As a fellow Brit, here in Poland since 2013, I would echo 100% your sentiments about safety in Poland. Wherever I've travelled in this country, I have never felt threatened, nervous or intimidated while walking the streets, even at night. The tragedy for me, is that it is no longer the case when I return to London to visit family and friends.
@@simpix7683 thank you for this comment 😊 good to know I’m not alone in my views and yes…both in Oxford and Cardiff I wasn’t fully safe in the U.K. London I can definitely imagine being unsafe, I hope your family and friends keep safe!
@@britinpoland2392 I think clubbing in UK is more safty then Poland only. I have been in UK nearly 5 years and I think clubbing was nice there in this time. also if you want to go for football match I am not sure to be safe same like UK. but if you travelling by train, metro or going through the park is probably more safty then nowhere it is hard to explain but it kind of true can you feel it.
@@Morel5 it’s fair that some things will be safer in each country 😊 Going outside of people I think the U.K. also has stronger health and safety laws than in Poland (though sometimes they get silly)
I also think as Poland returns to her rightful place, if such a thing ever exists, in the international community and community of nations, Poland will also get more respect. British people are OK, but it also happens that sometimes we still face some disdain and disparaging comments from even highly educated Brits. A UN expert panel, highly published Oxford educated professor of mine asked me once, if my parents or grandparents had a potato field back in Poland. I really can't see an American academic ask something like that but Brits still have their hoity toity attitude at times towards us. Present company excluded. :)
A couple of days ago I had to visit my local city hall in southern Poland for some paperwork. They had a lost&found bilboard with a list of things people turned in as lost. A fair number of keyrings, but also: "A wallet with content", several times. "A certain amount of money" "A banknote" I mean, really? Someone found a banknote on a floor in a shopping mall and returned it to lost& found? This really boosted my faith in my fellow citizens.
It’s a beautiful example! Most people I know who have lost things have been able to get them back, I was aware of an incident of theft from our group once but we believe it was not Polish people responsible for that…
@@rrolf71 Your comment reminded me of my experience in the UK, I found a wallet someone had accidentally dropped on the street, I handed it into the police station, told to wait, was questioned how I came by it, wanted my address etc. My point I think is obvious, but for those not sure, the UK has become fragmented and trust no longer exists.
Thank you for your video. Just a point about the transformation period Poland went through in the 90s. I'm a Polish person who's lived abroad in an English speaking country since 1983 but I have many relatives in Poland and still visit there. Anyhow, the only violence which befell my family in the post WW2 era was when my father was beaten up by ZOMO (ask your PL friends who these guys were, chances are some will say they were the good guys, these friends should be avoided), when he walked past a student protest in the late 70s and was mistaken for a protester. None of my relatives have ever experienced any violent crime in Poland in the 80s or 90s or 2000s. My late grandfather would complain about drug addicts outside his flat on the staircase and there were many con men and cases of large and small scale fraud, but there was relatively little violent crime. When it comes to the Polish mafia, you must surely know that the UK had similar gangs, heck there is Yakuza in Japan, one of the safest countries in the world, too. Those mafias were restricted to certain types of businesses and brothels and sold drugs or were connected to extortion but these things occurred on a very localised, small scale. Poland has always been relatively safe.
Dziś w nocy ze względów zdrowotnych nie mogłam zasnąć i włączyłam kanał neotelewizji (Tuska) ,chyba to był tvp dokument,w której był bardzo interesujący dokument o mafiach w Warszawie przed 2 wojną światową, głównie zajmującą się "handlem żywym towarem" ... i okazało się, że tym OKROPNYM procederem zajmował się Żyd o ksywie NAPOLEON, jego działalność była szeroka w Polsce i na świat, zawierał głównie tzw.rytualne śluby z młodymi kobietami ( wręcz dziewczynkami,nastolatkami) , którym mówił im i ich rodzinom, że jest bardzo bogaty,ma dom w USA i będzie im i ich bliskim dobrze się żyło, a młode biedne dziewczyny chętnie godziły się na ślub by poprawić sobie i swoim bliskim życie,z nędzy do bogactwa.. Po ślubie ten "Napoleon" wywoził nieświadomą młodziutką "małżonkę" do pośrednika handlu żywym towarem na statek,a tam już maski opadły i po dobrej woli lub z przymusu wywieziona została do Argentyny lub innego kraju w pobliżu. Ale! Jako, że obywatelstwo -czy też zamieszkanie mieli w Polsce - z stąd w prasie Argentyńskiej czy innych krajów do których zostały wywiezione i ten proceder HANDLU ŻYWYM TOWAREM została oskarżana Polska i Polacy, a tak naprawdę to ŻYDZI zajmowali się tym bestialstwem, i głównie Żydówki były ich ofiarami ze względu na to, że one tylko godziły się na ślub rytualny, który nie wymagał wpisów w dokumentach szczegółowych informacji o kobiecie (jej krewnych,bliskich itp.) zwłaszcza gdy chodziło o podróż zagraniczną,tak daleką jak do Argentyny. No i niestety w świat poszło, że to POLACY zajmowali się tym "handlem żywym towarem" . Nie rozumiem dlaczego takie informacje o tym żydowskim procederze handlem żywym towarem ukazują się w późnych godzinach nocnych?! Przecież o Żydach NIE WOLNO MÓWIĆ ŹLE 😎
As a Pole, I lived in Copenhagen for a couple of years. One day I found 500 kroner lying on the floor in the checkout queue at the supermarket. I asked the people around me who had lost the money. Nobody had. No one wanted to take the money either, neither the cashier nor the staff, so ....
Poland actually took hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of immigrants from Belarus, Ukraine and even Russia, who were in desperate situation when the war started, and after the so called presidential election in Belarus in 2020. Whoever is saying that Poland is racist must look in the mirror first. Eternal gratitude to Polish people!
Ja sie nauczylam rasizmu zyjac w angli, juz po 5 ciu latach zycia tutaj, to wy nauczyliscie mnie widziec co czarne a biale, w polsce widzielismy ale i tez akceptowalismy
I am a 69 year old American. I spent 50 days traveling in Poland this summer without any concerns for my personal safety whatsoever. I was in a provincial town called Gizycko and I was amazed that pedestrians would not cross against the light on a Sunday morning with nary a car in sight. Poland is a great place to visit, especially lesser known provincial towns. I did not visit any gentlemen’s clubs.
As a Polish citizen I can confirm that pedestrians have a priority when noticed along a road. It's not normalized by law (according to law in some cases obviously can not enter the road) but it's common sense. Totaly opposite to Russia for example where pedestrians pray for their lives as they cross a street. It's a Wild Wild East as we call it here.
@@britinpoland2392 I'm Polish and I remember my shock when I experienced the opposite on my first visit to the UK, when I was waiting for a green light at a pedestrian crossing and two police officers stepped onto the zebra at a red light! 😅
People in Britain wouldnt react to acts of violence from foreigners because they have been bludgeoned to believe that any act or criticism or resistance equals racism. I am Polish living in Germany and I see just the same here, Germans are too terrified to react. Poles havent been conditioned like this so we do react.
You even see it in the Police forces in the U.K. I’ve watched many videos about the ‘two-tiered’ policing going on, I was horrified about the rape/grooming gangs that got away with so much pure evil…even as it turned out in my own home town…it truly makes me sad to see what is happening 😢
I agree I live in London and the youth will mess around with everyone until they gone hear that you're Polish, as they know we don't mess around which stupidity and we are not conditioned to be scared of stupid youth
It's very sad what you wrote, because it means that you are an intruder in your own home. I'm so sorry. In Poland, such police action is unlikely. Mainly because people will find the rapist themselves and treat him properly. The police prefer not to allow such situations to occur. Once upon a time, in a certain village, there was a bandit who thought he could terrorize everyone. The police did not react. Finally, he raped a young girl - what was left of him was hung on a tree. There was a terrible scandal, resignations, accusations, and it was enough to remember what Polish blood was like.@@britinpoland2392
That's certainly a huge factor but the more diverse a society is the less social cohesion there is. With social cohesion decreasing it's inevitable for people to react less and less to the misbehaviour of others as the "it's not my business" stance prevails.
I'm glad you mentioned immigration because look at Sweden. Sweden was once a very safe country but since they had an open door policy like UK, their crime has soared and consequently Sweden is now one of the most dangerous countries! Well done Poland for being strict on immigration. If you look at the homogeneous countries such as Japan etc, they seem to be the safest. It's not racist. It's being sensible. I just wish the UK was like that.
Yes, my son lived in Sweden for three years up until the Plandemic. As a typically carefree Scot, he ended up partying in the Somali community and had an adventurous time. However, Sweden allowed 312 Palestinians in a few years before, and they were making and exploding bombs when he was there (But typically, their Arabic names were never mentioned, in accordance with anti-racist ideology)…..and they went on to capture the excellent Swedish culture, by sheer terror.
To be fair David, the Swedes have thuggery in their tradition. Sweden is a country of Vikings. Who were those people? They were raepists, pillagers, murderers. They stole and took from more peaceful people. Poland had to deal with Swedes before. You may think that WW2 cost Poland dearly, we lost 20% of our population in WW2. Well in the Swedish Deluge we lost 1/3 of our population due to Swedish pillaging and invasion. We finally beat them back and signed a peace treaty and Sweden promised to return looted works of art and treasure, which the modern Swedish government to this day still hasn't done despite calls to do so. They also kept one of the biggest communist criminals and gave him shelter, a soviet era judge called Michnik, a brother of the editor of Gazeta Wyborcza, who is a wanted criminal in Poland and Sweden turned down an international arrest warrant and refused to hand him over for prosecution. I therefore have little empathy for Sweden.
One of the things western Europe somehow doesn't get about Poland - we are one of the countries that didn't opress others. We had no colonies, we weren't warmongers. We simply don't owe the world anything, especially to immigrants. I welcome everybody to our country, but they have to play by our rules.
It is not entirely true. During Poland-Lithuania Union, Poles oppressed Lithuanians by treating them as second category citizens, blocking their access to higher positions etc. We used Cossacks, promising them miracles whenever we needed them to fight in our wars, then never fulfilling our promises. There were countless slaughters of Jews throughout history and so on...The only reason we did not invade/colonise other countries (read about the plans of colonising Madagaskar by Poland for instance) is because WE WERE ALWAYS TO BUSY FIGHTING EACH OTHER, which led to weakening the country to the point of wiping out Poland from the map. Throughout the majority of our history we were just too weak to invade.
@@xxxxxx-hx3vp "Niezliczone rzezie Żydów". Chętnie poznam tę historię. Kiedy, gdzie itd. A przy okazji, słyszałeś np. o Statutach Kaliskich? O resztę twojej wizji historii nie będę pytał, bo chyba miałeś wiele nieobecności na lekcjach historii. Co nie oznacza, że @TheDovahkinia ma rację, bo pierwszym z brzegu przykładem jest traktowanie Kozaków z Rejestrami Kozackimi na czele.
@@britinpoland2392 Absolutely! 😉 It's been quite a remarkable change compared to the time I spent living here as a child, up until I left the country at 15. Since then, I lived in Greece for 4 years, 14 years in the UK (my second nationality), and 2 years in South Korea. Out of all the places I've experienced, Poland comes closest to South Korea, not only in terms of safety standards but also in their shared history of oppression. Because of these similarities, I believe Poland could benefit from adopting South Korea’s approach to military strategy and overall safety.
@@sylwiatime Yes thats true but this may change for Poland at some point in the future if the number of people joining the military wont meet its target by 2035. We never know how NATO's future will look if US decides to leave the organisation 😄. Regardless to current situation, the debate is still open
Lived in Poland almost 19 years. Left Sweden in 2005 and will never move back. Sweden has been destroyed by illegal immigration and is definitely not safe anymore. Poland is the place to be.
@@pistoletprezesa6835 Narod i panstwo to dwie rozne rzeczy.Mozesz kochac Polske ale nie przepadac za jej mieszkancami. To wlasciwie taki rasistowki patriotyzm.
I would like to add that Polish people do not follow the new trend to be " politically cortect". We do not fear to tell the truth straight to someones face. Do not fear step in to protect / rescue somone. Children are raised to know right from wrong and paying consequences of wrong doing.
@@S-Theo Would you be happy dealing with customers for a low pay all day? :D I recommend to watch the IKEA man - says everything what people think in this industry.
I'm waiting to find a job and finally move (with my Polish husband and my daughter) to Poland. I grew-up in France and I have experienced horrible things coming from people practicing the cult of "Peace", I cannot let my daughter live through the same thing I did. I don't even care about the salary we'll have, I just need to get out of here, that's how desperate the future is in France. I know that things are changing in Poland and you have more of those cultists there, but nothing is desperate. I have deep believe that Poles will do something about it. In Japan they forbade the cultists to own houses, in Slovakia they want to ban the cult from being considered as a religion. I really hope that my daughter will have a better childhood in Poland. Even small mount of the cultists destroy countries, look at Serbia, only 5% cultists yet they do terror attacks and harass the non-cultists.
I’m sorry to hear about your situation in France! Indeed it is safer here, many Polish people returned here so they could raise a family in peace and safety!
I'm sorry to hear that. Honestly my heart bleeds about what is happening to Europe, but it motivates me even more to protect my country from illegal immigration. Every European who shares our values is welcomed here. Hope you're gonna find your job asap!
I wish you a lot of happiness in your life in Poland. I hope that Poland will resist the changes that have taken place in Western Europe and that our children and grandchildren will still be able to live in a safe place.
As a Polish person who lives here their whole life I am glad you find my country welcoming. What you say about Polish people intervening when someone is disturbing peace - it is mostly true. We are very keen on the sense of brotherhood. And we are proud of our Slavic ancestry. We stick together with people we consider our kin. As for the gentleman clubs - it is very common to make visitors drunk beyond all comprehension. Drunk customers spend more money. But being this drunk can make you sick for days, especially if you are not used to this much alcohol, and also mixing alcohols.
Good points, clear thoughts, and the proper British structure of your speech, showing diverse aspects of the subject. Everything is well-documented or based on your personal experience, which you have critically evaluated. Above all, you clearly enjoy the place you live. I’m happy to have you there in my country of origin. Greetings from a British Pole!
On a topic as serious like this I wanted to be thorough, when I saw the video was 27 minutes once complete I was worried people wouldn’t want to sit through it 😅 but now I am glad I didn’t cut any content, it’s such a complicated topic I really wanted to do it justice! Thank you for your positive comment and greetings from a Polish Brit 😁
I am a Pole and have lived in Poland all my life. I think that in Poland it is just such a period that it is safe. People are getting richer and richer and are trying to enjoy what they have, their cars, lawns or small pleasures. Poles have begun to think of Poland as a decent country and of themselves as decent people. And decent people don't steal. And they try to live decently. Image is important. I'm not going to destroy my image for some money I can make after all. That's why you can leave a wallet with money in a cafe, and as long as there's a business card there, most likely someone will call to return that wallet. But with the influx of people from other parts of the world, this may change. Someone who doesn't have his own house, lawn, children in school and is not connected to the country doesn't have such moral resistance. He doesn't have to behave accordingly. He's in a foreign country, just for a little while, passing through and someone else's thing is tempting.
Poland was always relatively safe. I live abroad but I have tons of family in Poland and lived in Poland till 1983. Political repressions were an issue in Poland but after that I don't know of anyone in my extended family who ever experienced significant harm in the 90s or 2000s. My great parents for example who married just after the end of WW2 never had problems. They were old by the time the 1990s came and they had no issues. There were drug addicts everywhere but no violence ever met them or anyone else. Only violence we faced was the death of my one great grandfather in a German prison in 1942, death of my POW grandfather in 1944 and the death of a distant cousin at Westerplatte on the first day of WW2. My father almost had his jaw broken by ZOMO in the late 70s after walking past a student protest but that was it.Violent crime was rare in Poland, even during the transformation. Poland has a bad rep but it was not as bad as it sounds.
@@peterc4082 that's very surprising. I lived in Poland most of my life and the 1990s were very dangerous in my opinion. Not for old people, I suppose, but if you were a teenager, very much so. You had to know your way around the city, you had to know which neighbourhood supported which football team because hooliganism was big and dangerous (many well-known cases of Cracovia football fans attacking Wisła fans with machetes, and vice-versa). If you had long hair, like I did, you would have to avoid skinheads, or you'd get beaten up. And I'm not even talking about the real mafia, the shootouts with the Police, the famous siege in Magdalenka where a few mafia gunmen wounded/killed a number of police... the list goes on.
@@johnnyenglish583 That's very strange because while I left Poland in 1983, I have tons of family in Poland who lived through communism, the transformation, all the different money re-valuations and so on on. None of my extended family were beaten up. It never happened. Old people were vulnerable. As said there were scammers, cars and even tires or batteries could be stolen, so you had to have some street smarts but overall Poland was not dangerous. Yes if you went to rough neighbourhoods you'd end up in trouble but there are rough neighbourhoods all over Europe, US, etc. Heck there are dangerous neighbourhoods in Japan itself where Yakuza can get you or other thugs can sort you out, and that's like NOW, dude in 2024. No, what you describe is nothing. Gang shootings and violence have occurred and occur all over Europe and the word. I'm sorry. By the way I currently reside in Cape Town, South Africa so you can imagine that for me, Polish crime was a joke. But even here, I've never experienced violent crime directly. So I disagree with you completely. I know my relatives and they are scared of everything and they had no issues in the 90s and 2000s. I was in Poland in 2001 and it was a relatively safe country then already except for the rude shop keepers. Dude, there are parts of Paris and London where I who lives in Cape Town would be weary to walk around in. Have a good day.
