do that and people won't get mad if you don't.
Well, it depends. I feel like not giving any tip is sign that i'm not really satisfied with service. for example, BAZYLISZEK restaurant located in Warsaw Old Town- Waiter will greet you with a cherry alcohol shot. They are polite and hospitable as fucc, i would feel extremply awful not to tip.
That’s awesome when three of polish people (me too) are speaking in English under video to non polish people xD
I live in Poland and i can say that everybody wish you would tip, but it's not the end of the world if you don't.
It is just that... if you tip, you leave good impression, you are telling them that you liked the food or you liked the service.
So tips are always welcome, unlike, for example in Japan.
At least you admit that you can say just One thing ! good for you !!
In a cheap restaurant (cheapest are called "bar") you don't have to leave a tip. But in a more classy and upscale leave at least 10%.
Hello! I’m going to be living in Poland starting January for 18 months! Thank you for the video
I lived in Poland for quite a few years. My experience is very good with polish people
>make a video for non-Poles visiting Poland
>attract Poles instead
That's what happens every time XD
I see my country, I click. That's how it works.
@@kmmm16 Same
Same as well
SapphireRush every time! We’re attracted like magnets
Hahaha ta
The way not Polish People say "proszę" always makes my day
,,prosej" xD
Gejem 😂
Did u ever hear "przepraszam"? This one can be hillarious! xd
Jalum I know how to speak that my ex polish girlfriend taught me how😂😂😂
The way nonpolish people say prosze sounds as if they said prosie which means "a pig" basically:)
My neighborhood near Buffalo, NY was extremely Polish-American. There was a Catholic owned grade school where the classes were in Polish! So, even-though I'm Irish-American, I learned to order beer in Polish when I was 17 years of age!!
Is it just me that gets excited whenever someone from a different country talks about your culture
The fact that Poland is cheap might be nice for tourists. For us, it's rather depressing, because for people who actually live and work here, Poland is expensive, and going abroad is always super expensive.
So, another don't: Don't mention that you find Poland cheap, don't boast about what you can afford. It makes Polish people upset.
Yes I just got back from Poland with my partner (she is polish) I was shocked by how cheap it was but she made it very clear that it is actually very expensive for anyone in Poland without a really good job.
The one thing that really shocked me was when we passed a beautiful what had to be 6 or 7 Bedroom House in the center of a Large Town/ Small City in Southern Poland, her Brother told me it had just sold for over 400,000 zl which would not get you a house/ bungalow of any size or description where we live.
Also having traveled very extensively and regularly across Europe by car for most of my life the other thing that shocked me was how in many ways Poland is way more Modern than France, Italy the UK and Ireland especially when you go into what you would expect to be more rural areas.
I have a feeling in my gut that Poland is about to Boom big time economically, it has a good standard of education, most of its younger people speak at least 2 languages and it had a feeling of a place where stuff was happening and about to happen on a much larger scale.
Actually reminded me of my own Country when I was younger and it was going through an Economic Boom, fingers crossed your Politicians don't squander it like ours.
R BP the well educated individuals migrate to different countries across Europe to find better paid jobs and that’s why Poland is in a really bad place economically.
Przecież w Polsce dla Polaków nie jest aż tak drogo co to za pierdolenie w ogóle
anabellik , comrade, my country’s actually a lot more poor than Poland, tbh... and the under average people here is most of the population.. but I’m at the capital so you can’t really see that here unless you squint. I’m okay though, as poor as we are we could still survive either way so yeah :)
@@rbp8965 Man, cross fingers and pray that people in Poland will stop voting for socialism(PiS and PO) and one day maybe we could get just a little bit richer.
Kocham Polskę................. I am from Goa, India. I have travelled almost all of Europe, but Poland is my favorite Country.
I must say this with immense Pride and Gratitude...that THE POLISH people are the nicest people in the world. I have stayed with Dozens of families and everybody was very good to me.
Dziękuję Polska.
Kocham cię Kasha i Jolka......lol............................2 BEAUTIFUL POLISH GIRLS I can never forget.
🇵🇱🤝🇮🇳
Kasia tutaj!
