That happened to me in Poland too, it's just so bizare when you are not from Poland that you don't realize that, in other countries, you don't have separated path for walkers and for bikers next to each other but without any fence or other barier like in Poland.
@@kinga6606 In other countries, it's mostly just smaller road combined for walkers and bikers (separated paths with barrier are not that common) and you clearly know it's even for bikes so you are carefull, but in Poland it happened to my many times that I just walked and then bike was ringing to me because I was on bike path without even realizing that. There is mostly some red color on ground, but when I just walk somewhere, I am not checking color of asphalt. When you enter bike path which looks like normal road with white strips in middle, you just know it's for bikes and you are careful. Polish bike paths in cities are so complicated, you just walk and boom, you are on bik path again, you have to carefully watch where you step which is annoying.
In the summer ladies or gentelmen with babies go out during specific time of the day: in the morning and in the evening because high temperature is considered to be bad for the baby. Many people have playgrounds in front of their houses or in their residential neighbourhoods so they don’t exactly go to the city centres unless they have to. Also, many babies are in nurseries or kindergartens when they parents work so they go out during the weekends or they go to the relatives, not to the city centers or popular destinations. It’s true that birthrate is low in Poland though.
@@christopherdegonia3936 Actually that does not work, study shows. Birth rate does not increase as expected. Better think about 500zł as a political bribe, since it is exactly that.
Welcome to Kraków! We are from the US living here for over 5 years. We love Poland! The one thing that made me chuckle a little in your video is your observation of the woman having babies. This is actually opposite from our observation and what we share with others. We see many young families. Poland is very pro-family compared to the US. Just go to the Planty on a Sunday, you will see lots of families out walking with their strollers. My husband and I joke if there was a stroller competition, Poland would win. We have seen some impressive strollers. God bless Poland and her people!
Two things on the Polish problems parts: 1) No babies. Yeah, that's statistically true for Poland as a whole, but as for your impression, it might be conditioned by the place you live in Kraków. E.g. in the city center you meet mostly university students and tourists, often there is no point for families to hang around there on a daily basis, especially that more residential areas get further and further away, in particular for younger families, who can't afford living closer to the center. Where I live (basically southern fringes of the city), there is an avalanche of kids. You can't have a short walk without passing 4-5 strollers and the number of people having 3 or 4 kids is really surprising. 2) Walking and bumping into each other. I think it is more of a social-cultural difference. It's not that Poles do not care if they bump into you, they just do the maneuvering differently. What you described mentioning the New York practice, would be considered rude in Poland - you are walking almost straight into someone not hitting him only by a quick shoulder move. In Poland it is more natural to expect other people to take notice earlier and keep wider distance when passing. Personally, having lived several decades in Poland, I was bumped into maybe 5 times tops. So I would suggest just taking care to leave more space and if needed just stop until there space for you go ahead.
in kraków there is a lot of students and nobody is bringing babies for collage where i live in żywiec there is a lot of babies and i think there is no mother in żywiec with out a baby
I'm a native Californian and have been here permanently since 2012. So many anecdotes, Poland is home for me now and it seems normal, but there is always a surprise waiting just around the corner. still haven't gotten the language down, but many of my ex-pat friends do and many have started families here. I live in the South... Zywiec and love the mountains.
@@cosettapessa6417 it is easy to live in Poland only with English. All major banks and companies that regular citizen needs have websites and dedicated employees speaking Polish, English, Ukrainian and for Santander Spanish as well. Even the personal income tax can be reported on the official website that is in English. In bigger cities like Kraków or Warsaw you can also talk to cashiers in English. I work in my second multinational company in Poland and most of the ex-pats do not even learn Polish as they do not need to.
@@Anduvir how lazy do you have to be to live somewhere for 10 years and not pick up the language? At this point you’re choosing not to learn and it’s the entitlement at play lol
We are slavs, bumping into eachother is national sport. For centuries neighboring countries tried to move us, but we dont care, we always go on collision course ;)
I think it's more like generation problem, I am Czech, not Pole and I see it all the time, older persons just walk straight and bump into somoene while young people are trying to avoid bumbing, it has probably even something to do with fat culture, I am not sure about Poles, but typical Czech is fat with "beer belly" and they just can't move that quickly and precisly to avoid bumping.
@@EvanRamani , are you a practicing lawyer in Krakòw? How did that work? Asking because my family is from Krakòw, I’m first generation, and I would love to move to Poland
Been to Krakow once, back in 2019. A beatiful city, great food and the people are nice. Comig to Krakow in 2 weeks to spend a few days. Cheers from Finland btw.
Hi Adam I lived in London for 6 years. I adore this city ❤️ Whenever I get a chance to talk about your country I only speak good of England and I mean it, obviously 🥰 Happy to know you liked it here, hope you will get to discover much more of what Poland has to offer during your future visits 😊
The bread is a symbol. It is to remind you of a hunger, and what a blessing it is to even have it. In my family I was taught: if you drop it - pick it up, kiss it and eat it; if you are about to make a first cut on the loaf: you make the sign of cross with a knife to thank that you are blessed enough to even have it.
It mainly comes from bred being a symbol of God's body as it is portrayed in Catholic church. Hence the cross; it's a combination of faith and a gratitude for being blessed to have it as you said 😊
About that bread in the freezer thing - if you do it right, it absolutely works. Supermarket bread/rolls from frozen dough are meh, but if you buy good quality bread/rolls from a bakery and freeze it while it's still fresh, the crust will be as crunchy and the inside as soft as when you bought it when you defrost it a few days later. Good trick for those, who want fresh bread for breakfast, but don't like to go to the bakery every morning.
The issue with the US is it's extremely hard to find fresh bread daily, there simply is no real bakery culture here, unless you live in an urban enclave in Chicago or NYC etc. you can't walk to a bakery due to mega-car culture. Hardly anyone walks, anywhere. But yes, you CAN freeze and defreeze bread from bakeries but c'mon, it DOES and WILL not taste the same as fresh bread. One other point to make is, Poles do not toast their bread like Americans. The obsession with toasters is borderline insane. Where is the taste?? I thin they toast it because the ingredients the bread is made of here are crappy to begin with, so might as well taste burnt flour... Saying this as someone who used to buy FRESH bread and buns every single day when I lived in Europe for 20 years.... so I've some context.
I'd wager it's not Poles needing to learn how to walk in crowded spaces, but it's you needing to learn how to stay out of everyone's way in crowded spaces while still keeping maximum effort not invade all the no-fly-zones of each passerby without being frowned upon. ;) Because you probably know by now that Poles have a stare and THE stare.
Let's summarize this video: Food: better in Poland. Public transport: better in Poland. Cleanliness: better in Poland. People: better in Poland. Security: better in Poland. So, where is that America's Dream I was dreaming about in 80'?
@@Robert_Fordin I mean, i'm not defensive or anything but just to name on super interesting one...here it is. NYC (After they fix the issues there right now). It has a Russian community in one area, Italian community in another, Indian community in another. It really is like stepping into different countries every 40 min train ride you take to a specific area. But, i would never wanna live in NYC. Great to visit but sh*t to live in. Hectic, dirty and crime infested (right now). So, a must see. Problem is most tourists just see the downtown area. That's not interesting to me at all. So many people from Greek helped me there while i was working there for a few months. Texas...that's a place that safe and amazing. Amazing BBQ. They specialize in smoked meats. The best smoked meat in America is in Texas. Every place has it's charm. Some places are too hard to live in though. Like Bosnia. That's a place i'll never visit. The only thing that i liked about it was the people. Super friendly...the few i met. But, the place was depressing. :/
@@EvanRamani Well, not too many beneftis in those States you indicated. Texas is on of them, I agree, I think i could visit Miami as well and some national parks. Great Canyon, for instance, some other unique places, but never NYC or LA.