@@peterc4082 I know there are places in the world that are more dangerous, but that's not what we're talking about :) We're comparing Poland in the 1990s and today. I'm just saying that compared to today, Poland was pretty dangerous back then. The fact that your family didn't have these experiences is probably due to the fact that, as you said, they were elderly people and as such weren't a target for the youth subcultures. The punks, skinheads, rockers etc. fought each other, not the grannies. I myself had a razor put to my throat when a bunch of skinheads decided they didn't like my long hair. I wasn't hurt in the end, but I considered that very lucky. Living in Krakow, there were parts of the city where you did. not. go. fullstop. And the same was true in other cities (ask anybody who was around in 1990s about the Praga district in Warsaw). Kazimierz, which today is one of the most touristy (and safe) districts, was a good example. My high school was on the edge of Kazimierz and we all knew you do NOT go deeper into the neighbourhood, especially not after dark, unless you wanted to get shivved. Where I lived, you had to know which neighbourhood supported which football team (Kraków has two major teams) because you could very easily lose your teeth if you gave the wrong answer in the wrong place. Cases of football hooligans knifing or indeed macheting people that supported the other team were not an everyday occurence, but they happened often enough to no longer raise an eyebrow. But I do admit a lot of that violence was mostly between younger people and older people were, by and large, left at peace. Things got much better in the late 90s/early 00s. As corruption was quickly eradicated, the police clamped down on the gangs, the mafias etc.
I live in the UK and feel as if I am always on edge. The UK has had it. I can see with all the decent people are leaving the UK. I'd leave tomorrow if I could. Someone I knew went to Poland a while back and he said the Polish are fantastic people. I'd love to visit Poland soon. I love history.
In Scotland we have a Polish Community dating back to the Second World War. I schooled with Polish second generation children, and worked with them in the Emergency Services. Since I was born in the 50s I knew very well of how the Polish had come across to fight as Spitfire Pilots, And Special Service, because it was our Glens and Lochs, they were trained in. A friend in Wroclaw told me about his father being Special Services. and this Unit, was created by Lovatt, who hailed from the Ardnamurchan Penninsula, my favourite haunt, in order to defeat Rommel in North Africa. They don’t breed them like them, nowadays.
@@albertwolanski7688 I think I must risk being accused of petty, but well informed racism, not based on my opinion, but on the opinion of lot's of English, who come to Scotland for a better life. Let's leave aside the well cocumented history of the Anglo Saxons, not only continually warring against our three Celt Nations, but comitting repeated ethnic cleansing and perhaps, indirect, genocide, as in the Irish Potato Famines. In Ireland. The resultant exodus now contributes to a global diaspora of Irish descendants, numbering thirty three million souls. In Scotland, our peoples were repeatedly forced off our lands, such as in The Highland Clearances, to make way for sheep, whose wool was worth more than gold. There is no fruitfull discussion to be had on excusing these stark facts, even though the A-Saxons have traditionally discouraged honest debate, whilst air-brushing over these glaring chasms in our Celtic canvas of history. In Ayrshire, Scotland, my home, we were the ancestors of the Gaels who took over south west Scotland, and moved into what is now Ulster. All this happened, two millenia ago, when the Romans enacted genocide on the French Gauls, by killing two million, out of three million. The remainder came to the Sussex area of England, as the Belgae tribes. However when the Roman genocidists invaded Britain, the Belgae, deserted their forts, such as in Danebury Hill, and fled to Ayrshire, Scotland, where they inter-martried with locals and even some Romans. So, a couple of months ago, I was discussing with an Englishman, as to why he had come north, and surprisingly he was a descendant of the Belgae, in Sussex. He said, "You know....England and Scotland are completely different cultures, and that is why we left. We were pretty fed up with the smugness and bickering nature of some of us English" So, yes, I have no doubt that although us Scots welcome the Polish, the English evidently, have a more xenophibic culture.
Poland is safe because it had to fight hard for freedom for decades, even centuries, and today we do not want to lose what many of my compatriots gave their lives for.
That’s pretty much the conclusion 😅 But with any good story it’s always better to give the context to help outsiders from Poland to understand things better here 😊
This video is sssso on point! Super respectful guy, but yet very objective. I believed in Poland for 20 years now, and he simply put my words in this video!!! Excellent
Thank you 😁 really appreciate this comment, even though I’ll never please 100% of people I’m glad when people do appreciate what I’m saying 😊 though certainly from the comments, I do have a bit more to learn here, but that’s part of the journey I’m on, understanding Poland as best as I can!
The gangs of teenagers hanging around on street corners and in parks, that's what we had in the 90s. I remember it very well, our 90s were kind of like your 80s I suppose, with extremely high unemployment, general feeling of helplessness in the face of the tectonic shift that the change of the political and economic system entailed. There were metalheads, skinheads, rockers, punk rockers, football hooligans, you name it. It was really dangerous. Your video has made me realise how much we've changed. I remember going to the UK for the first time, it must have been 1996 or thereabouts. It was like a dream come true, like wonderland compared to the grey, drab, uncertain Poland. These days, there isn't much difference, although I still believe Britain has loads of fantastic things we don't have here in Poland, that many British people take for granted or don't appreciate.
I grew up in the 80’s so it’s hard to say how safe it was, I know we had more car break-ins back then, but at the same time it felt safer to go outside and play football with friends, I’d say the U.K. is going in reverse and getting less safe, and I mean from the British people as well here… The comments here on this video have helped me to understand a bit more of what Poland was like before I moved here and it makes me happy to see the direction it has taken and I feel I came at a perfect time 😊 I also see how colourful Poland is becoming, I love seeing the beautiful cities and villages here ❤️
@@britinpoland2392 The reason youth behave better in Poland is the one you mentioned earlier - if they won't learn respect at home than there will usually be someone who will teach them respect on the street. It's different to UK where they feel untouchable as you end up in jail if you give them a "correcting smack".
A very invaluable, considered and informed presentation and I thank you so much. I have lived most of my life in a Scottish town, so famed for it's crime and drug culture that they made a Channel 4 film called , "The Scheme". I can tell you, that that video was kind to us! Since I worked in many different roles in my town, as a in the Police Force, 'First Responder', a Social Worker, a Samaritan Counsellor', a Community IT Officer, a Lecturer etc, and now a Counselling Psychologist. And wherever I travel, I always view people within the context of their 'Great Tradition', and 'Little Tradition', ie National and Local, but I focus, always, on the family unit, since the culture of the family, almost always creates your local identity. Having said that as a contextual framework, I felt so safe and welcome in Poland, as soon as I stepped out of my car! I could feel my tension flow out of me, because I noticed children walking with their grandparents, people being obviously proud of their culture and hard won identity, and mostly, people being compassionate, though perhaps worryingly, I detect some negative vibes from the young generation who perhaps have their eyes set, on competing in, and naturally conquering, EU 'Market-Fever', and of course, necessarilliy compromising your own treasured moral code, for a soulless 'corporate', ethos. But, since I have no intention of ever leaving Poland, I can honestly say, that I have never felt more at ease, in any global culture, with the additional bonus of the best cuisine in Europe, (Maybe Portugese char-grilled fish, is a 'hankering', I have though)......the most atmospheric old towns and architecture, and a population who need to treasure what their precious culture, has accumulated over millenia, and keep those metaphorical borders, well fortified.🥺 I love you all!
What a wonderful comment! I felt very welcomed when I first got off the plane here thanks to thoughtful work colleagues who got me settled and when I started to explore on my own I soon felt the safety vibes flow through 😊 I think a lot of the more ambitious people tend to leave Poland to earn more money in places like Germany and the U.K. one thing Poland hasn’t quite caught up with is the higher wages in those countries, though luckily the cost of living helps to balance things out for residents! Very happy that you love living here as I do! I’ve never really questioned my move to Poland and each year here feels like a gift with all the amazing things to discover in this country ❤️
@@britinpoland2392 No to ja ci napiszę, że boję się tego kiedy nasze płace będą takie same jak na zachodzie bo wtedy możemy się już nie obronić. Dopóki Polska jest postrzegana jako biedny kraj to jest dobrze, gorzej jak zaczną nas postrzegać jako bogaty kraj. Nie wiem czy mnie dobrze zrozumiałeś? 😊😊
@@britinpoland2392 Dokładnie tak, dlatego ten rozgłos, który ostatnio Polska przeżywa nie jest jej do niczego potrzebny i nawet nie chodzi o kasę z Unii bo Polska jest już płatnikiem netto do kasy Unii bo bez kasy to sobie Polacy zawsze radzili i to nas nie martwi ale chodzi o zagrożenie zewnętrzne czyli migrantów wszelkiej maści i zagrożenie militarne. Niemcy znowu stają się niebezpieczne bo tam gospodarka mocno siada i znowu kombinują z ruskimi, a Polska jak zwykle jest w środku bo przecież nie weźmiemy jej na plecy i nie przeniesiemy jej np. do Hiszpani. Pozdrawiam
@@matrixmannn I sincerely hope not to see a repeat of history here…though I do not see Germany fighting any time soon, however the new war is economics and the movement of people it’s true…
I think there are no teenage gangs because of how children are taught by their parents. As an example: I'm friends with a couple that I've known since the primary school. The husband used to tease me a lot and still does sometimes which we've always seen as an ongoing joke. Until one day his 4 year old son told him that he (the father) cannot talk to me like that because it's rude. The father said "don't worry, son, it's OK with her". And the son said "no, you cannot do that". I was really proud because I thought my friend taught her son well. He wasn't even afraid to stand up to his own father in defence of, as he presumed, a bullied person. And, of course, the father gave up, he didn't want to give a bad example to his own son after all.
Nice story, my own ashemed me in similar way few times. I teach him some principles and then he sometimes catches me on breaking them and bashes me - it makes me proud of him.
I can assure you there are teenage gangs, they are just different- knives instead of Guns. From time to time there is a story of someone often a young person, stabbed to death
About 8 years ago I moved to Poland because of my ex girlfriend. I had a friend, who happens to live in Canada, told me about racism and other things probably by his own bias. Looking back now, the woke and absurd things happening due to wokism everywhere. I'd say, I'm where I belong! I talk and walk Polish, I have been to all kinds of crazy places and did all things with my Polish colleges and friends. And yet, not a scratch.
Wokism is largely a joke here and I hope it stays that way 😅 I love how down to earth the people are here and how they don’t feel compelled to think a certain way, there’s a wisdom tempered by history and freedom of thought that makes this place incredible!
@@britinpoland2392 Wokism is a joke objectively. They want special treatment to certain people based on just appearance or politics. They want safe places, self affirmation bubble. It itself is a segregation. Here if you know how to communicate with people and if you are usual, normal person, you will have fun. We roast and joke each other about differences as it should be. It is normal here to agree and disagree on things.
@@akchemaceshwa completely agree and I love the Polish sense of humour! Some jokes need a little explanation based on context though 😅 I feel very safe to joke with my Polish friends, and it’s refreshing as some of the humour would cause problems with certain people in the U.K. 😅
As a Pole this is heartwarming to hear, especially since I feel like many of us fear we’re being viewed as racist/nationalistic or generally unwelcome to foreigners. Thank you for this video
There are a lot of bad stereotypes floating around, though I mainly learned of those after I moved here (you could say I was rather ignorant about Poland while living in the U.K.), Polish people are honest with their words and those who don’t like what they hear choose to place negative labels on that… This kind of political brainwashing is one of the big reasons I was unhappy in the U.K. I never felt I could freely express my thoughts and opinions except with those close to me
I behaved because my Mother would have hurt me for misbehaving, My believed Mother has been gone for three decades, and her preferences still guide my behavior.
I was born 1978 and I am a witness of all changes described by you this is a big unknown what are the reasons behind them. And today I think that the reason is that a big part of our nature is being very unhappy about the current state. We complain about everything every time. And after solving problems like safety, public transport, quality of roads ore problems like dumping of rubbish in the forest it is very easy to us find another front for improvement. Even our education system which in our opinion is nightmare in fact give our kids one of the best education level on the planet, Im not even talking how accessible are free academic studies.
Nothing wrong with complaining and wanting better, it helps to drive change and that is what we see in this country, continual improvement, in the relatively short time I’ve lived here I’ve seen much construction and improvement of transport for example 😊
Up until 1990, Scotland had one of the best Education systems on the Globe. We now, do not even register on any indices, because the SNP deliberately embarked on the ‘dumbing down’ of Higher Education. I observed and experienced all this, from inside the HE system. In order to attract well off overseas students, they had to lower their six hundred year old, entrance criteria, on the grounds that our elite standards were considered racist to other cultures. They then stopped the teaching on IQ, and dropped ‘Critical Analysis’ as the central vein of all entrance and examination questions. Simultaneously they introduced ‘gender-fluid’ teachings in Primary Schools, and now fund a rabble of unqualified ‘gender-fluid’ advisors, £1 Million Pa, to indoctrinate and psychologically traumatise our vulnerable children. Make no mistake: This was all planned by the pedophile aficionados, under the label, ( Of the additional TQ+ suffixed on to the traditional LBG Community). And the traditional LGB Community, are not pleased. The teachers were hand-picked to support this, and a normal interaction with a five year old, would be to explore their ‘gender identity’, and by that, I mean, that they are taught to dismiss their only two natural genders, and mutually explore themselves, in a “self loving way”, with their ‘Teachers’. Yes, the Demigurge has been in charge of our Education, since I qualified in the 90s .
The ban on drinking alcohol in public spaces and designating places for this purpose contributed significantly to improving the sense of security and cleanliness in Poland. At first, there was a slight social resistance, but now everyone understands that drinking beer in a park takes away other people's freedom, their sense of security.
That’s a very good insight, thank you for sharing 😊 I like that in Warsaw you can drink along the river, it’s one of my favourite places to be in the summer! I also like that I don’t have to see broken bottles everywhere like back home…even though drinking in public is banned there too 😅
Unless you are an AA cultist there is NO WAY that you would feel "less safe" because you see someone drink a single beer in a park. But you are correct with regard to trash...
@@karatearmchairhistorian9825 Of course it doesn't hurt if someone drinks one beer. But if you allow it there will always be people drinking ton of beers and some drinking vodka... and not only some of them being aggressive, but there would be lot of trash. It's like with gun with US - it's "responsible guys can handle guns safely", but then law is unable to distinguish between responsible ones and the ones that aren't so much.
These gangs of youths that you have in the UK also existed in Poland in the 90s. It was connected with lack of opportunities and poverty that existed after the shock therapy from communism to capitalism. I remember going to do a summer job in Jersey in 2004 or so. It is a very wealthy country, slightly seperate from the rest of the UK. These youths used to hang around take away shops at night with apparently nothing better to do, and I was surprised back then - they have all these opportunities, government of Jersey would pay for any education they want, and they still hang around here. Jobs were plenty! Later I understood it was more of a cultural thing, with the working class in the UK having a specific outlook. There are some positives of being a largerly classless society like Poland.
Thank you for the insight, I’m seeing more and more how this country has gone from strength to strength 😊 I think more countries should learn from Poland if they want to have productive and stable communities!
What? I grew up in 90's in Poland. "Youth gangs"? It was mafia with connections to Columbia for drugs, weapons. Many people died then in bombings, murders. You know shit. So stfu.
Travelled around Poland on my own for a few months over the summer. I'm female, never once felt unsafe, would I do this anywhere in the UK these days? Absolutely not.
As a Polish person living in UK for 19 years I can definitely say that UK changed for worse. Safety is definitely concern and with latest political decisions and two tier policing I can only see that getting worse. After stabbings and killing in last few months for the first time I thought to maybe go back to Poland, not for my self but for future of my two daughters
I have friends who moved back to Poland because they wanted to raise a family here, I’d say the educational system is better in Poland as well when bringing up children 😊 I am sorry you have these concerns about the U.K. it makes me very sad to see what is happening to my country, it was so different when I was young 😢
Omg, you 100% MUST go back to your home country. I lived my childhood in France and it was horrible. Don't let your daughters experience what I lived. Your daughter's future is not bright, don't sell their future just for you wanting to have lots of money...
@@marcingodziewski I was actually aiming for that, I loved when the Police car drove by as I was recording, pure luck 😅 I don’t really like recording in public areas, but I got out of my comfort zone for this one 😂 greetings from Warsaw, love your city, was there a few weeks ago!
There is a certain element of that community that is a problem, there’s no denying that after what I’ve seen in the U.K. I will state the unpopular opinion here though that I have also known some very good people of that faith, it’s a spectrum
Polish national here. We actually do have a substantial number of muslims. They never seem to be the issue here, unlike certain cathoiic church backed extremist groups...
@@michajastrzebski4383muslims are not a problem as long as they are very few, the problem starts when there is more of them they push their own laws on ppl, the laws they run away from, this is a modern invasion. I wonder what extremists groups are you talking about and mixing it with catholic church what??
Very fair and well presented. Take it as a compliment, if I saw you in the street I would think you're 150% polish, you've certainly integrated very well : )
Thank you! I do take that as a compliment, as I respect the people here very highly, it’s why I want to share the stories from this country because I feel they deserve to be told and the ignorance the world has about Poland should be lessened 😊
Certainly not what the ‘guests’ of the U.K. do on the whole… Though it’s a lot to do with time and volume of people We had a wave of immigration in the 60’s and the people fit in well, it was when we closed off the commonwealth I believe and allowed people citizenship, I had an Indian neighbour who’s family fit in very well. In modern times too many too quickly and with too much hatred to even try to integrate
I agree with most of what you said in the video. Just a few things. The Uber drivers are mostly from the Asian countries, ex-Soviet republics. The "nationalists" who may attack colour people are mostly football hooligans who call themselves patriots (instead of idiots). The Tatars, the Muslim community still live and follow their traditions in the Podlaskie. There is also a huge Vietnamese community, respected by the Poles, because they are hardworking, reliable and ambitious. No problems with them at all. They even have their own football league. There is one thing that worries me: too fast, dangerous or drunk driving by the Polish and the Ukrainians drivers who now are the most dangerous drivers here. Many of them are also Uber drivers.