Najebany to do domu
Many people from other countries say that
Najmilsi ludzie na świecie XD
another one: don't try to speak Russian with an intention to be understood; these are very distinct languages like French and Italian, so don't try it here
you could try speaking Italian in France and viceversa. If people try hard enough, they will understand you. And it does not have any of the historical connotations of Russian in Poland.
Yes DO NOT speak russian in Poland, NEVER! We Poles hate it! if you come to Poland learn some basic words in Polish and people will like you and respect you for that. We are not a russian province or german.
@@mathew8978 that's not true. I don't mind people trying to communicate with me in Russian if they don't know English nor Polish. Whatever language gets you understood, even partially, is good. And if a Polish person tries *really hard* we can understand the general message.
@@mathew8978 Do not be so excited. Do not speak on behalf of all the Poles. I think, to hate language is ridiculous.Hate is a very strong word, it is better to reserve it for other situations.
@@msz-moimskromnymzdaniem6115 he's probably one of those poles that hate anything to do with Russia beacuse ya know you've been occupied for a long ass time by Russians and Germans and Austria for a period of time. But mainly Russians and most of the oppresion and subjugation was done by Russians so ya know. You still have people like him and communities like him that absolutely dispise Russia for what they did even if you have forgiven them not everyone has.
"Everything here is cheap" - well I know that we may not be so rich but it still made me kinda sad xd
It's still kinda expensive for me... I really want to do my higher studies( MBA) in Poland... I wish it comes true... If God wants😊
@@shreyadutta2599 than poland is only option i can say ...most of Poland's universities are less expansive.
Poland is cheap for tourists but not so much for an average citizen. Make your money in the US and spend it in Poland. It will go a long way.
@shreya dutta I hope you succeded 😊 and I wish you best luck !
@Anna Kubiak yeah Ikr
DON'T buy stuff in the Old Square in Warsaw as the prices are 50% higher there than in other parts of Poland including 500m away from the square.
Confirmed
Come on, Zakopane is the worst
not mention there's always a Ukranian or Russian standing there looking to sell you a busted camera for the price of a car (this is, to clarify, a joke. based on true events)
To nadal tanio dla turystow odwiedzajacych Polske, wiec samo informowanie ich o tym jest dobre, ale tym samym Polska zarabia o polowe mniej na ich przyjezdzie
@@Vaarjat tylko jak będą czuć że wydali mniej to przyjadą więcej razy. "Bo tanio" i tak Polska zarabia bo przyjeżdżają więcej razy ;) pozdro
„Prosim” is Czech, in Polish it’s „Proszę” :D
Hey another polish person
Was about to mention that.
Yep. Was gonna say that.
czy tylko ja mówie „proszę” bez ę? xD
Mazovian Mapping
Ja sem Netoperek CZ
Jestem batman PL
I m Batman EN
I'm a Polish transplant living in the US and this advice is 100% correct. Nicely done.
Your "dziękuję" sounds great, but "proszę" is more like "pRoshe" with hard RRrrrrrr and Eeeee in the end.
I think he was saying "prosim", but maybe I just heard it incorrectly
@@brandonhiggins8712 There is no word "prosim" in polish.
Plural is "prosimy" - with "y" like in mYstic in the end.
@ right but maybe he also just knows Slovak
@@brandonhiggins8712 even if he does, what's the point of speaking Slovak in Poland? :) Perhaps he also knows other languages, so should he speak Zulu in China or Hebrew in Iceland? xD
Said SZARŻUJĄCY JEDNOROŻEC XDDDDDD
*DONT* drive your Panzerkampfwagen III to Warsaw and sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
Ya made my day
Yup... I fucked up...
Oh...
Guess I failed
Welp...that came in late
Do not say "spasiba", You are in Poland, not in Russia.
Sadly, these days you might hear more russian than Polish language on the streets of major cities. It's awful. Are those immigrants from Belarus, Eastern Ukraine & Kazakhstan totally incapable of learning the language of the country where they live now?!?!
Then again, they were incapable of learning the language of the country they were born in.. soviet brains, smdh...
@@oiseau_libre go abroad and see how many polish people speak the language of the country they're in...
