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Can see you need to soak more of Poland as your statements in my opinion as if now are quite superficial and you need to get to know more stuff about Poland, Europe as whole plus Warsaw haha
Tap water is not polluted, I drink straight from the tap for at least a decade or so and it's all fine. You'll get a different taste from it because it's 'hard water', which means it contains a lot of minerals, mainly calcium bicarbonate and magnesium bicarbonate. You can notice it by the amount of limescale in kettles etc. For health it's completely neutral but yes, it can force you to use other cosmetics, I've heard complaints of dry hair. If it bothers you, you can always buy a filter. For the bathroom I'm not sure, but for drinking get a filtering jug of the "Brita" type, they're easy to get in a hypermarket and very affordable. In particular, they do get rid of the limescale effectively. People being friendly on the street is much more pronounced during summer. It's more common to strike up conversations with strangers in summer, I remember a few years ago I ended up talking to 3 random people on my (short) way to work about nothing in particular, it was a bit of a shock. Honestly, I haven't noticed "a lot" of interracial couples, not that I pay much attention. I think most people don't care so much about race once they get to know you. It's the US and to some extent the Latin American countries, and former European empires (Britain, France etc.) that have this divide according to race, which is strongly encoded in culture and a centuries-old tradition. In Poland people, especially in the small towns, can be wary of people who look or in general are very different to them, but it's not so much the case in Warsaw, because there are so many.
True about the water. It just has more minerals. Some tap water e.g. south of the country is even a healthier option than some mineral waters in other countries. As for the "jug filters" I recommend Dafi instead of Brita since it has great quality, better price and it is a polish company so it will come back to you in the infrastructure built for the taxes they pay in Poland🙂. All the best!
Vietnamese diaspora has indeed been in Poland for decades, since the communist times. They are very appreciated due to being hardworking and not causing any trouble. In the Włochy district in Warsaw, you have the Asian town, where tons of Asian restaurants and shops are. Warsaw is of course the most cosmopolitan city in Poland as it has the best job opportunities.
I’m team Warsaw. I love Krakow and it has a different vibe but I lived in Warsaw for a year and fall In love with the city. Food scene is amazing, restaurants serve food from all over the world, living cost is still tolerable, lots of greeneries in the city, public transport is available and super easy to navigate. Most importantly, people are amazing there. I made some precious friends there that will last forever. I had the most beautiful time of my life living in Warsaw ❤ Thanks for sharing and your video captured everything pretty well. In future I’m planning to moving back to Warsaw😊
Tap water in Warsaw is not polluted, it is simply harder than in other cities! You can safely drink it without filtering or cooking - it is 100% safe for people. If you have a problem with the feeling left by hard water, try for example, going to the Tatra or Bieszczady Mountains - the water there is phenomenal.
As a Lithuanian, i super love Warsaw. I come over to Poland in general at least once a year for the past 4 years, but this year alone inwas already there a few times, including Zakopane and obviously my favourite Warsaw. Nothing to compare with Vilnius at all :)
I do not think one needs to choose one city above the other. Vilnius is very charming, and being smaller - it is a "slowlier" city. Have nice memories from my visits there... Cheers!
About the graffiti - you're right. Most of it appeared during the lockdown, but now the city authorities' indifference to this problem is annoying. About the tap water - what "pollutants" in it are you talking about? Warsaw's water treatment plant is ultramodern and effective, tap water here is perfectly clean and straight drinkable, some experts say that it's better than bottled water.
Yeah, I was taken back by that. Tap water in Poland is generally of very high quality. I think he's just going by taste- and it may be because the water in Poland is hard, it has a lot of calcium and other minerals, but it's not a bad thing.
@@WheresWes fun fact "the city of Warsaw gets its water from a river and the main water pump has 8 clams that have triggers attached to their shells. If the water gets too toxic, they close, and the triggers shut off the city's water supply automatically.”
@@olseneudezet1 true story. they have a lot of detectors though including the clamps that are electronically monitored. An innovative biological sensor, a bit Matrix style for the clamp itself ;-)
The whole of Poland, not only Warsaw, is the safest country in Europe! Here you can walk at night in parks, streets and no one will attack you, rob you, or even insult you! Poles like that
Only one, short visit to Warsaw and so many good observations. I live in Warsaw for over 20 years and I like it! The city develops so fast, you can be surprise every month by many changes on every level; transport, restaurants, cafes, skyscrapers, green areas, events, concerts, museums. And it is still very safe city with clean public transport. Krakow is lovely, but for me great for a weekend trip, more like holiday vibe. Warsaw is high energy and progress.
You can't compare it like that. The US is mainly suburban, few people live in the city itself, who commute every day by car. You should rather compare metro areas. For Warsaw it's 3.3 mln, and that gives 15-20 metro areas in the US that are larger.
@@piotrb4240 Well, I just did. And I will do it every time when people compare city's. He says city, not metro areas. Just listen again and stop bitching - kurwa.
@@piotrb4240 I mean the 15th biggest metro area in the US is the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area, and you wouldn't call San Diego a small city.
Hi. I am Polish. Born in west of Poland. Living outside of Poland at the moment. Going to Vietnam for vacations in December for 2nd time (last time 2023). I love Vietnam :). I am impressed how 'to the point' your observations are about Warsaw or Krakow. You come up with really good conclusions. Sometimes for a Pole they are not so obvious, but you are able to get the 'core' of the topic. I am impressed. I lived in Warsaw 3 years and I confirm it is a place to live in PL with most options to choose. I moved to Krakow though later and I also enjoyed it but not so much as in Warsaw. Krakow is still a small city, while Warsaw is a cosmopolitan city with so many opportunities and ways to live. Thanks for your video!