@@izabela1961 oh I completely agree with your points. Uber drivers…I was nervous to say, I kinda of muttered ‘foreign element’, good point about the Vietnamese community, forgot about that! And yes, a lot of the nationals seem linked to football…again…didn’t want to say it 😅
You are definitely safer as a Black dude in Poland than, let’s say Chicago or St. Louis. I will take Polish hooligans over Mexican, El Salvadoran or Venezuelan gangs any day of the week. It may not be a concern for a British person, but again, in NYC or South LA as an African descent person you are probably safer meeting Polish hooligans over American police officers.
@@SmilingShadow-fz3jtYes. I'm a true crime fan and watch lots of crime cases and trials. Also, American gun culture is something we are never going to understand in Europe.
I love your scientific approach man! A rarity nowadays:) Even if not 100% correct - nobody is!! So yeah...the style and the way of thinking often matters more. All the best and please keep doing what you do :) polish in UK
Thank you for your praise 😊 I always try to be as accurate as I can with my knowledge and present what I consider to be true, but will admit it can be hard to find a perfect truth in this day and age especially 😅
@@britinpoland2392 I have the feeling that you have already immersed yourself in Polish culture so much that you can confidently follow your feelings about Poland.
Nice to listen to about my home country. I am living in your home country for 13 years now. My wife and I working hard and we are grateful for opportunities UK gave to us. We have everything we need but for some time we are thinking to sell off the house and get back to Poland as we miss some of the things you mentioned about. Have a great life in Poland . I am new subscriber ;)
As a Polish born and raised, now living in Canada, I am very pleasantly surprised by this coming from someone that is a foreigner from the west. Poland seems like its moving in the correct direction, probably because recent history, or within the last 100 years, has taught us Poles that we are all blessed amd lucky to have atability, and should protect it with all of our ability anywhere and everywhere we live.
I think a lot of the factors I mentioned in the video have led to this point and I hope the trend of this ‘Golden age’ of Poland continues! They even say the economy of Poland could overtake countries like the U.K. some day!
It's very touching that you appreciate our values. And I'm very glad that there are people who don't judge us superficially and stereotypically, but appreciate our openness and tolerance, which has been our feature for centuries. We are not free from flaws. But I think we are a good society and we don't deserve the contempt we experience. Thank you for this movie.
No country is perfect, and if a country was everyone would want to live there and it wouldn’t stay perfect for long 😅 I hope to represent Poland the best I can and to be as honest as I can be about the country and its people 😊
Am I wrong for having a simplistic view on wording and language? I think I would make a terrible lawyer 😅 In previous videos I get called out over the use of Expat as a term…the main thing is I hope I get my point across, even if I may get some words the wrong way around 😂
@@britinpoland2392 It might be language-specific, so I'm not sure. In Polish nationalism has slight negative connotation. For me patriotism means to highly value the country. Nationalism means to value a country over anything else. It's stronger. So it might be a good thing, to protect own nation. But it can be really bad. I don't think Poland has any serious issue with nationalism. There are some football hooligans, but as long as you have a right color of scarf, you should be ok :)
I really enjoy watching this material and im very happy about safety im my coutry and verry pleased you feel that way ! At the moment im living in london about 18 years i must to admit i never had any serious/dangerous situations .Im feel safe in general but i have my eyes open and i know you need to watch you back at night . Sad think is im a father od 16 y old girl and most time after shool she need to stay at home .I born in 1978 and i remember when i was at her age and even younger i can play outside my block of flat and all neighborhood untill allmost mindnigt (at half term obviously)I belive is still that safe like back in the days Unfrortunately in london never give permission to my daughter to go outside without supervision after dusk .What a sad childhood kids have here !
It is sad what London and many other places have become 😢 It was also safer when I was younger in the U.K. but now I would have the same worries if I had children there!
I am an amateur photographer, been going out at nights for past 5 years to photograph on the streets of big cities in Poland with the expensive gear out in the open all by myself. Not even trying to hide it, many times even standing out with a full tripod setup. Not once have I had any altercation with anybody, nobody ever tried to attack me or steal my stuff even late at night. I've been more worried when I did that in the forest as wild boars were approaching me a few times. Most common people reaction to what I'm doing is absolute indifference and sometimes a bit of positive interaction. That is not say thefts or assaults don't ever happen, you should keep your wits about you and use common sense and more than likely you'll be fine.
Thank you for your very well balanced material. I can see a few people pointed out a couple of, lets say, small discrepancies or just expressed their views from a slightly different angle and that's fair, there's no need for me to elaborate and repeat what has already been said. I was born in Poland towards the end of 1978, I remember what it was like to live under the communists rule. I wouldnt want to go back to it. The country changed massively, not always in a good direction but hey ho. Overall it definitely is progress now against what it used to be then. I moved to the UK 20 years ago, within days of Poland joining the EU. I felt encouraged to do so having had my very positive experiences of having stayed in the UK during the summers of 2001 and 2002 as a seasonal worker on farms in Suffolk and Norfolk. But I have to say that, alas, Britain then and Britain now are two very different Britains. I met my partner here and he has been to Poland with me 3 times now - he is actually very impressed with what he saw. It is fair to say I am impressed too. Sadly, we are both unimpressed with the state of affairs on home turf, and by home I mean the UK (after all, after 20 years here it has become, a while ago actually, home here). We are considering our future options with the prospect of spending some time in the UK but perhaps most months of the year away from the UK. Even the spirit, the general atmosphere among the Brits have changed so much and became so heavy and depressing, people here are now so deluded and depressed with the UK politics and politicians that it drags us and our mood down on a daily basis. Of course we have no illusions: the UK is a mess, and there is no quick fix to it (and that's IF there is a fix to it at all). But I'm glad you found (or so it seems) your home in Poland and I'm happy to learn it's been a positive experience for you - and long may it continue that way! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for the feedback 😊 I did my best to be comprehensive with this video and took a bit of time to speak to friends and review other material because I consider it a sensitive topic. I echo your sentiments about the U.K. I was born there in the early 80’s and mostly I’ve seen it change for the worse and think it will not likely get better the way things are going 😢 Whenever I look at stories about politics there I feel sad and a bit desperate about the situation, I’m just happy my family have moved to the north where I think the people are friendlier and it is a little safer
@@britinpoland2392 thank you so much for your kind words! I truly hope the UK wakes up and shakes off this nightmare of the current situation and will take a U-turn from the current path that leads to nowhere but unrest, unease, or perhaps even the worst case scenario - the civil war. The people's anger is brewing, one has to be blind not to notice. I have subscribed to your channel, I hope to see more of your materials soon - I'm currently all over the place, after my hometown of Kłodzko and the entire south west Poland got badly affected by devastating floods last weekend. My man and I are to travel to Kłodzko mid October for my mum's 1st anniversary, we lost her just over 11 months ago, we're hoping the town will be accessible by then. Anyway, again all the very best for you and your Loved Ones, whichever side of the English Channel you all are! 👍🏻👍🏻
@@bastiani47 the people are waking up bit by bit to what’s going on…though maybe too late and many are brainwashed into seeing no problems yet 🙁 I was sad to hear about the flooding! Kłodzko is high on my list of places to see, I hope to visit next year and see more of that area 🙂
I'm not obsessed with watching stuff on RUclips. I'm a Pole in Britain looking to move back to Poland if everything goes to plan next year. I find your videos very informative and really appreciate your balanced views on variety of topics. Be nice to bump into you one day, who knows. Maybe you can come for a "nice cap of tea" to my mew place next autumn (close to Wieliczka) and if I have a spare bedroom you can stay the night with my family. Keep well
@@piotrserafin9728 thank you for the lovely comment 😊 I’ve shot half the footage I need for a video on Wieliczka, but decided to go back and do the second miners tour, so I’ll be there at some point next year, lovely place to visit ❤️
As to Pole' "nationalism" and "racism". I'm proud of my fatherland and its people and I don't want us to mix with other people. Let them stay who they are and let Poles stay Poles. I would also like the big corporations to let them alone and not to fleece them so they could earn decent money in their own countries. Do I have the right to be willing to preserve my own identity, my own race? I'm sure I do.
In France african man/white woman couples are pushed everywhere and mixed kids are seen as a superior ra-ce. Just watch the french made movies, the french ads, the french streets. 1/4 couple is mixed... Soon white/white couples will become an exception.
Oh c'mon... Don't be afraid of being called racist. Poland is so safe because we are racially and culturally homogeneous unlike rest of the Europe. I was living for 2 years in Sweden at times before they allowed mass immigration and this was a place even more calm then Poland is today. The conclusion is obvious.
I agree that the culturally balance is very good here and people even when from other faiths only fit in when they share the values of peace that Christianity brings. It’s tough coming from the U.K. we can’t even sing some of our old nursery rhymes because they have the word black in them 🤦🏻♂️
It was and it was already mixed Poland was always mixed!!!!! We had many Jews ! We had Kashubs Silesian Poland of the east had todays Belarussians! Israel was creates plus hitler happened Fucking Stalin moved borders and closed us up and now we dont have minorities We had and we should have! Now we have stupid onion simpletons because of time under ussr
In large cities such as Warsaw, Krakow or Wroclaw there are more and more immigrants and you can see it on the streets. However, as a Polish woman I feel safe because I know that if I was attacked by one of them, Polish men would definitely stand up for me. Of course I also know that not all Poles are "saints" and there are also attacks on women, but it is a small percentage. Greetings from Krakow
I think also one big difference in the immigrants (such as myself) who come to Poland is that they are more often than not here for the right reasons, they come to work, not to survive off the state, many of the ones I know are working in IT because their skills are needed to help Polish companies (and Poland based) countries to grow, there is a view of control on numbers and it is very different to what I’ve seen in the U.K. I’m very happy to know you feel safe, I always hope that will be the case for all women here! Greetings from Warsaw
The reason why Poland is so safe is because of demographics. Poland has less racial diversity, so the people of Poland tend to trust each other more due to same values and culture. In areas where there is a lot of racial diversity or multiculturalism like France, UK, Germany and USA, those areas tend to lead to a lot of crime and much more conflicts.
@@britinpoland2392 Even when it comes to different states in USA, the whitest states or the states with the least racial diversity also have one of the lowest crime rates in the country such as Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Kentucky and North Dakota
It is worth noting that nationalism is a destructive force because, by definition, it places one's own nation above others. If neighbours have a similar view, then we are in for conflict. Patriotism is a constructive force because it encourages people to work and build their own country independently of other countries.
These aren t. Nationalism is being demonised these days. It s just love for the nation. Patriot loves the country. But the country doesn t always serve the nation (it should thou).
@@grzegorzbrzeszcz6698 you're very right. In essence, patriotism is about living your country and being proud of it while nationalism is about believing your country to be better and more important than others.
I was born in Poland and after 40 years of living in the US I moved to Poland permanently a year ago. I hear about Poland being safe and I'm sure it's true but my gut feeling of personal safety is no different now from what it was living in there. I felt safe there and feel safe here, Obviously the risk of an altercation escalating to deadly violence is much higher there just by the fact of proliferation of firearms but the risk of anything happening felt just as low there as it does here. The stories of how dangerous US is are greatly exaggerated. I lived in a large metropolitan area, on the outskirts of it so it's not that I lived out in the boonies. One of many positive differences that I noticed during the past year is that men in Poland don't overtly stare at women which happens quite a bit in the US. Women I know there feel threatened by that sort of attention. Unwanted conversation attempts, comments about appearance, and unsolicited propositions of dates are also common there from what women tell me. Also, comparing to where I lived police presence in Poland is extremely low. Even driving long distances there were days between seeing a police on the road. Another positive impression is driving habits here. Roads feel safe and drivers seem to drive responsibly. Let's not forget about that because we are much more likely to be hurt on the road than anywhere else. Finally, if you don't like smiling, positive, and courteous strangers or people working in the service sector you are safe in Poland as well. The chances of anything of that sort happening to you are very low.
@@britinpoland2392 Z urzędasami to jest problem ale się poprawia. Ja mam na nich sposób od razu się uśmiecham i głośno mówię dzień dobry i udaję nierozgarniętego mówiąc im, że bez nich nie poradziłbym sobie i, że są bardzo uprzejmi i wspaniali i gadam im komplementy. Zawsze działa i na końcu pękają i się uśmiechają i naprawdę zaczynają pomagać. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
it depends what city, what neighborhood, and what gender. for me in the chicagoland area, i never had such a feeling of safety wherever i go, whether north or south. too many stories and real life situations
Poland & Poles are just fantastic, I've had the privilege of having Polish friends all my life & next week I'm off to see my dear friend in Grodzisk Mazowiecki & I'm really looking forward to it. The kindness generosity & welcome I've received in Poland is just wonderful. Just wish I could speak the language!
Back in 90s there were kids gangs like from bloody clockwork orange, agression was coming mostly from frustration and boredom. There was a cult of violence when i was a kid but now it went away as kids has so much to do and they are busy with social media, youth people don’t drunk that much like it was back in a days and the smoke more weed that ease their aggression.
As a polish person I would agree like with 99,999% of what you have said. Also thank you for outside opinion, very interesting to hear what non polish people think about my country.
@@thetrick9 glad to hear it 😊 I try to be as accurate as I can with what I say, though I also know it’s impossible to speak for a whole country with wide differences of opinion 😅
12:00 back in the 90's and mid 2000's there were these gangs of bald young men just sitting around and harassing people, they were bored, poor and had no perspectives in life so they just spent all their time on the streets. Then we joined the EU and a lot of them left Poland for UK, Germany, The Netherlands etc. our economic situation became more stable and these gangs simply disappeared. Back then it was common to have a negative interaction with such people, nowadays it's very, very rare to get mugged or beaten up by a stranger.
I am so sorry to hear what’s happening in UK. I visited England almost 20 years ago and I remember walking late at night on the London’s streets. I felt quite safe as I was used to Polish standards of that time. Now, I am receiving very gloomy stories from my friends living in England. I hope you will be able to manage and solve your problems. I am sure British ppl are able to do that. You managed to create an Empire, so there is this specific spirit in your nation. I keep my fingers crossed for you. The world needs strong Britain and Poland needs you as an ally.
@@britinpoland2392 I think the main question is whether or not you have any option to vote differently. I can see it looks exactly the same in UK and in Poland. On the surface, political parties represent various orientations. Unfortunately, when they come to power, they seem to follow the same agenda their predecessors did. I’m starting to question democracy or maybe not the democracy itself, but the way it is played in European countries. Possibly also USA. Winter is coming. Brace yourselves.
@@jerzykiler4386 there is one party I would say is worth a try in Reform UK, they are a bit more conservatively aligned…and gaining some momentum, but most voters just stick to the same parties they always follow 🤦🏻♂️
@@britinpoland2392 I can only wish you that Reform UK won’t change its mind about reformation as soon as they put their hands on your country. If that’s even possible. From Polish perspective each and every anti-system political parties was anti-system until they were able to make real changes. Then various connections came into play and masks fell off.
@@jerzykiler4386 same thing happened when the Liberal Democrat’s came into power a few years ago…so anything is possible, though this party’s goals are quite specific…so I would have some hope for them
@@britinpoland2392 me too. In place where 30 years ago i saw young deliquents now i see mothers with their babies, people on benches enjoying the sun. Even the gardens are kept better. Truely a miracle
@@matbarnett2664 that’s sad to hear, so far they have just asked me for money or a cigarette and I haven’t personally been threatened by them, though for sure in the U.K. you wouldn’t just have issues from homeless people 😅
Great vid and good thing you've added your personal experience. I would also add road safety to your "not so safe" list. They drive like demons over there and sadly there's a lot of fatalities on the road.
Actually road safety statistics are one of the ones that have improved a lot in the last 20 years or so, I think mainly from improvements to the quality of roads in the country…but agreed, some of my first rides in Taxi’s in Warsaw were a little scary 😅
Simple answer: economic equality. We dont hace very poor and very rich people classes in Poland. Every one is on the similar level. And by similar I mean in one order of magnitude of income.
It’s a good insight, in the U.K. it feels more like two classes now, the middle class is being destroyed to help the working class and to line the pockets of the rich…
That's a pretty accurate take on things going on in Poland. Having worked in England for many years I was toying with the idea of fleeing my home country. Didn't make this decision though and never regretred my choice. Greetings from Poland ✌️😎🏖️
Nie ma nielegalnych imigrantów to nie ma problemu i jest bezpiecznie. Niestety się to zmienia. Jak byłem w Seulu to też było bardzo bezpiecznie. Dlaczego? Przez tydzień widziałem z 4 hindusów, może kilku białych i to wszystko!
Illegal immigration and mass immigration I can say are the two biggest issues contributing to lack of social cohesion in the U.K. now, I know a lot of people from all over the world here who have integrated well into Poland. I believe as long as people follow the values of the country they go to then they can integrate and be a part of it, those that have totally different values make life difficult for all concerned
Już sprowadzają ich siłą z Niemiec. Na granicy niemieckiej stoją kontrole tylko w kierunku Niemiec nie wpuszczając ciemnokarnacyjnych których wcześniej tu przywożą. To jakieś szaleństwo.
