Visit Poland - The DON'Ts of Poland

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    Poland is an incredible country with some amazing cities like Krakow and Gdansk, nature to enjoy like in the Tatras Mountains, but even with so many things to do in Poland this video focus on what you don't do when you visit Poland. From when visiting someone's home to heading out on the town these are what NOT to do in Poland.
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @martamarkowska2804
    @martamarkowska2804 5 лет назад +3166

    If you dont speak polish ask somebody who is young because teens are more often bilingual than elderly ppl

    • @dagmarakowalska5923
      @dagmarakowalska5923 5 лет назад +27

      Polish*

    • @martamarkowska2804
      @martamarkowska2804 5 лет назад +6

      Thanks 😅🤦

    • @johannes7259
      @johannes7259 4 года назад +19

      Teach me please I want to visit Poland soon 😊

    • @annaniz8005
      @annaniz8005 4 года назад +151

      Unless you speak Russian or some other Slavic language, then the older generations understand that a lot better

    • @Rohnon
      @Rohnon 4 года назад +32

      Yeah most adult Poles had to learn Russian, since Poland was part of the Soviet Union.
      But you can get mixed results, since some people are not fond of Russians.

  • @pd4419
    @pd4419 4 года назад +6394

    wszedłem dowiedzieć się czego nie powinienem robić

  • @HS1891
    @HS1891 4 года назад +335

    I find Polish people being quite similar to us (finn), I've worked with a few and also visited Krakow and felt quite comfortable with the people there. No neccessary bs or pretending something that you aren't. Straight honest people :)

    • @dorotakononczuk3131
      @dorotakononczuk3131 3 года назад +18

      Finland is my dream... (to visit or live and working there) Very clear air,reindeers and...Santa Claus. Very beautifull country

    • @robg.5563
      @robg.5563 3 года назад +5

      I loved Moomintroll more than Winnie the Pooh as a kid. Ha.

    • @krenciak
      @krenciak 2 года назад +1

      @@dorotakononczuk3131 same!!

    • @thestupid69
      @thestupid69 2 года назад

      Kraków*

    • @ForWhomBellstols
      @ForWhomBellstols 2 года назад +5

      Yea, some ppl say polish ppl dont smile and walk sad-false! We usually dont fake smile.

  • @Studyducko
    @Studyducko 4 года назад +185

    Here in Chile we don’t take off our shoes because there’re earthquakes every day and if we have to go outside quickly and running without problems it’s more easy ;)

    • @MsSavyy
      @MsSavyy 4 года назад +4

      Love that comment ! :)

    • @bhmglam317
      @bhmglam317 4 года назад +5

      Wow. Chile is my dream country but there are earthquakes everyday??? Damn

    • @lovesosweet4474
      @lovesosweet4474 4 года назад +1

      @@bhmglam317 well it's not like thaaaat but there is, although you should be fine there

    • @joannajamerson35
      @joannajamerson35 3 года назад +2

      How sad

    • @amaliaperez1876
      @amaliaperez1876 2 года назад

      Like in Mexicooo guys

  • @suchabozena26
    @suchabozena26 5 лет назад +4979

    Don't Say "kurwa" in public. Seriously. You have been warned.

    • @lukaszdluzak3905
      @lukaszdluzak3905 5 лет назад +265

      Or "zamknij się gówniarzu"?

    • @julkar418
      @julkar418 5 лет назад +21

      @@fumba6411 I think it's ok 🙃😂

    • @fumba6411
      @fumba6411 5 лет назад +2

      @@robertmakowicz6982 xd

    • @robertmakowicz6982
      @robertmakowicz6982 5 лет назад +2

      @@fumba6411 :)

    • @UrPPhard
      @UrPPhard 5 лет назад +46

      or "Huj ci na matule"?
      "Niedorobiony ten kotlet"
      etc.

  • @kamilzabiegala1649
    @kamilzabiegala1649 4 года назад +5120

    Polish people love watching English videos about Poland #100%

  • @wildsurfer12
    @wildsurfer12 4 года назад +427

    Don’t visit Wroclaw and say “ I feel like I’m in Germany.”

    • @paveloknowski1339
      @paveloknowski1339 4 года назад +30

      You mean BRESLAU ? that OLD GERMAN TOWN !

    • @rafalch5530
      @rafalch5530 4 года назад +60

      @@paveloknowski1339 Im fine with people saying that Wrocław is German AS LONG AS they admit that Lviv is a Polish town, Lwów (Im Polish)

    • @FireJach
      @FireJach 3 года назад +3

      Wroclaw was Polish then is was in Germany

    • @dnap2526
      @dnap2526 3 года назад +6

      Poland is Poland you idiot

    • @comradetonk8280
      @comradetonk8280 3 года назад +3

      Jak dostacz w morde:

  • @stonecypher6344
    @stonecypher6344 Год назад +16

    Visited Poland last year. My first time in Europe. I loved every moment of my trip. Beautiful country, beautiful culture, beautiful people.

  • @zuzanna.klosowska
    @zuzanna.klosowska 5 лет назад +7203

    "Everything is cheap"
    Not for us

    • @RRedefined
      @RRedefined 5 лет назад +701

      It is cheap but polish people don't earn much, because of the fucking taxes and low pay

    • @Raguel1984
      @Raguel1984 5 лет назад +149

      We have high taxes? Try Scandinavia :)

    • @RRedefined
      @RRedefined 5 лет назад +441

      @@Raguel1984 I didnt say we have the highest taxes on earth but still high.... stop acting smart and cool pls thank you

    • @anotherdavidc
      @anotherdavidc 5 лет назад +6

      @@RRedefined that sounds like in Taiwan. That is part of why everything seems "affordable" with US purchasing power.

    • @DinoMack1
      @DinoMack1 5 лет назад +4

      because American money trumps your shitty Eastern Euro-loser money :) its good to be american and paid

  • @lujka9422
    @lujka9422 5 лет назад +10167

    *To jest ten komentarz po Polsku którego szukasz*

  • @julek9154
    @julek9154 4 года назад +413

    Ja :Polak
    Yt: propnowane: czego nie robić w Polsce

    • @n.rid3r
      @n.rid3r 4 года назад +12

      Właśnie w ten sposób zobaczyłem ten film…

    • @ciocia72
      @ciocia72 3 года назад +1

      ja tez

    • @P0lskiePIW0
      @P0lskiePIW0 3 года назад +1

      Hahahahahahaha dobre

    • @MarekLena
      @MarekLena 3 года назад

      tak

    • @garrymoise
      @garrymoise 7 дней назад

      Tak

  • @chelliebradshaw8721
    @chelliebradshaw8721 2 года назад +41

    I was treated like a celebrity in Poland. As an Africa American everyone wanted to touch my face. People just stared at me & wanted to take pictures. I sooo loved being there. The food was amazing & ppl were so friendly.

    • @ewamaria2535
      @ewamaria2535 Год назад +11

      co ty wymyslasz człowieku???

    • @janc8199
      @janc8199 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ewamaria2535Lol😂

  • @mitzkonic5024
    @mitzkonic5024 5 лет назад +3954

    Oh and Polish grandmothers make the best food ever.

  • @rozek1251
    @rozek1251 5 лет назад +913

    In Poland don't say that you're confident .

    • @paerisane146
      @paerisane146 5 лет назад +83

      Hahahaha, that was brilliant 😂
      Listen up people, *don't do it*

    • @zahramohammed891
      @zahramohammed891 4 года назад +10

      Why?

    • @mendosis
      @mendosis 4 года назад +159

      @@zahramohammed891 'konfident' in Poland means 'a snitch'

    • @Na-wv1es
      @Na-wv1es 4 года назад

      it is but not for people that live in Poland to neighbors it is cheap.

    • @kuj1k94
      @kuj1k94 4 года назад

      xD

  • @krokettttt
    @krokettttt Год назад +13

    I'm a Hungarian, I see a video about Poland I press like.

  • @suromi_9471
    @suromi_9471 4 года назад +167

    4:00 to zbliżenie na tego pączka a w tle "polski donut" XD padłam

  • @toja8984
    @toja8984 5 лет назад +4757

    Dont talk so loud in public transport. We hate it ;)

  • @rowendw9602
    @rowendw9602 6 лет назад +4693

    Question for Americans:
    Why do u wear shoes inside your house?

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  6 лет назад +738

      +M Jay I don't know. That's a good question

    • @lucasm4299
      @lucasm4299 6 лет назад +424

      M Jay
      Not all Americans wear shoes inside their house. I don't really wear shoes inside the house. I use socks.