We, the people of Warsaw, who have lived here for generations, are understanding about opinions about our city. I am a 3rd generation resident of Warsaw, and my wife is probably 7th, her grandfather was even a Warsaw insurgent with the rank of lieutenant. The incumbents of Warsaw are quite proud and we don't really care about opinions - good or bad - about our city. Some will like it more, others less. But if you are rooted in a city that rose like a phoenix from the ashes, your strong attachment to the place is most important. Hence the common opinion that we are defiantly proud or even arrogant. However, Warsaw is an open city, a lot of people live here for career reasons, studies, etc. And Warsaw welcomes them, it does not take a lot of time for you to feel like you are at home. There is a joke about Krakow: "how long does it take for native Krakow residents to start treating you as their own? Well, after approximately 300 years of living in Krakow, you can count on it." But you also need to know that there is some cultural tension between Warsaw and Krakow and the inhabitants of both cities like to say typical Polish insults to each other :) You watched, as I can guess from the film, mainly the modern center and the Old Town. The phenomenon of Warsaw is that individual districts are very different from each other. If you were to immerse yourself in Żoliborz or Stary Mokotów, you would feel in these generally residential and quiet districts a bit like in some Swiss Bern, in numerous areas of Prague, located on the other bank of the river, you would encounter a somewhat "wild" city, but also artistic districts, such as for example Christiania in Copenhagen or Republika Užupis in Vilnius, Lithuania. These are, of course, quite distant and general comparisons, I mean some impressions. As for the tap water in Warsaw - it really is one of the cleanest among European cities. Which, of course, does not eliminate your individual impressions. Watch the YT material made by an English traveler on this topic - here is the link: innpoland.pl/186496,jak-sprawdzic-czystosc-wody-malze-warszawa
@@olseneudezet1 I mean... Wien is glamorous af. Well, its simply one of the most influential cities in the world. Truth be told Warsaw isnt even close. The best city to live in (imo) in our region (middle-eastern Europe) is Prague. Stunning architecture (again, in my opinion its the most beautiful city in Europe), a lot of leisure-time places, big money, cheap beer... But they also have a lot of junkies and scammers. Imo Warsaw isnt even in top 3 best cities to live in in Poland.
Hi Wes, as for tap water in Warsaw, you mention you smelled chemicals in it but it is not true. On the opposite: Warsaw's tap water is one of the best in whole Poland. See the movie about that (water is protected by clams:)): th-cam.com/video/i0RkEs3Xwf0/w-d-xo.html
Hehe, most of my good friends from Kraków dislike Warsaw "just because" :D. They typically say Kraków is better without any particular reason. As someone who moved to Warsaw around a year ago (and I previously lived for many years in Lublin, which I find pretty much a perfect place for family life), I think it's an awesome place to live. It truly has plenty of layers to it and incredible venues to visit. :) Plus...nothing can replace a good night out with friends at Bulwary Wiślane or Pawilony. :D
I don’t really feel there is a best pick of cities when it comes to finance people in Poland. It barely has any real finance jobs, 99.9% just back office work. Doesn’t help either that schools like SGH and UEK have a big catch up game to do to even come close to the bottom of top financial education in Europe.
Interesting fact about the water in Warsaw's taps. It is not poluted, only mineral, like from a bottle. The point is that it can be drunk from the tap and is healthy. The minerals contained may influence the sensations during bathing, for example.
About trash being present on the streets - it is accumulating mostly around trash cans when they overflow. Throwing trash around is really uncommon and “trash piles” are mostly seen - as I said around trash cans, there is even heavy fine (up to a 100$) for littering. Also if you get sighted throwing even a piece of paper on the sidewalk you can get heavily scolded by a random person which I think is a good thing here in Poland :D. Also the fact that aforementioned trash cans are pretty much omnipresent here helps that matter very much
Whew, 9/10 (agreed!)! Thanks so much Wes, I'm considering a short (and third) trip to Warsawa soon, and I'm also considering Warsawa as a potential focus city/base for me. I might book a consultation with you about my trip ✌🏽🙏🏽.
Regarding tap water: the quality varies even within different parts of Warsaw. However, there are places in Poland where tap water is exceptionally good, comparable to bottled water, as long as the water source is from deep wells, especially those in limestone formations. For example, the area around Nałęczów, Kazimierz Dolny, Puławy (in the Lublin region) has tap water that tastes similar to the well-known bottled waters Nałęczowianka and Cisowianka, which are sourced from this region.
I was last in Warsaw in 1989. I loved it. Lazienki Park was fabulous and I loved the community gardens which I hope are still there. I loved how they adored Chopin then and I hope that hasn't changed!
If you have allergies the worst time to be in Poland is from april/may to late august. There is lot's of pollen, dust and all that coming from trees, flowers, grass, etc.