@@Robert_Fordin You said name a few lol. US is great if you're a nature person. Beautiful deserts in AZ and San Diego. From San Diego, u can drive to Mexico if you want. Never done that myself but many do. NYC and especially LA have become sh*tholes. NYC will bounce back. the people there are too hard working but the politicians are so bad. So, maybe it won't. LA is hopeless. I've never been to Miami but i heard good things. If you like hunting and all that, mid western states are amazing. oh ya, we have some of the best pizza! lol People don't believe me for some reason when i say that.
Poland makes much better impression than the USA for Poland is much cleaner,offers top European state of the art public transport and so on many more positive aspects of daily life.... Polish supermarkets offer much richer range of merchandise ,than superb , full of delicious goodies, fast food restaurants .....all in all Poland looks very impressive hence highly recommend .....
In my point of view the level of polish supermarkets, bakeries, pastry and butcher shops is quite low and "basic" when you compare them with the ones in for example Paris or Athens where the variety and quality is much bigger, they are in general richer and more luxurious, the staff is more professional and pleasant. In Poland you often see unfilled shelves, use of cheap plastic bags for fruits, vegetables even for raw meat.., and staff that acts like they hate you or something So ok public transport is good, its clean, but there still a long way to go to reach the level of western /southern countries market.
@@srebrnikjudasza you typically go to US to see the nature, national parks, not cities. For cities good places to see are San Francisco, New Orleans, Las Vegas, New York or Aspen.
I guess loads of people answered the baby issue, but one thing in Kraków is that city center (where you took the walk, I don't know where you stay) has very few residents - it's mostly hotels, airbnbs and cafes. In residential areas you will see more kids, especially in parks. As kids are less attracted to the "atmosphere" of the old town, it does not make that much sense to take the trip, if you can just go to a park that you have nearby.
7:16 with this I agree there are more true friends in Poland than fake friends. I am Polish but for many years I have lived in France and specially in the area near Monaco there are many fake friends that want only to use you in some way but in Poland you can find a true friend for the whole of your life (I am not saying about finding a girlfriend or man - woman relationships but about the true friendships!). ALso I am really annoyed when foreigners focus on beautiful women in Poland but not on making friends in general with boys,girls - just people...
Damn, you made this video the day after I left Krakow! I've been going there since 2016, and still have the same good friends I met back then. I agree about the yummy food, and the public transport is way better than anything we have in the shitty UK. I miss Krakow soooooo bad.
Hey Evan, as I see you already got a little of a backlash due to the "baby gate" xD As the others write, it's complete the opposite. Poland is so family friendly and babies are so well and commonly protected by the whole nation here. We're from Germany and living in Poland now. It's awesome here!
Yea, Poland is very awesome. I love it too. Yea, the Poles do value family a lot. It is a great thing! But, i think less people are having kids these days because of the costs. I don't know. I don't have kids but many people in Detroit have kids even though they are poor. But, what do i know about raising kids. lol. But, i heard Germany has even better bread than Poland, according to some people i've talked to. That is always in the back of my mind. I'll be there one day! lol Have a great day!
@@EvanRamani yes, you are absolulty right. Our birth rate is low and it's gonna to decline, so right now here are many concerns that it will cause tremendous implications for future of polish society. Your observation is spot on.
We just need space. We refuse to do any kung-fu during walking. Bumping into other people is rather rude, and in most cases its just an escalation on taking our space away from us. Our cities are not overcrowded (compared to western cities, most Poles consider it overcrowded), so everybody has a chance for personal space. In everyday, we just slower/faster our walk (both sides usually do) to avoid collision. Second, most women expect men to give them a free pass on everyday situations on side walk, if a men is with a women, and they cross path with a single man, its rather that single man gives them space. There are probably much more 'rules' that I cannot even describe, becouse thats not even rules, its just how we have been rised, taught without words by parents, friends and society. PS. If two men are on the same way, usually both tying to avoid contact and left space one for another. But if one clearly dont want, it almost always is a reason to bump his arm and angry looks. Rather not more than looks.
I am a Pole, each time on the street I am becoming angry AF because of that. I live now in different country and this topic is much better, but others do not, so something for something :)
I rarely see crowds in Poland. Maybe on concerts and recently the early refugee wave. Apart from it we have plenty of space in the cities. Our cities are sparsely populated. Warsaw is like 70% streets and 30% actual housing. And even the majority of apartment buildings is 4 floor max.
@@rhalfik Cześć, when I stay in Poland I live in the center of Częstochowa. Walking around there does get pretty crowded, not complaining though. I agree with you, most places I've been to in Poland are not overly crowded.
It requires some effort for permission, doctors decision you're not crazy and thet your eyesight allow you to see the target, certified strongbox for storage etc As I like guns, I find it more convenient to just visit nearby shooting. Definitely wider range of firearms than I'd be able to afford :)
@@EvanRamani Of course. This is why children take guns to school and kill other children. I prefer the Polish solution to the general available weapon for every idiot. In Poland, armed robbery or gun threats are almost non-existent, and certainly not against the family. If no one has a gun, the risk of being killed drops to zero. You feel safe with us. At home, you are afraid to go out on the street and you can get the ball anywhere.
Yea, in poland everyone feels pretty safe. Noone feels a need to cary guns and noone gets shot here. The bread culture part is right, i havent thought about it that other cultures dont have it
@Bri Ba so reality is racist! Sorry - Poland without ‚diversity’ is safe and peaceful, all the ‚diverse’ countries are dangerous and troubled. Deal with it. And face reality - some people (I can’t write truth on RUclips) are crap!....
In Poland you don't swing with the shoulders. You change the whole line of walking. In Poland it's the easiest way to get a fight if you hit someone's shoulder (sometimes even with a girl).
Omgoodnes the bread part I agree 💯 There's nothing worse than white American bread.... You can literally molded like Plato!!! And then you read what's in it and it's like a chemistry experiment went really wrong lol
Regarding pedestrians bumping into each other, this is the first I've heard of such a thing - I've never seen it happen and I haven't seen it in others. Maybe in Krakow because of the tourists who look around and walk slowly and the locals will do well because they are not on vacation like them.
Też tak myślę, że to turyści dezorganizują ruch uliczny, bo każdy przyjeżdża z innego kraju i ma różne przyzwyczajenia a pozatym ludzie gapią się tam gdzie nie trzeba!!!
As for the bread - I will give you one address that you may not have found. Meiselsa Street, "My Dad's Bakery" ("Piekarnia Mojego Taty"). Now it's too expensive for me to buy it every day, but real, delicious like it used to be (20,30 years ago Polish bread was better than today, without improvers, with leaven). They make traditional bread just like years ago.
@@EvanRamani So we wrote too late: D In Poznań they certainly also have such traditional bakeries (tiled stove, coal-fired, sourdough bread), the one I mentioned is local, Krakow.
Enjoyed the video ;) A good tip for not bumping into people is to slooow down. Passing people by so quickly as you described is actually a bit rude to many. It's a bit too fast and too "violent"
I buy a 3 kg loaf of bread once a week, baked on a cabbage leaf, it has the diameter of a small bicycle wheel (I mean it seriously) and wanting to keep it plump and (theoretically) fresh, I corrode it in four parts and hide half of it in the freezer. The bakery where I buy bread does not divide the bread into pieces. American bread is crap, it is rather a flour and water mixture, so freezing it does not make sense, but the Polish bread, the one I mentioned, is so tasty that it tastes great even with butter alone. Try it and you will change your mind about freezing bread. There are always too few children in Poland, but the demographic low is a problem of the so-called West. In Germany, for example, statistically more children are born than in Poland, but there, as a rule, they are not children of ethnic Germans, but of immigrants. In Krakow, there are a lot of children in housing estates, their parents do not take them on the communication routes because of car exhaust fumes or noise. With this walking and bumping into each other - we Poles do not bump into each other even after 2 gallons of beer or a liter of vodka;) POZDRAWIAM!!!
I’d say that Poles living in Warsaw have more Chicago-ish vibe you were talking about. I mean the attitude that they’ve no time for anything and are in a rush etc.
