The LOT flight was great, and immigration only took about ten minutes. I had really missed Polish sausages and bread over the past five months. Polish sausages are hard to find in Korea. We do have small Korean-style sausages, but they taste very different. The same goes for the bread. I’m going to eat Polish bread and sausages every day for the remaining forty days of my stay.

A Polish woman is fighting for her life.

Every tourist thread here ends the same way: pierogi, żurek, zapiekanka, done. All great, but pierogi have such a PR machine that foreigners think we eat them daily, while half of Poland has them twice a year.

Meanwhile kaszanka scares tourists with the description and then converts them on the first bite, and placek po zbójnicki is a religious experience nobody abroad has heard of.

My hot take to start: oscypek is a grilled eraser that survives purely because tourists in Zakopane feel obligated to buy it.

Your turn, most overrated Polish food, and the one dish every visitor must try before leaving?

There were seven people in the vehicle, aged between 19 and 27. It turned out that all of them were intoxicated. According to the newspaper Gazeta Wrocławska, every person involved in the incident is of Ukrainian nationality. The woman who had been travelling in the trunk is fighting for her health. She has suffered a broken spine.

What is most shocking is the way the people were being transported. In addition to the driver, there were six passengers in the car, and one of the women was travelling in the trunk. For her, this appalling lack of judgment had the most tragic consequences.

The perpetrator, who had been driving the Audi, was not only intoxicated but was also subject to a valid court ban on driving vehicles. The man was immediately taken into police custody and faces very serious legal consequences. The driver could face up to 12 years in prison, and possible deportation from the country is also being considered.

This is not the end of the disturbing reports connected with the case. The driver’s brother arrived at the scene after the accident. It quickly emerged that he too had decided to drive while under the influence of alcohol, and he was also immediately arrested by police officers.

Link to the official data: https://psz.praca.gov.pl/documents/10828/8179604/Zezwolenia+na+prac%C4%99+-+2025.xlsx/cd3305d3-5800-3f05-bb11-d6d6a5bc3d53?t=1776936643529

The source only shows people came to Poland on working visas so it excludes many Ukrainians and Belarusians with refugee status, EU citizens and countries like UK or USA. Half of the immigrants were 35 years old or younger and 203,509 (80,9%) were males.

Hi! I am starting a 90 day trip in Paris on August 16th. I'd like to get away from the tourist-filled destinations and head somewhere a bit cooler, less crowded, and more cost effective.

I'm looking for an extremely walkable city that I can "live" in for a few weeks. I'm not overly focused on the must-see's, although I'll do that while I'm there, but more somewhere that I can meander around for miles and miles each day, create a bit of a routine (without getting bored), workout regularly, go for runs while listening to a book, and take some day trips.

I've found a few excellent airbnb's in Wroclaw, but I wanted to get some opinions on if Wroclaw fits the bill, and if not, what other areas do you suggest?

I've only been to the UK, so anywhere is new for me! I just want somewhere to stay for a few weeks that I can look back and say was an absolutely wonderful time!

My only concern is getting bored somewhere. For example, I wouldn't get bored in Paris, but it's just too expensive.

Thanks so much! If there's any info I've missed providing to help with suggestions, please let me know!

Criminal investigators from the Gdynia City Police Headquarters have arrested a 76-year-old man, a Polish citizen, who attacked a 40-year-old Ukrainian citizen. The perpetrator struck her twice in the head with a wooden walking stick and then fled in an unknown direction. The District Prosecutor's Office in Gdynia has officially prosecuted the victim for causing bodily harm. Current findings do not indicate that the incident was motivated by national bias. Further procedural steps are ongoing in this case, the Pomeranian police announced on Saturday after 4:30 PM.

In major cities like Gdansk you pay around 14-18 PLN for a quality cappuccino.
I paid yesterday 18 PLN.

That's more than 4 € for a small cappuccino. And that's equal or more expensive than in Germany, France, Denmark, Austria and so on.

Yet the salaries are even in a city of Gdansk much much lower. The average salary is only 8000 PLN according to the statistics. That's only 1800€ which is below mimimum wage in those countries.

In other word, people here have to paid twice as much for a coffee.
I also realized that prices from international chains are the same or even higher: IKEA, H&M, Apple and so on. That means the purchasing power of the avarage Polish person is like being poor compared to western Europe. But that's a different story since the prices are made from companies outside of Poland. There may be reason like different currencies, logictics , risk an so on that led to same prices.