I’m Polish living in Ireland and really want to move back to my country. You really encouraged me saying that there are a lot of Asian people and Asian restaurants, I love Asian cuisine and mostly hang out with Asians in Ireland 😄
If you want to raise family in Warsaw, you do that in Wawrzyszew / Stary Bielany / Żoliborz district. Actually i have it a bit backwards, since i live just next to central railway station next to NYX, opposite side of street from Varso Place, yet i work just next to Wawrzyszew metro station and spend my whole free time here strolling through forest, fishing, reading books at parks, having fun in Gniazdo Piratów and treating home more like a hotel just to take a bath and sleep. :D
As a resident, one of the things I really like about Warsaw is the relative abundance of green areas. This is paricularly visible when compared to some large cities in Western Europe but also to other Polish cities. And as the summer heat waves inevitably get worse, this will certainly grow in importance. As for the views about Warsowians as people, one really shouldn't rely on Cracow residents for an unbiased opinion. Cracow being the former capital and Warsaw being the current one, we have a bit of a "friendly competition" ;) Though obviously you will find some jackasses with a superiority complex, like in every capital city. Regarding infranstructure, the moment that many things began change for the better really fast, not just in Warsaw but everywhere in Poland, was when we entered the EU in 2004. I was fresh out of secondary school that year, and it was interesting to watch things change in real time, both in terms of infrastructure and the standard of living.
This is my second video of yours (first one was 13 things you just don't do in Poland - I agree 100%). I must say you are very observant and your videos are interesting. I am Polish myself (born and raised in Warsaw but currently living in Wales). I laughed so much when you showed "the Polish smile", I loved it! I haven't realized it until now :D I do it very often. I hope you have a good day!
The water is very safe to drink but it's harsh on the skin. I never use it on my face as it dries it instantly. When it comes to immigrants, my neighborhood (Wilanów) is chock-full of them, especially rich Ukrainians. But you don't hear Ukrainian on the street, only Russian, which is unfortunate as I had to learn the language in school and came to despise it as a result (under communist rule, all kids were required to take Russian from 5th grade until college). We also have a large Vietnamese diaspora, many Vietnamese businesses but they cause no trouble and are often quite involved in the local communities. Incredibly talented population and very hard working, learn Polish language in a flash, so impressive! 👏👏👏
Appreciate you're mentioning Krakow in this video. We used to live there before moving to the Netherlands and we liked it much more than NL in general.
Greetings from Kraków, one of the most beautiful places in the world :) ps. Tap water in our city is high - quality. You can drink it for sure without filtering.
i recommend gdansk, its my home city and i feel like its often overlooked by foreigners (most tourists are swedish or german from my experience) but every time i hear opinions about it from foreigners they always say theyve fallen in love with it (although friend from egypt said that polish smile is the most common in gdansk and hes been to few big cities here HAHA but he said that even though we look like we want to die we are wery welcoming once you talk to us) its next to sopot and gdynia and we call it "tricity" which are also great cities to visit and you can travel to all of them by skm train also we have kaszuby region which is really picturesque and there are many lakes if you want to drive out of the city and spend a peaceful day in the countryside mazury region is also great for that but its a bit further
The graffiti is an issue - they keep repainting the buildings and new graffiti popes up almost immediately. Also visit Silesia! It's an agglomeration - there is a lot of small cities around and they kind of make a one massive interconnected place, a lot of greenery and it's been developing like crazy. Katowice is the biggest around Silesia, but there is also Glwice, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Chorzów (with amazing park which is massive, also a zoo) : D
Tap water is excellent quality here. It's safe to drink straight from the tap. If you happen to live in an old building however, you may receive more minerals than usual. I live in Kabaty neighborhood, the water here is soft. We run it through the filtering pot and drink without boiling
@@michalinamarkowska8930 for sure thank you I have driven all over Poland I have experienced everything on the roads. I drive safely and watch for everything
Word of advice: don't ask people in Kraków about Warszawa 😂. They have a ginormous chip on their shoulders about our city and constantly talk 💩 about us (because in the 17th century, Polish king moved the capital from Kraków to Warszawa and yes, they still smart about it). Funnily, we don't care about Kraków, except to say "beautiful city, you must visit". Other than that Kraków is not a topic in Warszawa 😅
I will tell you about my city because I live here. Living in Gdańsk, you can get to know this city anew every few years, new museums, new places, new pubs, restaurants, new parks, whole new parts of the city, various new conveniences like city bikes, agglomeration railways, new tram lines. Even though I have lived here since birth, every now and then I discover some part of the city again and I feel like a tourist ;) I am afraid that this crazy development has to end someday. And by the way, if you are also looking for clean tap water (you mentioned ;) ) and clean air also, visit the Tri-City.
Tap water is very clean all over Poland (except Zakopane and the surrounding area), I don't really understand this criticism. The water is controlled, and you can always get information about its composition on a given day (actually since 1998). It may not be very tasty because it contains calcium (which, however, supplies calcium to the body) and not everyone likes it. I like it, and like many Poles, I drink water straight from the tap. In Warsaw, water is purified in very modern treatment plants, and one of the purification stages includes a special set of gravel and other natural layers, so technically it is like spring water.
Leave the big cities, visit some smaller ones. Look for a "Augustów", "Kazimierz dolny". This are actually the most beautifull and nature oriented towns in poland, in opiniony my and many of my friends ;). If you will be in Augustów i would love to be your tour guide ;)
Warsaw is this kind of a city that you don't like or have mixed feelings if you've never lived there. However, if you decide to live there, you will love this city and you won't change it to any other city in Poland. Both Krakow and Warsaw are beautiful cities, however I prefer to live in Warsaw, Krakow is nice just for visiting but I know Asian people love it because of the architecture :) once I was in Japan and met this girl who was a clothes designer, she told me she was planning to visit Krakow with her husband for their honey moon because it's so beautiful :) About beautiful girls- in Warsaw there are many model agencies so no surprise you see many gorgeous girls :)
You got the distinction between Krakow and Warsaw perfectly. Warsaw is by far the best city in PL to make money and spend money, Krakow on the other hand is the most laid back place to live in in Poland, super walkable, and the cultural capital of Poland.