Yea, when i was in Warsaw for a few days, it reminded me of life in Chicago. I still think it's way nicer than Chicago. Chicago has SOOOOO much crime, even when i was there! This was 2012/2013. It's way worse now. idk why people don't move to Texas or something.
Chicago is one of Polands bigger cities (its a joke based on population numbers - there are like 200K ethnic Poles - those are official number, so obvsly you can assume there are even more, bcoz a lot of people dont know their ancestry)
@Starshine Jinzan If you don't big dreams and don't have the skills to succeed, the US is not a good place to be. If you'd rather be average, Western Europe is extremely better for that. Good benefits for doing the bare minimum.
@Starshine Jinzan You definitely would not fit in in America. That is obvious. Saying one is better than the other is very short sighted IMO. We are talking about a wide range of regions, backgrounds, and levels in society. If you are poor and uneducated, I agree that Europe would be better. It gets more complicated the further away you go. If you are in the upper middle class in America, you are not impacted by poverty nor safety nor maybe of the negatives you associate with America. For immigrants, I’d probably stick with Europe as well for the most part. The “American Dream” just isn’t what it was 20+ years ago.
True about the bread and the way, we Poles treat fresh bread. Remeber being in US for 5 months and the first thing i bought comming back to Poland, at the airport was fresh bun. :)
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
you are a very good observer and you can tell stories well. It was a nice experience watching your videos... Kraków is a city with an old soul. Definitely worth seeing, but I recommend you, with all my heart, Wroclaw. Dynamic city, with old corners and young heart. Would you like it....I wish you lots of new subscriptions and lots of enthusiasm and success!
The moment u were talking about getting high and kebab caused a smile on my face. I like your charisma i hope u'r going to stay here a while. Come to Gdańsk one day, u'r gonna be amazed by architecture of this city.
Thanks. you guys make amazing bread. I was eating daily there too. Here in Asia, the bread is super white and just feels fake :(. I'll be back to Wroclaw in the fall though :)
1. Young women in Poland are not focused to having kids but to have a carrier, and traveling but when we are 30 years old we think then about kids. Kids are in school, kindergarten, or with grandma, or grandpa. 2. In Poland we don't have crowds on the sidewalks like in big cities in the USA.
Everyone raves about Krakow, but there are many more places worth recommending in Poland. I recommend Gdańsk in the summer, which is located on the Bay of Gdańsk. It is close to Sopot and Gdynia and to the Hel Peninsula. By the way, my sailor friend, who lives on the Hel Peninsula, when asked in other countries where he is from, replies: I am from Hel. There is even a bus with line number ... 666 on the Hel Peninsula.
2:09 you are wrong here ! there are a lot of women with children in Poland but you walk in the area where there are a lof of STUDENTS and young people so of course they maybe just arrived from the smaller cities for their university etc. so of course they dont't have children!
I'm Chaldean. :) Met a lot of Persians in orange county though. Very rich but also very nice! Have fun in Krakow!!!! What can i recommend...hmmm, go to some markets! they are fun and try their pastries! Cheesecake is #1. They have different versions though. Ask which one is best. the pope fav cake!!! another win! I also loved their breads (not the white ones) but not sure if you're down for trying bread. I talk to friends about their bread and they're like...huh, you're bragging about bread!? lol Anyways, have fun! wish you the best time!
Thank God I saw this video, I have been trying to make a move to Poland from Nigeria, But I was contemplating if there's a high level of racism over there, and also how expensive it is to live there,, if you update me i will be very much happier
OMG I'm from Poland and you're so right about that polish people don't know how to walk in crowded places. I thought that I'm the only one who are irritated by that xD I agree with polish food compare to american also. Sorry but the polish level of cooking in the restaurants is so much better than in USA. We even stopped to went to the restaurants when we were in USA and started to cook at home, because Americans have a lot of faboulous food ingredients but they don't know how to use it.
Podoba mi się temat pisoadania broni przez Polaków, my jej nie potrsebujemy ponieważ Polska jest cywilizowanym i na bardzo wysokim poziomie bezpieczenstwa krajem. Broń pozostawimy naszej Policji i Armii. Smieszy mnie troska ,ze nie ma rodziców z dziećmi w centrach miast . Mamy parki ze wspanialymi strefami dla dzeci i tam spędzamy czas. Poziom infrastruktury komunikacyjnej , czystość i jakość jedzenia to rzeczy które w Stanach Zjednoczonych i za 100 lat nie będą osiągalne. 😅🇵🇱
Poland is AMAZING man. The only advantage the US has is the higher pay. I'm not sure how bad the pay is in Poland but people complain. That's the only thing. People walk in Poland, go to the park, bike, and other stuff. The food is great. Try going to a park in the US and in most cities, you will run into some creep. You and that creep alone. In the US, people stay inside. Some smoke weed, some drink and others watch anime/netflix. The cafes are mostly empty. It is sad man. People even complain in the US and say that after college, they have no life other than work and gym. Of course, if you make an effort, you can change that in the US but that is only if you make an effort. It is not the norm. And oh man, i didn't even talk about the architecture in Poland. the language is like, the hardest though.
@@EvanRamani I'm Polish and my family do freeze bread, it's normal here where I live. We don't do that habitually, only when we buy too much, because we don't want it to go to waste (and it's actually wasting food that IS considered a sin here, lol). Polish people, especially older generations, have this zero-waste mentality very heavily ingrained in their brains after what they had to endure.
You have to go to another districts. City center is expensive. There are old people, workers and tourists. Young families are in new buildings far from downtown.
I'm Pole and I love bread. I was so annoyed, when some time ago I was working in UK and there was hard to find really good bread. Mostly you could find some awful tost white bread, that I hate. Did you notice that in Poland, I would say even in Europe people just like to walk if they can? I saw already some videos from others American, that were saying, if you go to Europe, get used to walking :) In USA people just driving their cars everywhere, and there is not much walking paths, like in Houston, etc.
The walking thing is too obvious lol. You can't walk in the US. Even if you could, people look down on you if you walk to places. They assume you are poor and don't have a car. In Chicago and NYC, you can walk and take the subway but man, it is dirty as FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! Plus, today, it is dangerous. I love that about Poland. You not only get to walk but also look at amazing architecture as you walk! So stunning! I made sure i never took that for granted. I know when you live in an area for a long time, you just dismiss it's beauty. I couldn't do that with Poland. Lviv too. I later found out Lviv was part of Poland! But, the bread thing. This is where i am now lol. In Thailand, there is no good bread! It's a huge deal for me since i was living in Poland and Romania...i got used to amazing bread. :(. They are the rice kings here. So, there is all types of rice here. They get creative with rice.
you should visit Wrocław, women and men with babies or small children are all over the place. Yeah, I agree, the food in Poland is really good, verging on outstanding.
Krakow is a university town/ historic and cultural town with some innovativrbusiness centers which attracts mainly very young people 30 and younger. Most of child bearing age Cracovians are other in England US or Germany making a living, they have kids there. Its not like a tourist industry job is best suited for the young couples raising children; one low wages, secondly, the life is fast and demanding here in Cracow.
Ya, i disliked Chicago because your life was in real danger. I was followed so many times and almost attacked so many times and i only went to law school there for a few years! Didn't go out that much! NYC was much safer.
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Most moms and generally parents with babies, you can easily find them in or near parks and playgrounds, we've got lots of them in Poland 😉You won't see many walking through city centers, large urban areas or tourist landmarks, here there's a sort of "perfect division" between family areas and the rest.
when it comes to women with babies it just depends where you at. City center for instance might not be interesting to hang out with kids (unless you come for visit from other town). You need to take under concideration that not many cracovian people actually live around center as the cost might be higher than elsewhere, lack of parking spaces ect, therefore there's no many 'local' families hanging out outside. But the most important is that usually women do go to work and leave their kinds in kindergarten for the day. We are pretty economically active people.
