Best Cities To Visit in Poland This Summer (Beyond Warsaw and Kraków) Poland is terrible at marketing itself to the outside world as a tourist destination. There, I said it. Again. I’ve been living here as an Australian for almost a decade now, and I still meet people who think Poland is some monochrome Soviet…
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Eastern European Dating Explained: Culture, Apps, Red Flags, And What Actually Happens It was my second Christmas in Poland, and I found myself standing in a cramped apartment in a Warsaw suburb, breaking a thin wafer called opłatek (pronounced op-wa-tek) with a woman I’d been dating for about two months. Her grandmother was crying. Her…
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(Heads up – if you buy anything from this page, we’ll get a small cut to help keep the website running. More info on this Disclosure page.) Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not an American – I’m Australian. But a fair number of you reading this are Americans, either already living abroad or…
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I moved here for a girl. That’s probably answered your first question. We met at a heavy metal festival in 2012. We started talking and went back to our respective countries. We kept talking and after a long time of talking decided that I’d move to Poland. I started taking Polish lessons, learning about Polish…
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Polish last names tell stories of family, work, and places. They show Poland’s rich history. Names ending in—ski were once for nobles but became popular among all people in the 13th century. Having lived here in Poland for almost 10 years, I’ve met many Poles with long, complex surnames that are difficult to pronounce. My…
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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…
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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, often accompanied by other Polish candy,…
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This article will touch on the best hostels in Warsaw for couples. Many of these accommodation options are also great if you’re travelling alone and also on a budget. While Warsaw, the capital of Poland, isn’t considered a romantic getaway destination, the city certainly has its moments. Warsaw isn’t without charm, whether a walk down…
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How Janusz Kamiński Made It in Hollywood as Spielberg’s Go-To Cinematographer I still remember the moment it clicked. I was rewatching Schindler’s List a few months after moving to Poland, then walking through the streets of Kazimierz in Kraków the next day. The stairwells, the grey light, the blown-out windows. That’s when I realised: the…
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Polish Names: How To Say Them Correctly Without Hurting Yourself The first time I tried to say “Grzegorz” out loud in Warsaw, the bar went quiet. Not because I’d said something offensive. I just made a noise that sounded like someone clearing gravel from their throat while sneezing. The guy whose name I’d butchered smiled…
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