How do you feel about medical/hospital services in Poland. I'm curious about your perspective since you have this ability too look at many aspects from different perspectives. Cheers
@@bartoszjankowiak3157 well I’m lucky that I have medicover, I’ve found doctors I’ve seen to be more thorough than ones I’ve had in the U.K. and been able to get tests fairly easily, though haven’t used their services much in truth
@@britinpoland2392 I live outside Poland for almost 20 years (in 3 different countries) but I visit very regularly because of the family. While I also think it's quite ok, at the same time it's getting worse, especially at the hospital and emergency services. Not because there are no good specialists but because there are too few of them. With the rising quality of life in Poland, everyone expects the same from medical services. Private services are actually very good, but if you are an average person and simply must use public ones, especially hospitals, then you can see there clearly a lot to be done. My main concern is the approach doctors have to patients (I've been together with some of my elderly family members on such visits at GP and hospital). In some countries they already treat you like a client, and not just like a patient, and therefore they really make sure that you are happy with the service. In Poland it is still often like: "hello, what's the problem? Ok. Bye. Next". Like a production tape. I really don't think they don't care, it's just they are fed up and tired and simply trying to survive. Another thing at hospitals is: in some other countries they really care about the patient's wellbeing and they even "spoil" them a bit, because they understand that a happy and positive person simply gets in their feet faster. This is not the case in Poland, sadly. Again, I don't want to complain too much as it's not bad, but as a Polish person I simply want Poland to use the best practices in every part of life 😉
@@bartoszjankowiak3157 I only really have the U.K. public services to compare it to and I can say the NHS struggles a lot, ageing demographic combined with intense immigration…as well as rising obesity as well as other factors mean the service is very stretched and it can be difficult enough getting an appointment as my elderly parents face now. I would prefer a friendlier service for sure, what I do find here is professional and detailed though, I recently had a chest xray for a cough which was a surprise to me, I think I would not have been offered that so easily back home 😊
When it comes to safety I can fairly say that it is our ppl that make it safe because police has problems with a paper work so they r not very efficient. We have been tought that poland is vinkleried of the nations means we will always step in to safe others like defending other countries as well as our own ppl. Typical polish man would never allow to see some bad things happening. We kind of have a hero vibes that if we have opportunities than we will deffence others coz that's our history and culture. You can see the recent flood how many ppl are helping the one affected by it. Few weeks ago we had some fire in the building and some random guy went into the fire to safe some kids (not his own) with no hesitation. It's just in our blood and in our brains that we r just chill but if the shieet hits the fan we r changing into the hussars haha.
Completely agreed! Maybe we could bring back Hussars to the streets instead of the Police? Maybe that would be more effective 😁 I’m proud to see people take care of their country so well, more power to Poland and its people 💪 Thank you also for sharing those examples, it’s always good to know more cases of bravery here!
I would go back to my roots born there but we left during the 50s ended up in the USA where I have my immediate family I loved Poland when I visited it they did a great job since 1990
If you respect Polish people, in particular women and children, if you don't attack churches, then no fear. Otherwise feel warned. Poles are very friendly and calm, but by no means are weak or feared.
Pole here. I enjoyed listening to what you have to say. I gotta be honest, the questionable safety of some European countries is the reason why I'm reluctant to travel. After all, Stockholm was the most perilous city I've been to so far. I want to visit the UK someday, but something tells me to steer off most of the metropolitan cities. Would you consider Cumbria as a generally safe travel destination?
@@Fuchsstrot I’d say somewhere like Cumbria would be a lovely place to visit with the Lake District nearby, one of the more beautiful places to explore 😊 Definitely a safer area, as you say the issues are more in the major cities and some of the southern coastal towns in the East of the country
I can’t speak to the nationalities involved in Uber incidents, I don’t have the statistics to make a fair comment there… All I can say is the Ukrainians I personally know are wonderful people and I feel deeply sorry for those that have been displaced because of Russia
Hahaha babcia's who watch from their windows :)). Very well said 😁. Good Point :))). Poland is so associated with Christianity my friend because it was founded by uniting all polish tribes and the acceptance of baptism. That's how Poland came to being. Baptism of Poland took place on Ostrów Tumski in Poznań. I don't think there's a proper word in a foreign language for "Naród". We do use the word "NACJA-NATION'' but it has rather bad connotation. For the most cases we use "Naród" which derives from "Ród" or "Rodzina-Family". That's why to my understanding Poles are being taken for nationalists when they speak about "Naród" or "Narodowy" because it's being straight translated to National or nationalistic.
Good to have that extra insight! I have been to Poznan twice and the museum of Polish history there is first class 👍 I’m gradually understanding more about Polish history, though it’s a very complicated tapestry to unravel 😅 Thank you for helping to educate me 😊
@@britinpoland2392 Oh don't mention it ;). For more insight I encourage you to type in the youtube search bar "Norman Davies on Polish history." His brief historical view on Polish Common wealth might be interesting to you. He's a well known British-Polish historian (He has both citizenships), professor of Oxford.
That's why Poles survived through partitions of 🇵🇱 (123 years). The identity, language, religion was valued and passed through generations; mostly it was done undercover due to repressions from the occupants. If you fight for something so hard and so long, as Poles for freedom and independence, you value it much more. The Western countries assume that it's all given and unchangeable, quite naive or even foolish.
@@JoannaPolka John Paul II once was asked that question: - Why on earth God put Poland between Germany and Russia?? - Because no other country could make it......but we will.
My husband lost once his wallet, and the other time left his new coat in the train. Both times people who found them, found us and returned it. Very heartwarming.
Yep, the "gentelmen's club" issue is indeed the case. There are beautiful girls walking around the city centers to find customers. They can easy sweet talk you to join them in the club. When you are asked to go there, DECLINE, this won't end happily. You will either be extorted to pay an absurd amount of money for the drinks you bought for yourself and the girls, or you will be drugged, and then extorted.
I really like your video, and as a Pole, I can largely agree with what you said. I lived in Germany for a long time, studied and worked there. I can see how Germany has changed, and even the Germans themselves are confused because their country is no longer as safe as it used to be. We Poles have indeed been through a lot, and many of us have a nationalist outlook. However, we are united by something: we feel that uncontrolled immigration, particularly from countries where Islam dominates, might pose a threat to us. We are afraid of these people, and that is why there is such resistance in this regard. Many Poles went to the UK to earn better and live more peacefully. Yet, more and more of them are returning. I’ve been to London and have an invitation from friends, but I must say I have concerns about safety. My wife hasn't been to the UK, but she saw with her own eyes the behaviour of young people from Britain in Malia, Greece, on the island of Crete. She wasn’t exactly impressed by their behaviour; we saw young, drunk Brits harassing tourists walking down the street. Of course, I don’t want to generalise, as it’s possible that a certain type of person goes to Malia-not necessarily the most educated or well-mannered. I’ve lived in Wrocław, Warsaw, and now I live in a small town where we genuinely feel safe because we know there aren’t gangs from Africa or the Middle East, though of course, we do have our own local criminals. However, many criminal groups have been dismantled. The fact is, in dangerous situations when someone attacks women, we react-I myself would react. Great video, and I’m glad there are people like you who appreciate our country, but also see its flaws and the need for change. Attacking people who speak a different language or have a different skin colour is unacceptable to me, and to many others as well, but unfortunately, certain political circles have incited hatred towards foreigners, and the less intelligent end up attacking innocent people. Thankfully, they are usually caught and punished.
@@DominatorPuls thank you for the well thought through comment 😊 I very much understand your concerns on uncontrolled immigration and the wrong type of people coming to Poland, I hope most of Europe understands that now! It’s interesting to get your perspective from living in Germany! And yes…there can be a type of Brit who frequents these hot countries and causes havoc, the same kind of Brit that goes to Krakow for cheap beer…we definitely have people that show no respect for the countries they visit and it’s always sad to see!
@@britinpoland2392 I lived in Germany, so I can assess it from my Polish perspective, while the Germans living there have theirs. I studied at TU Berlin and worked as a research associate at a university in eastern Germany, but even as a young man, I saw the divided East and West Berlin. Germans were-or perhaps I should now say "used to be"-well-disposed towards immigrants because they knew they were needed for the economy. Germans from the eastern states had, and still have, a different opinion. When I lived in Germany-this was 20 years ago, though I still visit frequently as it’s close to me-you didn’t see the kind of crime problems that exist today. Back then, I had no issues visiting the Neukölln and Kreuzberg districts in Berlin. I had friends there. The Germans would warn me to be cautious in the evening, but as a young man, I didn’t take it seriously. Nothing ever happened to me, even though I was in an area probably populated entirely by Turks. Practically all the shops were Turkish. However, nowadays, I would feel uneasy walking around there in the evening. Thre are now not only Turks but there are now many other nationalities from the Middle East and Africa. Germans are concerned as they see various events on TV and more frequent terrorist attacks. But again, I must say, we can’t generalise because Germans work with people from other countries and usually see that these “foreigners” work very well and don’t cause problems. They see the weakness of the state instead. Here’s a statistic: the Polish consul in Germany reported that in 2021, over 482,000 crimes were committed in the German capital. He added that, during the same period, 49,000 crimes were recorded in the Polish capital. I don’t know whether this is solely a problem related to immigrants or a broader issue with the country’s policies and the improper functioning of services like the police. Someone from Canada left a comment under your video saying that in Canada there is a constant flow of immigrants, yet it remains safe. This may be about the weakness of the state, which failed to react when it should have, ignoring the formation of criminal groups. It’s more of a political issue.
@@DominatorPuls thank you! It’s a really interesting perspective as my knowledge of Germany is quite limited compared to Poland! Good to know what is happening there and to get a feel of safety as well the current perceptions of the people there! Canada is an interesting one, again I’m not an expert, though I do get the impression a lot of people are not happy with Justin and his liberal policies, and many feel that crime is increasing…
@@britinpoland2392 I can say, like you, that I am centrist-sometimes I have slightly right-wing views, and sometimes left-wing. So, those with, for example, nationalist right-wing views won’t want to come to terms with me, as they’ll probably call me a "leftie." And those on the left will say I’m too right-wing. :-) My idea is that we need really good cooperation between society and the services, especially with the police, but a police force that isn’t a political tool. Otherwise, trust declines, and criminal groups thrive. As for the Germans, they still have a powerful economy and many global brands, but there’s a crisis there. Germany has somewhat become a "backward" country-seriously, over the last 20 years, even they say so. I recently read it in a German newspaper. The world has moved forward, but Germany has stood still. Historically, they looked down on Poland, referring to our economy disdainfully as "polnische wirtschaft," meaning “Polish economy” in a negative sense, associated with disorder, theft, and dirt. Now, however, they are surprised by our progress. For example, we had contactless payments and parcel lockers before they did, and our fast internet is faster. Ask someone in London what kind of internet connection they have; my friends in London have 80 Mbps and complain, whereas here 1 Gbps is becoming standard, even in small towns. The army and police in Germany have become weaker, and Germans themselves emphasise this. That’s one reason the crime rate has risen-Germany seems to have missed out on recent global changes, conflicts, and problems that have overwhelmed them. It’s as if they’ve stopped understanding the world. When we Poles warned them about Russia’s expansion and Putin’s potential war, they thought we were overreacting. But it’s all about the safety of us and our families, as we’ve experienced losing our independence. We Poles want peace. We are still temporarily poorer than other Western European countries, we don’t have major global brands, but we have the potential of young, new people. I recently learned that the artificial intelligence that’s becoming significant in today’s world-ChatGPT-was co-developed by a Pole at OpenAI. The IT sector in Poland is strong. That’s why we are catching up with Europe, and I hope we will overtake it, like South Korea did in Asia. This is particularly visible in new technologies, which give hope for modernising Poland. And with that, we should be better equipped to deal with threats, including crime. This should lead to more safety for us.
As a fellow Brit, here in Poland since 2013, I would echo 100% your sentiments about safety in Poland. Wherever I've travelled in this country, I have never felt threatened, nervous or intimidated while walking the streets, even at night.
The tragedy for me, is that it is no longer the case when I return to London to visit family and friends.
@@simpix7683 thank you for this comment 😊 good to know I’m not alone in my views and yes…both in Oxford and Cardiff I wasn’t fully safe in the U.K. London I can definitely imagine being unsafe, I hope your family and friends keep safe!
I'm sure that getting more immigrants from africa will have a positive impact on London safety.
@@britinpoland2392 I think clubbing in UK is more safty then Poland only. I have been in UK nearly 5 years and I think clubbing was nice there in this time. also if you want to go for football match I am not sure to be safe same like UK. but if you travelling by train, metro or going through the park is probably more safty then nowhere it is hard to explain but it kind of true can you feel it.
@@Morel5 it’s fair that some things will be safer in each country 😊
Going outside of people I think the U.K. also has stronger health and safety laws than in Poland (though sometimes they get silly)
I also think as Poland returns to her rightful place, if such a thing ever exists, in the international community and community of nations, Poland will also get more respect. British people are OK, but it also happens that sometimes we still face some disdain and disparaging comments from even highly educated Brits. A UN expert panel, highly published Oxford educated professor of mine asked me once, if my parents or grandparents had a potato field back in Poland. I really can't see an American academic ask something like that but Brits still have their hoity toity attitude at times towards us. Present company excluded. :)
A couple of days ago I had to visit my local city hall in southern Poland for some paperwork. They had a lost&found bilboard with a list of things people turned in as lost. A fair number of keyrings, but also:
"A wallet with content", several times.
"A certain amount of money"
"A banknote"
I mean, really? Someone found a banknote on a floor in a shopping mall and returned it to lost& found? This really boosted my faith in my fellow citizens.
It’s a beautiful example! Most people I know who have lost things have been able to get them back, I was aware of an incident of theft from our group once but we believe it was not Polish people responsible for that…
@@rrolf71
Your comment reminded me of my experience in the UK, I found a wallet someone had accidentally dropped on the street, I handed it into the police station, told to wait, was questioned how I came by it, wanted my address etc.
My point I think is obvious, but for those not sure, the UK has become fragmented and trust no longer exists.
Thank you for your video. Just a point about the transformation period Poland went through in the 90s. I'm a Polish person who's lived abroad in an English speaking country since 1983 but I have many relatives in Poland and still visit there. Anyhow, the only violence which befell my family in the post WW2 era was when my father was beaten up by ZOMO (ask your PL friends who these guys were, chances are some will say they were the good guys, these friends should be avoided), when he walked past a student protest in the late 70s and was mistaken for a protester. None of my relatives have ever experienced any violent crime in Poland in the 80s or 90s or 2000s. My late grandfather would complain about drug addicts outside his flat on the staircase and there were many con men and cases of large and small scale fraud, but there was relatively little violent crime. When it comes to the Polish mafia, you must surely know that the UK had similar gangs, heck there is Yakuza in Japan, one of the safest countries in the world, too. Those mafias were restricted to certain types of businesses and brothels and sold drugs or were connected to extortion but these things occurred on a very localised, small scale. Poland has always been relatively safe.
Dziś w nocy ze względów zdrowotnych nie mogłam zasnąć i włączyłam kanał neotelewizji (Tuska) ,chyba to był tvp dokument,w której był bardzo interesujący dokument o mafiach w Warszawie przed 2 wojną światową, głównie zajmującą się "handlem żywym towarem" ... i okazało się, że tym OKROPNYM procederem zajmował się Żyd o ksywie NAPOLEON, jego działalność była szeroka w Polsce i na świat, zawierał głównie tzw.rytualne śluby z młodymi kobietami ( wręcz dziewczynkami,nastolatkami) , którym mówił im i ich rodzinom, że jest bardzo bogaty,ma dom w USA i będzie im i ich bliskim dobrze się żyło, a młode biedne dziewczyny chętnie godziły się na ślub by poprawić sobie i swoim bliskim życie,z nędzy do bogactwa..
Po ślubie ten "Napoleon" wywoził nieświadomą młodziutką "małżonkę" do pośrednika handlu żywym towarem na statek,a tam już maski opadły i po dobrej woli lub z przymusu wywieziona została do Argentyny lub innego kraju w pobliżu. Ale! Jako, że obywatelstwo -czy też zamieszkanie mieli w Polsce - z stąd w prasie Argentyńskiej czy innych krajów do których zostały wywiezione i ten proceder HANDLU ŻYWYM TOWAREM została oskarżana Polska i Polacy, a tak naprawdę to ŻYDZI zajmowali się tym bestialstwem, i głównie Żydówki były ich ofiarami ze względu na to, że one tylko godziły się na ślub rytualny, który nie wymagał wpisów w dokumentach szczegółowych informacji o kobiecie (jej krewnych,bliskich itp.) zwłaszcza gdy chodziło o podróż zagraniczną,tak daleką jak do Argentyny. No i niestety w świat poszło, że to POLACY zajmowali się tym "handlem żywym towarem" . Nie rozumiem dlaczego takie informacje o tym żydowskim procederze handlem żywym towarem ukazują się w późnych godzinach nocnych?! Przecież o Żydach NIE WOLNO MÓWIĆ ŹLE 😎
As a Pole, I lived in Copenhagen for a couple of years. One day I found 500 kroner lying on the floor in the checkout queue at the supermarket. I asked the people around me who had lost the money. Nobody had. No one wanted to take the money either, neither the cashier nor
the staff, so ....
Poland actually took hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of immigrants from Belarus, Ukraine and even Russia, who were in desperate situation when the war started, and after the so called presidential election in Belarus in 2020. Whoever is saying that Poland is racist must look in the mirror first. Eternal gratitude to Polish people!
@@donald_trummp indeed, I know a lot of people from these nations living here in Warsaw!
"how can the white country be racist? they let some white people in!"