    • @tigerfanfrv
      @tigerfanfrv 6 лет назад +231

      my mother would get really mad about wearing outdoor shoes in the house. now, if you have slippers of sandals only for inside, thats fine.

    • @southbound1969
      @southbound1969 6 лет назад +36

      I don't.

    • @qdog568
      @qdog568 6 лет назад +9

      M Jay Because we're not sticklers for tracking really nothing from the outside.

  • @davidmesanoack7407
    @davidmesanoack7407 2 года назад +34

    Poland is full of trails, please DO FALL for the ecotourism thing. It's absolutely amazing! Even at a 10' drive from big cities like Krakow!

  • @yuuitatsugami931
    @yuuitatsugami931 4 года назад +105

    "Everything here is cheap" - well I know that we may not be so rich but it still made me kinda sad xd

    • @shreyadutta2599
      @shreyadutta2599 4 года назад +4

      It's still kinda expensive for me... I really want to do my higher studies( MBA) in Poland... I wish it comes true... If God wants😊

    • @sagar8520
      @sagar8520 4 года назад +1

      @@shreyadutta2599 than poland is only option i can say ...most of Poland's universities are less expansive.

    • @annakubiak2302
      @annakubiak2302 2 года назад +3

      Poland is cheap for tourists but not so much for an average citizen. Make your money in the US and spend it in Poland. It will go a long way.

    • @yuuitatsugami931
      @yuuitatsugami931 2 года назад

      @shreya dutta I hope you succeded 😊 and I wish you best luck !

    • @yuuitatsugami931
      @yuuitatsugami931 2 года назад

      @Anna Kubiak yeah Ikr

  • @OvisRecords
    @OvisRecords 5 лет назад +2957

    who the hell wears shoes inside of a home?

    • @ademt6874
      @ademt6874 5 лет назад +402

      Americans lol

    • @zakaryloreto6526
      @zakaryloreto6526 5 лет назад +40

      Wild N Reckless I live in America and have never seen people bring shoes inside of a home

    • @ademt6874
      @ademt6874 5 лет назад +80

      @@zakaryloreto6526 I live in America but I'm not from here and every American who's house I've been in, I've never been asked to take my shoes off

    • @roshitha1072
      @roshitha1072 5 лет назад +13

      Americans lmao

    • @josepartida1711
      @josepartida1711 5 лет назад +21

      We do
      I’m an American
      If it’s hot we’ll be in flip flops

  • @TheAlverd
    @TheAlverd 5 лет назад +3422

    Don't keep your hands in pockets when speaking to someone. I USA it is sign of attention, while in Poland it's sign of not carring.

    • @wojtekciesioka7655
      @wojtekciesioka7655 4 года назад +65

      Yeah It's VERY important

    • @mr.kronikarz
      @mr.kronikarz 4 года назад +24

      It is just being cultured

    • @Star_Mati
      @Star_Mati 4 года назад +21

      Im from poland and its not true

    • @blacksalami3218
      @blacksalami3218 4 года назад +156

      @@Star_Mati co ty pierdolisz typie?! Jak trzymasz ręce w kieszeni ktoś pomyśli że jesteś niepoważny albo że masz wywalone na to
      Pozdrawia typ z łodzi

    • @mastersniper4201
      @mastersniper4201 4 года назад +76

      @@Star_Mati Ciekawe skąd taka wiedza bo raczej jest powszechnie wiadome iż nie trzyma się rąk w kieszeni podczas rozmowy.

  • @Stormchantress
    @Stormchantress 4 года назад +32

    0. Yeah, we still can't get over being under the Soviet regime so we're really sensitive about that. But an even greater DON'T is saying "Polish concentration camps". Other than actual slurs, that's probably the worst thing you can say in front of a Polish person. No, it's probably even worse than slurs.
    1. More of a superstition actually (people believe it's bad luck) and a habit built upon it. Even Poles tend to forget about it from time to time :)
    2. YES!! We feel awkward walking in our shoes inside someone's home and we find it rude when someone does. There are exceptions though. Usually, when you come as a contractor to get some work (plumbing etc) done, you're allowed to leave your shoes on. Also, some hosts might tell you specifially to leave your shoes on because they haven't washed their floors in a while and/or don't have any slippers to spare.
    3. We've over the moon whenever a foreigner makes an attempt to speak Polish. Sadly, linguistic education is far from perfect in Polish schools, so while many people understand it fairly well, they are too self-conscious to actually speak it. If you want your English to be understood, make sure you speak super-slow and super-clearly, without any slang, more towards a slightly formal language, as this is what we mostly learn at school. Btw. the way to say "please" in Polish is "proshe-w" ("e" pronounced as in "bed"; "w" is often dropped).
    4. It's only cheap when you don't earn in PLN :( Compared to income, it's actually more expensive than the US.
    5. A regulation introduced to reduce misdemeanour under influence. You can go around this law by pouring your booze into an inconspicuous container.
    6. Most ATMs give out 20s. Also, nowadays you can pay by credit or debit card pretty much everywhere, so unless you know you might end up in a place where you'll specifically need cash (e.g. a Christmass fair, a bazaar, a place with small tourist stalls), you don't usually bother to carry more than 50PLN on you. Contrary to the US, we don't have to build our credibility to receive a card - you get a debit card automatically as soon as you open your bank account, so non-cash payments are really widespread. Solves the "smaller bills" problem :)
    7. I think it depends on where you eat. Fancy restaurants and cafes - sure, but bistros etc. don't demand a tip.
    8. I know A LOT of tardy Poles and it drives me crazy :) Facilities always open and close on time, as do shops.
    9. Debatable. Maybe it's because I'm Southern Polish, but I like Prague a lot more than Cracow. And you forgot to mention (visit?) Podlasie with it's Białowieża Primordial Forest which is an absolute gem and needs more publicity before the government destroys it :(
    10. Until recently we didn't have as many cars as western countries so, yeah, public transport is quite well-developped in urban areas. Good look in the countryside, though :D

  • @DJmemoriesPlaylists
    @DJmemoriesPlaylists 3 месяца назад +3

    Visiting Poland is number one on my bucket list.

  • @reiphas
    @reiphas 5 лет назад +1804

    >make a video for non-Poles visiting Poland
    >attract Poles instead
    That's what happens every time XD

    • @kmmm16
      @kmmm16 5 лет назад +115

      I see my country, I click. That's how it works.

    • @reiphas
      @reiphas 5 лет назад +13

      @@kmmm16 Same

    • @marek4882
      @marek4882 5 лет назад +2

      Same as well

    • @n.a4687
      @n.a4687 5 лет назад +3

      SapphireRush every time! We’re attracted like magnets

    • @vfa593
      @vfa593 4 года назад

      Hahaha ta

  • @Drahim2k2
    @Drahim2k2 4 года назад +2868

    Ziomek:
    7zł piwo, luzik, taniusio
    Ja:
    Za 7 zł to ja życie sobie ułoże

    • @Tobiasz1408
      @Tobiasz1408 4 года назад +22

      Drahimkaf tylko to jest (chyba) Brytyjczyk wiec dla niego to 1,40£

    • @feleq6694
      @feleq6694 4 года назад +66

      @@Tobiasz1408 akcent brzmi raczej amerykańsko

    • @MusumeNeko
      @MusumeNeko 4 года назад +78

      Jeez, tak xD Byłam w Krakowie kilka dni i wróciłam kompletnie bez hajsu, a tu słyszę "it's really cheap there". Czej co xD

    • @Shawnx0
      @Shawnx0 4 года назад +5

      Tobiasz1408 To jest Amerykanin xd

    • @MusumeNeko
      @MusumeNeko 4 года назад +3

      @@Shawnx0 To wszystko wyjaśnia xD

  • @magmilion4175
    @magmilion4175 4 года назад +65

    another one: don't try to speak Russian with an intention to be understood; these are very distinct languages like French and Italian, so don't try it here

    • @move2003ny
      @move2003ny 4 года назад +3

      you could try speaking Italian in France and viceversa. If people try hard enough, they will understand you. And it does not have any of the historical connotations of Russian in Poland.

    • @mathew8978
      @mathew8978 3 года назад +5

      Yes DO NOT speak russian in Poland, NEVER! We Poles hate it! if you come to Poland learn some basic words in Polish and people will like you and respect you for that. We are not a russian province or german.

    • @hannaciszewska554
      @hannaciszewska554 3 года назад +7

      @@mathew8978 that's not true. I don't mind people trying to communicate with me in Russian if they don't know English nor Polish. Whatever language gets you understood, even partially, is good. And if a Polish person tries *really hard* we can understand the general message.

