A little over 10 years ago, 52,254 Australian residents declared they were born in Poland. Yup. 0.26% of the Australian population was born in the land of white and red. As of 2011, an extra 170,500 Australians say that they have a Polish parent and speak Polish at home. That’s just under a quarter of…
(Heads up, this article contains affiliate links. If you buy something through our site, it won’t cost any more, but we’ll get a small cut to help keep the website running. More info on this Disclosure page. Thanks!) I taught English in Poland for almost two years. I know a thing or two about…
A white eagle with wings splayed, legs apart, head facing to the left with a golden crown, talons and beak adorning a red shield. That is the Polish Eagle, the symbol of the Republic of Poland and it’s the centrepiece of the Polish coat of arms and Polish crest. A coat of arms of Poland is…
(Heads up, this article contains affiliate links. If you buy something through our site, it won’t cost any more, but we’ll get a small cut to help keep the website running. More info on this Disclosure page. Thanks!) Let me start this by making something perfectly clear: I’m not American. (I’m Australian) But a…
(Heads up, this article contains affiliate links to an English Teaching site. If you buy something through our site, it won’t cost any more, but we’ll get a small cut to help keep the website running. More info on this Disclosure page. Thanks!) To live in Poland for a temporary amount of time, foreigners…
The following is a guest post from Brittany at TravelxBritt Calling all music lovers! In today’s post, you will learn everything you need to know about Polish bands from genres like Metal, Rock and Pop. To stay safe, we’re going to save the magical world of Disco Polo for another day, as that requires it’s…
There’s a staggering number of stunning Polish cities and towns that get lost in the shine of the major cities of Warsaw, Krakow and a few others. But the truth is, these other cities offer so much more ‘Poland’ than the big ones. They’re less travelled but cater to tourists just as much as the…
The Witcher books play an incredibly large role in modern Polish culture. After the roaring success of “The Witcher 3 – The Wild Hunt”, and the Wticher series on Netflix, more fantasy fans have been swept up into the dark escapades of Geralt of Rivia. But it’s the series of the Witcher publications written by…
Polish women and Polish girls are at the forefront of a cultural change in their country. While benefitting from a shrinking gender pay gap, they’re still facing less access to abortion, more bureaucracy around birth control and struggling to have domestic abuse and rape by known perpetrators recognised in courts. Women in Poland are fiercely…
Are you married to a Pole and want to get a residence permit in Poland? Perhaps you’re married to a Polish man or woman and would like to move back here. Well, you’re in luck. It is possible, but just like more residence processes in Poland, it’s a drawn-out affair. In this article, Ron, an…