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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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 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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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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(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…
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(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…
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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…
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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…
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