    • @msz-moimskromnymzdaniem6115
      @msz-moimskromnymzdaniem6115 3 года назад +4

      @@mathew8978 Do not be so excited. Do not speak on behalf of all the Poles. I think, to hate language is ridiculous.Hate is a very strong word, it is better to reserve it for other situations.

    • @Demicleas
      @Demicleas 3 года назад +1

      @@msz-moimskromnymzdaniem6115 he's probably one of those poles that hate anything to do with Russia beacuse ya know you've been occupied for a long ass time by Russians and Germans and Austria for a period of time. But mainly Russians and most of the oppresion and subjugation was done by Russians so ya know. You still have people like him and communities like him that absolutely dispise Russia for what they did even if you have forgiven them not everyone has.

  • @c.h.ingate5271
    @c.h.ingate5271 8 месяцев назад +4

    My neighborhood near Buffalo, NY was extremely Polish-American. There was a Catholic owned grade school where the classes were in Polish! So, even-though I'm Irish-American, I learned to order beer in Polish when I was 17 years of age!!

  • @teph1256
    @teph1256 6 лет назад +2807

    don't bring tanks with you, it's super rude

    • @astropolski
      @astropolski 6 лет назад +260

      shame Germany missed the memo

    • @sodaking6858
      @sodaking6858 6 лет назад +48

      Teph don't make war jokes that's also rude

    • @zepter00
      @zepter00 6 лет назад +113

      You can try to do it. For now Poland has 1100 tanks that is two times more than Germany and UK have together. Poland have also 600.000 reservists that is many times more than germany and UK have together. Poland have also milions of patriots , not milions of potential terrorists like UK, France, Germany etc. 😂😂🤣

    • @contemporiser
      @contemporiser 6 лет назад +24

      I drove those tanks. You can destroy 10 of them with one German tank before it get scratched. Maybe 5% are modern enough to compete. Rest is well maintained throughout their 40 years of being.

    • @zepter00
      @zepter00 6 лет назад +26

      Poland has almost 270 Leopard 2 MBT and 300 PT-91 Twardy with Erawa reactive armor btvt.narod.ru/raznoe/erawa/ERAWA.htm . Proces of the modernisation of the rest T-72M1 started right now. Yes, you drove those tanks..Maybe in WOT. Old fart like you could drive maybe T-55 which are retired. Better stick to making roofs and removing asbestos in USA

  • @anabellik
    @anabellik 5 лет назад +1429

    The fact that Poland is cheap might be nice for tourists. For us, it's rather depressing, because for people who actually live and work here, Poland is expensive, and going abroad is always super expensive.
    So, another don't: Don't mention that you find Poland cheap, don't boast about what you can afford. It makes Polish people upset.

    • @rbp8965
      @rbp8965 5 лет назад +88

      Yes I just got back from Poland with my partner (she is polish) I was shocked by how cheap it was but she made it very clear that it is actually very expensive for anyone in Poland without a really good job.
      The one thing that really shocked me was when we passed a beautiful what had to be 6 or 7 Bedroom House in the center of a Large Town/ Small City in Southern Poland, her Brother told me it had just sold for over 400,000 zl which would not get you a house/ bungalow of any size or description where we live.
      Also having traveled very extensively and regularly across Europe by car for most of my life the other thing that shocked me was how in many ways Poland is way more Modern than France, Italy the UK and Ireland especially when you go into what you would expect to be more rural areas.
      I have a feeling in my gut that Poland is about to Boom big time economically, it has a good standard of education, most of its younger people speak at least 2 languages and it had a feeling of a place where stuff was happening and about to happen on a much larger scale.
      Actually reminded me of my own Country when I was younger and it was going through an Economic Boom, fingers crossed your Politicians don't squander it like ours.

    • @zuzannastepien1575
      @zuzannastepien1575 5 лет назад +45

      R BP the well educated individuals migrate to different countries across Europe to find better paid jobs and that’s why Poland is in a really bad place economically.

    • @ukaszw6623
      @ukaszw6623 5 лет назад +14

      Przecież w Polsce dla Polaków nie jest aż tak drogo co to za pierdolenie w ogóle

    • @raniada5112
      @raniada5112 4 года назад

      anabellik , comrade, my country’s actually a lot more poor than Poland, tbh... and the under average people here is most of the population.. but I’m at the capital so you can’t really see that here unless you squint. I’m okay though, as poor as we are we could still survive either way so yeah :)

    • @Macken8888
      @Macken8888 4 года назад +13

      @@rbp8965 Man, cross fingers and pray that people in Poland will stop voting for socialism(PiS and PO) and one day maybe we could get just a little bit richer.

  • @drawingdreamingangels
    @drawingdreamingangels 9 месяцев назад +4

    Hello! I’m going to be living in Poland starting January for 18 months! Thank you for the video

  • @Scaleyback317
    @Scaleyback317 Год назад +11

    Spent a week in Warsaw just before Covid - almost accidentally (long story). My wife and I just fell in love with the city. We stayed in a beautiful hotel a couple of hundred yards outside the city gates. We dined every night in that square - a wonderful experience sat out till midnight in complete safety. Armed police patrolling the whole time, didn't see any drunks or anti-social behaviour and everyone we spoke with were happy we had made the effort to see their city. The museums were outstanding and we can recommend the free walks around the city. Did a couple under the guidance of "Bart". He enjoyed the walks almost as much as we did and his pride in the city shone through. At some point we will return to Warsaw for sure.

    • @weareallbornmad410
      @weareallbornmad410 7 месяцев назад

      Armed police patrolling the whole time? That's concerning, and not at all my experience of living here for 30+ years. Where exactly did you say you stayed?

    • @Scaleyback317
      @Scaleyback317 7 месяцев назад

      @@weareallbornmad410 That comment was concerning the centre of Warsaw. I don't see armed police as anything other than reassuring. Many of the countries I've lived in routinely arm their Law enforcement agencies. Although here in UK that is not the case. Why concerning?

    • @weareallbornmad410
      @weareallbornmad410 7 месяцев назад

      @@Scaleyback317 Generally speaking we don't have "armed police patrolling all the time" in Warsaw. If something happened to trigger such a thing during your stay, that's concerning.

  • @grandbeing4599
    @grandbeing4599 5 лет назад +1824

    Just dont say to us " OHH POLAND AND RUSSIA IS THE SAME"
    just no.

    • @sholterek
      @sholterek 5 лет назад +46

      Yup, never say that.

    • @johannes7259
      @johannes7259 4 года назад +23

      Prefer the beauty of Poland than Russia..

    • @francek3892
      @francek3892 4 года назад +27

      Same for Croatia and Serbia if you ever come to Croatia or Serbia don't say that that we are the same we hate it. If you say that in public you could land in hospital with broken bones

    • @beascoutly8735
      @beascoutly8735 4 года назад +5

      Im from Poland, i see alot of alcoholic people, i see alot of slavic people, i lived Sadly on flats. Very patologic flats.. its like Russia=Poland

    • @beascoutly8735
      @beascoutly8735 4 года назад

      And i like being compared to Biggest country in the world.

  • @ofish3582
    @ofish3582 5 лет назад +1009

    *DONT* drive your Panzerkampfwagen III to Warsaw and sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

  • @liciterak9519
    @liciterak9519 3 года назад +5

    Is it just me that gets excited whenever someone from a different country talks about your culture

  •  4 года назад +88

    Your "dziękuję" sounds great, but "proszę" is more like "pRoshe" with hard RRrrrrrr and Eeeee in the end.

    • @brandonhiggins8712
      @brandonhiggins8712 4 года назад +2

      I think he was saying "prosim", but maybe I just heard it incorrectly

    •  4 года назад +1

      @@brandonhiggins8712 There is no word "prosim" in polish.
      Plural is "prosimy" - with "y" like in mYstic in the end.

    • @brandonhiggins8712
      @brandonhiggins8712 4 года назад

      @ right but maybe he also just knows Slovak

    • @kamilawojcik6133
      @kamilawojcik6133 2 года назад +1

      @@brandonhiggins8712 even if he does, what's the point of speaking Slovak in Poland? :) Perhaps he also knows other languages, so should he speak Zulu in China or Hebrew in Iceland? xD

    • @TheMcMiodzio
      @TheMcMiodzio 2 года назад +1

      Said SZARŻUJĄCY JEDNOROŻEC XDDDDDD

  • @verge3497
    @verge3497 5 лет назад +715

    #1 Don't say "Polish death camps"

    • @Michallo50
      @Michallo50 4 года назад +2

      Campus?