To prawda pozdrowienia
You are welcome
Ja sie nauczylam rasizmu zyjac w angli, juz po 5 ciu latach zycia tutaj, to wy nauczyliscie mnie widziec co czarne a biale, w polsce widzielismy ale i tez akceptowalismy
I am a 69 year old American. I spent 50 days traveling in Poland this summer without any concerns for my personal safety whatsoever. I was in a provincial town called Gizycko and I was amazed that pedestrians would not cross against the light on a Sunday morning with nary a car in sight. Poland is a great place to visit, especially lesser known provincial towns. I did not visit any gentlemen’s clubs.
I was also surprised about the crossings when I first got here, I didn’t know about the law until friends told me after I asked them about it 😅
As a Polish citizen I can confirm that pedestrians have a priority when noticed along a road. It's not normalized by law (according to law in some cases obviously can not enter the road) but it's common sense. Totaly opposite to Russia for example where pedestrians pray for their lives as they cross a street. It's a Wild Wild East as we call it here.
@@britinpoland2392 I'm Polish and I remember my shock when I experienced the opposite on my first visit to the UK, when I was waiting for a green light at a pedestrian crossing and two police officers stepped onto the zebra at a red light! 😅
@@krzysztofgrabiec4482 i bet that was a culture shock indeed 😅
People in Britain wouldnt react to acts of violence from foreigners because they have been bludgeoned to believe that any act or criticism or resistance equals racism. I am Polish living in Germany and I see just the same here, Germans are too terrified to react. Poles havent been conditioned like this so we do react.
You even see it in the Police forces in the U.K. I’ve watched many videos about the ‘two-tiered’ policing going on, I was horrified about the rape/grooming gangs that got away with so much pure evil…even as it turned out in my own home town…it truly makes me sad to see what is happening 😢
I agree I live in London and the youth will mess around with everyone until they gone hear that you're Polish, as they know we don't mess around which stupidity and we are not conditioned to be scared of stupid youth
@@bobbobek2098 that’s interesting that the youths have learned not to mess with the Polish there, says a lot!
It's very sad what you wrote, because it means that you are an intruder in your own home. I'm so sorry. In Poland, such police action is unlikely. Mainly because people will find the rapist themselves and treat him properly. The police prefer not to allow such situations to occur. Once upon a time, in a certain village, there was a bandit who thought he could terrorize everyone. The police did not react. Finally, he raped a young girl - what was left of him was hung on a tree. There was a terrible scandal, resignations, accusations, and it was enough to remember what Polish blood was like.@@britinpoland2392
That's certainly a huge factor but the more diverse a society is the less social cohesion there is. With social cohesion decreasing it's inevitable for people to react less and less to the misbehaviour of others as the "it's not my business" stance prevails.
I'm glad you mentioned immigration because look at Sweden. Sweden was once a very safe country but since they had an open door policy like UK, their crime has soared and consequently Sweden is now one of the most dangerous countries!
Well done Poland for being strict on immigration. If you look at the homogeneous countries such as Japan etc, they seem to be the safest.
It's not racist. It's being sensible. I just wish the UK was like that.
@@davidyoung9561 and look at Germany, Denmark, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands…it’s hard not to see the impact on Europe 🙁
Yes, my son lived in Sweden for three years up until the Plandemic.
As a typically carefree Scot, he ended up partying in the Somali community and had an adventurous time.
However, Sweden allowed 312 Palestinians in a few years before, and they were making and exploding bombs when he was there (But typically, their Arabic names were never mentioned, in accordance with anti-racist ideology)…..and they went on to capture the excellent Swedish culture, by sheer terror.
To be fair David, the Swedes have thuggery in their tradition. Sweden is a country of Vikings. Who were those people? They were raepists, pillagers, murderers. They stole and took from more peaceful people. Poland had to deal with Swedes before. You may think that WW2 cost Poland dearly, we lost 20% of our population in WW2. Well in the Swedish Deluge we lost 1/3 of our population due to Swedish pillaging and invasion. We finally beat them back and signed a peace treaty and Sweden promised to return looted works of art and treasure, which the modern Swedish government to this day still hasn't done despite calls to do so. They also kept one of the biggest communist criminals and gave him shelter, a soviet era judge called Michnik, a brother of the editor of Gazeta Wyborcza, who is a wanted criminal in Poland and Sweden turned down an international arrest warrant and refused to hand him over for prosecution. I therefore have little empathy for Sweden.
@KID734 Sweden is another country which is finished.
@@davidyoung9561exactly 😢have a good day mate 😊
One of the things western Europe somehow doesn't get about Poland - we are one of the countries that didn't opress others. We had no colonies, we weren't warmongers. We simply don't owe the world anything, especially to immigrants. I welcome everybody to our country, but they have to play by our rules.
A country always works best when people work together and not against each other, people who come here and don’t play by the rules should not stay!
It is not entirely true. During Poland-Lithuania Union, Poles oppressed Lithuanians by treating them as second category citizens, blocking their access to higher positions etc. We used Cossacks, promising them miracles whenever we needed them to fight in our wars, then never fulfilling our promises. There were countless slaughters of Jews throughout history and so on...The only reason we did not invade/colonise other countries (read about the plans of colonising Madagaskar by Poland for instance) is because WE WERE ALWAYS TO BUSY FIGHTING EACH OTHER, which led to weakening the country to the point of wiping out Poland from the map. Throughout the majority of our history we were just too weak to invade.
@@xxxxxx-hx3vp thank you for raising this point of history 😊
@@xxxxxx-hx3vp "Niezliczone rzezie Żydów". Chętnie poznam tę historię. Kiedy, gdzie itd. A przy okazji, słyszałeś np. o Statutach Kaliskich? O resztę twojej wizji historii nie będę pytał, bo chyba miałeś wiele nieobecności na lekcjach historii. Co nie oznacza, że @TheDovahkinia ma rację, bo pierwszym z brzegu przykładem jest traktowanie Kozaków z Rejestrami Kozackimi na czele.
@@britinpoland2392 Poruszenie własnych fantasmagorii i ignorancji, a nie historii.
I just moved back to Poland after 20 years abroad, and I’m honestly blown away by how safe it feels now compared to when I left 😳
@@Elmo-uu3cb I’m glad you’ve had a happy reunion with your country 😊
@@britinpoland2392 Absolutely! 😉 It's been quite a remarkable change compared to the time I spent living here as a child, up until I left the country at 15. Since then, I lived in Greece for 4 years, 14 years in the UK (my second nationality), and 2 years in South Korea. Out of all the places I've experienced, Poland comes closest to South Korea, not only in terms of safety standards but also in their shared history of oppression. Because of these similarities, I believe Poland could benefit from adopting South Korea’s approach to military strategy and overall safety.
@@Elmo-uu3cb interesting! I’ve not been to South Korea, cool to know of such a comparative history 😊
@@Elmo-uu3cb South Korea still has got mandatory conscription. I doubt many Polish men miss those times.
@@sylwiatime Yes thats true but this may change for Poland at some point in the future if the number of people joining the military wont meet its target by 2035. We never know how NATO's future will look if US decides to leave the organisation 😄. Regardless to current situation, the debate is still open
Lived in Poland almost 19 years. Left Sweden in 2005 and will never move back. Sweden has been destroyed by illegal immigration and is definitely not safe anymore. Poland is the place to be.
@@hakangotherstrom4545 very sad to see what is happening with Sweden 😢
Give me back my lions ! 😂😂
You really think Sweden and other countries in Europe have problems because of illegal migration but not migration per se?
Dear Swede, please don't do what you did in the 1660's 😜
@@LMB222 God I hope we don’t see that again 😳
Hi l have lived in Poland for 15 years and l am very happy
Where did You came from?
@czciboridobromila5555 hi it's come from,
Healthy nationalism - loving and be proud of your nation without puting down other nations.
There's no such thing as healthy nationalism. You're confusing nationalism with patriotism.
That’s patriotism
@@pistoletprezesa6835 Narod i panstwo to dwie rozne rzeczy.Mozesz kochac Polske ale nie przepadac za jej mieszkancami. To wlasciwie taki rasistowki patriotyzm.
@pistoletprezesa6835
Nationalism won with nazists and communists. You dont understand basic difference between this and chauvinism
@messmeg7582
In this case all of the nations in the world are "nationalists"
You don't get basic mwanings of the words you use.
Just bought a nice piece of land in Poland to build a house. My wife is Polish and we are ready to leave the UK. Honestly sick of this country.
Just don't bring muslim friends please. :)
Good luck with your house building! I dream of being able to do the same one day 😅
@@prefadom no way; ex British Army
@@britinpoland2392 we have a plot in Otomin; very close to Gdansk.
@@prefadom so are you Polish?
Bardzo ciekawy, przemyślany film. Bardzo wyważone podejście. Miło cię widzieć i słyszeć
@@ViCouz Ważne było dla mnie, aby zachować równowagę, nie znoszę jednostronnego Dogmy, cieszę się, że Ci się spodobało!
I would like to add that Polish people do not follow the new trend to be " politically cortect". We do not fear to tell the truth straight to someones face. Do not fear step in to protect / rescue somone. Children are raised to know right from wrong and paying consequences of wrong doing.
@@andrewjaniec5599 many of the reasons I love it here, I always know where I stand 😊
We don't smile falsely - we are accused that we are unhappy, but we are just honest.
@@agabasia5204 most of them are rude especially those who work in selling sector as shops malls etc
@@S-Theo Would you be happy dealing with customers for a low pay all day? :D I recommend to watch the IKEA man - says everything what people think in this industry.
I'm waiting to find a job and finally move (with my Polish husband and my daughter) to Poland.
I grew-up in France and I have experienced horrible things coming from people practicing the cult of "Peace", I cannot let my daughter live through the same thing I did. I don't even care about the salary we'll have, I just need to get out of here, that's how desperate the future is in France.
I know that things are changing in Poland and you have more of those cultists there, but nothing is desperate. I have deep believe that Poles will do something about it. In Japan they forbade the cultists to own houses, in Slovakia they want to ban the cult from being considered as a religion. I really hope that my daughter will have a better childhood in Poland. Even small mount of the cultists destroy countries, look at Serbia, only 5% cultists yet they do terror attacks and harass the non-cultists.
I’m sorry to hear about your situation in France! Indeed it is safer here, many Polish people returned here so they could raise a family in peace and safety!
I'm sorry to hear that. Honestly my heart bleeds about what is happening to Europe, but it motivates me even more to protect my country from illegal immigration. Every European who shares our values is welcomed here. Hope you're gonna find your job asap!
Good luck in Poland, my home.
I wish you a lot of happiness in your life in Poland. I hope that Poland will resist the changes that have taken place in Western Europe and that our children and grandchildren will still be able to live in a safe place.
As a Polish person who lives here their whole life I am glad you find my country welcoming.
What you say about Polish people intervening when someone is disturbing peace - it is mostly true. We are very keen on the sense of brotherhood. And we are proud of our Slavic ancestry. We stick together with people we consider our kin.
As for the gentleman clubs - it is very common to make visitors drunk beyond all comprehension. Drunk customers spend more money. But being this drunk can make you sick for days, especially if you are not used to this much alcohol, and also mixing alcohols.
Good points, clear thoughts, and the proper British structure of your speech, showing diverse aspects of the subject. Everything is well-documented or based on your personal experience, which you have critically evaluated. Above all, you clearly enjoy the place you live. I’m happy to have you there in my country of origin. Greetings from a British Pole!
On a topic as serious like this I wanted to be thorough, when I saw the video was 27 minutes once complete I was worried people wouldn’t want to sit through it 😅 but now I am glad I didn’t cut any content, it’s such a complicated topic I really wanted to do it justice!
Thank you for your positive comment and greetings from a Polish Brit 😁
@@britinpoland2392 It seems that perfect is not always the enemy of good. :)
What? He gave a basic presentation. Nothing British about it. Come on.
@@peterc4082 Probably there will be nothing British in it for The Sun readers. :))
I am a Pole and have lived in Poland all my life. I think that in Poland it is just such a period that it is safe. People are getting richer and richer and are trying to enjoy what they have, their cars, lawns or small pleasures. Poles have begun to think of Poland as a decent country and of themselves as decent people. And decent people don't steal. And they try to live decently. Image is important. I'm not going to destroy my image for some money I can make after all. That's why you can leave a wallet with money in a cafe, and as long as there's a business card there, most likely someone will call to return that wallet. But with the influx of people from other parts of the world, this may change. Someone who doesn't have his own house, lawn, children in school and is not connected to the country doesn't have such moral resistance. He doesn't have to behave accordingly. He's in a foreign country, just for a little while, passing through and someone else's thing is tempting.
Poland was always relatively safe. I live abroad but I have tons of family in Poland and lived in Poland till 1983. Political repressions were an issue in Poland but after that I don't know of anyone in my extended family who ever experienced significant harm in the 90s or 2000s. My great parents for example who married just after the end of WW2 never had problems. They were old by the time the 1990s came and they had no issues. There were drug addicts everywhere but no violence ever met them or anyone else. Only violence we faced was the death of my one great grandfather in a German prison in 1942, death of my POW grandfather in 1944 and the death of a distant cousin at Westerplatte on the first day of WW2. My father almost had his jaw broken by ZOMO in the late 70s after walking past a student protest but that was it.Violent crime was rare in Poland, even during the transformation. Poland has a bad rep but it was not as bad as it sounds.
@@peterc4082 that's very surprising. I lived in Poland most of my life and the 1990s were very dangerous in my opinion. Not for old people, I suppose, but if you were a teenager, very much so. You had to know your way around the city, you had to know which neighbourhood supported which football team because hooliganism was big and dangerous (many well-known cases of Cracovia football fans attacking Wisła fans with machetes, and vice-versa). If you had long hair, like I did, you would have to avoid skinheads, or you'd get beaten up. And I'm not even talking about the real mafia, the shootouts with the Police, the famous siege in Magdalenka where a few mafia gunmen wounded/killed a number of police... the list goes on.
@@johnnyenglish583 That's very strange because while I left Poland in 1983, I have tons of family in Poland who lived through communism, the transformation, all the different money re-valuations and so on on.
None of my extended family were beaten up. It never happened. Old people were vulnerable. As said there were scammers, cars and even tires or batteries could be stolen, so you had to have some street smarts but overall Poland was not dangerous. Yes if you went to rough neighbourhoods you'd end up in trouble but there are rough neighbourhoods all over Europe, US, etc. Heck there are dangerous neighbourhoods in Japan itself where Yakuza can get you or other thugs can sort you out, and that's like NOW, dude in 2024. No, what you describe is nothing. Gang shootings and violence have occurred and occur all over Europe and the word. I'm sorry. By the way I currently reside in Cape Town, South Africa so you can imagine that for me, Polish crime was a joke. But even here, I've never experienced violent crime directly. So I disagree with you completely. I know my relatives and they are scared of everything and they had no issues in the 90s and 2000s. I was in Poland in 2001 and it was a relatively safe country then already except for the rude shop keepers. Dude, there are parts of Paris and London where I who lives in Cape Town would be weary to walk around in. Have a good day.
@@peterc4082 I know there are places in the world that are more dangerous, but that's not what we're talking about :) We're comparing Poland in the 1990s and today. I'm just saying that compared to today, Poland was pretty dangerous back then.
The fact that your family didn't have these experiences is probably due to the fact that, as you said, they were elderly people and as such weren't a target for the youth subcultures.
The punks, skinheads, rockers etc. fought each other, not the grannies. I myself had a razor put to my throat when a bunch of skinheads decided they didn't like my long hair. I wasn't hurt in the end, but I considered that very lucky.
Living in Krakow, there were parts of the city where you did. not. go. fullstop. And the same was true in other cities (ask anybody who was around in 1990s about the Praga district in Warsaw).
Kazimierz, which today is one of the most touristy (and safe) districts, was a good example. My high school was on the edge of Kazimierz and we all knew you do NOT go deeper into the neighbourhood, especially not after dark, unless you wanted to get shivved.
Where I lived, you had to know which neighbourhood supported which football team (Kraków has two major teams) because you could very easily lose your teeth if you gave the wrong answer in the wrong place.
Cases of football hooligans knifing or indeed macheting people that supported the other team were not an everyday occurence, but they happened often enough to no longer raise an eyebrow.
But I do admit a lot of that violence was mostly between younger people and older people were, by and large, left at peace.
Things got much better in the late 90s/early 00s. As corruption was quickly eradicated, the police clamped down on the gangs, the mafias etc.
Your comment provoked a very interesting discussion 😊
I agree general improvement in quality of living is a very big factor here!
I live in the UK and feel as if I am always on edge. The UK has had it. I can see with all the decent people are leaving the UK. I'd leave tomorrow if I could.
Someone I knew went to Poland a while back and he said the Polish are fantastic people.
I'd love to visit Poland soon. I love history.
@@davidyoung9561 there is plenty of history here (though not all for the faint of heart!) you definitely should visit and see it for yourself 😊
In Scotland we have a Polish Community dating back to the Second World War.
I schooled with Polish second generation children, and worked with them in the Emergency Services.
Since I was born in the 50s I knew very well of how the Polish had come across to fight as Spitfire Pilots, And Special Service, because it was our Glens and Lochs, they were trained in.
A friend in Wroclaw told me about his father being Special Services. and this Unit, was created by Lovatt, who hailed from the Ardnamurchan Penninsula, my favourite haunt, in order to defeat Rommel in North Africa.
They don’t breed them like them, nowadays.
A lot of Brits don't see that In Poles when they live in UK.
@@albertwolanski7688
I think I must risk being accused of petty, but well informed racism, not based on my opinion, but on the opinion of lot's of English, who come to Scotland for a better life.