@@PhucDat37 so I guess you mean quite a few? I lived in London for a while and every Polish person I met spoke English. Maybe not fluently but they spoke it. I live in the US and there is a large Polish population in Connecticut, almost all of whom are fluent in English, so I'd say to the contrary that most Poles abroad do speak the language of the country they're in.
@@brandonhiggins8712 well, we probably had different experiences, as for 10 years I lived in London most Poles I've met hardly spoke English language, some of them did not have basic proficiency, they lived with Poles, worked with Poles and went to Polish stores and bars, did not socialize outside their nationality at all, probably that's why you didn't meet them.
Suiciderification my feelings exactly when I walk down some places in London or Edinburgh and all I hear is kurwa this pierdole that. It’s usually coming from blokes in baseball caps (never seen a baseball cap in Poland myself). My point is, a Pole complaining about mass migration is like a cheese shop owner complaining of the smell from the butcher’s.
I love the way you say "proszę". It melts my heart.
I'm from germany and watched some of your videos about belgium because I visited it in spring and now while planing a trip to poland in summer I'm again stumbling about a video with some helpful tips from you is pretty cool😅
I appreciate your videos keep it going!
"Everything is cheap". Yeah... maybe with USA or Germany earnings but not with Polish
Nie wiem o co wam chodzi mimo że żyje w najdroższym polskim mieście (Warszawie) to w porównaniu nawet do Litwy, Słowacji czy Niemiec mamy strasznie tanio. Że ludzie zarabiają po 2,5k na rękę w Biedrze czy innej Żabce to już ich wybór mogli się uczyć (oczywiście bez urazy) reasumując za średnią krajową w polsce możemy sobie kupić więcej niż Litwini czy Słowacy
@@jankordalewski9239 to, że ludzie lądują na słabo płatnych stanowiskach niekoniecznie jest ich winą. Oczywiście z częścią tych osób na pewno tak jest, jednak niekiedy jest to związane z brakiem pieniędzy, co wymusza szybkie pójście do pracy, patologią lub złym towarzystwem. Lub też po prostu niezdecydowaniem, jaki zawód w życiu wykonywać
Wiem podałem tylko stereotyp ,ale jeżeli ktoś się stara to nawet z patologicznego domu może stać się dyrektorem,prezesem, założyć swój biznes . Wystarczy odrobina szczęścia i wytrwałości
... W Niemczech produkty w sklepach są praktycznie w takich cenach jak w Polsce. Drogie są jedynie usługi ;) A jednak zarobki duuużo wyższe. Nie obrażaj ludzi, bo nie każdy jest korposzczurem. Większość Polaków jednak nie zarabia więcej niż 3,5 tys zł, mając dobre wykształcenie. Przykładowo w Poznaniu za taką samą pracę w HR zarabiasz o 2-3 tys. mniej niż w Warszawie, a mieszkania? Raptem 300 zł tańsze.
@@jankordalewski9239 oj chlopie... wyjdz do ludzi i sprobuj najpierw ich poznac zanim skomentujesz. Duzo osob opuszcza edukacje z powodu problemow w domu (niekiedy to pijani rodzice, niekiedy bieda w domu itp itd) i to nie ich wina, ze tak sie ukierunkowalo. Pewnie masz fajna rodzinke co Cie wspiera, dawalo lub nadal daje kieszonkowe i pomagalo na starcie. Niektorzy musieli juz w wieku 16 lat zapierdalac by miec co zjesc. Przez takich ludzi wlasnie oni sami traca nadzieje na to, ze moga cos zmienix bo musza zapierdalac by utrzymać rodzine (i nie karyne z 6 dzieci tylko np siebie i swoje rodzenstwo), wypelniac obowiazki domowe to sie nie dziwie, ze nie ma sil na nauke. Wiem, ze pewnie nie chciales nikogo urazic ale swiat nie jest taki cudowny, ze wystarczy troche szczescia i zapalu aby cos osiagnac. Zawsze moze wydarzyc sie jakies nieszczescie w zyciu i z typa zarabiajacego 5 tysi miesiexznie zaczniesz miec najnizsza krajowa
Nie szufladkujmy ludzi i nie oceniajmy nie poznajac bo sadze, ze nikt z was nie chcialby zostac oceniony z gory i wrzucony do worka z innymi
Never compare poland to germany
viva franconia another don’t is not to call German death camps polish.