    • @polski_mamut
      @polski_mamut 4 года назад +95

      @@Michallo50 it's german, made by germans
      Saying that it's Polish it's incorrect, offensive & against the history

    • @oos24712
      @oos24712 4 года назад +30

      Don't give money to "cygan"

    • @varavier3056
      @varavier3056 4 года назад +5

      If you'd say that they would instantly hate you.

    • @xadnes
      @xadnes 4 года назад +1

      XDDD true

  • @lis6875
    @lis6875 4 года назад +1589

    Do not say "spasiba", You are in Poland, not in Russia.

    • @oiseau_libre
      @oiseau_libre 4 года назад +65

      Sadly, these days you might hear more russian than Polish language on the streets of major cities. It's awful. Are those immigrants from Belarus, Eastern Ukraine & Kazakhstan totally incapable of learning the language of the country where they live now?!?!
      Then again, they were incapable of learning the language of the country they were born in.. soviet brains, smdh...

    • @PhucDat37
      @PhucDat37 4 года назад +117

      @@oiseau_libre go abroad and see how many polish people speak the language of the country they're in...

    • @brandonhiggins8712
      @brandonhiggins8712 4 года назад +39

      @@PhucDat37 so I guess you mean quite a few? I lived in London for a while and every Polish person I met spoke English. Maybe not fluently but they spoke it. I live in the US and there is a large Polish population in Connecticut, almost all of whom are fluent in English, so I'd say to the contrary that most Poles abroad do speak the language of the country they're in.

    • @PhucDat37
      @PhucDat37 4 года назад +18

      @@brandonhiggins8712 well, we probably had different experiences, as for 10 years I lived in London most Poles I've met hardly spoke English language, some of them did not have basic proficiency, they lived with Poles, worked with Poles and went to Polish stores and bars, did not socialize outside their nationality at all, probably that's why you didn't meet them.

    • @move2003ny
      @move2003ny 4 года назад +26

      Suiciderification my feelings exactly when I walk down some places in London or Edinburgh and all I hear is kurwa this pierdole that. It’s usually coming from blokes in baseball caps (never seen a baseball cap in Poland myself). My point is, a Pole complaining about mass migration is like a cheese shop owner complaining of the smell from the butcher’s.

  • @martinhenriksen1248
    @martinhenriksen1248 Год назад +6

    Poland is the best country in the World! Kocham Polski from Denmark🇩🇰🇵🇱🙏🏻

  • @Sebastian-pc1li
    @Sebastian-pc1li 3 года назад +96

    Polacy w komentarzach: Hippety Hoppety, This comment section is now our property

  • @igier5976
    @igier5976 5 лет назад +2189

    Never compare poland to germany

    • @G0DKING
      @G0DKING 5 лет назад +72

      viva franconia another don’t is not to call German death camps polish.

    • @burikinodance
      @burikinodance 5 лет назад +6

      @Baloo TheBear As a person from both, Both are very nice countries. Mind you, Germany is a world superpower and a UN leader.

    • @miko8732
      @miko8732 5 лет назад +24

      @wailord targaryen they were set up by Nazis not Polish, do not say that we set it up, as that would be false

    • @mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853
      @mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 5 лет назад

      Unless you're in Silesia,I bet they adore it.

    • @rider7949
      @rider7949 5 лет назад +3

      “Polish Concentration Camps” arent real lmao

  • @ikaros_alpha6679
    @ikaros_alpha6679 5 лет назад +2743

    "Everything is cheap". Yeah... maybe with USA or Germany earnings but not with Polish

    • @jankordalewski9239
      @jankordalewski9239 5 лет назад +62

      Nie wiem o co wam chodzi mimo że żyje w najdroższym polskim mieście (Warszawie) to w porównaniu nawet do Litwy, Słowacji czy Niemiec mamy strasznie tanio. Że ludzie zarabiają po 2,5k na rękę w Biedrze czy innej Żabce to już ich wybór mogli się uczyć (oczywiście bez urazy) reasumując za średnią krajową w polsce możemy sobie kupić więcej niż Litwini czy Słowacy

    • @UrPPhard
      @UrPPhard 5 лет назад +108

      @@jankordalewski9239 to, że ludzie lądują na słabo płatnych stanowiskach niekoniecznie jest ich winą. Oczywiście z częścią tych osób na pewno tak jest, jednak niekiedy jest to związane z brakiem pieniędzy, co wymusza szybkie pójście do pracy, patologią lub złym towarzystwem. Lub też po prostu niezdecydowaniem, jaki zawód w życiu wykonywać

    • @jankordalewski9239
      @jankordalewski9239 5 лет назад +13

      Wiem podałem tylko stereotyp ,ale jeżeli ktoś się stara to nawet z patologicznego domu może stać się dyrektorem,prezesem, założyć swój biznes . Wystarczy odrobina szczęścia i wytrwałości

    • @lyzkaa
      @lyzkaa 5 лет назад +69

      ... W Niemczech produkty w sklepach są praktycznie w takich cenach jak w Polsce. Drogie są jedynie usługi ;) A jednak zarobki duuużo wyższe. Nie obrażaj ludzi, bo nie każdy jest korposzczurem. Większość Polaków jednak nie zarabia więcej niż 3,5 tys zł, mając dobre wykształcenie. Przykładowo w Poznaniu za taką samą pracę w HR zarabiasz o 2-3 tys. mniej niż w Warszawie, a mieszkania? Raptem 300 zł tańsze.

    • @DarkMatteos
      @DarkMatteos 5 лет назад +67

      @@jankordalewski9239 oj chlopie... wyjdz do ludzi i sprobuj najpierw ich poznac zanim skomentujesz. Duzo osob opuszcza edukacje z powodu problemow w domu (niekiedy to pijani rodzice, niekiedy bieda w domu itp itd) i to nie ich wina, ze tak sie ukierunkowalo. Pewnie masz fajna rodzinke co Cie wspiera, dawalo lub nadal daje kieszonkowe i pomagalo na starcie. Niektorzy musieli juz w wieku 16 lat zapierdalac by miec co zjesc. Przez takich ludzi wlasnie oni sami traca nadzieje na to, ze moga cos zmienix bo musza zapierdalac by utrzymać rodzine (i nie karyne z 6 dzieci tylko np siebie i swoje rodzenstwo), wypelniac obowiazki domowe to sie nie dziwie, ze nie ma sil na nauke. Wiem, ze pewnie nie chciales nikogo urazic ale swiat nie jest taki cudowny, ze wystarczy troche szczescia i zapalu aby cos osiagnac. Zawsze moze wydarzyc sie jakies nieszczescie w zyciu i z typa zarabiajacego 5 tysi miesiexznie zaczniesz miec najnizsza krajowa
      Nie szufladkujmy ludzi i nie oceniajmy nie poznajac bo sadze, ze nikt z was nie chcialby zostac oceniony z gory i wrzucony do worka z innymi

  • @dabooom1296
    @dabooom1296 11 месяцев назад +4

    I'm from germany and watched some of your videos about belgium because I visited it in spring and now while planing a trip to poland in summer I'm again stumbling about a video with some helpful tips from you is pretty cool😅
    I appreciate your videos keep it going!

  • @ganymedes62
    @ganymedes62 Год назад +6

    The first time I visited Poland, was on holidays back in 1970, when I was 8 years old. We kept going back because, yes, at the time it was cheap and the people were incredibly friendly. Once I reached the age of 16 and got my own passport, we stopped as you had to pay for a visa per passport. We kept in contact, though, with many people we had met and once the iron curtain went down, visits went back and forth. I'm Dutch, but I can still speak a bit of Polish as I learned the basics at a young age 🙂 It's quite fun to say 'dzien dobry' to someone getting out of a car with Polish license plates here in Amsterdam.

  • @Lyserg1260
    @Lyserg1260 4 года назад +1657

    I live in Poland and i can say one thing: No one expects you to give a tip.
    It's always very nice to do so but you don't need to do that and people won't get mad if you don't.

    • @kacperstrzyzewski8522
      @kacperstrzyzewski8522 4 года назад +57

      Well, it depends. I feel like not giving any tip is sign that i'm not really satisfied with service. for example, BAZYLISZEK restaurant located in Warsaw Old Town- Waiter will greet you with a cherry alcohol shot. They are polite and hospitable as fucc, i would feel extremply awful not to tip.

