Before you rent a car in Warsaw, there are several things you should know. And as a foreigner who lives in Warsaw, who doesn’t own a car but rents them regularly, I feel that I’m in a great position to tell you, the traveller coming to (or already in) Warsaw, a few things that can…
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Poland is a country with many important cultural traditions. One of those is Fat Thursday (also known as tlusty czwartek), a day where Poles celebrate the beginning of Lent by eating as many sugary doughnuts for good luck. Poles celebrate this day with lots of fatty and sugary sweets, and many big businesses spend several…
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Simply put, they’re not. But during my almost 10 years living in Poland, I HAVE found the people to be generally miserable for the most part. Especially when I first came to Poland, I wondered why people in all Polish cities were generally grumpy to be alive. And frankly, it confused me, but it also…
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The Polish flag is two equal horizontal stripes, the upper one white and the lower in red. The colours are defined in the Polish constitution as the national colours. The Polish national coat of arms is placed in the centre of the white stripe for official use abroad and while at sea. The national flag of Poland is…
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If you’re thinking about dating someone from the eastern part of Europe, you should know a few things about their culture. Europe is one of the best places to live as an American, and as an Australian myself, I can vouch for it being pretty darn good. But dating and meeting people is a whole…
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The Polish culture facts in this article have been shaped by changing borders, occupation, and eradication of the country, but also by growth, progress, strength and unity. For the hundred or so years that Poland didn’t exist, the only people that kept it alive were those in exile, or who were forbidden to ‘be’ Polish…
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Polish people characteristics. They’re almost impossible to describe. In a 1543 dialogue titled ‘A short dissertation between three people, a Lord, a Mayor and a Priest‘ (Krótka rozprawa między trzema osobami, Panem, Wójtem a Plebanem), Poland is a country in which nobody fulfils their duties properly. Doing the bare minimum to get by is the…
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Ask just about any Pole and they’ll tell you that the role of the Polish President is nothing more than that of a representative or figurehead. And to many Poles who don’t pay close attention to their constitution, that’s true. He doesn’t do much other than – well, he doesn’t do much. But when you…
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Want to know how to get a Polish Passport? It’s a relatively simple process, but it’s made harder by the fact that Poland’s borders have changed so much in the last 150 years. Many people claim citizenship and get a passport based on their parents’ or grandparents’ location of birth. However, solid documentation is needed…
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The Polish Special Forces or Wojska Specjalne aren’t as well known as the Green Berets or the Navy Seals. They do however play a very important role in the safety and security of Poland and her allies. Any to just about anyone with a little bit of an interest in militaries of the world, Poland’s…
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