Actually I have very similar thoughts about Warsaw. I'm also living in Krakow and thinking should I relocate to Warsaw or not. The main things that keep me in Krakow are more natural places like mountains, lakes, fast rivers, rocks near Krakow and a bit better weather, more sunny days and higher temperature during the summer + more snow on winter. Did you make decision?
You can take a metro train, ride 15 minutes to Stare Bielany and you have much quieter place than Kraków but you are in bigger city. I don't want to say anything bad about Kraków it's beautiful but Warsaw have its advantages too.
During the Second World War, the Germans destroyed 97% and maybe even more. Warsaw was a great debris. This means that what you see now was completely reconstructed from scratch. Krakow, Wroclaw were cities that the Germans did not destroy in this way like Warsaw and that's why you have a different vibe there
Totally wrong information. Warsaw was about 75% destroyed ( main part on left bank of Vistula - about 80%, Praga district on right bank - only about 30% ). Wroclaw, former Breslau, was damaged perhaps even more than Warsaw, due to siege of the city from February to May 6th 1945. It was the last big German city to surrender, 4 days after Berlin. Breslau was heavily bombed by Soviet forces but large area in the centre was demolished purposely by Wehrmacht and SS. Airfield was constructed to enable air support and hundreds of huge buildings were destroyed to make it possible. Many fine houses ( especially at crossroads ) were also demolished to enable better shooting capabilities to German anti-tank guns. In May and June 1945 city was looted and burnt by Red Army. Large parts of the centre are empty to this day.
I think 2-3 days if you like museums, but I think you should combine in with another place like Gdańsk or Kraków, because they are more touristically aesthetic, but Warsaw is still worth seeing.
I would say a week because what that guy doesn't tell is that each district has a VERY distinct vibe, yet all he does is stroll in one, central district, instead of checking out what is around different metro stations and i know since i lived here 43 years and there are some districts that i hate - like the central [where i live] and some that i REALLY love like Wawrzyszew / Stare Bielany / Żoliborz / Mokotów. But to be hones there are people that find the "vibe" they are looking for at Praga, Wilanów, Wola. Besides the same ticket that you use for transport inside the city is used to travel via trains in a Warsaw Metropolitan Zone, so you can actually travel really far to various forests, lakes that WArsaw is surrounded by. You can on google maps how totally different each district is. In Wawrzyszew, where i'm now at work we have EU Nature 2000 preserve just 15 minute walk from metro station. :D
Hello from Finland. I was just in Riga and that city was so beautiful, NO graffiti. And super beautiful old buildings. No trash on the ground. I loved it. Never been to Poland. Would you recommend Warsaw of Krakow?
To be honest, tap water in Krakow is one of the healthiest (unless you are a washing machine). The taste comes from a large amount of minerals that are healthy for the heart ;)
@@michalinamarkowska8930 Białystok is not very interesting city more like country side city. Lublin is the biggest and most important city in the east. It is called the east capital od Poland with many historical seesights and very modern.
Thanks for sharing your observations about Warsaw. Interesting, not sure if I see things about Warsaw as you, but one thing I totally disagree about Warsaw is its tap water. It’s absolutely fine to drink, much better than in some other European cities. Don’t know where you get yr water from when in Warsaw, but it tastes absolutely fine. Just out of curiosity, why do you keep comparing Poland to Ukraine? Did you live there? Do you know the country well? I’d be more interested to hear how Poland compares to your homeland. Anyway, thanks for sharing your observations, even if somewhat superficial.
Cost of living in Poland constantly going up. Warsaw is the most expensive city to live in. Also is good keep in mind that Poland was divided into poor, and rich side. German side is much richer then Russian side. You can clearly see that in mentality in people. Warsaw has mix of people from all the parts of Poland. It’s good to keep this in mind
That's true, results of partitions from more a 100 years ago linger to this day. They are hoping, that pouring all this money into revitalization of Łódź will eventually change it from a shithole that it's been for decades, but it will take generations, if ever.
Eastern Poland is more patriotic. Western part is antipolish and likes to be a slave to Germans. Western part is also antidemocratic. Thanks to Russia whole Europe has high inflation.
@@ch36799 Absolutnie się zgadzam. Na Zachodzie jest dużo przesiedleńców, także ukraińskich. A Polska Centralna i Wschodnia to ludność rdzenna. Pamiętać należy, że przed wojną to, co teraz nazywamy Polską Wschodnią było centrum , sercem Polski
Hey Bro, I am Polish but I dont live in the Poland over 15 years and I don't plan to coming back to Poland I just don't like the vibes of my country, but I love to visit Colombia its my cup of tea .2020 I wanted to visit ,but due to the pandemic I was stuck in Peru in Selva for 8 months 😅Shine bright Amigo and have a good trip 🌍
When it comes to real estate, there could be a bubble, but who knows. I don't think the Ukrainians and Belarusians that are here will leave to their home countries, these won't get that better in the near future. My Warsaw flat's value went by 50%(!) according to the current market rates, since when I bought it in 2022, two weeks before the war, so the prices are expected to fall, but not dramatically. People have been waiting for the bubble to burst for a long time now and it never happened. Those who waited to buy property (for their own use, not investments) until the bubble bursts, now can't afford it any longer. It slowly starts to look like in the West, where many young people can't afford to have their own property.