    • @SCOTTYskotii
      @SCOTTYskotii 4 года назад +62

      That’s awesome when three of polish people (me too) are speaking in English under video to non polish people xD

    • @neri1220
      @neri1220 4 года назад +32

      I live in Poland and i can say that everybody wish you would tip, but it's not the end of the world if you don't.
      It is just that... if you tip, you leave good impression, you are telling them that you liked the food or you liked the service.
      So tips are always welcome, unlike, for example in Japan.

    • @paveloknowski1339
      @paveloknowski1339 4 года назад +2

      At least you admit that you can say just One thing ! good for you !!

    • @tadeuszkosciuszko9983
      @tadeuszkosciuszko9983 4 года назад +6

      In a cheap restaurant (cheapest are called "bar") you don't have to leave a tip. But in a more classy and upscale leave at least 10%.

  • @papkinn
    @papkinn 4 года назад +2419

    Video: Polish people really don't like [...]
    Me, a Poles: wait we don't?
    Video: Poland is very cheap
    Me: IT IS?

    • @Ola-ye2yd
      @Ola-ye2yd 4 года назад +41

      IS IT*

    • @misu1200
      @misu1200 4 года назад +139

      @@Ola-ye2yd you can say it both ways
      Możesz to powiedzieć na oba sposoby

    • @allduckslikewater8017
      @allduckslikewater8017 4 года назад +94

      Yeah, It's like 4 times cheaper, but we have also 4 times smaller wages

    • @MSDRaziel
      @MSDRaziel 4 года назад +22

      Zapraszam na Florydę, to od razu zmienisz zdanie na temat tego gdzie jest drogo a gdzie tanio. Najtańszy chleb $3,99. Ale co racja ważniejsze od cen są zarobki.... Jak zarabiasz $45/h to już ten sam chleb wydaje się tani... A teraz jedziesz do Polski. What?! Bread for $1? PS: Browar tutaj kosztuje w okolicach $10, za to whisky 12letnia ok $30 taka lepsza, bo Johnny Walker to nawet za $15. Przypominam o tutejszych zarobkach 🤪

    • @Stormchantress
      @Stormchantress 4 года назад +63

      @@Ola-ye2yd "It is?" is correct to express surprise or disbelieve :) Doesn't need inversion ;)

  • @BeesKneesBenjamin
    @BeesKneesBenjamin 6 месяцев назад +2

    Since having a Polish partner for a couple years, I've been grinding to learn the language and it's easily the most difficult one I've ever tried to learn. I'm really glad no matter what village or city in Poland, I've only been met with patience trying to vocalise what I need without people switch to English. It really helped learning the language to the point I can now get around in the country (still using a lot of gestures and butchered grammar) and talk with her family. It's really fun to be able to communicate with anyone and everyone rather than only store owners and museum staff :-). It's also funny how often I get a comment about my accent, never in a negative way but because a lot of people never heard a Dutch native speak Polish I think.
    I never gave the country a second thought before meeting her, but now I visit the country during all my holidays and sometimes an extended weekend or two. It became a bit of a second home, truly a big and beautiful country and a lot to explore. 10/10 would recommend visiting if you haven't yet! You can't go wrong with any city, they're all interesting and have their own story with a very turbulent history.

  • @Wislarz1906
    @Wislarz1906 4 года назад +4

    I love the way you say "proszę". It melts my heart.

  • @karolinaslubowska3982
    @karolinaslubowska3982 5 лет назад +1087

    The reason why we are so happy when we hear a foreign tourist speaking polish is because our language is so damn difficult and even we, Poles make mistakes very often haha
    so it is nice when we hear you trying :D

    • @akashratheesh5481
      @akashratheesh5481 4 года назад +6

      I like a girl in Poland her name is Maja pawalec do u know her

    • @gabrielamakar9315
      @gabrielamakar9315 4 года назад +23

      Secondly, we learn english, german, russian... and more at school :)
      It's helpful, but also I'm upset when I'm in Poland and speak in English, because someone have not learnt few words like "straight" which is necessary to say them how to get somewhere :)
      I think that polish people are jealous, because we have to learn so much languages, but no one is going to learn our language.

    • @akashratheesh5481
      @akashratheesh5481 4 года назад

      @@gabrielamakar9315 I really love her but she won't replying me why

    • @erectustesticulus3191
      @erectustesticulus3191 4 года назад +3

      Ur language ain’t use vowels

    • @macky3379
      @macky3379 4 года назад +4

      @@erectustesticulus3191 nah its just that there's a lot of z's and it seems that way

  • @jan.0673
    @jan.0673 5 лет назад +1107

    Never compare Poland to Russia. And if you want to eat Polish dumplings (pierogi), just call them pierogi. People here don’t know word dumplings. It’s just PIEROGI.

    • @kmmm16
      @kmmm16 5 лет назад +33

      Wtf there actually is a word for pierogi

    • @terelosz4097
      @terelosz4097 5 лет назад +3

      Wtf is PIEROGI

    • @Rzyneg
      @Rzyneg 5 лет назад +59

      @@terelosz4097 best food ever

    • @Ervil-bt2ye
      @Ervil-bt2ye 5 лет назад +8

      @@makskiebasa6903 I like Russians and im from Poland

    • @makskiebasa6903
      @makskiebasa6903 5 лет назад +2

      @@Ervil-bt2ye gadasz po polsku?

  • @barnalideysarker8372
    @barnalideysarker8372 Год назад +3

    I lived in Poland for quite a few years. My experience is very good with polish people

  • @user-ud7qe2gg8e
    @user-ud7qe2gg8e 5 лет назад +327

    The way not Polish People say "proszę" always makes my day

    • @twojastaramarynata
      @twojastaramarynata 5 лет назад +7

      ,,prosej" xD

    • @johannes7259
      @johannes7259 4 года назад

      Gejem 😂

    • @gabs6315
      @gabs6315 4 года назад +5

      Did u ever hear "przepraszam"? This one can be hillarious! xd

    • @johannes7259
      @johannes7259 4 года назад

      Jalum I know how to speak that my ex polish girlfriend taught me how😂😂😂

    • @MazariPL
      @MazariPL 4 года назад +1

      The way nonpolish people say prosze sounds as if they said prosie which means "a pig" basically:)

  • @raymondquadros7142
    @raymondquadros7142 5 лет назад +878

    Kocham Polskę................. I am from Goa, India. I have travelled almost all of Europe, but Poland is my favorite Country.
    I must say this with immense Pride and Gratitude...that THE POLISH people are the nicest people in the world. I have stayed with Dozens of families and everybody was very good to me.
    Dziękuję Polska.
    Kocham cię Kasha i Jolka......lol............................2 BEAUTIFUL POLISH GIRLS I can never forget.

  • @midcenturymodern9330
    @midcenturymodern9330 Год назад +2

    I'm a Polish transplant living in the US and this advice is 100% correct. Nicely done.

  • @RumblingJotaro
    @RumblingJotaro 4 года назад +70

    Inni : czy moge wisieć grosika ... NIE
    Ja kiedy miałem 12 lat : no pani weźmie tego grosika
    Kasjerka : nie, ty go weź

  • @MazovianMapping
    @MazovianMapping 6 лет назад +659

    „Prosim” is Czech, in Polish it’s „Proszę” :D

  • @69digs59
    @69digs59 6 лет назад +622

    DON'T buy stuff in the Old Square in Warsaw as the prices are 50% higher there than in other parts of Poland including 500m away from the square.

    • @Bugaran
      @Bugaran 5 лет назад +15

      Confirmed

    • @magdachlebicka3895
      @magdachlebicka3895 5 лет назад +42

      Come on, Zakopane is the worst

    • @interitus7703
      @interitus7703 5 лет назад +17

      not mention there's always a Ukranian or Russian standing there looking to sell you a busted camera for the price of a car (this is, to clarify, a joke. based on true events)

    • @Vaarjat
      @Vaarjat 5 лет назад +4

      To nadal tanio dla turystow odwiedzajacych Polske, wiec samo informowanie ich o tym jest dobre, ale tym samym Polska zarabia o polowe mniej na ich przyjezdzie

    • @Bugaran
      @Bugaran 5 лет назад +3

      @@Vaarjat tylko jak będą czuć że wydali mniej to przyjadą więcej razy. "Bo tanio" i tak Polska zarabia bo przyjeżdżają więcej razy ;) pozdro

  • @codyxxx347
    @codyxxx347 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for visiting Poland, it was nice having you here :)

  • @ukaszgoralczuk4478
    @ukaszgoralczuk4478 2 года назад +2

    That tip about learning a few word is so accurate. I would smile a lot and appreciate someone who knows a few words like "dziekuje", "prosze" or "piwo". It really opens people, even when he said it in the film i smiled :D

  • @klaudnine3468
    @klaudnine3468 5 лет назад +499

    Big DONT in Poland - dont put your feet up if you’re on a train/bus

    • @littlebee4163
      @littlebee4163 5 лет назад +11

      lmao im polish and i do that??