@Baloo TheBear As a person from both, Both are very nice countries. Mind you, Germany is a world superpower and a UN leader.
@wailord targaryen they were set up by Nazis not Polish, do not say that we set it up, as that would be false
Unless you're in Silesia,I bet they adore it.
“Polish Concentration Camps” arent real lmao
The first time I visited Poland, was on holidays back in 1970, when I was 8 years old. We kept going back because, yes, at the time it was cheap and the people were incredibly friendly. Once I reached the age of 16 and got my own passport, we stopped as you had to pay for a visa per passport. We kept in contact, though, with many people we had met and once the iron curtain went down, visits went back and forth. I'm Dutch, but I can still speak a bit of Polish as I learned the basics at a young age 🙂 It's quite fun to say 'dzien dobry' to someone getting out of a car with Polish license plates here in Amsterdam.
That tip about learning a few word is so accurate. I would smile a lot and appreciate someone who knows a few words like "dziekuje", "prosze" or "piwo". It really opens people, even when he said it in the film i smiled :D
Never compare Poland to Russia. And if you want to eat Polish dumplings (pierogi), just call them pierogi. People here don’t know word dumplings. It’s just PIEROGI.
Wtf there actually is a word for pierogi
Wtf is PIEROGI
@@terelosz4097 best food ever
@@makskiebasa6903 I like Russians and im from Poland
@@Ervil-bt2ye gadasz po polsku?
don't bring tanks with you, it's super rude
shame Germany missed the memo
Teph don't make war jokes that's also rude
You can try to do it. For now Poland has 1100 tanks that is two times more than Germany and UK have together. Poland have also 600.000 reservists that is many times more than germany and UK have together. Poland have also milions of patriots , not milions of potential terrorists like UK, France, Germany etc. 😂😂🤣
I drove those tanks. You can destroy 10 of them with one German tank before it get scratched. Maybe 5% are modern enough to compete. Rest is well maintained throughout their 40 years of being.
Poland has almost 270 Leopard 2 MBT and 300 PT-91 Twardy with Erawa reactive armor btvt.narod.ru/raznoe/erawa/ERAWA.htm . Proces of the modernisation of the rest T-72M1 started right now. Yes, you drove those tanks..Maybe in WOT. Old fart like you could drive maybe T-55 which are retired. Better stick to making roofs and removing asbestos in USA
Great video my friend! I had seen your video before my trip to Krakow and it was really helpful! Congrats!!!
Thank you for visiting Poland, it was nice having you here :)
Just dont say to us " OHH POLAND AND RUSSIA IS THE SAME"
just no.
Yup, never say that.
Prefer the beauty of Poland than Russia..
Same for Croatia and Serbia if you ever come to Croatia or Serbia don't say that that we are the same we hate it. If you say that in public you could land in hospital with broken bones
Im from Poland, i see alot of alcoholic people, i see alot of slavic people, i lived Sadly on flats. Very patologic flats.. its like Russia=Poland
And i like being compared to Biggest country in the world.
#1 Don't say "Polish death camps"
Campus?
@@Michallo50 it's german, made by germans
Saying that it's Polish it's incorrect, offensive & against the history
Don't give money to "cygan"
If you'd say that they would instantly hate you.
XDDD true
Thanks for this video. You make my day.
going to poland in august cant wait
Oooooo This Country Is Gr8 (I’m Polish)
Pink Diamo MSP I’m excited to go I’m from the US but I have a little polish in me
Joseph New York Oh Cool I Really Want To Go To The US Haha
You are very lucky we Poles, very big political friends of US can't go there because of false Jews government who keeps visas.
Fuck america very deeply.
Arcadius
That's changing with Trump as President. He's not afraid of the ones undermining our country and he has good people backing him. Real nationalists who want strong nationalist allies.
Keyzo you're right. I'm from Poland. If someone confuses Poland with Russia or Ukraine is ignorant.
Every western
Hear Poland: is that Russia?