Dude speaks about Warsaw being relatively cheap... for a Westerner. My man, the rent prices in the past 5 years have easily tripled and they are still going up on a quarterly basis. I have lived in Warsaw all my life, born and bred, but I'm seriously debating moving out to the countryside and renting my apparent out, because it gets to the point of becoming unaffordable for the common person. Rent alone for a commie-block flat is now almost 1000PLN for a single person, and that is without electricity bills taken into account. It used to be less than half that in 2019 and it was even less in throughout whole 2010 and kept on a stable level rising only slightly in that whole period. It started to climb during pandemic and now, after the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the prices are in almost constant rise month by month.
Mate, I love your videos from Poland. About 95% of your content is just the truth about Poland 👍🏻. I know you get a lot of bad comments and I know that Polish people disagree with some of the things you say. But don't bother, as you know, we love to complain KURWA, you're doing a great job! DZIĘKUJĘ 👍🏻🤣
Warsaw is a cheap place to live if you earn western, or US money. Average wages in Warsaw are around 1.5k$ - 2k$ and this don't left so much money after you pay your rent (probably for room, because flats aren't cheap). Of course you can live in the outskirts of the city, but then you will need a car, or (if you're lucky enough) you will have to use train.
You can't compare Warsaw to any city in Ukraine. Warsaw is way cleaner, more modern and a lot more advanced. All the Ukrainians are shocked by the drastic difference. It's like stepping into a "New World" for them.. Colombia is a cesspool of a country. Unsafe and dirty. Doesn't even come close to Warsaw. And Polish food is much much better and you have a lot more variety.
One thing I can appriciate about your channel I think you are creating a channel not to please Polish people. You give hoemst opinions, although some will definitely disagree. I was born in Poland in the Tricity area and I still believe its extremely beautiful and miss it daily - you have yhe beach front , thr beautiful forest , even dough the concept of Zoos is controversial I think Gdańsk zoo has beautigul location in the valley surrounded by forst. Also its so close to Kashubian region with all the beautiful lakes. Alo lots of cool places and museums and restaurants and the historic Długa Street with the medival (restored) town houses and if you love biking a lot of infrastructure is avaible invluding thr routes alongside the shore of all three cities (well technically Sopot is more like a village but does have its city rights) and of course the whole metropolitan area is constantly growing and incorporating thr smaller villages.
Wes you need to check out łodz - yes the one city all poles tell you "don't go " to . I'm an English native speaker, lived and worked in krakow for 8 years. Currently paying 1600zl rent on an apartment- size - 26 m2 approx - 30 min walk from centre. 15 by tram. Łodz will be the new polish Berlin. #englishmatters42 #esl #nativespeaker
I keep advocating corporal punishment for graffiti offenders but it still needs some time to catch up. BTW Warsaw tap water is really good. Probably it's just harder than what you're used to because of the minerals.
@@WheresWes That's the problem of finding the right balance. Soft water is better for washing but harder water is better for your health when you drink it.
in fact judging by the film you saw about 10% of Warsaw. You haven't been to the Mokotów district which is the second center, with skyscrapers, shopping centers, and wonderful housing estates and a different vibe, the Muranów district, wonderful to live in, the Ochota district, Wilanów and dozens of other districts are worth seeing, each has its own character, a different vibe :) Visit Warsaw again for at least a week and get on the metro and get off in different districts and explore them, even on scooters :)
The population of Warsaw is not growing up as people move to the suburbs. You work in Warsaw but you live outside. As you Wes correctly stated, living in the business areas of Warsaw is not pleasant. There are several quarters of Warsaw such as, e.g., Mokotów or Żoliborz or Ochota or Wilanów or Ursynów or Bielany, which are residential areas. Also, the part of Warsaw on the eastern bank of the Vistula is very different, as it was not destroyed during WW2.
Also Poland introduced a 10 year lump sum tax regime? Pay a fixed amount of tax every year. Looks like Poland is being quite aggressive in attracting entrepreneurs and capital as you said, rather than some other places where the policy just attracts people speculating on property.
I"m looking for my old friends his name is Pawell he is from Poland and he is steel structure engineer I met him about 20 years ago in Skhaline in Russia If someone inform me his contact point. Im very much appreciate. My name is Lim and living in South Korea.
Hope I have time. I went to Wroclaw, Gdansk and I am going to Berlin tomorrow. I love the borscht, hope I can make it to Warsaw and krakow. One girl asking me until when I gonna stay here I only here for two weeks. Sometimes I say hi to the pretty girl in elevator and she hi back. In Gdansk I am only Asian guy here. Not a lot of Asian. The girl from Ukrain I meet online She said go to Gdansk and also you can stop by at the beach 🏖️ or stogi beach and drink beer. I have a good time. But you need to learn some Polish basic expressions and they love it. D
Beside 1 % of extreme rich ukrainians or belarussians who stayed in their countries, these richest are already in Poland and they will not leave cause there is nowhere to leave for them where they could stay better
@whereswes as far as I know Cracow tap water is the cleanest and best mineralised in the world according to one ranking I've seen. I need to find it...
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Business idea in Warsaw: Start a graffiti cleaning business.
Can see you need to soak more of Poland as your statements in my opinion as if now are quite superficial and you need to get to know more stuff about Poland, Europe as whole plus Warsaw haha
@@dave7sky are you saying my business idea? yea I was half joking but who knows maybe it can work out LOL
Tap water is not polluted, I drink straight from the tap for at least a decade or so and it's all fine. You'll get a different taste from it because it's 'hard water', which means it contains a lot of minerals, mainly calcium bicarbonate and magnesium bicarbonate. You can notice it by the amount of limescale in kettles etc. For health it's completely neutral but yes, it can force you to use other cosmetics, I've heard complaints of dry hair. If it bothers you, you can always buy a filter. For the bathroom I'm not sure, but for drinking get a filtering jug of the "Brita" type, they're easy to get in a hypermarket and very affordable. In particular, they do get rid of the limescale effectively.