Interesting fact about Cracow and safety, it is the 7th most dangerous city in Poland xdd. But i think it’s more about places where you shouldn’t go rather than general commuting
Thanks Robert. My blood is Chaldean but I grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Not the dangerous side. I know Detroit has a bad reputation but the suburbs are safe. lol. Idk how it is in Europe but when i told Californians that I'm from Detroit, they would freak out and think i'm a gang member. lol. That was weird. But, thanks a lot! Have a great night!
This is a very safe place to live. People are very genuine human being - the life and family is very important - the cultural difference is on every aspect of our daily life.
I agree. The poles are amazing! Their country is amazing and so is their food. The only thing i dislike is how half of poles are very anti russian people and language, which i think is a recent thing. I read that during the Soviet Union years, there were Polish actors and singers like Anna German and Barbara Brylska. So, i'm guessing Poles and Russians liked each other then. I understand that the politics are different but why hate the language and the people? I don't know. I'm just an outsider. But, some, not all poles, dislike anything Russian now.
Im not sure we hate each other. I dont but in Poland there is antirussian and antiputin narrative couse of things that are happening in ukraine and death of polish politics in russia in plane crush some years ago. Adding to this past with comunism it is not good relation..
on the same boat as you. First thing i will do when i get back to Poland is find a good Kebob. Some places in the US have amazing Kekob. Different but still amazing. Find a local Lebanese place. in Michigan, there is this place called Sahara. Good food!
First of all Chicago is a total shithole now. Thanks to the Democratic mayor who has zero idea how to run a city. Second, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio or Indiana are hot during the summer simply because we are much lower geographically than Poland. I'm a Pole who's been living in Michigan for 38 years. Not sure where in Krakow you live, but I see women with babies everywhere ;) Bread is a big part of the culture throughout Europe not only Poland. The food in Poland is without a doubt better then in the US. Less fat, less additives, fresher. No arguments here. ;) Polish people are NOT chill...lol...we are genetically predisposed to be pissed off, complain a lot sometimes just for the sake of complaining, bitchy attitudes especially older folks. It's slowly changing but there is still a lot of work to be done there. Glad you're enjoying your stay in Poland ;)
@@EvanRamani I'm native and I have no idea where it came from, one guess, it's that a lot of people are from small towns and they are less organised. I think that there should be signs on the sidewalk showing where to move. I saw sth like that in Vienna
You've got the point about walking/manouvering issue. It's even worse in supermarkets - people don't use their brains and stops with their shopping carts everywhere, blocking passages. It really pisses me off everytime I go shopping :)
When I first went shopping with my wife in the USA she would do that, just leave the shopping cart blocking everybody. I never realized it's just normal for her.
yea, you're right. they don't walk in the center i guess. Too far for them maybe. but, they're def not smelly. Poland is clean! very clean. You should see other cities lol.
@@EvanRamani I've seen some of Europe main cities - Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen, Prague - but it was over 20 years ago and I guess there are more smelly and dirty than they were ? :)
When there was an influx of Ukrainian emigrants in March, I first noticed a huge amount of Ukrainian women with babies in strollers. You could guess they were Ukrainian just by the fact they had babies / children
Man, you were literally talking about how Polish people don't know how to walk in the streets, while you were walking on a bicycle path 😝
lol. i meant like, around ppl
@@EvanRamani I understand. Still funny 😋
That happened to me in Poland too, it's just so bizare when you are not from Poland that you don't realize that, in other countries, you don't have separated path for walkers and for bikers next to each other but without any fence or other barier like in Poland.
@@Pidalin That's interesting about barriers. In which countries for example ? I think in most of Europe it's same as in Poland.
@@kinga6606 In other countries, it's mostly just smaller road combined for walkers and bikers (separated paths with barrier are not that common) and you clearly know it's even for bikes so you are carefull, but in Poland it happened to my many times that I just walked and then bike was ringing to me because I was on bike path without even realizing that. There is mostly some red color on ground, but when I just walk somewhere, I am not checking color of asphalt. When you enter bike path which looks like normal road with white strips in middle, you just know it's for bikes and you are careful. Polish bike paths in cities are so complicated, you just walk and boom, you are on bik path again, you have to carefully watch where you step which is annoying.
In the summer ladies or gentelmen with babies go out during specific time of the day: in the morning and in the evening because high temperature is considered to be bad for the baby. Many people have playgrounds in front of their houses or in their residential neighbourhoods so they don’t exactly go to the city centres unless they have to. Also, many babies are in nurseries or kindergartens when they parents work so they go out during the weekends or they go to the relatives, not to the city centers or popular destinations. It’s true that birthrate is low in Poland though.
no its not like that
Non ho capito
Also the Pis gives parents 500 płn a month for each child to the age of 18 to get the birthrate higher.
@@christopherdegonia3936 Actually that does not work, study shows. Birth rate does not increase as expected. Better think about 500zł as a political bribe, since it is exactly that.
@@12fr45a of course it is a bribe to get re-elected. Because 500zł is not a lot of money.
I love poland ♥️from Japan
I love Japan
I love Japan too, from POland and Germany. I collected all posible good japan movies for my two sons... Last week we watched Harakiri by Kobayashi.
I love japan from Poland
We pove Japan from Poland❤
I love Japan... a never ben...😢 but a want. Pozdrawiam z Krakowa 🤗
Welcome to Kraków! We are from the US living here for over 5 years. We love Poland! The one thing that made me chuckle a little in your video is your observation of the woman having babies. This is actually opposite from our observation and what we share with others. We see many young families. Poland is very pro-family compared to the US. Just go to the Planty on a Sunday, you will see lots of families out walking with their strollers. My husband and I joke if there was a stroller competition, Poland would win. We have seen some impressive strollers. God bless Poland and her people!
Sounds like you guys are having an amazing time in Krakow! Glad to here it!!
Have you seen a pictures of strollers left by Polish mothers on the first train station from Ukrainian border?
It is amazing.
@@bip5395 yes, such a touching gesture. I am so impressed with how Poland has responded to the aide of the Ukranian refugees.
Glad to see Europeans are actually having children.
My mom and I just returned from Poland....Krakow was my favorite city in Poland ...
Two things on the Polish problems parts:
1) No babies. Yeah, that's statistically true for Poland as a whole, but as for your impression, it might be conditioned by the place you live in Kraków. E.g. in the city center you meet mostly university students and tourists, often there is no point for families to hang around there on a daily basis, especially that more residential areas get further and further away, in particular for younger families, who can't afford living closer to the center. Where I live (basically southern fringes of the city), there is an avalanche of kids. You can't have a short walk without passing 4-5 strollers and the number of people having 3 or 4 kids is really surprising.
2) Walking and bumping into each other. I think it is more of a social-cultural difference. It's not that Poles do not care if they bump into you, they just do the maneuvering differently. What you described mentioning the New York practice, would be considered rude in Poland - you are walking almost straight into someone not hitting him only by a quick shoulder move. In Poland it is more natural to expect other people to take notice earlier and keep wider distance when passing. Personally, having lived several decades in Poland, I was bumped into maybe 5 times tops. So I would suggest just taking care to leave more space and if needed just stop until there space for you go ahead.
in kraków there is a lot of students and nobody is bringing babies for collage where i live in żywiec there is a lot of babies and i think there is no mother in żywiec with out a baby
Our population needs to go down to 30 million.
We have no resources as no high tech
There’s a lot of babies in Poland
@@donbabilio8298 Przypominam koledze ignorantowi, że Polska jest G25. Jako geograf stawiam dwuję z przedmiotu. Polska ma zasoby.
@@ilonaoglecka9174 Polska ma zasoby ?
Antypisowska glupota to najwieksza z tych zasobow .
I'm a native Californian and have been here permanently since 2012. So many anecdotes, Poland is home for me now and it seems normal, but there is always a surprise waiting just around the corner. still haven't gotten the language down, but many of my ex-pat friends do and many have started families here. I live in the South... Zywiec and love the mountains.