Hear word Slav: is that Communism
I can't imagine, how can anyone mistake or confuse Poland with Russia or Ukraine.
And Mada Mada: That's not true, definitely. I can tell the difference between Russian or Polish. And why should "Slav" have a relation to communism? Communism was invented by Karl-Marx and Friedrich Engels, and both were Germans like me ;-). Communists were also in many other countries in the world, even in USA! It's not a slav thing.
The easiest way is to see how we write, we don't use cirillic like them - we use latin with some special letters.
I never get angry about that, there's is no point, languages sound similar and names too, so is as hard for others as would be for you guess if someone is mandarin or cantonese.
I confuse Poland with east Germany
As an expatriate from Poland, I find these tips on-point 👍 Especially about respecting the home by not walking around in outdoor shoes!
Whole video is very accurate and very true!! Great work!!
Big DONT in Poland - dont put your feet up if you’re on a train/bus
lmao im polish and i do that??
@@littlebee4163 Well, nothing to be proud of certainly.
Yes. In the next hour you'll become a very popular meme
Who dose that anyways
wait what does that mean?
Another dont: do not take stairing personally, we polish people like to watch others, and we do not always think its rude.. so if you see somebody is stairing at you , probably it's his or her curiosity , we don't want to be mean or smth
citersify yes! I agree
Omg! Thank for this, today I was going nuts because one of my supervisors she’s polish and she was starting at me while I was working I felt so awkward I didn’t know what to do Lol didn’t knew that they do that
Oh my god I didn’t know that was a polish thing I thought only my family did that
Im polish and I hate staring.
Co sie kurwa gapisz?
Is it ok to smile back?
You rock, mister. A very kind and polite video. Well done. Do zobaczenia
super helpful thank you! The tip part of saying thank you and the doorway farewells are funny and awesome tips!!
In Poland there are no rules for tips. They are nicely seen like everywhere, because who does not like getting a present, but it is not a must like in USA. Employers pay their employees here and you see the actual price in the menu. Tips and their size are rather an obligation/a custom for USA, where employers do not pay waiters enough and waiters rely on tips. Here it is just a nice generous gesture, not an obligation.
That is awesome. The tippings system is criminal. The corporations have the customers and employees mad at each other for having to tip, not tipping enough, and other reasons while they make all the money on low wages and receive no blame.
From what I know about people and their pay, the average waiter or waitress probably isn't getting enough to actually live on, so tip if you are happy with the service! They will love you!
nnnaaaah, if someone is working full-time job as waiter, he has average pay just like any other person. Of course, college students are often working in restaurants, usually 20 hours or less per week. Mostly, to rent room and binge drink on weekends, like young people do. Of course anyone would be happy. Don't feel obliged to tip for everything, it's not America.
Expect don't talk about space
In Greece is the same but most of the times owner keeps tips without telling
“Everything is cheap”. With an American salary it is.
Yeah, I cringed during those parts. I don't think the host meant to give offense, but a better way of phrasing it would be to say that the conversion rate is favorable if you're from such-and-such countries (don't assume that people watching your video are necessarily from places that have a stronger currency than Poland). And I wouldn't use the word "cheap" at all, because it suggests inferiority and poor quality, even if that's not the speaker's intent. He could instead say that food and products tend to be a great value/very affordable for tourists, gets the same meaning across.
luckily im polish and my dad works in england so for me its pretty cheap
@tobi toto i mean yeah but i still live with my parents so they pay for me
@tobi toto i used to live in england for 9 years and where i lived it was pretty expensive but thats probably because i have a big family
Visiting Poland is number one on my bucket list.
Nice video, buddy!
I'm planning to visit with my wife, we were thinking about staying in Warsaw and Krakov, but it seems I underestimated Krakov lol
A lot more than I thought that can be done.
Thanks for the tips!
Video: Polish people really don't like [...]
Me, a Poles: wait we don't?
Video: Poland is very cheap
Me: IT IS?