People being friendly on the street is much more pronounced during summer. It's more common to strike up conversations with strangers in summer, I remember a few years ago I ended up talking to 3 random people on my (short) way to work about nothing in particular, it was a bit of a shock.
Honestly, I haven't noticed "a lot" of interracial couples, not that I pay much attention. I think most people don't care so much about race once they get to know you. It's the US and to some extent the Latin American countries, and former European empires (Britain, France etc.) that have this divide according to race, which is strongly encoded in culture and a centuries-old tradition. In Poland people, especially in the small towns, can be wary of people who look or in general are very different to them, but it's not so much the case in Warsaw, because there are so many.
Racism was invented by British
You want some polluted tap water, go to Asia, South America and even the U.S.
Najlepsza woda w dużym mieście w Polsce to trzeba do Łodzi. Mamy tylko w kranach wodę głębinową.
Generally tap water in most places is better quality than bottled one.
True about the water. It just has more minerals. Some tap water e.g. south of the country is even a healthier option than some mineral waters in other countries. As for the "jug filters" I recommend Dafi instead of Brita since it has great quality, better price and it is a polish company so it will come back to you in the infrastructure built for the taxes they pay in Poland🙂. All the best!
Vietnamese diaspora has indeed been in Poland for decades, since the communist times. They are very appreciated due to being hardworking and not causing any trouble. In the Włochy district in Warsaw, you have the Asian town, where tons of Asian restaurants and shops are. Warsaw is of course the most cosmopolitan city in Poland as it has the best job opportunities.
I’m team Warsaw. I love Krakow and it has a different vibe but I lived in Warsaw for a year and fall In love with the city. Food scene is amazing, restaurants serve food from all over the world, living cost is still tolerable, lots of greeneries in the city, public transport is available and super easy to navigate. Most importantly, people are amazing there. I made some precious friends there that will last forever. I had the most beautiful time of my life living in Warsaw ❤ Thanks for sharing and your video captured everything pretty well. In future I’m planning to moving back to Warsaw😊
Tap water in Warsaw is not polluted, it is simply harder than in other cities! You can safely drink it without filtering or cooking - it is 100% safe for people. If you have a problem with the feeling left by hard water, try for example, going to the Tatra or Bieszczady Mountains - the water there is phenomenal.
As a Lithuanian, i super love Warsaw. I come over to Poland in general at least once a year for the past 4 years, but this year alone inwas already there a few times, including Zakopane and obviously my favourite Warsaw. Nothing to compare with Vilnius at all :)
feel welcome, brother!!
Vilnius is smaller, but very charming. I did enjoy it . I live in Warsaw.
I do not think one needs to choose one city above the other. Vilnius is very charming, and being smaller - it is a "slowlier" city. Have nice memories from my visits there... Cheers!
A ja każdego roku jestem na Litwie :)
Vilnius is extremely beautiful and so underrated! In some places maybe it still needs some work and refabrishments but it's really worth visiting 💕
Warsaw is also one of the safest cities in the world.
Depends on club that you support.
@@MrFantasypl no longer the problem
@@MrFantasypl what a retarded comment
😂
Because there is not much black people (true)
About the graffiti - you're right. Most of it appeared during the lockdown, but now the city authorities' indifference to this problem is annoying. About the tap water - what "pollutants" in it are you talking about? Warsaw's water treatment plant is ultramodern and effective, tap water here is perfectly clean and straight drinkable, some experts say that it's better than bottled water.
He clearly doesn't know what he's talking about.
Yeah, I was taken back by that. Tap water in Poland is generally of very high quality. I think he's just going by taste- and it may be because the water in Poland is hard, it has a lot of calcium and other minerals, but it's not a bad thing.
@@leno_o17 yes I meant more that it was hard, the calcium is quite harsh on the skin.
@@WheresWes fun fact "the city of Warsaw gets its water from a river and the main water pump has 8 clams that have triggers attached to their shells. If the water gets too toxic, they close, and the triggers shut off the city's water supply automatically.”
@@olseneudezet1 true story. they have a lot of detectors though including the clamps that are electronically monitored. An innovative biological sensor, a bit Matrix style for the clamp itself ;-)
Thanks for this video! I'm going to Poland tomorrow so this is great to know.
and how was that?
@@dimare1920 he is still drunk i suppose...
Warsaw🇵🇱♥️♥️♥️ is one the best cities in Europe .greetings from 🇺🇦
Wy. Pier. Dalac dezerterzy.
Not one of the best, THE best
Co tak agresywnie?@@bredathc
The whole of Poland, not only Warsaw, is the safest country in Europe! Here you can walk at night in parks, streets and no one will attack you, rob you, or even insult you! Poles like that
Only one, short visit to Warsaw and so many good observations. I live in Warsaw for over 20 years and I like it! The city develops so fast, you can be surprise every month by many changes on every level; transport, restaurants, cafes, skyscrapers, green areas, events, concerts, museums. And it is still very safe city with clean public transport. Krakow is lovely, but for me great for a weekend trip, more like holiday vibe. Warsaw is high energy and progress.
don't ever import migrants from africa and muslim countries if you want poland to stay clean and safe
Warsaw is safe mostly because the likes of him are still relatively rare here…
@@ipodman1910 you mean asian men? asian men have lowest crime rate than even white men
what the fuck you're talking about?
