
After recently moving to Poland, it didn’t take me too long to realize the immense value and limitless potential of this incredible country. In fact, Poland continues to amaze and impress me on an almost daily basis.
In this video, I outline five solid reasons why I believe Poland is a truly exceptional nation and offers much more in terms of quality of living and human potential than what people may give it credit for. These are the things that undoubtedly improve the quality of my life and yours as well. 119
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What's the one thing you feel should be done to improve Poland even further? 🇵🇱
To jest męczące. Nie da się tego oglądać, a szczególnie słuchać.
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Poland have good prices in shop ? haha good joke
Any non Poles watching it? 😆
So you want to fill "gaps" in society behaviour with more communism 😛
No thanks.
@0:15 Oh no! You said "Saska Kyepa"! 😀 "Kyepa" ("kiepa" in Polish) means a cigarette butt – at best, and a pussy – at worst. 😛 There's a nasal "e" (ę) there. Maybe it'll be easier for you to pronounce it as "Kempa"?
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The prices are higher in Ukraine due to the war going on since 2014, Doing business there is more risky, buying from Ukrainian supliers is risky as in case of escalation changing a supplier takes time and money. There is higher cost of business because of that hence there is a premium to compensate risk to Ukrainian businesses.
Thank you so much for all the vlogs about my country. I am very pleased that you see and show Poland just in superlatives. I have a question- as you are working in IT and you know our IT market: could you please make vlog about IT job opportunities for foreigners in Poland? I am recruiting for many IT positions for international company – but as you know we suffer from a shortage of IT specialists in Poland (even though the salaries on IT positions are world-class in PL). Best regards to Marina and the baby she carries under her heart. God bless your family!
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What are you doing in Poland,you’re American,bring your wife to USA and go to work
I left Poland 1991 and moved to USA. Poland was a Mexico of Europe but in 30 years its really amazing how it transformed
How easy is for you to understand Polish. As Polish I understand 50-60% of Ukraine words
It's exceptional unless you are LBGTQ.
go work for the nazis azov
Have you been to Warszawa Ursynów?
If Poland has been so good for you, pay it back, work for the public benefit of Polish people.
I have not seen so far that you visited the tomb of the unknown soldier which is a landmark of Warsaw.
Have you seen the palm tree at Gogolroundabout in Aleje Jerozolimskie?
Interesting to hear your perspective. Having been few weeks ago in "perfect" and tidy Switzerland I came back a little bit "frustrated" with similar reflections to those you have in this video in the context of Ukraine. Poland is far from being perfect but you are right that we are taking many good things for granted, not appreciating them anymore.
Please! Do not buy meet in Biedronka!!!
I also pay attention to it, I am born in 1981, so I remember a different Poland. Young people don't care because they were born in such a Poland, they don't know any other.
Nice – and unexpected! – background view of Stadion Narodowy ~ the 29th minute mark!!
now you see it all from a point of view of a tourist. When you start paying like say…. 80% of taxes – you will see/ feel the change… Someone needs to pay the sidewalks etc…. Nothing is for free..
About decentralized good infrastructure- the same thing you can find in other biggers cities in Poland – for example in Gdańsk 😉
weźcie mu wytłumaczcie że to tak nie działa. że to po prostu spółdzielnia, na która wszyscy płaca składki. a większość tego co widzi to dobre wykorzystanie przez te spółdzielnie i samorządy środków unijnych (no własnych oczywiście)
Let me be honest with you – IMHO you didn't do justice to my favourite Warsaw park, the Skaryszewski Park that you've roamed. Please go back there and show its entire beauty with the Kamionkowskie lake (perhaps also on kayak, probably available to rent there as last year), its huge pines, lovely landscape (carefully master planned by Franciszek Szanior in the early 20th century), waterfall, stone dedicated to British airmen, etc. For me, that park is a unique in-city place to "get away from it all" and to relax on a deck-chair at the seasonal cafe by the lake.
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I really like your walks around Warsaw and your grades. I can see the changes that have taken place in the country recently, but I don't see it in any special way. I do not deny that, it is quite well organized but I don't know … something is still missing … maybe I'm a typical Pole and I'm just complaining, but maybe thanks to this complaint something changes for the better. If you get bored of walking in the streets, I recommend my beloved Bielański Forest. For me, it is a real gem of the city where you can get a bit of sleep while walking. Make sure to take Marina with you. Regards
I'm glad you like our country. I gotta say this is very refreshing, and really eye opening for me as Pole. We tend to complain alot about how much we are behind western countries when it comes to living standard, while simultaneously take for granted many things that you mentioned, not even thinking how important they could be regarding overall happiness and satisfaction.
Grannies apartments – it's the same case in the UK. Dark, grim and expensive. Some look like set of 70's horror movie. From the outside British houses might be way prettier than polish blocks, however indoor standard had risen massively in Poland among general public, especially over last decade. Great views of Saska Kępa btw!