IS IT*
@@Ola-ye2yd you can say it both ways
Możesz to powiedzieć na oba sposoby
Yeah, It's like 4 times cheaper, but we have also 4 times smaller wages
Zapraszam na Florydę, to od razu zmienisz zdanie na temat tego gdzie jest drogo a gdzie tanio. Najtańszy chleb $3,99. Ale co racja ważniejsze od cen są zarobki.... Jak zarabiasz $45/h to już ten sam chleb wydaje się tani... A teraz jedziesz do Polski. What?! Bread for $1? PS: Browar tutaj kosztuje w okolicach $10, za to whisky 12letnia ok $30 taka lepsza, bo Johnny Walker to nawet za $15. Przypominam o tutejszych zarobkach 🤪
@@Ola-ye2yd "It is?" is correct to express surprise or disbelieve :) Doesn't need inversion ;)
Oglądam w 2019 i gość mówi, że Polska to tani kraj i nie zbankrutujesz a ja się zastanawiam czy to ja jestem taki biedny czy jemu się kraje pomyliły:D
Będąc brutalnie szczery - raczej to pierwsze.
Bo to jest kwestia tego, że ten film jest skierowany do osób, które odwiedzają inne kraje, i zazwyczaj są to osoby z bogatszych krajów, np. przeciętny Anglik zarabia o wiele wiele więcej niż przecięty Polak
Nic mu się nie pomyliło. Wynika to z tego że np. w Anglii minimalna pensja wynosi w przeliczeniu 6000zł (1200f). Więc dla nich wszystkie ceny tutaj są śmieszne. Oczywiście oni z takiej pensji są w stanie odłożyć o wiele więcej niż Polak z minimalnej bo u nich wszystkie ceny poza usługami są takie same lub niższe niż w Polsce.
Wartosc pieniadza. 1$ to ok 4-5 zl
@@miskolorowy9861 nawet w Czesi zarabiają więcej xD
I loved Gdansk, The public transport is very good, but it can get over crowded at times, I stood from Gdansk to Hel because I gave my seat to an elderly lady which seemed to surprise people. But we will visit again 100% great food and beer, welcoming and friendly people.
New subscriber here you're great man, god bless you and protect you throughout your journeys.
I'm a Chinese-American who moved here three months ago and love it. Everyone has been very warm and welcoming. I love Poland!!! \ ^_^ /
And people call us intolerant racists 🤔
@@justynagorka3972 really? but why? I didn't see anything related to racism in Poland?
@@EwrimBilgen becouse there is no imigrants
What brought you to Poland?
@@EwrimBilgen because those idiots are on the internet.. Or some drunk bald guys with sweatpants
I experienced the no drinking in public rules first hand. We had a beer on a street corner in Katowice and all of the sudden a big police van showed up with blue lights and 6 police officers. It was quite intimidating at first, but when they found out we were stupid tourists they were very friendly and told us to take our beers to the hostel.
Made a similar experience with police in Katowice while crossing the road at a point, where we were not supposed to cross. Very polite just pointing out to what we did wrong.
Yeah if you were Polish you would be stripped searched at the back of the van and fined with tickets for drinking in public.
Yeah its strictly forbid to drink in public
It's the same in the US. If a cop drives by and sees you drinking. You get a ticket for Public Consumption. Sometimes just a warning.
They just started allowing drinking at Camp sites in my area
I was in Cracow two weeks ago and i was paying for beer with 100pln bill. There was no problem with paying, maybe because my bill for those beers was 92 pln :D Many good craft beers in here but not around sukiennice. Smaller places are great. Another awesome city is Torun (like 150km south of Gdansk). Awesome old town, awesome restaurants (just like in Cracow the best ones are not around main square).
Since having a Polish partner for a couple years, I've been grinding to learn the language and it's easily the most difficult one I've ever tried to learn. I'm really glad no matter what village or city in Poland, I've only been met with patience trying to vocalise what I need without people switch to English. It really helped learning the language to the point I can now get around in the country (still using a lot of gestures and butchered grammar) and talk with her family. It's really fun to be able to communicate with anyone and everyone rather than only store owners and museum staff :-). It's also funny how often I get a comment about my accent, never in a negative way but because a lot of people never heard a Dutch native speak Polish I think.