    • @Festucius
      @Festucius 5 лет назад +114

      @@littlebee4163 Well, nothing to be proud of certainly.

    • @magdachlebicka3895
      @magdachlebicka3895 5 лет назад +3

      Yes. In the next hour you'll become a very popular meme

    • @monikaszeksztello1284
      @monikaszeksztello1284 5 лет назад +5

      Who dose that anyways

    • @ewik7928
      @ewik7928 5 лет назад +4

      wait what does that mean?

  • @mariohendriks1
    @mariohendriks1 6 лет назад +186

    I experienced the no drinking in public rules first hand. We had a beer on a street corner in Katowice and all of the sudden a big police van showed up with blue lights and 6 police officers. It was quite intimidating at first, but when they found out we were stupid tourists they were very friendly and told us to take our beers to the hostel.

    • @YogSothoth1985
      @YogSothoth1985 6 лет назад +3

      Made a similar experience with police in Katowice while crossing the road at a point, where we were not supposed to cross. Very polite just pointing out to what we did wrong.

    • @mgecko2959
      @mgecko2959 6 лет назад +6

      Yeah if you were Polish you would be stripped searched at the back of the van and fined with tickets for drinking in public.

    • @xfilesfoxisdead7979
      @xfilesfoxisdead7979 6 лет назад

      Yeah its strictly forbid to drink in public

    • @starcityrc3298
      @starcityrc3298 2 года назад

      It's the same in the US. If a cop drives by and sees you drinking. You get a ticket for Public Consumption. Sometimes just a warning.
      They just started allowing drinking at Camp sites in my area

  • @oldwelshbloke6860
    @oldwelshbloke6860 2 года назад +6

    Poland is my favourite "close" destination. Food is extremely underated. Good solid fare. The language is wild. A pleasure is just to listen as locals chat. It has a musical element? The written form is indecipherable but that adds to the flavour. People are quite reserved but trying to speak a bit of Polish always breaks the ice and gets a smile. Besides they speak English better than I does, innit.

    • @thinksie
      @thinksie 2 года назад +3

      Lmao we read/say things just as it's written, if you remember all letters and "sz cz dz dż dź ch(which is just h)" you would be able to speak it just as good as write. :D
      I'm happy that you like Poland and our people ;) Greetings from there!

    • @suemoore984
      @suemoore984 2 года назад +1

      Polish is easy to read aloud even if you don't know what the words mean. Pronunciation is 'phonetic' in that individual letters are always pronounced the same way, and specific clusters (e.g. szcz) are also always pronounced the same way.

    • @thinksie
      @thinksie 2 года назад

      @@suemoore984 Exactly as you say :P

  • @robertwisniewski2029
    @robertwisniewski2029 11 месяцев назад +1

    in general, for someone who is invited to a PRIVATE house (family, friends, whatever): in such a situation it is good to be a little late, 10-15 minutes, to give the host time to prepare. It's a courtesy. Arriving early can cause trouble for someone

  • @citersify
    @citersify 6 лет назад +658

    Another dont: do not take stairing personally, we polish people like to watch others, and we do not always think its rude.. so if you see somebody is stairing at you , probably it's his or her curiosity , we don't want to be mean or smth

    • @krysiatabachenko8756
      @krysiatabachenko8756 5 лет назад +21

      citersify yes! I agree

    • @lafemme0011
      @lafemme0011 5 лет назад +75

      Omg! Thank for this, today I was going nuts because one of my supervisors she’s polish and she was starting at me while I was working I felt so awkward I didn’t know what to do Lol didn’t knew that they do that

    • @jisoosbottle6284
      @jisoosbottle6284 5 лет назад +27

      Oh my god I didn’t know that was a polish thing I thought only my family did that

    • @AlphaQHard
      @AlphaQHard 5 лет назад +71

      Im polish and I hate staring.
      Co sie kurwa gapisz?

    • @junjungatbos3548
      @junjungatbos3548 5 лет назад +30

      Is it ok to smile back?

  • @RossBayCult
    @RossBayCult 5 лет назад +304

    “Everything is cheap”. With an American salary it is.

    • @parker.100
      @parker.100 4 года назад +18

      Yeah, I cringed during those parts. I don't think the host meant to give offense, but a better way of phrasing it would be to say that the conversion rate is favorable if you're from such-and-such countries (don't assume that people watching your video are necessarily from places that have a stronger currency than Poland). And I wouldn't use the word "cheap" at all, because it suggests inferiority and poor quality, even if that's not the speaker's intent. He could instead say that food and products tend to be a great value/very affordable for tourists, gets the same meaning across.

    • @sansgirlfriend
      @sansgirlfriend 4 года назад +1

      luckily im polish and my dad works in england so for me its pretty cheap

    • @sansgirlfriend
      @sansgirlfriend 4 года назад

      @tobi toto i mean yeah but i still live with my parents so they pay for me

    • @sansgirlfriend
      @sansgirlfriend 4 года назад

      @tobi toto i used to live in england for 9 years and where i lived it was pretty expensive but thats probably because i have a big family

  • @helvete983
    @helvete983 2 года назад +4

    I loved Gdansk, The public transport is very good, but it can get over crowded at times, I stood from Gdansk to Hel because I gave my seat to an elderly lady which seemed to surprise people. But we will visit again 100% great food and beer, welcoming and friendly people.

  • @Path3692
    @Path3692 4 года назад +3

    The whole tip thing is on point. You don’t say thank you while paying the bill if you’re expecting the change to be brought back to you. Had this situation in Katowice with my English friend.

  • @gabor6259
    @gabor6259 4 года назад +614

    Him: Don't walk around in shoes in houses in Poland.
    Me: Don't walk around in shoes in houses anywhere in the non-English speaking world.

    • @maplemove
      @maplemove 4 года назад +29

      In Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 we also remove shoes.

    • @ruddytuesday
      @ruddytuesday 4 года назад +58

      Pretty sure it's only the US where people just clomp through other people's houses. I'm Canadian, and we always take our shoes off, even when the host says don't bother.

    • @johngreene8332
      @johngreene8332 4 года назад +11

      @@ruddytuesday Well with my US family you better take your shoes as soon as you enter their homes--mine included!

    • @dorotakononczuk3131
      @dorotakononczuk3131 3 года назад +21

      It is just RESPECT for owners who cleaning their house

    • @andresmartinez8644
      @andresmartinez8644 3 года назад +6

      Well in Chile we don't take them off either

  • @TheNPCShow
    @TheNPCShow 4 года назад +291

    I'm a Chinese-American who moved here three months ago and love it. Everyone has been very warm and welcoming. I love Poland!!! \ ^_^ /

    • @justynagorka3972
      @justynagorka3972 4 года назад +28

      And people call us intolerant racists 🤔

    • @EwrimBilgen
      @EwrimBilgen 4 года назад +11

      @@justynagorka3972 really? but why? I didn't see anything related to racism in Poland?

    • @bieszczadzkiearchiwa
      @bieszczadzkiearchiwa 4 года назад +11

      @@EwrimBilgen becouse there is no imigrants

    • @alexanderbieniek8174
      @alexanderbieniek8174 3 года назад +3

      What brought you to Poland?

    • @FireJach
      @FireJach 3 года назад +12

      @@EwrimBilgen because those idiots are on the internet.. Or some drunk bald guys with sweatpants

  • @MartyMcflyWorld
    @MartyMcflyWorld 2 года назад +1

    Great video my friend! I had seen your video before my trip to Krakow and it was really helpful! Congrats!!!

  • @jannowak2128
    @jannowak2128 4 года назад +1

    You rock, mister. A very kind and polite video. Well done. Do zobaczenia

  • @stephenallen2942
    @stephenallen2942 6 лет назад +305

    Having just come back from Krakow 21/7/17, I can thank you enough for the advice about learning to say please and thank you in Polish.I ask the receptionist at my hotel to write down the words for please and thank you on my city map before i headed out and for the rest of my stay the staff there could not do enough for me and the people really do like it when you try even if it probably sounds terrible to them.Keep up the good work and good advice.

    • @woltersworld
      @woltersworld  6 лет назад +23

      +Stephen Allen that is great to hear and you were an awesome traveler to have them write it down for you. Great travels to you my friend!