You didn’t learn the language in ten years? Do you use english?
@@cosettapessa6417 it is easy to live in Poland only with English. All major banks and companies that regular citizen needs have websites and dedicated employees speaking Polish, English, Ukrainian and for Santander Spanish as well. Even the personal income tax can be reported on the official website that is in English. In bigger cities like Kraków or Warsaw you can also talk to cashiers in English. I work in my second multinational company in Poland and most of the ex-pats do not even learn Polish as they do not need to.
@@Anduvir yeah i want to know from him
@@Anduvir how lazy do you have to be to live somewhere for 10 years and not pick up the language? At this point you’re choosing not to learn and it’s the entitlement at play lol
You are not an expat, you are an immigrant. Stop treating that word like it's bad or something.
We are slavs, bumping into eachother is national sport. For centuries neighboring countries tried to move us, but we dont care, we always go on collision course ;)
haha. I like that explanation! lol
I think it's more like generation problem, I am Czech, not Pole and I see it all the time, older persons just walk straight and bump into somoene while young people are trying to avoid bumbing, it has probably even something to do with fat culture, I am not sure about Poles, but typical Czech is fat with "beer belly" and they just can't move that quickly and precisly to avoid bumping.
@@EvanRamani , are you a practicing lawyer in Krakòw? How did that work?
Asking because my family is from Krakòw, I’m first generation, and I would love to move to Poland
@@EvanRamani the explanation is sooo Polish: where a rude behavior by Poles is caused by being the victim or fault of other countries.
@@henningbartels6245 you are not very intelligent are u? It was a sarcastic reply. Partly true partly a joke
Been to Krakow once, back in 2019. A beatiful city, great food and the people are nice. Comig to Krakow in 2 weeks to spend a few days. Cheers from Finland btw.
Have a great time! love Finland. Tampere is awesome!
Went to krakow from London UK last month absolutely amazing best idea in this year will be back
You should visit Poznan next time for a weekend! Amazing place.
Hi Adam
I lived in London for 6 years. I adore this city ❤️
Whenever I get a chance to talk about your country I only speak good of England and I mean it, obviously 🥰
Happy to know you liked it here, hope you will get to discover much more of what Poland has to offer during your future visits 😊
The bread is a symbol. It is to remind you of a hunger, and what a blessing it is to even have it. In my family I was taught: if you drop it - pick it up, kiss it and eat it; if you are about to make a first cut on the loaf: you make the sign of cross with a knife to thank that you are blessed enough to even have it.
It mainly comes from bred being a symbol of God's body as it is portrayed in Catholic church. Hence the cross; it's a combination of faith and a gratitude for being blessed to have it as you said 😊
@@HotSzejk I know where it comes from but also from the past understanding that food is not granted.
Same here. Have a good day.
About that bread in the freezer thing - if you do it right, it absolutely works. Supermarket bread/rolls from frozen dough are meh, but if you buy good quality bread/rolls from a bakery and freeze it while it's still fresh, the crust will be as crunchy and the inside as soft as when you bought it when you defrost it a few days later. Good trick for those, who want fresh bread for breakfast, but don't like to go to the bakery every morning.
I used to do it all the time!
True
I do the same👍🏻
And warm it in the oven for extra "fresh from bakery" smell!
The issue with the US is it's extremely hard to find fresh bread daily, there simply is no real bakery culture here, unless you live in an urban enclave in Chicago or NYC etc. you can't walk to a bakery due to mega-car culture. Hardly anyone walks, anywhere. But yes, you CAN freeze and defreeze bread from bakeries but c'mon, it DOES and WILL not taste the same as fresh bread. One other point to make is, Poles do not toast their bread like Americans. The obsession with toasters is borderline insane. Where is the taste?? I thin they toast it because the ingredients the bread is made of here are crappy to begin with, so might as well taste burnt flour... Saying this as someone who used to buy FRESH bread and buns every single day when I lived in Europe for 20 years.... so I've some context.
I'd wager it's not Poles needing to learn how to walk in crowded spaces, but it's you needing to learn how to stay out of everyone's way in crowded spaces while still keeping maximum effort not invade all the no-fly-zones of each passerby without being frowned upon. ;)
Because you probably know by now that Poles have a stare and THE stare.
Let's summarize this video:
Food: better in Poland.
Public transport: better in Poland.
Cleanliness: better in Poland.
People: better in Poland.
Security: better in Poland.
So, where is that America's Dream I was dreaming about in 80'?
America has a ton to offer :).
@@EvanRamani
No doubt, but name a few.
@@Robert_Fordin I mean, i'm not defensive or anything but just to name on super interesting one...here it is.
NYC (After they fix the issues there right now). It has a Russian community in one area, Italian community in another, Indian community in another. It really is like stepping into different countries every 40 min train ride you take to a specific area. But, i would never wanna live in NYC. Great to visit but sh*t to live in. Hectic, dirty and crime infested (right now). So, a must see. Problem is most tourists just see the downtown area. That's not interesting to me at all. So many people from Greek helped me there while i was working there for a few months.
Texas...that's a place that safe and amazing. Amazing BBQ. They specialize in smoked meats. The best smoked meat in America is in Texas.
Every place has it's charm. Some places are too hard to live in though. Like Bosnia. That's a place i'll never visit. The only thing that i liked about it was the people. Super friendly...the few i met. But, the place was depressing. :/
@@EvanRamani
Well, not too many beneftis in those States you indicated. Texas is on of them, I agree, I think i could visit Miami as well and some national parks. Great Canyon, for instance, some other unique places, but never NYC or LA.
@@Robert_Fordin You said name a few lol. US is great if you're a nature person. Beautiful deserts in AZ and San Diego. From San Diego, u can drive to Mexico if you want. Never done that myself but many do.
NYC and especially LA have become sh*tholes. NYC will bounce back. the people there are too hard working but the politicians are so bad. So, maybe it won't. LA is hopeless. I've never been to Miami but i heard good things. If you like hunting and all that, mid western states are amazing.
oh ya, we have some of the best pizza! lol People don't believe me for some reason when i say that.
Poland makes much better impression than the USA for Poland is much cleaner,offers top European state of the art public transport and so on many more positive aspects of
daily life.... Polish supermarkets offer much richer range of merchandise ,than superb , full of delicious goodies, fast food restaurants .....all in all Poland looks very impressive hence
highly recommend .....
@Smiling Shadow What cities/towns would you recommend to vist while in USA? What places in general?
@Smiling Shadow Great! Thank you for this information mate! :)
In my point of view the level of polish supermarkets, bakeries, pastry and butcher shops is quite low and "basic" when you compare them with the ones in for example Paris or Athens where the variety and quality is much bigger, they are in general richer and more luxurious, the staff is more professional and pleasant. In Poland you often see unfilled shelves, use of cheap plastic bags for fruits, vegetables even for raw meat.., and staff that acts like they hate you or something So ok public transport is good, its clean, but there still a long way to go to reach the level of western /southern countries market.
@@topalbano We just don't eat so many different types of meat like in France or Greece.
@@srebrnikjudasza you typically go to US to see the nature, national parks, not cities. For cities good places to see are San Francisco, New Orleans, Las Vegas, New York or Aspen.
I guess loads of people answered the baby issue, but one thing in Kraków is that city center (where you took the walk, I don't know where you stay) has very few residents - it's mostly hotels, airbnbs and cafes. In residential areas you will see more kids, especially in parks. As kids are less attracted to the "atmosphere" of the old town, it does not make that much sense to take the trip, if you can just go to a park that you have nearby.
7:16 with this I agree there are more true friends in Poland than fake friends. I am Polish but for many years I have lived in France and specially in the area near Monaco there are many fake friends that want only to use you in some way but in Poland you can find a true friend for the whole of your life (I am not saying about finding a girlfriend or man - woman relationships but about the true friendships!). ALso I am really annoyed when foreigners focus on beautiful women in Poland but not on making friends in general with boys,girls - just people...