Let's leave aside the well cocumented history of the Anglo Saxons, not only continually warring against our three Celt Nations, but comitting repeated ethnic cleansing and perhaps, indirect, genocide, as in the Irish Potato Famines. In Ireland.
The resultant exodus now contributes to a global diaspora of Irish descendants, numbering thirty three million souls.
In Scotland, our peoples were repeatedly forced off our lands, such as in The Highland Clearances, to make way for sheep, whose wool was worth more than gold.
There is no fruitfull discussion to be had on excusing these stark facts, even though the A-Saxons have traditionally discouraged honest debate, whilst air-brushing over these glaring chasms in our Celtic canvas of history.
In Ayrshire, Scotland, my home, we were the ancestors of the Gaels who took over south west Scotland, and moved into what is now Ulster.
All this happened, two millenia ago, when the Romans enacted genocide on the French Gauls, by killing two million, out of three million.
The remainder came to the Sussex area of England, as the Belgae tribes.
However when the Roman genocidists invaded Britain, the Belgae, deserted their forts, such as in Danebury Hill, and fled to Ayrshire, Scotland, where they inter-martried with locals and even some Romans.
So, a couple of months ago, I was discussing with an Englishman, as to why he had come north, and surprisingly he was a descendant of the Belgae, in Sussex.
He said, "You know....England and Scotland are completely different cultures, and that is why we left. We were pretty fed up with the smugness and bickering nature of some of us English"
So, yes, I have no doubt that although us Scots welcome the Polish, the English evidently, have a more xenophibic culture.
Poland is safe because it had to fight hard for freedom for decades, even centuries, and today we do not want to lose what many of my compatriots gave their lives for.
Completely agree! This is a big part of the drive that people had, a country that doesn’t forget its history is a stronger country 💪
Thank you for that nuanced description of the subject. Just to sum up your conclusion: you can expect to be safe in Poland, but not to be careless.
That’s pretty much the conclusion 😅
But with any good story it’s always better to give the context to help outsiders from Poland to understand things better here 😊
Well stated
Mamy niejakiego Tuska który chce nam sprowadzić imigrantów?.
This video is sssso on point! Super respectful guy, but yet very objective. I believed in Poland for 20 years now, and he simply put my words in this video!!! Excellent
Thank you 😁 really appreciate this comment, even though I’ll never please 100% of people I’m glad when people do appreciate what I’m saying 😊 though certainly from the comments, I do have a bit more to learn here, but that’s part of the journey I’m on, understanding Poland as best as I can!
The gangs of teenagers hanging around on street corners and in parks, that's what we had in the 90s. I remember it very well, our 90s were kind of like your 80s I suppose, with extremely high unemployment, general feeling of helplessness in the face of the tectonic shift that the change of the political and economic system entailed. There were metalheads, skinheads, rockers, punk rockers, football hooligans, you name it. It was really dangerous. Your video has made me realise how much we've changed. I remember going to the UK for the first time, it must have been 1996 or thereabouts. It was like a dream come true, like wonderland compared to the grey, drab, uncertain Poland. These days, there isn't much difference, although I still believe Britain has loads of fantastic things we don't have here in Poland, that many British people take for granted or don't appreciate.
I grew up in the 80’s so it’s hard to say how safe it was, I know we had more car break-ins back then, but at the same time it felt safer to go outside and play football with friends, I’d say the U.K. is going in reverse and getting less safe, and I mean from the British people as well here…
The comments here on this video have helped me to understand a bit more of what Poland was like before I moved here and it makes me happy to see the direction it has taken and I feel I came at a perfect time 😊
I also see how colourful Poland is becoming, I love seeing the beautiful cities and villages here ❤️
@@britinpoland2392 The reason youth behave better in Poland is the one you mentioned earlier - if they won't learn respect at home than there will usually be someone who will teach them respect on the street.
It's different to UK where they feel untouchable as you end up in jail if you give them a "correcting smack".
A very invaluable, considered and informed presentation and I thank you so much.
I have lived most of my life in a Scottish town, so famed for it's crime and drug culture that they made a Channel 4 film called , "The Scheme".
I can tell you, that that video was kind to us! Since I worked in many different roles in my town, as a in the Police Force, 'First Responder', a Social Worker, a Samaritan Counsellor', a Community IT Officer, a Lecturer etc, and now a Counselling Psychologist.
And wherever I travel, I always view people within the context of their 'Great Tradition', and 'Little Tradition', ie National and Local, but I focus, always, on the family unit, since the culture of the family, almost always creates your local identity.
Having said that as a contextual framework, I felt so safe and welcome in Poland, as soon as I stepped out of my car!
I could feel my tension flow out of me, because I noticed children walking with their grandparents, people being obviously proud of their culture and hard won identity, and mostly, people being compassionate, though perhaps worryingly, I detect some negative vibes from the young generation who perhaps have their eyes set, on competing in, and naturally conquering, EU 'Market-Fever', and of course, necessarilliy compromising your own treasured moral code, for a soulless 'corporate', ethos.
But, since I have no intention of ever leaving Poland, I can honestly say, that I have never felt more at ease, in any global culture, with the additional bonus of the best cuisine in Europe, (Maybe Portugese char-grilled fish, is a 'hankering', I have though)......the most atmospheric old towns and architecture, and a population who need to treasure what their precious culture, has accumulated over millenia, and keep those metaphorical borders, well fortified.🥺
I love you all!
What a wonderful comment!
I felt very welcomed when I first got off the plane here thanks to thoughtful work colleagues who got me settled and when I started to explore on my own I soon felt the safety vibes flow through 😊
I think a lot of the more ambitious people tend to leave Poland to earn more money in places like Germany and the U.K. one thing Poland hasn’t quite caught up with is the higher wages in those countries, though luckily the cost of living helps to balance things out for residents!
Very happy that you love living here as I do! I’ve never really questioned my move to Poland and each year here feels like a gift with all the amazing things to discover in this country ❤️
@@britinpoland2392 No to ja ci napiszę, że boję się tego kiedy nasze płace będą takie same jak na zachodzie bo wtedy możemy się już nie obronić. Dopóki Polska jest postrzegana jako biedny kraj to jest dobrze, gorzej jak zaczną nas postrzegać jako bogaty kraj. Nie wiem czy mnie dobrze zrozumiałeś? 😊😊
@@matrixmannn Rozumiem!
Then there will be more pressure of people who want to live here, fewer benefits from the EU and then life becomes harder!
@@britinpoland2392 Dokładnie tak, dlatego ten rozgłos, który ostatnio Polska przeżywa nie jest jej do niczego potrzebny i nawet nie chodzi o kasę z Unii bo Polska jest już płatnikiem netto do kasy Unii bo bez kasy to sobie Polacy zawsze radzili i to nas nie martwi ale chodzi o zagrożenie zewnętrzne czyli migrantów wszelkiej maści i zagrożenie militarne. Niemcy znowu stają się niebezpieczne bo tam gospodarka mocno siada i znowu kombinują z ruskimi, a Polska jak zwykle jest w środku bo przecież nie weźmiemy jej na plecy i nie przeniesiemy jej np. do Hiszpani. Pozdrawiam
@@matrixmannn I sincerely hope not to see a repeat of history here…though I do not see Germany fighting any time soon, however the new war is economics and the movement of people it’s true…
I think there are no teenage gangs because of how children are taught by their parents. As an example: I'm friends with a couple that I've known since the primary school. The husband used to tease me a lot and still does sometimes which we've always seen as an ongoing joke. Until one day his 4 year old son told him that he (the father) cannot talk to me like that because it's rude. The father said "don't worry, son, it's OK with her". And the son said "no, you cannot do that". I was really proud because I thought my friend taught her son well. He wasn't even afraid to stand up to his own father in defence of, as he presumed, a bullied person. And, of course, the father gave up, he didn't want to give a bad example to his own son after all.
I love this example 😊 children always learn and imitate at an early age, the impressions they are given are what guide their principles!
Nice story, my own ashemed me in similar way few times. I teach him some principles and then he sometimes catches me on breaking them and bashes me - it makes me proud of him.
teenagers now are to busy to play minecraft, to even go outside
I can assure you there are teenage gangs, they are just different- knives instead of Guns. From time to time there is a story of someone often a young person, stabbed to death
Good point. Kids are not afraid to tell the truth and call people out on their bs, even if it is their parents.
About 8 years ago I moved to Poland because of my ex girlfriend. I had a friend, who happens to live in Canada, told me about racism and other things probably by his own bias. Looking back now, the woke and absurd things happening due to wokism everywhere. I'd say, I'm where I belong! I talk and walk Polish, I have been to all kinds of crazy places and did all things with my Polish colleges and friends. And yet, not a scratch.
Wokism is largely a joke here and I hope it stays that way 😅 I love how down to earth the people are here and how they don’t feel compelled to think a certain way, there’s a wisdom tempered by history and freedom of thought that makes this place incredible!
@@britinpoland2392 Wokism is a joke objectively. They want special treatment to certain people based on just appearance or politics. They want safe places, self affirmation bubble. It itself is a segregation. Here if you know how to communicate with people and if you are usual, normal person, you will have fun. We roast and joke each other about differences as it should be. It is normal here to agree and disagree on things.
@@akchemaceshwa completely agree and I love the Polish sense of humour! Some jokes need a little explanation based on context though 😅 I feel very safe to joke with my Polish friends, and it’s refreshing as some of the humour would cause problems with certain people in the U.K. 😅
Miło się słucha o swoim kraju tyle dobrego
And I have many more beautiful things to share in time 😊
I'm glad you mentioned immigration because look at Sweden. Sweden was once a very safe country but since they had an open door policy like UK
I still remember when they laughed at Trump when he mentioned Sweden…
As a Pole this is heartwarming to hear, especially since I feel like many of us fear we’re being viewed as racist/nationalistic or generally unwelcome to foreigners.
Thank you for this video
There are a lot of bad stereotypes floating around, though I mainly learned of those after I moved here (you could say I was rather ignorant about Poland while living in the U.K.), Polish people are honest with their words and those who don’t like what they hear choose to place negative labels on that…
This kind of political brainwashing is one of the big reasons I was unhappy in the U.K. I never felt I could freely express my thoughts and opinions except with those close to me
I behaved because my Mother would have hurt me for misbehaving, My believed Mother has been gone for three decades, and her preferences still guide my behavior.
Behaviour always starts at home, my parents were not strict but they always told me wrong from right
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I was born 1978 and I am a witness of all changes described by you this is a big unknown what are the reasons behind them. And today I think that the reason is that a big part of our nature is being very unhappy about the current state. We complain about everything every time. And after solving problems like safety, public transport, quality of roads ore problems like dumping of rubbish in the forest it is very easy to us find another front for improvement. Even our education system which in our opinion is nightmare in fact give our kids one of the best education level on the planet, Im not even talking how accessible are free academic studies.
Nothing wrong with complaining and wanting better, it helps to drive change and that is what we see in this country, continual improvement, in the relatively short time I’ve lived here I’ve seen much construction and improvement of transport for example 😊
Up until 1990, Scotland had one of the best Education systems on the Globe.
We now, do not even register on any indices, because the SNP deliberately embarked on the ‘dumbing down’ of Higher Education.
I observed and experienced all this, from inside the HE system.
In order to attract well off overseas students, they had to lower their six hundred year old, entrance criteria, on the grounds that our elite standards were considered racist to other cultures.
They then stopped the teaching on IQ, and dropped ‘Critical Analysis’ as the central vein of all entrance and examination questions.
Simultaneously they introduced ‘gender-fluid’ teachings in Primary Schools, and now fund a rabble of unqualified ‘gender-fluid’ advisors, £1 Million Pa, to indoctrinate and psychologically traumatise our vulnerable children.
Make no mistake: This was all planned by the pedophile aficionados, under the label, ( Of the additional TQ+ suffixed on to the traditional LBG Community).
And the traditional LGB Community, are not pleased.
The teachers were hand-picked to support this, and a normal interaction with a five year old, would be to explore their ‘gender identity’, and by that, I mean, that they are taught to dismiss their only two natural genders, and mutually explore themselves, in a “self loving way”, with their ‘Teachers’.
Yes, the Demigurge has been in charge of our Education, since I qualified in the 90s .
Czy ty chcesz nam zabrać nasz sport narodowy? Co ty byś robił jakbyś nie narzekał? Zanudziłbyś się na śmierć. 👍👍😂😂
Yeah brother 👍🏻😎
@@matrixmannn Teraz możemy narzekać na przygotowanie powodziowe! Temat przynajmniej na kilka lat.
The ban on drinking alcohol in public spaces and designating places for this purpose contributed significantly to improving the sense of security and cleanliness in Poland. At first, there was a slight social resistance, but now everyone understands that drinking beer in a park takes away other people's freedom, their sense of security.
That’s a very good insight, thank you for sharing 😊
I like that in Warsaw you can drink along the river, it’s one of my favourite places to be in the summer!
I also like that I don’t have to see broken bottles everywhere like back home…even though drinking in public is banned there too 😅
Unless you are an AA cultist there is NO WAY that you would feel "less safe" because you see someone drink a single beer in a park. But you are correct with regard to trash...
@@karatearmchairhistorian9825 I do enjoy a beer in the park for sure 😉
You need to keep hydrated in the hot summer after all…
@@karatearmchairhistorian9825 Of course it doesn't hurt if someone drinks one beer. But if you allow it there will always be people drinking ton of beers and some drinking vodka... and not only some of them being aggressive, but there would be lot of trash. It's like with gun with US - it's "responsible guys can handle guns safely", but then law is unable to distinguish between responsible ones and the ones that aren't so much.
@@britinpoland2392 people dont break their bottles especially beer brown bottles they worth 1zl each
@3:30 Poland was technically never a part of Soviet Union. But was under 100% Moscow influence from 1945 to 1990 ...
That’s a good point, it had a puppet government for sure and the soviets felt free to plunder the resources!
These gangs of youths that you have in the UK also existed in Poland in the 90s. It was connected with lack of opportunities and poverty that existed after the shock therapy from communism to capitalism. I remember going to do a summer job in Jersey in 2004 or so. It is a very wealthy country, slightly seperate from the rest of the UK. These youths used to hang around take away shops at night with apparently nothing better to do, and I was surprised back then - they have all these opportunities, government of Jersey would pay for any education they want, and they still hang around here. Jobs were plenty! Later I understood it was more of a cultural thing, with the working class in the UK having a specific outlook. There are some positives of being a largerly classless society like Poland.
Thank you for the insight, I’m seeing more and more how this country has gone from strength to strength 😊
I think more countries should learn from Poland if they want to have productive and stable communities!
What? I grew up in 90's in Poland. "Youth gangs"? It was mafia with connections to Columbia for drugs, weapons. Many people died then in bombings, murders. You know shit. So stfu.
Travelled around Poland on my own for a few months over the summer. I'm female, never once felt unsafe, would I do this anywhere in the UK these days? Absolutely not.
Agree, in the U.K. you definitely can’t say the same!
As a Polish person living in UK for 19 years I can definitely say that UK changed for worse. Safety is definitely concern and with latest political decisions and two tier policing I can only see that getting worse. After stabbings and killing in last few months for the first time I thought to maybe go back to Poland, not for my self but for future of my two daughters
I have friends who moved back to Poland because they wanted to raise a family here, I’d say the educational system is better in Poland as well when bringing up children 😊
I am sorry you have these concerns about the U.K. it makes me very sad to see what is happening to my country, it was so different when I was young 😢
Wrócisz jeśli zechcesz zawsze będziesz mile widziany 🇵🇱
@@randerhex6776 many have already 😊
Omg, you 100% MUST go back to your home country. I lived my childhood in France and it was horrible. Don't let your daughters experience what I lived. Your daughter's future is not bright, don't sell their future just for you wanting to have lots of money...
The background of your clips show live the safety in Poland and who you can pass on the streets/parks ;) Greetings from Poznań !
@@marcingodziewski I was actually aiming for that, I loved when the Police car drove by as I was recording, pure luck 😅 I don’t really like recording in public areas, but I got out of my comfort zone for this one 😂 greetings from Warsaw, love your city, was there a few weeks ago!
@@britinpoland2392 that was a City Guard car ;)
No muslims = safe, clean, educated and friendly country 🇵🇱
@@Kris-xh6wk same as in Japan and South Korea. These two are especially the most safest countries in the world. Hmm, funny that.
There is a certain element of that community that is a problem, there’s no denying that after what I’ve seen in the U.K. I will state the unpopular opinion here though that I have also known some very good people of that faith, it’s a spectrum
Polish national here. We actually do have a substantial number of muslims. They never seem to be the issue here, unlike certain cathoiic church backed extremist groups...
@@michajastrzebski4383 agreed, I know a few here and they are very kind and peaceful people 😊
@@michajastrzebski4383muslims are not a problem as long as they are very few, the problem starts when there is more of them they push their own laws on ppl, the laws they run away from, this is a modern invasion. I wonder what extremists groups are you talking about and mixing it with catholic church what??
Very fair and well presented. Take it as a compliment, if I saw you in the street I would think you're 150% polish, you've certainly integrated very well : )
Thank you! I do take that as a compliment, as I respect the people here very highly, it’s why I want to share the stories from this country because I feel they deserve to be told and the ignorance the world has about Poland should be lessened 😊
Poland is my home . The guest in my home MUST respekt my rules and my customs.
Certainly not what the ‘guests’ of the U.K. do on the whole…
Though it’s a lot to do with time and volume of people
We had a wave of immigration in the 60’s and the people fit in well, it was when we closed off the commonwealth I believe and allowed people citizenship, I had an Indian neighbour who’s family fit in very well.