    • @justkinga3121
      @justkinga3121 6 лет назад +9

      Stephen Allen unfortunately our language is REALLY difficult,even for us Poles(sometimes 😉)

    • @wieslawl59
      @wieslawl59 6 лет назад +17

      +Personal of Suburbia If you're Polish and have problems with the Polish language, then you are not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

    • @wieslawl59
      @wieslawl59 6 лет назад +6

      +Kiril 470 I AM Polish and I have lived half of my life in a foreign country, and I have NO problems with pronouncing Polish words.

    • @magdalenasokoowska978
      @magdalenasokoowska978 6 лет назад +1

      Stephen Allen im from krakow

  • @KarolBadowski
    @KarolBadowski 6 лет назад +189

    In Poland there are no rules for tips. They are nicely seen like everywhere, because who does not like getting a present, but it is not a must like in USA. Employers pay their employees here and you see the actual price in the menu. Tips and their size are rather an obligation/a custom for USA, where employers do not pay waiters enough and waiters rely on tips. Here it is just a nice generous gesture, not an obligation.

    • @SH3player
      @SH3player 6 лет назад +9

      That is awesome. The tippings system is criminal. The corporations have the customers and employees mad at each other for having to tip, not tipping enough, and other reasons while they make all the money on low wages and receive no blame.

    • @beckypetersen2680
      @beckypetersen2680 6 лет назад +2

      From what I know about people and their pay, the average waiter or waitress probably isn't getting enough to actually live on, so tip if you are happy with the service! They will love you!

    • @exquisitecanineaficionado
      @exquisitecanineaficionado 6 лет назад +7

      nnnaaaah, if someone is working full-time job as waiter, he has average pay just like any other person. Of course, college students are often working in restaurants, usually 20 hours or less per week. Mostly, to rent room and binge drink on weekends, like young people do. Of course anyone would be happy. Don't feel obliged to tip for everything, it's not America.

    • @iamnotdeadpool6479
      @iamnotdeadpool6479 6 лет назад +1

      Expect don't talk about space

    • @Wokculture69
      @Wokculture69 6 лет назад

      In Greece is the same but most of the times owner keeps tips without telling

  • @whatsonh5737
    @whatsonh5737 3 года назад +7

    I was in Cracow two weeks ago and i was paying for beer with 100pln bill. There was no problem with paying, maybe because my bill for those beers was 92 pln :D Many good craft beers in here but not around sukiennice. Smaller places are great. Another awesome city is Torun (like 150km south of Gdansk). Awesome old town, awesome restaurants (just like in Cracow the best ones are not around main square).

  • @sadshadow5346
    @sadshadow5346 4 года назад +20

    I have 1 question Why i See this in my recommended if i'm from Poland 🤨

  • @wiktoriapartyka4169
    @wiktoriapartyka4169 4 года назад +198

    My mom HATES when my friends in Ireland come in the house with shoes and walk around everywhere... this man knows what he's saying.

    • @jackmatthews2546
      @jackmatthews2546 4 года назад +7

      sorry we are lazy fucks haha

    • @sa-lq7kz
      @sa-lq7kz 3 года назад +1

      tak wieemm. tez ze w irlandi jest tak mokro. i dont know why they keep their shoes on. im not surprised walking into irish households and the floor looking like shit

    • @masenko4519
      @masenko4519 3 года назад

      I live in Australia and it's pretty 50/50 here in my experience, usually when people have carpet

    • @lauraenright3667
      @lauraenright3667 2 года назад

      @@sa-lq7kz hey dude, that was uncalled for

    • @chelliebradshaw8721
      @chelliebradshaw8721 2 года назад

      I feel like that’s a universal don’t… I’m African American & we take our shoes off before walking in the house.

  • @dewybunny
    @dewybunny 6 лет назад +803

    if someone in poland tells you that you don't have to take off your shoes in their house - they're _absolutely_ lying. *take them off.* we're not going to clean up your mess

    • @gayfurrysx69
      @gayfurrysx69 6 лет назад +69

      Saeyoung Choi lmao ikr theyre just saying it because they dont want to sound rude

    • @bar-sabas4801
      @bar-sabas4801 6 лет назад +10

      Saeyoung Choi 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂absolutely right I've come across these situations and I just take the shoes off

    • @libertarianatheist6274
      @libertarianatheist6274 6 лет назад

      Ottomans would never be able to conquer England or france. It's just Central Europe that wold be affected. Maybe muslims could make humans out of you, but sadly they didn't get the chance. Also you took Moscow with Russian support and when Russia was small and weak. You fell in a month in 1939 XD

    • @WitcherDAD
      @WitcherDAD 6 лет назад +4

      ya, you did and only once in last 1000 years with help of Stalin from East. If we would have that big army at that time , conquer of Germany we will take for us 3 days . The simple example is Wizna Battle.

    • @kdoadoc
      @kdoadoc 6 лет назад +12

      nie kloc sie z nim, tosz to polaczyna, zaden dumny jankes nie pisze "XD"

  • @sharpfang
    @sharpfang 4 года назад +6

    "Don't forget to tip" - nope. Tipping is strictly optional, a nice gesture but absolutely not required. Especially do NOT tip for poor service.

  • @velachenel
    @velachenel 11 месяцев назад +1

    super helpful thank you! The tip part of saying thank you and the doorway farewells are funny and awesome tips!!

  • @butter2137
    @butter2137 5 лет назад +717

    The Most Helpful Rule Is DON'T SAY KURWA IN PUBLIC!!! It's a Curse Word.

    • @swift1014
      @swift1014 5 лет назад +57

      it's just too powerful as it concentrates power of all Slavs in one little place.

    • @tychapzdr2580
      @tychapzdr2580 5 лет назад +19

      that's mean you are drunk or you are just an idiot

    • @lukaszdluzak3905
      @lukaszdluzak3905 5 лет назад +5

      @@tychapzdr2580 Or REALY pissed off

    • @johannes7259
      @johannes7259 4 года назад

      Kurwa

    • @xyzzy-dv6te
      @xyzzy-dv6te 4 года назад

      There's a lot more Polish curse words

  • @josephmilio9493
    @josephmilio9493 6 лет назад +544

    going to poland in august cant wait

    • @PinkDiamoMSP
      @PinkDiamoMSP 6 лет назад +8

      Oooooo This Country Is Gr8 (I’m Polish)

    • @josephmilio9493
      @josephmilio9493 6 лет назад +13

      Pink Diamo MSP I’m excited to go I’m from the US but I have a little polish in me

    • @PinkDiamoMSP
      @PinkDiamoMSP 6 лет назад +5

      Joseph New York Oh Cool I Really Want To Go To The US Haha

    • @Arcadius80
      @Arcadius80 5 лет назад +10

      You are very lucky we Poles, very big political friends of US can't go there because of false Jews government who keeps visas.
      Fuck america very deeply.

    • @gabbyk1391
      @gabbyk1391 5 лет назад +3

      Arcadius
      That's changing with Trump as President. He's not afraid of the ones undermining our country and he has good people backing him. Real nationalists who want strong nationalist allies.

  • @martas2208
    @martas2208 4 года назад +10

    As an expatriate from Poland, I find these tips on-point 👍 Especially about respecting the home by not walking around in outdoor shoes!

  • @Kacper42PL
    @Kacper42PL 4 года назад +31

    Yeah, everything cheap, sure, the euro in 4 times more worth than polish złote, thats why its cheap.

    • @dorotakononczuk3131
      @dorotakononczuk3131 3 года назад +1

      That's right! I always say: 5 złoty is liike 5 dolars for American and 5 euros for others grom European counties. Because we earn four times less than them. And this is why is cheaply for the others foreigners

  • @czarnazbrodnia4199
    @czarnazbrodnia4199 5 лет назад +312

    TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES IN SOMEONES HOUSE! The host / houseowner sometimes give you slippers. Even if they tell you to keep your shoes on, DO NOT KEEP THEM ON THEY ARE LYING. POLISH PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH CLEANING IN THEIR HOUSE ALREADY. (Take them off pls.)
    ** Commentators, I'm not telling you to ask your guests to take their shoes off. I jokingly said to take your shoes off before entering any home. It's just to show some respect to the person who cleans the property. :3

    • @Herendill
      @Herendill 5 лет назад +5

      Or you have stinky toes

    • @xyzzy-dv6te
      @xyzzy-dv6te 4 года назад +2

      @tobi toto Zawsze chodzę boso w domu

    • @iconic2310
      @iconic2310 4 года назад +1

      Do polish people really invite tourists to their homes!
      Aren't they afraid of what a tourist can do?