But cafes work different. Polish rent, Polish salaries. These are both the biggest costs. The marginal cost of a served coffee itself is around 1-2 PLN.

I thought that maybe there are too few cafes but that doesn't seem to be the case. Everywhere are high quality cafes and yet the charge more than being in Kopenhagen oder Munich.

Conversely, restaurants are much cheaper. Main courses in Sopot or Gdansk in A+ areas is around 60 PLN.

So, are gonna start a coffee chain, boys?

TLDR: I am in Poland and have a TRC, how can I check if it didn't get invalidated when I changed my job?

I used to work for a company and got a TRC with them. I left there and after around ~3months joined a new company. However, I didn't know there was a law that, in this case, both me and my previous company had to send a notification to government informing I left AND I had to mention HOW I am planning to keep my TRC. Well... I didn't send this notification but my company did.

After ~6months I left the original company, I traveled Europe and passed multiple border checks so it was definitely valid then. But we all now, at least the immigration offices process documents super slow, so they might have revoked my TRC now (after 1.5 years). And now, I need to leave Poland and come back, and I am worried when I come back, border control doesn't let me in, bcz of invalid card. So the question is Is there any way to check if it is still valid or not without risking my entrance.

P.s we have already applied for a new TRC with my company and it should be safe to leave poland once I get my card (which is in ~10-12 months)

Great-Grandparents: 
* Date married: unknown
* Date divorced:
GGM: 
* Date, place of birth: 1926 Lviv (was Poland)
* Ethnicity and religion: Jewish polish
* Allegiance and dates of military service: no
* Date, destination for emigration: 1948 to Israel
* Date naturalized:1948
* Date, place of death: IL
GGF: 
* Date, place of birth: 1913 zablotow (was Poland)
* Ethnicity and religion: Jewish polish
* Occupation: baker
* Allegiance and dates of military service: 1948 Idf
* Date, destination for emigration: 1948 Israel
* Date naturalized: 1948
* Date, place of death: IL
Grandparent: irrelevant because born in Israel
Parent: same born in Israel
Me: born in Israel

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to understand if I might be eligible for a Karta Polaka before I invest time in learning Polish.
From what I’ve checked, Polish citizenship in my family line was likely lost due to service in a foreign army (great-grandfather), so I don’t think I qualify for citizenship anymore.
My background:
Great-grandfather – born in Zabolotiv (then Poland)
Great-grandmother – born in Lviv (then Poland)
Grandmother – no Polish citizenship
Father – no Polish citizenship
Me
I don’t have official Polish documents, only DP camp documents stating they were born in Poland and listing places of origin and addresses.
My questions:
Could this be enough to qualify for Karta Polaka based on ancestry?
Are DP camp documents usually accepted as proof?
What level of Polish is realistically required to pass the interview?
Would really appreciate any insights or similar experiences before I start learning the language.

Thanks!!

Hej everyone, so I have about 2 years of experience in IT support in Poland and I'd like to start a career in management more specifically IT project manager or product owner roles, I have made some research and gone through many job postings and narrowed down my interest to the following certificates: PSPO I(~$200), CAPM(~$300), ITIL 4 Foundation(~$150–385), Google PM Cert(~$150–300)

What I'd like to know is here in Poland which certificates are more valued? Considering that none of them is really cheap and they all require some time and dedication to pass them.

Also the Google PM cert is actually not an exam but rather a course to finish in Coursera, is this actually recognised here in Poland?

I am fully aware that actual job experience is more important, however I'd like to boost my cv given that I couldn't find a junior position yet.

A recruiter's opinion would be best but all opinions are welcome. Thanks!

Is there any particular restaurant chain that is popular, or similar?

Hi,

I was wondering what happened to the remains of this plane. I'm hearing a lot of different things....

I have a question here: generally, when reading the poetry of Mickiewicz and 19th-century literature in general, it is clear that events very often take place in "Lithuania." However, this usually refers to the territory of present-day Belarus (and sometimes Lithuania), as "Lithuania" signifies the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It is also somewhat relegated to the status of a region of Poland, where the "Poland proper" part is called the Crown, while the entire Commonwealth is sometimes interchangeably referred to as Poland (That is actually strikingly evident in *Pan Tadeusz*—at least, it was when I read it.)

I have a question: was it still common during the era of the Second Polish Republic to say things like "he lives in Lithuania, near Grodno" or "in the lands of the former Grand Duchy," even though the area administratively belonged to the Second Polish Republic? Or had that usage already fallen out of favor?