In modern times too many too quickly and with too much hatred to even try to integrate
Rule #1: Take off your shoes at the door. Polite thing to do in polish homes.
In any home
I agree with most of what you said in the video. Just a few things. The Uber drivers are mostly from the Asian countries, ex-Soviet republics. The "nationalists" who may attack colour people are mostly football hooligans who call themselves patriots (instead of idiots). The Tatars, the Muslim community still live and follow their traditions in the Podlaskie. There is also a huge Vietnamese community, respected by the Poles, because they are hardworking, reliable and ambitious. No problems with them at all. They even have their own football league. There is one thing that worries me: too fast, dangerous or drunk driving by the Polish and the Ukrainians drivers who now are the most dangerous drivers here. Many of them are also Uber drivers.
@@izabela1961 oh I completely agree with your points.
Uber drivers…I was nervous to say, I kinda of muttered ‘foreign element’, good point about the Vietnamese community, forgot about that!
And yes, a lot of the nationals seem linked to football…again…didn’t want to say it 😅
You are definitely safer as a Black dude in Poland than, let’s say Chicago or St. Louis. I will take Polish hooligans over Mexican, El Salvadoran or Venezuelan gangs any day of the week. It may not be a concern for a British person, but again, in NYC or South LA as an African descent person you are probably safer meeting Polish hooligans over American police officers.
I concur regarding Uber drivers.
All over Europe their institutional culture is anxiety provokoing to women and at times predatory.
Nationalism is healthy, patology is not.
@@SmilingShadow-fz3jtYes. I'm a true crime fan and watch lots of crime cases and trials. Also, American gun culture is something we are never going to understand in Europe.
Very honest. Thank you
I did my best to be as transparent as possible on the issue 😊
I love your scientific approach man! A rarity nowadays:) Even if not 100% correct - nobody is!! So yeah...the style and the way of thinking often matters more. All the best and please keep doing what you do :) polish in UK
Thank you for your praise 😊 I always try to be as accurate as I can with my knowledge and present what I consider to be true, but will admit it can be hard to find a perfect truth in this day and age especially 😅
Very positive comment. Thank you!
Every world you said I agree. Stay safe :) Cheers!
@@wojstube9359 good to know I got the viewpoint here, I was worried people would start telling me off for misrepresentation 😅
@@britinpoland2392 I have the feeling that you have already immersed yourself in Polish culture so much that you can confidently follow your feelings about Poland.
@@wojstube9359 that’s very good to hear 😊 still plenty more immersion to follow 😜
@@britinpoland2392 Keep it up 🤝🤗
Nice to listen to about my home country. I am living in your home country for 13 years now. My wife and I working hard and we are grateful for opportunities UK gave to us. We have everything we need but for some time we are thinking to sell off the house and get back to Poland as we miss some of the things you mentioned about. Have a great life in Poland . I am new subscriber ;)
I’m sure your country misses you 😊 thank you for the comment and I hope you have been having a good life in the U.K. !
As a Polish born and raised, now living in Canada, I am very pleasantly surprised by this coming from someone that is a foreigner from the west. Poland seems like its moving in the correct direction, probably because recent history, or within the last 100 years, has taught us Poles that we are all blessed amd lucky to have atability, and should protect it with all of our ability anywhere and everywhere we live.
I think a lot of the factors I mentioned in the video have led to this point and I hope the trend of this ‘Golden age’ of Poland continues!
They even say the economy of Poland could overtake countries like the U.K. some day!
It's very touching that you appreciate our values. And I'm very glad that there are people who don't judge us superficially and stereotypically, but appreciate our openness and tolerance, which has been our feature for centuries. We are not free from flaws. But I think we are a good society and we don't deserve the contempt we experience. Thank you for this movie.
No country is perfect, and if a country was everyone would want to live there and it wouldn’t stay perfect for long 😅 I hope to represent Poland the best I can and to be as honest as I can be about the country and its people 😊
Nationalism isn't a bad word.
Chauvinism is.
Just like patriotism, nationalism is a wonderful word.
Am I wrong for having a simplistic view on wording and language? I think I would make a terrible lawyer 😅
In previous videos I get called out over the use of Expat as a term…the main thing is I hope I get my point across, even if I may get some words the wrong way around 😂
@@britinpoland2392 No, I think it's just the fact the people use the work nationalism as if it would mean the other one while it clearly does not.
@@britinpoland2392 It might be language-specific, so I'm not sure. In Polish nationalism has slight negative connotation.
For me patriotism means to highly value the country.
Nationalism means to value a country over anything else. It's stronger.
So it might be a good thing, to protect own nation. But it can be really bad.
I don't think Poland has any serious issue with nationalism. There are some football hooligans, but as long as you have a right color of scarf, you should be ok :)
I really enjoy watching this material and im very happy about safety im my coutry and verry pleased you feel that way ! At the moment im living in london about 18 years i must to admit i never had any serious/dangerous situations .Im feel safe in general but i have my eyes open and i know you need to watch you back at night . Sad think is im a father od 16 y old girl and most time after shool she need to stay at home .I born in 1978 and i remember when i was at her age and even younger i can play outside my block of flat and all neighborhood untill allmost mindnigt (at half term obviously)I belive is still that safe like back in the days Unfrortunately in london never give permission to my daughter to go outside without supervision after dusk .What a sad childhood kids have here !
Tak, duzo tutaj sie zmienilo. Jednak, dzlaczego wybrales/wybralas takie zycie tu w Anglii? To byl Twoj wybor!
to idz do polski haha
It is sad what London and many other places have become 😢
It was also safer when I was younger in the U.K. but now I would have the same worries if I had children there!
I am an amateur photographer, been going out at nights for past 5 years to photograph on the streets of big cities in Poland with the expensive gear out in the open all by myself. Not even trying to hide it, many times even standing out with a full tripod setup. Not once have I had any altercation with anybody, nobody ever tried to attack me or steal my stuff even late at night. I've been more worried when I did that in the forest as wild boars were approaching me a few times. Most common people reaction to what I'm doing is absolute indifference and sometimes a bit of positive interaction. That is not say thefts or assaults don't ever happen, you should keep your wits about you and use common sense and more than likely you'll be fine.
Thank you for sharing and very happy to hear you’ve had no problems and feel safe even with all this fancy equipment on show!
Thank you for this video. I agree almost with everything you said. Also I'm happy you feel good in here for this many years.
Thank you for your comment 😊 I do my best to portray things as accurately as I can with my knowledge of Poland
You can hardly call Tatars "immigration ". They were paid mercenaries or part of armies fighting in the region.
Tatarzy otrzymali przywileje,ziemię od polskiego króla,nie przybyli do nas nielegalnie
A lot of them were became Nobles in the Commonwealth.
Yeah and mostly they are here for hundreds of years. Not fair to still call someone like that an immigrant
Thank you for this video.Its nice to see someone who is not Polish see the country and its people the way we,Poles,do.Well done ✔️
Thank you for your praise 😊
Thank you for your very well balanced material. I can see a few people pointed out a couple of, lets say, small discrepancies or just expressed their views from a slightly different angle and that's fair, there's no need for me to elaborate and repeat what has already been said.
I was born in Poland towards the end of 1978, I remember what it was like to live under the communists rule. I wouldnt want to go back to it. The country changed massively, not always in a good direction but hey ho. Overall it definitely is progress now against what it used to be then. I moved to the UK 20 years ago, within days of Poland joining the EU. I felt encouraged to do so having had my very positive experiences of having stayed in the UK during the summers of 2001 and 2002 as a seasonal worker on farms in Suffolk and Norfolk. But I have to say that, alas, Britain then and Britain now are two very different Britains. I met my partner here and he has been to Poland with me 3 times now - he is actually very impressed with what he saw. It is fair to say I am impressed too. Sadly, we are both unimpressed with the state of affairs on home turf, and by home I mean the UK (after all, after 20 years here it has become, a while ago actually, home here). We are considering our future options with the prospect of spending some time in the UK but perhaps most months of the year away from the UK. Even the spirit, the general atmosphere among the Brits have changed so much and became so heavy and depressing, people here are now so deluded and depressed with the UK politics and politicians that it drags us and our mood down on a daily basis. Of course we have no illusions: the UK is a mess, and there is no quick fix to it (and that's IF there is a fix to it at all). But I'm glad you found (or so it seems) your home in Poland and I'm happy to learn it's been a positive experience for you - and long may it continue that way! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for the feedback 😊 I did my best to be comprehensive with this video and took a bit of time to speak to friends and review other material because I consider it a sensitive topic.
I echo your sentiments about the U.K.
I was born there in the early 80’s and mostly I’ve seen it change for the worse and think it will not likely get better the way things are going 😢
Whenever I look at stories about politics there I feel sad and a bit desperate about the situation, I’m just happy my family have moved to the north where I think the people are friendlier and it is a little safer
@@britinpoland2392 thank you so much for your kind words! I truly hope the UK wakes up and shakes off this nightmare of the current situation and will take a U-turn from the current path that leads to nowhere but unrest, unease, or perhaps even the worst case scenario - the civil war. The people's anger is brewing, one has to be blind not to notice.
I have subscribed to your channel, I hope to see more of your materials soon - I'm currently all over the place, after my hometown of Kłodzko and the entire south west Poland got badly affected by devastating floods last weekend. My man and I are to travel to Kłodzko mid October for my mum's 1st anniversary, we lost her just over 11 months ago, we're hoping the town will be accessible by then.
Anyway, again all the very best for you and your Loved Ones, whichever side of the English Channel you all are! 👍🏻👍🏻
@@bastiani47 the people are waking up bit by bit to what’s going on…though maybe too late and many are brainwashed into seeing no problems yet 🙁
I was sad to hear about the flooding! Kłodzko is high on my list of places to see, I hope to visit next year and see more of that area 🙂
I'm not obsessed with watching stuff on RUclips. I'm a Pole in Britain looking to move back to Poland if everything goes to plan next year. I find your videos very informative and really appreciate your balanced views on variety of topics. Be nice to bump into you one day, who knows. Maybe you can come for a "nice cap of tea" to my mew place next autumn (close to Wieliczka) and if I have a spare bedroom you can stay the night with my family. Keep well
@@piotrserafin9728 thank you for the lovely comment 😊
I’ve shot half the footage I need for a video on Wieliczka, but decided to go back and do the second miners tour, so I’ll be there at some point next year, lovely place to visit ❤️
so true... i not a practic catolic ... but i DO respect there way.
Same here 😊
As to Pole' "nationalism" and "racism". I'm proud of my fatherland and its people and I don't want us to mix with other people. Let them stay who they are and let Poles stay Poles. I would also like the big corporations to let them alone and not to fleece them so they could earn decent money in their own countries. Do I have the right to be willing to preserve my own identity, my own race? I'm sure I do.
No one should be forced to mix with people they don’t want to mix with…that is a basic freedom
In France african man/white woman couples are pushed everywhere and mixed kids are seen as a superior ra-ce. Just watch the french made movies, the french ads, the french streets. 1/4 couple is mixed... Soon white/white couples will become an exception.
Oh c'mon... Don't be afraid of being called racist. Poland is so safe because we are racially and culturally homogeneous unlike rest of the Europe.
I was living for 2 years in Sweden at times before they allowed mass immigration and this was a place even more calm then Poland is today. The conclusion is obvious.
I agree that the culturally balance is very good here and people even when from other faiths only fit in when they share the values of peace that Christianity brings.
It’s tough coming from the U.K. we can’t even sing some of our old nursery rhymes because they have the word black in them 🤦🏻♂️
It was and it was already mixed
Poland was always mixed!!!!! We had many Jews ! We had Kashubs Silesian
Poland of the east had todays Belarussians!
Israel was creates plus hitler happened
Fucking Stalin moved borders and closed us up and now we dont have minorities
We had and we should have! Now we have stupid onion simpletons because of time under ussr
Me as a Polak, I say your are more than welcom to my Country!!! You also Look like a Pole, in a good way! Greetings Wojciech 😊😊😊
Thank you very much! Maybe my love of the Polish diet helps 😅
Awesome info brother
In large cities such as Warsaw, Krakow or Wroclaw there are more and more immigrants and you can see it on the streets. However, as a Polish woman I feel safe because I know that if I was attacked by one of them, Polish men would definitely stand up for me. Of course I also know that not all Poles are "saints" and there are also attacks on women, but it is a small percentage.
Greetings from Krakow
I think also one big difference in the immigrants (such as myself) who come to Poland is that they are more often than not here for the right reasons, they come to work, not to survive off the state, many of the ones I know are working in IT because their skills are needed to help Polish companies (and Poland based) countries to grow, there is a view of control on numbers and it is very different to what I’ve seen in the U.K.
I’m very happy to know you feel safe, I always hope that will be the case for all women here!
Greetings from Warsaw
Great video.
@@fircykfircyk488 thank you 😊
The reason why Poland is so safe is because of demographics. Poland has less racial diversity, so the people of Poland tend to trust each other more due to same values and culture. In areas where there is a lot of racial diversity or multiculturalism like France, UK, Germany and USA, those areas tend to lead to a lot of crime and much more conflicts.
Yes, this is what is being proven…even if certain governments want to try and hide the statistics about it…
@@britinpoland2392 Even when it comes to different states in USA, the whitest states or the states with the least racial diversity also have one of the lowest crime rates in the country such as Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Kentucky and North Dakota
@@jonjonboi3701 I’d say worldwide when you have less cultural difference you have fewer misunderstandings and tensions between people for sure!
@@britinpoland2392 Very true
Brawo, super informacje!
Thank you 😊
In Poland, the intelligentsia distinguishes between nationalism and patriotism. Many Poles believe that these concepts are opposite.
It is worth noting that nationalism is a destructive force because, by definition, it places one's own nation above others. If neighbours have a similar view, then we are in for conflict.
Patriotism is a constructive force because it encourages people to work and build their own country independently of other countries.
These aren t. Nationalism is being demonised these days. It s just love for the nation. Patriot loves the country. But the country doesn t always serve the nation (it should thou).
@@grzegorzbrzeszcz6698 you're very right. In essence, patriotism is about living your country and being proud of it while nationalism is about believing your country to be better and more important than others.
@@grzegorzbrzeszcz6698 No it does not, not by default.
LOL, so called warsawian inteligentsia that would sell Poland to Berlin if they could. Nothing wrong with nationalism.
Amazing video! good commentary, you made some great points
@@aga0204 thank you 😁
I was born in Poland and after 40 years of living in the US I moved to Poland permanently a year ago. I hear about Poland being safe and I'm sure it's true but my gut feeling of personal safety is no different now from what it was living in there. I felt safe there and feel safe here, Obviously the risk of an altercation escalating to deadly violence is much higher there just by the fact of proliferation of firearms but the risk of anything happening felt just as low there as it does here. The stories of how dangerous US is are greatly exaggerated. I lived in a large metropolitan area, on the outskirts of it so it's not that I lived out in the boonies.
One of many positive differences that I noticed during the past year is that men in Poland don't overtly stare at women which happens quite a bit in the US. Women I know there feel threatened by that sort of attention. Unwanted conversation attempts, comments about appearance, and unsolicited propositions of dates are also common there from what women tell me.
Also, comparing to where I lived police presence in Poland is extremely low. Even driving long distances there were days between seeing a police on the road. Another positive impression is driving habits here. Roads feel safe and drivers seem to drive responsibly. Let's not forget about that because we are much more likely to be hurt on the road than anywhere else.
Finally, if you don't like smiling, positive, and courteous strangers or people working in the service sector you are safe in Poland as well. The chances of anything of that sort happening to you are very low.
Thank you for your insights, always good to have first hand stories than relying on media fear mongering!
And quite true about the service sector 😅
@@britinpoland2392 Z urzędasami to jest problem ale się poprawia. Ja mam na nich sposób od razu się uśmiecham i głośno mówię dzień dobry i udaję nierozgarniętego mówiąc im, że bez nich nie poradziłbym sobie i, że są bardzo uprzejmi i wspaniali i gadam im komplementy. Zawsze działa i na końcu pękają i się uśmiechają i naprawdę zaczynają pomagać. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
it depends what city, what neighborhood, and what gender. for me in the chicagoland area, i never had such a feeling of safety wherever i go, whether north or south. too many stories and real life situations
Poland & Poles are just fantastic, I've had the privilege of having Polish friends all my life & next week I'm off to see my dear friend in Grodzisk Mazowiecki & I'm really looking forward to it. The kindness generosity & welcome I've received in Poland is just wonderful. Just wish I could speak the language!
I wish I could speak it too 😅 working on it! Will have to add Grodzisk to my list, let me know what you find there 😊
Back in 90s there were kids gangs like from bloody clockwork orange, agression was coming mostly from frustration and boredom. There was a cult of violence when i was a kid but now it went away as kids has so much to do and they are busy with social media, youth people don’t drunk that much like it was back in a days and the smoke more weed that ease their aggression.
Thank you for the insight and confirming how much things have changed now!
Thx for the video... I agree with basically everything you've said here, good research and well balanced conclusions :)
@@arturdembicki5621 thank you 😊 appreciate the comment 👍
All you said mate is 100% true
As a polish person I would agree like with 99,999% of what you have said. Also thank you for outside opinion, very interesting to hear what non polish people think about my country.
@@thetrick9 glad to hear it 😊
I try to be as accurate as I can with what I say, though I also know it’s impossible to speak for a whole country with wide differences of opinion 😅
Don't go back to Britain , you can get arrested for opinnions like that.
Hahaha, too true! Another reason I love living here, my mind feels a lot freer!