@@ipodman1910 I would not lump Chinese or Americans into the same bag as Muslims. This is very wrong.
Warsaw is not a small city. Only 4 city's in US are bigger then Warsaw. NY,LA Chicago and Houston.
You can't compare it like that. The US is mainly suburban, few people live in the city itself, who commute every day by car. You should rather compare metro areas. For Warsaw it's 3.3 mln, and that gives 15-20 metro areas in the US that are larger.
USA is build differently 😂
@@piotrb4240 Well, I just did. And I will do it every time when people compare city's. He says city, not metro areas. Just listen again and stop bitching - kurwa.
@@piotrb4240 I mean the 15th biggest metro area in the US is the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area, and you wouldn't call San Diego a small city.
Detroit is much bigger
Good video Wes! Looking forward to seeing more of you in Warsaw!
You should know, that in July/August Warsaw is not crowded because people go on holidays
Good to know
its crowded by tourists
Hi. I am Polish. Born in west of Poland. Living outside of Poland at the moment. Going to Vietnam for vacations in December for 2nd time (last time 2023). I love Vietnam :).
I am impressed how 'to the point' your observations are about Warsaw or Krakow. You come up with really good conclusions. Sometimes for a Pole they are not so obvious, but you are able to get the 'core' of the topic. I am impressed.
I lived in Warsaw 3 years and I confirm it is a place to live in PL with most options to choose. I moved to Krakow though later and I also enjoyed it but not so much as in Warsaw. Krakow is still a small city, while Warsaw is a cosmopolitan city with so many opportunities and ways to live.
Thanks for your video!
Faktycznie facet jest inteligentny i umie obserwować
We, the people of Warsaw, who have lived here for generations, are understanding about opinions about our city. I am a 3rd generation resident of Warsaw, and my wife is probably 7th, her grandfather was even a Warsaw insurgent with the rank of lieutenant. The incumbents of Warsaw are quite proud and we don't really care about opinions - good or bad - about our city. Some will like it more, others less. But if you are rooted in a city that rose like a phoenix from the ashes, your strong attachment to the place is most important. Hence the common opinion that we are defiantly proud or even arrogant.
However, Warsaw is an open city, a lot of people live here for career reasons, studies, etc. And Warsaw welcomes them, it does not take a lot of time for you to feel like you are at home.
There is a joke about Krakow: "how long does it take for native Krakow residents to start treating you as their own? Well, after approximately 300 years of living in Krakow, you can count on it." But you also need to know that there is some cultural tension between Warsaw and Krakow and the inhabitants of both cities like to say typical Polish insults to each other :)
You watched, as I can guess from the film, mainly the modern center and the Old Town. The phenomenon of Warsaw is that individual districts are very different from each other. If you were to immerse yourself in Żoliborz or Stary Mokotów, you would feel in these generally residential and quiet districts a bit like in some Swiss Bern, in numerous areas of Prague, located on the other bank of the river, you would encounter a somewhat "wild" city, but also artistic districts, such as for example Christiania in Copenhagen or Republika Užupis in Vilnius, Lithuania. These are, of course, quite distant and general comparisons, I mean some impressions.
As for the tap water in Warsaw - it really is one of the cleanest among European cities. Which, of course, does not eliminate your individual impressions. Watch the YT material made by an English traveler on this topic - here is the link: innpoland.pl/186496,jak-sprawdzic-czystosc-wody-malze-warszawa
The population of Warsaw is quite new and have not a city culture,and this is the reason they vote communist and soviet !
@@Reytan-e8x jprdl:) Serious?
Warsaw is the most comfortable place to live in Europe, I❤❤❤ Warsaw
Let's not exaggerate, I love Warsaw but there are cities like Vienna, which are ranked as more comfortable in international rankings.
For me too! I agree. Maybe London is also a good place to live and a more beautiful one. But it is safer in Warsaw.
@@olseneudezet1 So is Copenhagen.
@@annaneex3843 London? If you are loaded and don't leave Knightsbridge or similar areas, then maybe. Go to Croydon.. ☠
@@olseneudezet1 I mean... Wien is glamorous af. Well, its simply one of the most influential cities in the world.
Truth be told Warsaw isnt even close.
The best city to live in (imo) in our region (middle-eastern Europe) is Prague. Stunning architecture (again, in my opinion its the most beautiful city in Europe), a lot of leisure-time places, big money, cheap beer... But they also have a lot of junkies and scammers.
Imo Warsaw isnt even in top 3 best cities to live in in Poland.
Hi Wes, as for tap water in Warsaw, you mention you smelled chemicals in it but it is not true. On the opposite: Warsaw's tap water is one of the best in whole Poland. See the movie about that (water is protected by clams:)):
th-cam.com/video/i0RkEs3Xwf0/w-d-xo.html
Hehe, most of my good friends from Kraków dislike Warsaw "just because" :D. They typically say Kraków is better without any particular reason. As someone who moved to Warsaw around a year ago (and I previously lived for many years in Lublin, which I find pretty much a perfect place for family life), I think it's an awesome place to live. It truly has plenty of layers to it and incredible venues to visit. :) Plus...nothing can replace a good night out with friends at Bulwary Wiślane or Pawilony. :D
You nailed it with that polish smile. I bet I look exactly like that half of the time I interact with strangers 😅
As a finance guy Warsaw is the best pick in Poland for me. I love it.
I don’t really feel there is a best pick of cities when it comes to finance people in Poland. It barely has any real finance jobs, 99.9% just back office work. Doesn’t help either that schools like SGH and UEK have a big catch up game to do to even come close to the bottom of top financial education in Europe.