Damn, you made this video the day after I left Krakow! I've been going there since 2016, and still have the same good friends I met back then. I agree about the yummy food, and the public transport is way better than anything we have in the shitty UK. I miss Krakow soooooo bad.
Shitty transport in UK?!?You got to be kidding me!
Hey Evan, as I see you already got a little of a backlash due to the "baby gate" xD As the others write, it's complete the opposite. Poland is so family friendly and babies are so well and commonly protected by the whole nation here. We're from Germany and living in Poland now. It's awesome here!
Yea, Poland is very awesome. I love it too. Yea, the Poles do value family a lot. It is a great thing! But, i think less people are having kids these days because of the costs. I don't know. I don't have kids but many people in Detroit have kids even though they are poor. But, what do i know about raising kids. lol. But, i heard Germany has even better bread than Poland, according to some people i've talked to. That is always in the back of my mind. I'll be there one day! lol Have a great day!
@@EvanRamani yes, you are absolulty right. Our birth rate is low and it's gonna to decline, so right now here are many concerns that it will cause tremendous implications for future of polish society. Your observation is spot on.
I’m an American married to a Polish lady and we visit Poland frequently, the thing you mentioned about walking is true, I always notice it right away.
We just need space. We refuse to do any kung-fu during walking. Bumping into other people is rather rude, and in most cases its just an escalation on taking our space away from us. Our cities are not overcrowded (compared to western cities, most Poles consider it overcrowded), so everybody has a chance for personal space. In everyday, we just slower/faster our walk (both sides usually do) to avoid collision. Second, most women expect men to give them a free pass on everyday situations on side walk, if a men is with a women, and they cross path with a single man, its rather that single man gives them space. There are probably much more 'rules' that I cannot even describe, becouse thats not even rules, its just how we have been rised, taught without words by parents, friends and society.
PS. If two men are on the same way, usually both tying to avoid contact and left space one for another. But if one clearly dont want, it almost always is a reason to bump his arm and angry looks. Rather not more than looks.
I am a Pole, each time on the street I am becoming angry AF because of that. I live now in different country and this topic is much better, but others do not, so something for something :)
I rarely see crowds in Poland. Maybe on concerts and recently the early refugee wave. Apart from it we have plenty of space in the cities. Our cities are sparsely populated. Warsaw is like 70% streets and 30% actual housing. And even the majority of apartment buildings is 4 floor max.
@@rhalfik Cześć, when I stay in Poland I live in the center of Częstochowa. Walking around there does get pretty crowded, not complaining though. I agree with you, most places I've been to in Poland are not overly crowded.
Going into supermarket after 16:00 is a nightmare.
Fun fact. In Poland we have avarage 1.5 gun per 100 people. In US it's 120 per 100 people.
Michal, if people feel comfortable with guns, why not let them have them. A lot of people in the US feel like they need a gun to protect their family.
It requires some effort for permission, doctors decision you're not crazy and thet your eyesight allow you to see the target, certified strongbox for storage etc
As I like guns, I find it more convenient to just visit nearby shooting. Definitely wider range of firearms than I'd be able to afford :)
@@EvanRamani the problem is not in people that protect family...
You want a gun? Sure, get a license, which takes time and effort, once you have it you can use guns, but not before you're checked for being a maniac.
@@EvanRamani Of course. This is why children take guns to school and kill other children. I prefer the Polish solution to the general available weapon for every idiot. In Poland, armed robbery or gun threats are almost non-existent, and certainly not against the family. If no one has a gun, the risk of being killed drops to zero. You feel safe with us. At home, you are afraid to go out on the street and you can get the ball anywhere.
Yea, in poland everyone feels pretty safe. Noone feels a need to cary guns and noone gets shot here. The bread culture part is right, i havent thought about it that other cultures dont have it
@Bri Ba it’s not racism - it’s relaistic approach to ‚diversity’...
@Bri Ba so reality is racist! Sorry - Poland without ‚diversity’ is safe and peaceful, all the ‚diverse’ countries are dangerous and troubled. Deal with it. And face reality - some people (I can’t write truth on RUclips) are crap!....
@Bri Ba we don't have all this choice of bread in France. But more choice for pastry.
@Bri Ba no, for sure... A lot of industrial bread in the supermarket. Times are not good for bakers.
basil magnanimous … we never brought guns, drugs or crime to America, the Europeans brought all of that to America. Cut it out with the racism.
Jesteś super gość życzę tobie dobrego pobytu w Polsce 👍👍
i love Poland
It's a dope place! so much to do as well.
Great video Dude!!!Love poland :)❤🇵🇱
Thanks Mark! Appreciate it
@@EvanRamani You most welcome:)
Poland with a capital P like any other country written in English😅
In Poland you don't swing with the shoulders. You change the whole line of walking. In Poland it's the easiest way to get a fight if you hit someone's shoulder (sometimes even with a girl).
Omgoodnes the bread part I agree 💯
There's nothing worse than white American bread.... You can literally molded like Plato!!!
And then you read what's in it and it's like a chemistry experiment went really wrong lol
Only way to make American bread taste good is to burn it with cheese! lol
@@EvanRamani True. It's too gummy.
Regarding pedestrians bumping into each other, this is the first I've heard of such a thing - I've never seen it happen and I haven't seen it in others. Maybe in Krakow because of the tourists who look around and walk slowly and the locals will do well because they are not on vacation like them.
Też tak myślę, że to turyści dezorganizują ruch uliczny, bo każdy przyjeżdża z innego kraju i ma różne przyzwyczajenia a pozatym ludzie gapią się tam gdzie nie trzeba!!!
As for the bread - I will give you one address that you may not have found. Meiselsa Street, "My Dad's Bakery" ("Piekarnia Mojego Taty"). Now it's too expensive for me to buy it every day, but real, delicious like it used to be (20,30 years ago Polish bread was better than today, without improvers, with leaven). They make traditional bread just like years ago.
Thanks Jan but i'm on a train right now to Poznan. Do they have that bakery there because I am very interested lol
@@EvanRamani So we wrote too late: D In Poznań they certainly also have such traditional bakeries (tiled stove, coal-fired, sourdough bread), the one I mentioned is local, Krakow.
Enjoyed the video ;)
A good tip for not bumping into people is to slooow down. Passing people by so quickly as you described is actually a bit rude to many. It's a bit too fast and too "violent"
Thanks for the tip Wanda!
Zajebisty film, człowieku, jakbyś był stąd ... myślę że te same rzeczy bym pokazał, jako różnicę między naszymi krajami :) 💯
I buy a 3 kg loaf of bread once a week, baked on a cabbage leaf, it has the diameter of a small bicycle wheel (I mean it seriously) and wanting to keep it plump and (theoretically) fresh, I corrode it in four parts and hide half of it in the freezer. The bakery where I buy bread does not divide the bread into pieces.
American bread is crap, it is rather a flour and water mixture, so freezing it does not make sense, but the Polish bread, the one I mentioned, is so tasty that it tastes great even with butter alone. Try it and you will change your mind about freezing bread.
There are always too few children in Poland, but the demographic low is a problem of the so-called West. In Germany, for example, statistically more children are born than in Poland, but there, as a rule, they are not children of ethnic Germans, but of immigrants. In Krakow, there are a lot of children in housing estates, their parents do not take them on the communication routes because of car exhaust fumes or noise.
With this walking and bumping into each other - we Poles do not bump into each other even after 2 gallons of beer or a liter of vodka;)
POZDRAWIAM!!!
I’d say that Poles living in Warsaw have more Chicago-ish vibe you were talking about. I mean the attitude that they’ve no time for anything and are in a rush etc.
Yea, when i was in Warsaw for a few days, it reminded me of life in Chicago. I still think it's way nicer than Chicago. Chicago has SOOOOO much crime, even when i was there! This was 2012/2013. It's way worse now. idk why people don't move to Texas or something.