12:00 back in the 90's and mid 2000's there were these gangs of bald young men just sitting around and harassing people, they were bored, poor and had no perspectives in life so they just spent all their time on the streets. Then we joined the EU and a lot of them left Poland for UK, Germany, The Netherlands etc. our economic situation became more stable and these gangs simply disappeared. Back then it was common to have a negative interaction with such people, nowadays it's very, very rare to get mugged or beaten up by a stranger.
@@dirtyyy7668 I did wonder what happened to certain people, and some people have joked here that the worst people had left Poland 😅
You yourself created the country you have today.
I am so sorry to hear what’s happening in UK. I visited England almost 20 years ago and I remember walking late at night on the London’s streets. I felt quite safe as I was used to Polish standards of that time.
Now, I am receiving very gloomy stories from my friends living in England. I hope you will be able to manage and solve your problems. I am sure British ppl are able to do that. You managed to create an Empire, so there is this specific spirit in your nation. I keep my fingers crossed for you. The world needs strong Britain and Poland needs you as an ally.
I fear the Britain of old is much a shadow now 🙁 I hope for some change, but if we keep voting in the same governments nothing will happen
@@britinpoland2392 I think the main question is whether or not you have any option to vote differently. I can see it looks exactly the same in UK and in Poland. On the surface, political parties represent various orientations. Unfortunately, when they come to power, they seem to follow the same agenda their predecessors did.
I’m starting to question democracy or maybe not the democracy itself, but the way it is played in European countries. Possibly also USA.
Winter is coming. Brace yourselves.
@@jerzykiler4386 there is one party I would say is worth a try in Reform UK, they are a bit more conservatively aligned…and gaining some momentum, but most voters just stick to the same parties they always follow 🤦🏻♂️
@@britinpoland2392 I can only wish you that Reform UK won’t change its mind about reformation as soon as they put their hands on your country. If that’s even possible. From Polish perspective each and every anti-system political parties was anti-system until they were able to make real changes. Then various connections came into play and masks fell off.
@@jerzykiler4386 same thing happened when the Liberal Democrat’s came into power a few years ago…so anything is possible, though this party’s goals are quite specific…so I would have some hope for them
Brits coming to Poland. What a reverse irony.
Haven’t I heard that quite a few times 😂
@@britinpoland2392 Hahah
I personally know of very few.
Very good and well prepared video!
Thank you 😊
There was youth gangs like that in 90s. I think they just have things to do now. And they can get jobs easy
Yes, though I’d love to know more about the dynamics behind the change 😊
@@britinpoland2392 me too. In place where 30 years ago i saw young deliquents now i see mothers with their babies, people on benches enjoying the sun. Even the gardens are kept better. Truely a miracle
I have been here for over 2 years, it's pretty safe I have had a few problems with random people when walking around but I like it here
So far I’ve been safe, even when approached by homeless people I’ve never felt in danger, I have friends who haven’t been so lucky of course
I had so problems with homeless and 2 guys tried steal my stuff but I think it's worse in the uk lol
@@matbarnett2664 that’s sad to hear, so far they have just asked me for money or a cigarette and I haven’t personally been threatened by them, though for sure in the U.K. you wouldn’t just have issues from homeless people 😅
Great vid and good thing you've added your personal experience. I would also add road safety to your "not so safe" list. They drive like demons over there and sadly there's a lot of fatalities on the road.
Actually road safety statistics are one of the ones that have improved a lot in the last 20 years or so, I think mainly from improvements to the quality of roads in the country…but agreed, some of my first rides in Taxi’s in Warsaw were a little scary 😅
Uber's drivers are mainly immigrants. Taxis from the city you are in are not cheap but safe.
Simple answer: economic equality. We dont hace very poor and very rich people classes in Poland. Every one is on the similar level. And by similar I mean in one order of magnitude of income.
It’s a good insight, in the U.K. it feels more like two classes now, the middle class is being destroyed to help the working class and to line the pockets of the rich…
That's a pretty accurate take on things going on in Poland. Having worked in England for many years I was toying with the idea of fleeing my home country.
Didn't make this decision though and never regretred my choice.
Greetings from Poland ✌️😎🏖️
@@ymynymasa I’d say you made the right choice, I hope Poland continues to get greater and greater 💪
U r v smart man 😊good job mate 😊have a good day 😊
Thank you ❤️
Nie ma nielegalnych imigrantów to nie ma problemu i jest bezpiecznie. Niestety się to zmienia. Jak byłem w Seulu to też było bardzo bezpiecznie. Dlaczego? Przez tydzień widziałem z 4 hindusów, może kilku białych i to wszystko!
Illegal immigration and mass immigration I can say are the two biggest issues contributing to lack of social cohesion in the U.K. now, I know a lot of people from all over the world here who have integrated well into Poland.
I believe as long as people follow the values of the country they go to then they can integrate and be a part of it, those that have totally different values make life difficult for all concerned
Waw! You so right,i lived in UK for 23yrs and you fight about youngsters there.. i hope you enjoy your stay
When even children are a problem for safety you know something is deeply wrong, the children here are so different it’s refreshing!
Już sprowadzają ich siłą z Niemiec. Na granicy niemieckiej stoją kontrole tylko w kierunku Niemiec nie wpuszczając ciemnokarnacyjnych których wcześniej tu przywożą. To jakieś szaleństwo.
This is scary…I thought we had more time before Poland would face an onslaught from Germany!
How do you feel about medical/hospital services in Poland. I'm curious about your perspective since you have this ability too look at many aspects from different perspectives.
Cheers
@@bartoszjankowiak3157 well I’m lucky that I have medicover, I’ve found doctors I’ve seen to be more thorough than ones I’ve had in the U.K. and been able to get tests fairly easily, though haven’t used their services much in truth
@@britinpoland2392 I live outside Poland for almost 20 years (in 3 different countries) but I visit very regularly because of the family. While I also think it's quite ok, at the same time it's getting worse, especially at the hospital and emergency services. Not because there are no good specialists but because there are too few of them. With the rising quality of life in Poland, everyone expects the same from medical services. Private services are actually very good, but if you are an average person and simply must use public ones, especially hospitals, then you can see there clearly a lot to be done. My main concern is the approach doctors have to patients (I've been together with some of my elderly family members on such visits at GP and hospital). In some countries they already treat you like a client, and not just like a patient, and therefore they really make sure that you are happy with the service. In Poland it is still often like: "hello, what's the problem? Ok. Bye. Next". Like a production tape. I really don't think they don't care, it's just they are fed up and tired and simply trying to survive. Another thing at hospitals is: in some other countries they really care about the patient's wellbeing and they even "spoil" them a bit, because they understand that a happy and positive person simply gets in their feet faster. This is not the case in Poland, sadly.
Again, I don't want to complain too much as it's not bad, but as a Polish person I simply want Poland to use the best practices in every part of life 😉
@@bartoszjankowiak3157 I only really have the U.K. public services to compare it to and I can say the NHS struggles a lot, ageing demographic combined with intense immigration…as well as rising obesity as well as other factors mean the service is very stretched and it can be difficult enough getting an appointment as my elderly parents face now. I would prefer a friendlier service for sure, what I do find here is professional and detailed though, I recently had a chest xray for a cough which was a surprise to me, I think I would not have been offered that so easily back home 😊
When it comes to safety I can fairly say that it is our ppl that make it safe because police has problems with a paper work so they r not very efficient. We have been tought that poland is vinkleried of the nations means we will always step in to safe others like defending other countries as well as our own ppl. Typical polish man would never allow to see some bad things happening. We kind of have a hero vibes that if we have opportunities than we will deffence others coz that's our history and culture. You can see the recent flood how many ppl are helping the one affected by it. Few weeks ago we had some fire in the building and some random guy went into the fire to safe some kids (not his own) with no hesitation. It's just in our blood and in our brains that we r just chill but if the shieet hits the fan we r changing into the hussars haha.
Completely agreed! Maybe we could bring back Hussars to the streets instead of the Police? Maybe that would be more effective 😁
I’m proud to see people take care of their country so well, more power to Poland and its people 💪
Thank you also for sharing those examples, it’s always good to know more cases of bravery here!
I would go back to my roots born there but we left during the 50s ended up in the USA where I have my immediate family
I loved Poland when I visited it they did a great job since 1990
If you respect Polish people, in particular women and children, if you don't attack churches, then no fear. Otherwise feel warned. Poles are very friendly and calm, but by no means are weak or feared.
@@piotrkozaczewski9511 completely concur 😊
Pole here. I enjoyed listening to what you have to say. I gotta be honest, the questionable safety of some European countries is the reason why I'm reluctant to travel. After all, Stockholm was the most perilous city I've been to so far. I want to visit the UK someday, but something tells me to steer off most of the metropolitan cities. Would you consider Cumbria as a generally safe travel destination?
@@Fuchsstrot I’d say somewhere like Cumbria would be a lovely place to visit with the Lake District nearby, one of the more beautiful places to explore 😊
Definitely a safer area, as you say the issues are more in the major cities and some of the southern coastal towns in the East of the country
But you know there are so many ukrainians in poland and most of them drive on uber not polish people and they made trouble?
I can’t speak to the nationalities involved in Uber incidents, I don’t have the statistics to make a fair comment there…
All I can say is the Ukrainians I personally know are wonderful people and I feel deeply sorry for those that have been displaced because of Russia
Już nie jeżdżą Uberem bo trzeba mieć polskie prawo jazdy
Respect for video ❤ i live in Reading but i consider back to Poland where i originally come from .
Respect to Reading, neighbouring city to mine, nice place to visit 😊
Hahaha babcia's who watch from their windows :)). Very well said 😁. Good Point :))). Poland is so associated with Christianity my friend because it was founded by uniting all polish tribes and the acceptance of baptism. That's how Poland came to being. Baptism of Poland took place on Ostrów Tumski in Poznań. I don't think there's a proper word in a foreign language for "Naród". We do use the word "NACJA-NATION'' but it has rather bad connotation. For the most cases we use "Naród" which derives from "Ród" or "Rodzina-Family". That's why to my understanding Poles are being taken for nationalists when they speak about "Naród" or "Narodowy" because it's being straight translated to National or nationalistic.
Good to have that extra insight! I have been to Poznan twice and the museum of Polish history there is first class 👍
I’m gradually understanding more about Polish history, though it’s a very complicated tapestry to unravel 😅
Thank you for helping to educate me 😊
@@britinpoland2392 Oh don't mention it ;).
For more insight I encourage you to type in the youtube search bar "Norman Davies on Polish history." His brief historical view on Polish Common wealth might be interesting to you. He's a well known British-Polish historian (He has both citizenships), professor of Oxford.
That's why Poles survived through partitions of 🇵🇱 (123 years). The identity, language, religion was valued and passed through generations; mostly it was done undercover due to repressions from the occupants. If you fight for something so hard and so long, as Poles for freedom and independence, you value it much more.
The Western countries assume that it's all given and unchangeable, quite naive or even foolish.
@@JoannaPolka well said!
@@JoannaPolka John Paul II once was asked that question:
- Why on earth God put Poland between Germany and Russia??
- Because no other country could make it......but we will.
My husband lost once his wallet, and the other time left his new coat in the train. Both times people who found them, found us and returned it. Very heartwarming.
@@bluelola4480 lovely story 😊 happy to hear it!
Yep, the "gentelmen's club" issue is indeed the case. There are beautiful girls walking around the city centers to find customers. They can easy sweet talk you to join them in the club. When you are asked to go there, DECLINE, this won't end happily. You will either be extorted to pay an absurd amount of money for the drinks you bought for yourself and the girls, or you will be drugged, and then extorted.
yep, just have a gram of logical reasoning and then you won't go there
Totally agree and if anyone talks about going to these places I share my story and try to get them to see sense!
I really like your video, and as a Pole, I can largely agree with what you said. I lived in Germany for a long time, studied and worked there. I can see how Germany has changed, and even the Germans themselves are confused because their country is no longer as safe as it used to be. We Poles have indeed been through a lot, and many of us have a nationalist outlook. However, we are united by something: we feel that uncontrolled immigration, particularly from countries where Islam dominates, might pose a threat to us. We are afraid of these people, and that is why there is such resistance in this regard.
Many Poles went to the UK to earn better and live more peacefully. Yet, more and more of them are returning. I’ve been to London and have an invitation from friends, but I must say I have concerns about safety. My wife hasn't been to the UK, but she saw with her own eyes the behaviour of young people from Britain in Malia, Greece, on the island of Crete. She wasn’t exactly impressed by their behaviour; we saw young, drunk Brits harassing tourists walking down the street. Of course, I don’t want to generalise, as it’s possible that a certain type of person goes to Malia-not necessarily the most educated or well-mannered.
I’ve lived in Wrocław, Warsaw, and now I live in a small town where we genuinely feel safe because we know there aren’t gangs from Africa or the Middle East, though of course, we do have our own local criminals. However, many criminal groups have been dismantled. The fact is, in dangerous situations when someone attacks women, we react-I myself would react.
Great video, and I’m glad there are people like you who appreciate our country, but also see its flaws and the need for change. Attacking people who speak a different language or have a different skin colour is unacceptable to me, and to many others as well, but unfortunately, certain political circles have incited hatred towards foreigners, and the less intelligent end up attacking innocent people. Thankfully, they are usually caught and punished.
@@DominatorPuls thank you for the well thought through comment 😊
I very much understand your concerns on uncontrolled immigration and the wrong type of people coming to Poland, I hope most of Europe understands that now!
It’s interesting to get your perspective from living in Germany!
And yes…there can be a type of Brit who frequents these hot countries and causes havoc, the same kind of Brit that goes to Krakow for cheap beer…we definitely have people that show no respect for the countries they visit and it’s always sad to see!
@@britinpoland2392 I lived in Germany, so I can assess it from my Polish perspective, while the Germans living there have theirs. I studied at TU Berlin and worked as a research associate at a university in eastern Germany, but even as a young man, I saw the divided East and West Berlin. Germans were-or perhaps I should now say "used to be"-well-disposed towards immigrants because they knew they were needed for the economy. Germans from the eastern states had, and still have, a different opinion.
When I lived in Germany-this was 20 years ago, though I still visit frequently as it’s close to me-you didn’t see the kind of crime problems that exist today. Back then, I had no issues visiting the Neukölln and Kreuzberg districts in Berlin. I had friends there. The Germans would warn me to be cautious in the evening, but as a young man, I didn’t take it seriously. Nothing ever happened to me, even though I was in an area probably populated entirely by Turks. Practically all the shops were Turkish. However, nowadays, I would feel uneasy walking around there in the evening. Thre are now not only Turks but there are now many other nationalities from the Middle East and Africa.
Germans are concerned as they see various events on TV and more frequent terrorist attacks. But again, I must say, we can’t generalise because Germans work with people from other countries and usually see that these “foreigners” work very well and don’t cause problems. They see the weakness of the state instead.
Here’s a statistic: the Polish consul in Germany reported that in 2021, over 482,000 crimes were committed in the German capital. He added that, during the same period, 49,000 crimes were recorded in the Polish capital. I don’t know whether this is solely a problem related to immigrants or a broader issue with the country’s policies and the improper functioning of services like the police. Someone from Canada left a comment under your video saying that in Canada there is a constant flow of immigrants, yet it remains safe. This may be about the weakness of the state, which failed to react when it should have, ignoring the formation of criminal groups. It’s more of a political issue.
@@DominatorPuls thank you! It’s a really interesting perspective as my knowledge of Germany is quite limited compared to Poland! Good to know what is happening there and to get a feel of safety as well the current perceptions of the people there!
Canada is an interesting one, again I’m not an expert, though I do get the impression a lot of people are not happy with Justin and his liberal policies, and many feel that crime is increasing…
@@britinpoland2392 I can say, like you, that I am centrist-sometimes I have slightly right-wing views, and sometimes left-wing. So, those with, for example, nationalist right-wing views won’t want to come to terms with me, as they’ll probably call me a "leftie." And those on the left will say I’m too right-wing. :-) My idea is that we need really good cooperation between society and the services, especially with the police, but a police force that isn’t a political tool. Otherwise, trust declines, and criminal groups thrive.
As for the Germans, they still have a powerful economy and many global brands, but there’s a crisis there. Germany has somewhat become a "backward" country-seriously, over the last 20 years, even they say so. I recently read it in a German newspaper. The world has moved forward, but Germany has stood still. Historically, they looked down on Poland, referring to our economy disdainfully as "polnische wirtschaft," meaning “Polish economy” in a negative sense, associated with disorder, theft, and dirt. Now, however, they are surprised by our progress. For example, we had contactless payments and parcel lockers before they did, and our fast internet is faster. Ask someone in London what kind of internet connection they have; my friends in London have 80 Mbps and complain, whereas here 1 Gbps is becoming standard, even in small towns.
The army and police in Germany have become weaker, and Germans themselves emphasise this. That’s one reason the crime rate has risen-Germany seems to have missed out on recent global changes, conflicts, and problems that have overwhelmed them. It’s as if they’ve stopped understanding the world. When we Poles warned them about Russia’s expansion and Putin’s potential war, they thought we were overreacting. But it’s all about the safety of us and our families, as we’ve experienced losing our independence.
We Poles want peace. We are still temporarily poorer than other Western European countries, we don’t have major global brands, but we have the potential of young, new people. I recently learned that the artificial intelligence that’s becoming significant in today’s world-ChatGPT-was co-developed by a Pole at OpenAI. The IT sector in Poland is strong. That’s why we are catching up with Europe, and I hope we will overtake it, like South Korea did in Asia. This is particularly visible in new technologies, which give hope for modernising Poland. And with that, we should be better equipped to deal with threats, including crime. This should lead to more safety for us.