Because of how you explore Warsaw (by foot) it's safe to assume that you saw more of this city than me (local) 😅
I like your channel a lot, stay in Poland longer 🙂
Haha powinni Ci zapłacić za reklamę Biedronki. Super video. Pozdrawiam że Śląska ❤️
If you would like to get a taste of a small city I highly recommend you Pułtusk. Small city just 60km from Warsaw with great history and infrastructure! On the way you can check out Zalew Zegrzyński (big lake where 2 rivers meet). Enjoy 🙂
One more point for your list : Poland is one of the safest countries worldwide to live in.
A short story about Polish patriotism, happened this weekend: My wife in the garden cut off flowers to give it to her mother. My 6-year-old son saw it and asked with a shock in his voice: „Mom, do you love Poland?”, „Yes, of course I love Poland”- my wife answered, confused a bit – „why are you asking?”. My son answered with a question: „If you love Poland, why are you destroying Poland by cutting of Polish flowers?”. My son got explanation, that these were Polish flowers, cultivated in Polish privat garden, cut off to give them to his Polish grandma. But still we were positively surprised a bit with a reaction of our son. I remember, when I was a teenager (over 20 years ago), the level of confidence in Poland was similar as you describe in Ukraine. In Poland about 20-15 years ago something good happened in our mentality and it has become visible in the last decade. But what shows this reaction of my son? I think my son, who experiences this taking care of common infractruture, taking care to make it look not only functional, but also beautifull is not only granted, but it’s a national/citizen duty to keep it and keeping it is a part of national pride. You love your contry, you take are of your country. The environment in which my young son grows since his birth, also causes in his mindset a feel of duty to take care of it. On the other hand, public places in Poland look like they look, because we pay for it, we pay taxes also for it. The reasonable part of Polish society (IMO – the majority), don’t want to destroy something they (us) payed for, but want to keep results also of their (our) work (their/our taxes payed).
Pronunciation protip!! Ę and Ą are very similar to "em" and "om", just make it sound a tiny bit french!
What you discuss around 19:20, about people fixing stuff for themselves – and everyone and everything around be damned – this used to happen in Poland a lot too. It is fortunately less and less – but it takes a lot of time to teach people not to do that, that "I own this, I am free to do as I please" leads to anarchy in public space. I personally blame communist times, where "public" meant "no ones" and people had to get creative with what they had just to get by. This kind of mindset is hard to change.
Greetings from Alaska. It’s such a pleasure to watch you. And yes, Poland is beautiful. Thank you so much!,
You have to change name of the chanel. American in Poland. 🙂
You are prising Poland and Polish people for generosity and help, I have one request :is it possible for Ukrainians to demand replacement of your Ambassador in Warsaw ? He is disgrace to your people !
It's relly interesting to explore Warsaw with you. I live in Wołomin, just 20 km from Warsaw but many places you showing I didn't visit since years.
Must be nice. Better than here in the USA.. more simple life..
I spent one night in Kyiv before leaving the country through airport. I was checking out Apartaments to stay in the net just to sleep some hours before leaving the country and I found one cute so I decided to book. The building was extremely old, horrible, but the apartment was very modern and cozy + the owner was waiting for me because was difficult to find it despite I took a taxi and it was around 25 minutes driving to the airport. I barely could sleep btw. lmao 😂
I think you are wrong regarding the standard of apartments there are in Poland there are also are very different standards and prices in Warsaw They are not all equal. You have modern and simple units and prices are all spectrum from modest to expensive . I live in Chicago I’m from Poland emigrated as a child in 1964 with my parents I love Chicago also Warsaw . We come to Poland almost every year . I have been to Poland in the last 19 years fifteen times and from four to seven months each time , so that’s tell you that we ,my husband and I love Poland my husband is from Warsaw I’m from Poznań . We have been renting apartments all the time and can tell you that maybe the units inside might be nicely decorated and stuff some of them at least you get all kinds but what bugs me that people don’t care what’s on the outside .As many doors on the floor that’s you have ,that’s how many different styles and colors you have and locks two three even four different to a single door that looks like a ghetto , balcony’s is another story I know that the apartment specially the ones from communist era are small but people keep junk in them . On the other hand the new developments everything is uniform looks clean but also, people cover the balconies with glass I have to admit some are even nicely done and blend in nicely but some are horrible . That doesn’t stop me from loving my country but it’s not all peachy keen . I live in a condo I can not change anything out side of my apartment I can do anything inside but still need the managements approval which I get anyway but I need a professional to do anything that’s major I can not just hire handy Andy to for example to change the structure of the walls or any major stuff small things yes . I love the you like Warsaw so much and I watch every single video you put out so I say no more. Good luck 👍
go to Tarchomin xD nice neighbourhood, but considered as bedroom and far away