Chicago is one of Polands bigger cities (its a joke based on population numbers - there are like 200K ethnic Poles - those are official number, so obvsly you can assume there are even more, bcoz a lot of people dont know their ancestry)
@Starshine Jinzan $$$$$$$&
@Starshine Jinzan If you don't big dreams and don't have the skills to succeed, the US is not a good place to be. If you'd rather be average, Western Europe is extremely better for that. Good benefits for doing the bare minimum.
@Starshine Jinzan You definitely would not fit in in America. That is obvious. Saying one is better than the other is very short sighted IMO. We are talking about a wide range of regions, backgrounds, and levels in society. If you are poor and uneducated, I agree that Europe would be better. It gets more complicated the further away you go. If you are in the upper middle class in America, you are not impacted by poverty nor safety nor maybe of the negatives you associate with America. For immigrants, I’d probably stick with Europe as well for the most part. The “American Dream” just isn’t what it was 20+ years ago.
True about the bread and the way, we Poles treat fresh bread.
Remeber being in US for 5 months and the first thing i bought comming back to Poland, at the airport was fresh bun. :)
def the first thing i'll do when i get back! lol
Poland ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
I'm comming back to Poland, soon. Europe is much better. Health care, education, home price, safety, food quality.
Wow, spot on! Saying this as someone who was born and lived in Poland for ~20 years and ~20 years in NYC + Chicago, lol!!!
you are a very good observer and you can tell stories well. It was a nice experience watching your videos... Kraków is a city with an old soul. Definitely worth seeing, but I recommend you, with all my heart, Wroclaw. Dynamic city, with old corners and young heart. Would you like it....I wish you lots of new subscriptions and lots of enthusiasm and success!
Thank you so much! Appreciate it so much! I'll be back soon, hopefully! :)
Pozdrawiam z Krakowa super film 😁
I live in the Netherlands at the moment and too me you are describing Europe.
Good topic. Nice job Evan
Thank you Christos! :)
Fun fact about Poles on RUclips:
We see our country get mentioned, we hop into the comment section.
Polska górom!!!!
I was born in Cracow and lived there 25 years
I'm glad you enjoyed it
The moment u were talking about getting high and kebab caused a smile on my face. I like your charisma i hope u'r going to stay here a while. Come to Gdańsk one day, u'r gonna be amazed by architecture of this city.
Its so true ! I feel so much more safe in Poland than any western european country
Thanks for the movie. Have a great stay!
Wow! Poland seems to be a great country 😮 👍
Amazing country but their president is not the best.
We sometimes put bread in the freezer too. Its still yummy and fresh if its a good quality bread
Interesting 😊😊 I totally agree about the bread. We eat it 24/7
Thanks. you guys make amazing bread. I was eating daily there too. Here in Asia, the bread is super white and just feels fake :(. I'll be back to Wroclaw in the fall though :)
1. Young women in Poland are not focused to having kids but to have a carrier, and traveling but when we are 30 years old we think then about kids. Kids are in school, kindergarten, or with grandma, or grandpa. 2. In Poland we don't have crowds on the sidewalks like in big cities in the USA.
Greetings from Warsaw mate :)
Hello!
Everyone raves about Krakow, but there are many more places worth recommending in Poland. I recommend Gdańsk in the summer, which is located on the Bay of Gdańsk. It is close to Sopot and Gdynia and to the Hel Peninsula. By the way, my sailor friend, who lives on the Hel Peninsula, when asked in other countries where he is from, replies: I am from Hel. There is even a bus with line number ... 666 on the Hel Peninsula.
Krakow is amazing. But, so is Poznan. I want to check out Wrocław. Hopefully, soon.
Great video new subscriber here from phoenix az.
Thanks man! Been to Tempe. AZ is beautiful.
Poland FOREVER !!!!!!!
2:09 you are wrong here ! there are a lot of women with children in Poland but you walk in the area where there are a lof of STUDENTS and young people so of course they maybe just arrived from the smaller cities for their university etc. so of course they dont't have children!
I think you're Persian :) I'll be visiting Krakow the day after tomorrow with my family so I'll keep an eye out for you.
I'm Chaldean. :) Met a lot of Persians in orange county though. Very rich but also very nice! Have fun in Krakow!!!! What can i recommend...hmmm, go to some markets! they are fun and try their pastries! Cheesecake is #1. They have different versions though. Ask which one is best. the pope fav cake!!! another win! I also loved their breads (not the white ones) but not sure if you're down for trying bread. I talk to friends about their bread and they're like...huh, you're bragging about bread!? lol Anyways, have fun! wish you the best time!
Thank God I saw this video, I have been trying to make a move to Poland from Nigeria, But I was contemplating if there's a high level of racism over there, and also how expensive it is to live there,, if you update me i will be very much happier
True
OMG I'm from Poland and you're so right about that polish people don't know how to walk in crowded places. I thought that I'm the only one who are irritated by that xD I agree with polish food compare to american also. Sorry but the polish level of cooking in the restaurants is so much better than in USA. We even stopped to went to the restaurants when we were in USA and started to cook at home, because Americans have a lot of faboulous food ingredients but they don't know how to use it.
I'm proud ❤🇵🇱
Podoba mi się temat pisoadania broni przez Polaków, my jej nie potrsebujemy ponieważ Polska jest cywilizowanym i na bardzo wysokim poziomie bezpieczenstwa krajem. Broń pozostawimy naszej Policji i Armii. Smieszy mnie troska ,ze nie ma rodziców z dziećmi w centrach miast . Mamy parki ze wspanialymi strefami dla dzeci i tam spędzamy czas. Poziom infrastruktury komunikacyjnej , czystość i jakość jedzenia to rzeczy które w Stanach Zjednoczonych i za 100 lat nie będą osiągalne. 😅🇵🇱
I'm Polish and I really enjoyed your video!❤
Thank you!! :)
Bro you are literally in my home area!! Rondo mogilskie, wow!! It’s just insane! I live in uk for over 15 years now , it’s so cool to see me home town
Awesome place!
Youre making me want to stay in poland than to move to usa. im starting to apreciate what i have, thanks
Poland is AMAZING man. The only advantage the US has is the higher pay. I'm not sure how bad the pay is in Poland but people complain. That's the only thing. People walk in Poland, go to the park, bike, and other stuff. The food is great. Try going to a park in the US and in most cities, you will run into some creep. You and that creep alone. In the US, people stay inside. Some smoke weed, some drink and others watch anime/netflix. The cafes are mostly empty. It is sad man. People even complain in the US and say that after college, they have no life other than work and gym. Of course, if you make an effort, you can change that in the US but that is only if you make an effort. It is not the norm. And oh man, i didn't even talk about the architecture in Poland. the language is like, the hardest though.
I chuckled when you mentioned bread. I am a Pole and live in the US, and I do freeze bread. I apologize. I will never do it again. Lol!
Isn't that a sin for you Poles lol
@@EvanRamani I'm Polish and my family do freeze bread, it's normal here where I live. We don't do that habitually, only when we buy too much, because we don't want it to go to waste (and it's actually wasting food that IS considered a sin here, lol). Polish people, especially older generations, have this zero-waste mentality very heavily ingrained in their brains after what they had to endure.
You have to go to another districts. City center is expensive. There are old people, workers and tourists. Young families are in new buildings far from downtown.
And a second comment from me is;
It depends where you eat and what you eat, if you want to say the food's healthy. Especially kebab places.
I'm Pole and I love bread. I was so annoyed, when some time ago I was working in UK and there was hard to find really good bread. Mostly you could find some awful tost white bread, that I hate.
Did you notice that in Poland, I would say even in Europe people just like to walk if they can? I saw already some videos from others American, that were saying, if you go to Europe, get used to walking :) In USA people just driving their cars everywhere, and there is not much walking paths, like in Houston, etc.