I never gave the country a second thought before meeting her, but now I visit the country during all my holidays and sometimes an extended weekend or two. It became a bit of a second home, truly a big and beautiful country and a lot to explore. 10/10 would recommend visiting if you haven't yet! You can't go wrong with any city, they're all interesting and have their own story with a very turbulent history.
Love polska greatings from Portugal 🇵🇹
I have to say the same about your country
M Portuguese too
I love Lisbon.
Obrigado. Love Portugal!!! Especially Madeira❤️
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I really wish it was actually cheap in Poland 😂
In Poland nobody wants to have Euro..
@@dorian2624
cuz it will make situation even worse
@@przeterminator3453 nie widzisz że to Polacy piszą xd?
@@ukaszw6623
a niektórych z zagranicy może ciekawić co my piszemy,zresztą to amerykański/angielski kanał
@@przeterminator3453 jeżeli ich tak ciekawość zżera to zawsze mogą użyć google tlumacz, ale argument że to angielski kanał bardziej do mnie przemawia
It is so wonderful to know about all countries. Thank you. I do learn all the languages. I thank God for this beautiful world.
Very well explained! Thank you
Poland is such an amazing country, had such a good time there, the people, culture and history are amazing.
TormentedToast thanks
ja kocham polski jezyk...kurwa and jebacja are my favourite words 😆😆
sheva I'm polish and I've never heard of a word "jebacja" to be honest xd
Volixay how come? one polish boy was telling me that on black ops :D but there is jebat for sure...
sheva If you mean "jebać", then sure it is there :D But "jebacja" I hear for the first time.
Having just come back from Krakow 21/7/17, I can thank you enough for the advice about learning to say please and thank you in Polish.I ask the receptionist at my hotel to write down the words for please and thank you on my city map before i headed out and for the rest of my stay the staff there could not do enough for me and the people really do like it when you try even if it probably sounds terrible to them.Keep up the good work and good advice.
+Stephen Allen that is great to hear and you were an awesome traveler to have them write it down for you. Great travels to you my friend!
Stephen Allen unfortunately our language is REALLY difficult,even for us Poles(sometimes 😉)
+Personal of Suburbia If you're Polish and have problems with the Polish language, then you are not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
+Kiril 470 I AM Polish and I have lived half of my life in a foreign country, and I have NO problems with pronouncing Polish words.
Stephen Allen im from krakow
Mam nadzieje że podobał ci się nasz kraj.
♥️🇵🇱🥟
I mam nadzieje że jadłeś pierogi.
Hi, can I ask you something? I'm czech and I want to know which would polish people appreciate more. Me speaking czech which is similar to polish or talking in English🤔😅
@@malikovajana Czech is more similar
"Don't forget to tip" - nope. Tipping is strictly optional, a nice gesture but absolutely not required. Especially do NOT tip for poor service.
Tipping in Poland is absolutely up to you. Not leaving a tip is like in other European countries, definitely not a unappropieat thing.
Krzysztof Platekd, it’s still disrespectful in all places
I hate these dick and self proclaimed know it all's tf bro...... Let the word spr3ad that its ok to tip... Why tf would they not tip... If its bad of course not but if it was good by all means yes you SHOULD tip😊
@@chillfaker you should only tip if the service was good
@@Matthiel so is this the part where i have to quote myself in order to confirm what both you and me just wrote or...
True i have never went to a place were they wanted my parents to tip (I am polish)
Tak zamierzam odwiedzić w najbliższym czasie kraj w którym mieszkam. Dziena CZcams.
CZcams zawsze pomocny lol
@Zus A to nie jest zły pomysł. Tylko jakiś akcencik wrzucić ;)
Super komentarz.
It s beautiful this architecture, Wolters. I like That.
The whole tip thing is on point. You don’t say thank you while paying the bill if you’re expecting the change to be brought back to you. Had this situation in Katowice with my English friend.
Not giving tips is 100% fine here. It isn't considered rude.
I wouldnt mind if people send me all the tips instead hahaha
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES IN SOMEONES HOUSE! The host / houseowner sometimes give you slippers. Even if they tell you to keep your shoes on, DO NOT KEEP THEM ON THEY ARE LYING. POLISH PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH CLEANING IN THEIR HOUSE ALREADY. (Take them off pls.)