    • @adamnowak123
      @adamnowak123 4 года назад +9

      @Axel Dor to ty chyba nie jestes z Polski " nie po to kładę na podłogę odrestaurowany parkiet z Titanica żeby mi jakiś wsiór porysował go trampkami z bazaru. I później piszczał że to część jego stroju"

    • @adamnowak123
      @adamnowak123 4 года назад

      @PaganHammer7 :) :) :)

  • @MOJAmalaSZKOCJA
    @MOJAmalaSZKOCJA 5 лет назад +161

    Keyzo you're right. I'm from Poland. If someone confuses Poland with Russia or Ukraine is ignorant.

    • @kirillassasin
      @kirillassasin 5 лет назад +5

      Every western
      Hear Poland: is that Russia?
      Hear word Slav: is that Communism

    • @MarpoLoco
      @MarpoLoco 5 лет назад

      I can't imagine, how can anyone mistake or confuse Poland with Russia or Ukraine.
      And Mada Mada: That's not true, definitely. I can tell the difference between Russian or Polish. And why should "Slav" have a relation to communism? Communism was invented by Karl-Marx and Friedrich Engels, and both were Germans like me ;-). Communists were also in many other countries in the world, even in USA! It's not a slav thing.

    • @Vaarjat
      @Vaarjat 5 лет назад

      The easiest way is to see how we write, we don't use cirillic like them - we use latin with some special letters.

    • @pawebernaciak1581
      @pawebernaciak1581 5 лет назад

      I never get angry about that, there's is no point, languages sound similar and names too, so is as hard for others as would be for you guess if someone is mandarin or cantonese.

    • @eduardosaverin6267
      @eduardosaverin6267 5 лет назад

      I confuse Poland with east Germany

  • @Account88290
    @Account88290 2 года назад +2

    Everything in Poland makes you happy, and everything is close by. I went to my grandmother's apartment and surprisingly there was a small convenience store outside with all that lipton and ketchup flavored puff chips, and less then a block away, a fully functional supermarket with even a farmers market on some days of the week.

    • @chinavirus841
      @chinavirus841 2 года назад

      Everything in poopland makes you stinky it’s a garbage country 💩💩💩🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

  • @Holland9087
    @Holland9087 Год назад +1

    I have polish grandparents but have never been to Poland it’s a no.1 priority for me to visit Poland

  • @TormentedToast13
    @TormentedToast13 6 лет назад +548

    Poland is such an amazing country, had such a good time there, the people, culture and history are amazing.

    • @liannelena5687
      @liannelena5687 6 лет назад +3

      TormentedToast thanks

    • @tomassheva
      @tomassheva 6 лет назад +2

      ja kocham polski jezyk...kurwa and jebacja are my favourite words 😆😆

    • @CiastekStudio
      @CiastekStudio 6 лет назад +6

      sheva I'm polish and I've never heard of a word "jebacja" to be honest xd

    • @tomassheva
      @tomassheva 6 лет назад +1

      Volixay how come? one polish boy was telling me that on black ops :D but there is jebat for sure...

    • @CiastekStudio
      @CiastekStudio 6 лет назад +1

      sheva If you mean "jebać", then sure it is there :D But "jebacja" I hear for the first time.

  • @zus5951
    @zus5951 5 лет назад +297

    Tak zamierzam odwiedzić w najbliższym czasie kraj w którym mieszkam. Dziena RUclips.

    • @nsp589
      @nsp589 4 года назад +17

      RUclips zawsze pomocny lol

    • @PaulinaFriedman1974
      @PaulinaFriedman1974 4 года назад +4

      @Zus A to nie jest zły pomysł. Tylko jakiś akcencik wrzucić ;)

    • @snackers7
      @snackers7 4 года назад +1

      Super komentarz.

  • @christinepolacek1116
    @christinepolacek1116 2 года назад +1

    Love your videos Walter !!

  • @agaa647
    @agaa647 2 года назад +1

    Taking your shoes off as you enter someone's home is a big one, good observation.We don't like to be late that's a fact. I would add DO NOT CROSSROAD WHEN TRAFFIC LIGHT SHOWS RED!!! 👀 you most likely to get a penalty

  • @madeinjapan2568
    @madeinjapan2568 4 года назад +355

    About shoes: When someone say: nonono, don't take off your shoes! - You should think: aaa, dobra jest, I'd better take it off

    • @chestermosburger3113
      @chestermosburger3113 3 года назад +40

      why on earth would anyone wear dirty outdoor shoes indoors anyway? that's one thing i really hate about being in the UK

  • @bartoszk.3061
    @bartoszk.3061 6 лет назад +171

    Finally some foreigners noticed that thank you so much for that we are central Europeans, it means a lot :)

    • @moncyjohn358
      @moncyjohn358 5 лет назад

      👍

    • @gugugaga1233
      @gugugaga1233 5 лет назад

      @Isac Slahcup exactly

    • @atijohn8135
      @atijohn8135 5 лет назад +2

      @Isac Slahcup *Niemcem albo Żydem

    • @Raprada
      @Raprada 10 месяцев назад +2

      It doesn’t actually matter in the grand scheme of things, I found it so funny seeing everyone fighting not to be labelled as eastern europe.

  • @saracroft2589
    @saracroft2589 2 года назад

    Whole video is very accurate and very true!! Great work!!

  • @robrob4730
    @robrob4730 Год назад +1

    As a Latvian I can totally relate to the poles, those could be the don'ts of Latvia as well.

  • @szmajkeldouglas2170
    @szmajkeldouglas2170 4 года назад +888

    Oglądam w 2019 i gość mówi, że Polska to tani kraj i nie zbankrutujesz a ja się zastanawiam czy to ja jestem taki biedny czy jemu się kraje pomyliły:D

    • @johnrogalski1004
      @johnrogalski1004 4 года назад +65

      Będąc brutalnie szczery - raczej to pierwsze.

    • @miskolorowy9861
      @miskolorowy9861 4 года назад +103

      Bo to jest kwestia tego, że ten film jest skierowany do osób, które odwiedzają inne kraje, i zazwyczaj są to osoby z bogatszych krajów, np. przeciętny Anglik zarabia o wiele wiele więcej niż przecięty Polak

    • @unknownn876
      @unknownn876 4 года назад +64

      Nic mu się nie pomyliło. Wynika to z tego że np. w Anglii minimalna pensja wynosi w przeliczeniu 6000zł (1200f). Więc dla nich wszystkie ceny tutaj są śmieszne. Oczywiście oni z takiej pensji są w stanie odłożyć o wiele więcej niż Polak z minimalnej bo u nich wszystkie ceny poza usługami są takie same lub niższe niż w Polsce.

    • @korneliazabocka8260
      @korneliazabocka8260 4 года назад +7

      Wartosc pieniadza. 1$ to ok 4-5 zl

    • @konieczkolo
      @konieczkolo 4 года назад +9

      @@miskolorowy9861 nawet w Czesi zarabiają więcej xD

  • @medelin3735
    @medelin3735 5 лет назад +399

    I really wish it was actually cheap in Poland 😂

    • @dorian2624
      @dorian2624 5 лет назад +36

      In Poland nobody wants to have Euro..

    • @przeterminator3453
      @przeterminator3453 5 лет назад +12

      @@dorian2624
      cuz it will make situation even worse

    • @ukaszw6623
      @ukaszw6623 5 лет назад +3

      @@przeterminator3453 nie widzisz że to Polacy piszą xd?

    • @przeterminator3453
      @przeterminator3453 5 лет назад +3

      @@ukaszw6623
      a niektórych z zagranicy może ciekawić co my piszemy,zresztą to amerykański/angielski kanał

    • @ukaszw6623
      @ukaszw6623 5 лет назад +6

      @@przeterminator3453 jeżeli ich tak ciekawość zżera to zawsze mogą użyć google tlumacz, ale argument że to angielski kanał bardziej do mnie przemawia

  • @saru-seji6378
    @saru-seji6378 4 года назад

    Thanks for this video. You make my day.

  • @lukeswain1752
    @lukeswain1752 Год назад +3

    As an American, Poland is one of the few European countries I would be interested in visiting. Seems like a very nice country. But for me, the big cities and touristy areas are not my thing. I like rural areas with rural towns. Feels like I'm getting a more raw and genuine experience to me. Maybe one day I'll see ya in Poland!

  • @qbek_san
    @qbek_san 6 лет назад +59

    Not giving tips is 100% fine here. It isn't considered rude.

    • @MsSavyy
      @MsSavyy 4 года назад

      I wouldnt mind if people send me all the tips instead hahaha