The walking thing is too obvious lol. You can't walk in the US. Even if you could, people look down on you if you walk to places. They assume you are poor and don't have a car. In Chicago and NYC, you can walk and take the subway but man, it is dirty as FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! Plus, today, it is dangerous. I love that about Poland. You not only get to walk but also look at amazing architecture as you walk! So stunning! I made sure i never took that for granted. I know when you live in an area for a long time, you just dismiss it's beauty. I couldn't do that with Poland. Lviv too. I later found out Lviv was part of Poland! But, the bread thing. This is where i am now lol. In Thailand, there is no good bread! It's a huge deal for me since i was living in Poland and Romania...i got used to amazing bread. :(. They are the rice kings here. So, there is all types of rice here. They get creative with rice.
you should visit Wrocław, women and men with babies or small children are all over the place. Yeah, I agree, the food in Poland is really good, verging on outstanding.
and people in Wrocław are even more open and friendly
Krakow is a university town/ historic and cultural town with some innovativrbusiness centers which attracts mainly very young people 30 and younger. Most of child bearing age Cracovians are other in England US or Germany making a living, they have kids there. Its not like a tourist industry job is best suited for the young couples raising children; one low wages, secondly, the life is fast and demanding here in Cracow.
Interesting observations. Yeah, walking in crowd is not our specialty :)
How can you say Polish men don’t want to reproduce? There are two people needed for that and the woman have to agree to get pregnant or it is a rape.
There are more shady part of the city's where you wouldn't like to be at 2 o'clock, but maybe not the level of dange like NY or Chicago
Ya, i disliked Chicago because your life was in real danger. I was followed so many times and almost attacked so many times and i only went to law school there for a few years! Didn't go out that much! NYC was much safer.
chleb ma duże znaczenie w naszej kulturze i wierzę. Wita się gości chlebem i solą nie bez powodu 😂
obyczaj ten jest wykorzystywany w uroczystościach ślubnych, kukturalnych, kościelnych ❤ "Tradycja" dlatego obejrzyj film pt MIŚ
Nice more proszę ;-)
5:21 I eat there often , next to it is the best kebab. Super video 👍👍
I just got to Poznan. Any place that's a must here? lol. Random question. But, thank you!!
I'm From Poland But I Love Usa
Most moms and generally parents with babies, you can easily find them in or near parks and playgrounds, we've got lots of them in Poland 😉You won't see many walking through city centers, large urban areas or tourist landmarks, here there's a sort of "perfect division" between family areas and the rest.
Hey bro. Nice to meet you. Great video
In most Polish are using right side to walk so they don't bump but it is not a rule. Same with going in or out - first out.
funny thing that for people is the basis of life for these Americans is some kind of cosmos
Good luck to you 👍
Thanks! You too!
I live here and confirm, many Poles do not maneuver enough with a body passing other people on the sidewalk what I don't like
It’s kind of a power game…
when it comes to women with babies it just depends where you at. City center for instance might not be interesting to hang out with kids (unless you come for visit from other town). You need to take under concideration that not many cracovian people actually live around center as the cost might be higher than elsewhere, lack of parking spaces ect, therefore there's no many 'local' families hanging out outside. But the most important is that usually women do go to work and leave their kinds in kindergarten for the day. We are pretty economically active people.
Cieszę się że ci się u nas podoba
niech żyje polski naród. Jeśli Bóg pozwoli, wrócę wkrótce! Wrocław.
Interesting fact about Cracow and safety, it is the 7th most dangerous city in Poland xdd. But i think it’s more about places where you shouldn’t go rather than general commuting
You are great man! Where are you from originaly?
Thanks Robert. My blood is Chaldean but I grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Not the dangerous side. I know Detroit has a bad reputation but the suburbs are safe. lol. Idk how it is in Europe but when i told Californians that I'm from Detroit, they would freak out and think i'm a gang member. lol. That was weird. But, thanks a lot! Have a great night!
This is a very safe place to live. People are very genuine human being - the life and family is very important - the cultural difference is on every aspect of our daily life.
I agree. The poles are amazing! Their country is amazing and so is their food. The only thing i dislike is how half of poles are very anti russian people and language, which i think is a recent thing. I read that during the Soviet Union years, there were Polish actors and singers like Anna German and Barbara Brylska. So, i'm guessing Poles and Russians liked each other then. I understand that the politics are different but why hate the language and the people? I don't know. I'm just an outsider. But, some, not all poles, dislike anything Russian now.
No, we nevel liked Russia in general. And we wont check polish history with russia for lik last 250 years....
@@arturarturos7050 you don't have to like each other but hopefully, you guys won't hate each other.
Im not sure we hate each other. I dont but in Poland there is antirussian and antiputin narrative couse of things that are happening in ukraine and death of polish politics in russia in plane crush some years ago. Adding to this past with comunism it is not good relation..
@@EvanRamani en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
This guy has some coocoo parts. Regarding April thru june weather. And the bakeries.
It is so true with us walking in the crowd. Also, blocking escalators is rather annoying when you're in a rush.
I love kabob in Poland. I'm back in the US and I miss it.
on the same boat as you. First thing i will do when i get back to Poland is find a good Kebob. Some places in the US have amazing Kekob. Different but still amazing. Find a local Lebanese place. in Michigan, there is this place called Sahara. Good food!
First of all Chicago is a total shithole now. Thanks to the Democratic mayor who has zero idea how to run a city.
Second, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio or Indiana are hot during the summer simply because we are much lower geographically than Poland. I'm a Pole who's been living in Michigan for 38 years.
Not sure where in Krakow you live, but I see women with babies everywhere ;)
Bread is a big part of the culture throughout Europe not only Poland.
The food in Poland is without a doubt better then in the US. Less fat, less additives, fresher. No arguments here. ;)
Polish people are NOT chill...lol...we are genetically predisposed to be pissed off, complain a lot sometimes just for the sake of complaining, bitchy attitudes especially older folks. It's slowly changing but there is still a lot of work to be done there.
Glad you're enjoying your stay in Poland ;)
Szczera prawda
Absolutely agree on polish walk
oh man! I avoid the super touristy areas now. I just can't lol
@@EvanRamani man, it's everywhere, biedronka, lidl, bus stop
@@EvanRamani I'm native and I have no idea where it came from, one guess, it's that a lot of people are from small towns and they are less organised.
I think that there should be signs on the sidewalk showing where to move.
I saw sth like that in Vienna
@@rafald5097 haha. True, but in those areas, its more manageable. If it's a super crowded area, god help us! lol
Welcome in Poland dude :)
Thank you!
I bake my own sourdough bread at home. Enjoy your stay in Poland 😊
Thank you!
You've got the point about walking/manouvering issue. It's even worse in supermarkets - people don't use their brains and stops with their shopping carts everywhere, blocking passages. It really pisses me off everytime I go shopping :)
When I first went shopping with my wife in the USA she would do that, just leave the shopping cart blocking everybody. I never realized it's just normal for her.
@@stevemiller1203 it shouldn't be normal to anyone. I simpy hate it :)
@@adrianbiegaa9773 Me too, but after 15 years I've given up trying to change her.
Weather? Dude, you just hit a great time to visit, most of the year its very rainy
I was comparing it to Michigan weather lol. Michigan weather is MUCH worse.
Hello from POLAND, Town OPOLE RESPECT
Not everything is true, especially about young mothers with babes, but thank you for nice words about Kraków. Greetings from Krakowianin 😁
Thank you Michal!
I guess that people with babies walk in parks or near their houses, or near much greener suburbs and not on that hot, noisy, smelly central streets :D
yea, you're right. they don't walk in the center i guess. Too far for them maybe. but, they're def not smelly. Poland is clean! very clean. You should see other cities lol.
@@EvanRamani I've seen some of Europe main cities - Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen, Prague - but it was over 20 years ago and I guess there are more smelly and dirty than they were ? :)
When there was an influx of Ukrainian emigrants in March, I first noticed a huge amount of Ukrainian women with babies in strollers. You could guess they were Ukrainian just by the fact they had babies / children