** Commentators, I'm not telling you to ask your guests to take their shoes off. I jokingly said to take your shoes off before entering any home. It's just to show some respect to the person who cleans the property. :3
Or you have stinky toes
@tobi toto Zawsze chodzę boso w domu
Do polish people really invite tourists to their homes!
Aren't they afraid of what a tourist can do?
@Axel Dor to ty chyba nie jestes z Polski " nie po to kładę na podłogę odrestaurowany parkiet z Titanica żeby mi jakiś wsiór porysował go trampkami z bazaru. I później piszczał że to część jego stroju"
@PaganHammer7 :) :) :)
Polacy w komentarzach: Hippety Hoppety, This comment section is now our property
As a Latvian I can totally relate to the poles, those could be the don'ts of Latvia as well.
Is there still such a thing as a Bar Mleczny? I remember Poland in 1992 before McDonalds was even there and havent been back since 2000. Looking forward to visiting again sometime. Poland rocks!
Paraguay Mike yes theres lots of them in the cities :)
I believe there still is Bar Mleczny in Poland - you just need to seek and ask.
There are a lot of them. At least three in Wrocław (Breslau), in Cracow, in Gdańsk. Any time my Spanish friend comes to Poland, I take him to Polish BAR MLECZNY. They serve amazing, Polish food for low prices. Check Wrocław in the street Swidnicka. There are two (Pink Cow and Bar Mleczny MIS)
Lol Bar Mliczny,Bar sliczny😂😂😂
Bar Mleczny is a place to go. Most of them have really good Polish food and it's bigger portions and half the price than in restaurants
About shoes: When someone say: nonono, don't take off your shoes! - You should think: aaa, dobra jest, I'd better take it off
why on earth would anyone wear dirty outdoor shoes indoors anyway? that's one thing i really hate about being in the UK
good sequence is:
proszę/piwo/ dziękuję plese/bree/thank You
greets from Poland
100% about the Eastern europe tip. I am Polish but live in England where so many people say I am Eastern European 🤦♂️🤷♂️. Anyway, its beautiful and you do a good job on the video 👍❤
My mom HATES when my friends in Ireland come in the house with shoes and walk around everywhere... this man knows what he's saying.
sorry we are lazy fucks haha
tak wieemm. tez ze w irlandi jest tak mokro. i dont know why they keep their shoes on. im not surprised walking into irish households and the floor looking like shit
I live in Australia and it's pretty 50/50 here in my experience, usually when people have carpet
@@sa-lq7kz hey dude, that was uncalled for
I feel like that’s a universal don’t… I’m African American & we take our shoes off before walking in the house.
Finally some foreigners noticed that thank you so much for that we are central Europeans, it means a lot :)
👍
@Isac Slahcup exactly
@Isac Slahcup *Niemcem albo Żydem
It doesn’t actually matter in the grand scheme of things, I found it so funny seeing everyone fighting not to be labelled as eastern europe.
Thank you for sharing, keep up the good work friend.Like
Taking your shoes off as you enter someone's home is a big one, good observation.We don't like to be late that's a fact. I would add DO NOT CROSSROAD WHEN TRAFFIC LIGHT SHOWS RED!!! 👀 you most likely to get a penalty
I would add to this polish death camps phrase. It's driving us nuts. Espetially when ur in Krakow, the city so close to auswitz. Death camps were in our country, but in other country as well and noone says austrian death camps or bulgarian death camps. Death camps were on polish territory but they were never ours, many polish people died there as a prisoners, and it wasn't that long time ago so for most people the ones who died there were thier grandparents.
Lajla also be respectful when you're visiting the concentration camps. I wanna smack tourists who take selfies there
Oh this was the gas chamber - lets take a selfie!
Rose Lily im polish so i know that one xD i dont even know how some1 would get that idea into his mind. Thats extremally unrespectfull. My two grandpas were in death camps so seeing that some1 is making selfie in a death camps would make me go insane
I don't get people taking selfies there. Really. I can't stand it literally
@@roselily9036 I don't see what's disrespectful about taking a selfie...unless You acting a fool
@@lajla9177 take a chill pill🤣 it is disrespectful that we were lied to...