Interesting fact about the water in Warsaw's taps. It is not poluted, only mineral, like from a bottle. The point is that it can be drunk from the tap and is healthy. The minerals contained may influence the sensations during bathing, for example.
About trash being present on the streets - it is accumulating mostly around trash cans when they overflow. Throwing trash around is really uncommon and “trash piles” are mostly seen - as I said around trash cans, there is even heavy fine (up to a 100$) for littering. Also if you get sighted throwing even a piece of paper on the sidewalk you can get heavily scolded by a random person which I think is a good thing here in Poland :D. Also the fact that aforementioned trash cans are pretty much omnipresent here helps that matter very much
I also hate grafitti in Warsaw, we should do something about it...
They repainted my building on Nowy Swiat so for now it’s graffiti free
Poland is a place. Lovely people and food
Whew, 9/10 (agreed!)! Thanks so much Wes, I'm considering a short (and third) trip to Warsawa soon, and I'm also considering Warsawa as a potential focus city/base for me. I might book a consultation with you about my trip ✌🏽🙏🏽.
I appreciate the video man. Ima check out Warsaw and who knows maybe that’ll be home 😎
enjoy my friend 🙂 all the best!
Regarding tap water: the quality varies even within different parts of Warsaw. However, there are places in Poland where tap water is exceptionally good, comparable to bottled water, as long as the water source is from deep wells, especially those in limestone formations.
For example, the area around Nałęczów, Kazimierz Dolny, Puławy (in the Lublin region) has tap water that tastes similar to the well-known bottled waters Nałęczowianka and Cisowianka, which are sourced from this region.
I was last in Warsaw in 1989. I loved it. Lazienki Park was fabulous and I loved the community gardens which I hope are still there. I loved how they adored Chopin then and I hope that hasn't changed!
Hasn’t changed Lazienki is super and they still have free Chopin in the park
The infrastructure there looks amazing. Something that I miss in Colombia.
It IS amazing Great city
If you have allergies the worst time to be in Poland is from april/may to late august. There is lot's of pollen, dust and all that coming from trees, flowers, grass, etc.
there is Polish proverb: in Cracow you're walking, in Warsaw you're running ;)
source on this one? never heard of it.
I’m Polish living in Ireland and really want to move back to my country. You really encouraged me saying that there are a lot of Asian people and Asian restaurants, I love Asian cuisine and mostly hang out with Asians in Ireland 😄
i listen english language from channels like your and you have big advantage that you don't give fake compliments.
If you want to raise family in Warsaw, you do that in Wawrzyszew / Stary Bielany / Żoliborz district. Actually i have it a bit backwards, since i live just next to central railway station next to NYX, opposite side of street from Varso Place, yet i work just next to Wawrzyszew metro station and spend my whole free time here strolling through forest, fishing, reading books at parks, having fun in Gniazdo Piratów and treating home more like a hotel just to take a bath and sleep. :D
My favorite is Saski Park
Ursynów is also a very good place to raise family. Polecam :)
tap water in poland is very good
Warsaw is amaizing , i also recommend in Poland Wroclaw its very beautiful and historic 🇵🇱👍
As a resident, one of the things I really like about Warsaw is the relative abundance of green areas. This is paricularly visible when compared to some large cities in Western Europe but also to other Polish cities. And as the summer heat waves inevitably get worse, this will certainly grow in importance. As for the views about Warsowians as people, one really shouldn't rely on Cracow residents for an unbiased opinion. Cracow being the former capital and Warsaw being the current one, we have a bit of a "friendly competition" ;) Though obviously you will find some jackasses with a superiority complex, like in every capital city.
Regarding infranstructure, the moment that many things began change for the better really fast, not just in Warsaw but everywhere in Poland, was when we entered the EU in 2004. I was fresh out of secondary school that year, and it was interesting to watch things change in real time, both in terms of infrastructure and the standard of living.
This is my second video of yours (first one was 13 things you just don't do in Poland - I agree 100%). I must say you are very observant and your videos are interesting. I am Polish myself (born and raised in Warsaw but currently living in Wales). I laughed so much when you showed "the Polish smile", I loved it! I haven't realized it until now :D I do it very often. I hope you have a good day!
Warsaw is big, but have perfect public transport and infrastructure so everywhere is close...
The water is very safe to drink but it's harsh on the skin. I never use it on my face as it dries it instantly. When it comes to immigrants, my neighborhood (Wilanów) is chock-full of them, especially rich Ukrainians. But you don't hear Ukrainian on the street, only Russian, which is unfortunate as I had to learn the language in school and came to despise it as a result (under communist rule, all kids were required to take Russian from 5th grade until college). We also have a large Vietnamese diaspora, many Vietnamese businesses but they cause no trouble and are often quite involved in the local communities. Incredibly talented population and very hard working, learn Polish language in a flash, so impressive! 👏👏👏
Beautiful, well done 👍 Keep up the great content. Subbed.
Appreciate you're mentioning Krakow in this video. We used to live there before moving to the Netherlands and we liked it much more than NL in general.
Greetings from Kraków, one of the most beautiful places in the world :) ps. Tap water in our city is high - quality. You can drink it for sure without filtering.
i recommend gdansk, its my home city and i feel like its often overlooked by foreigners (most tourists are swedish or german from my experience) but every time i hear opinions about it from foreigners they always say theyve fallen in love with it (although friend from egypt said that polish smile is the most common in gdansk and hes been to few big cities here HAHA but he said that even though we look like we want to die we are wery welcoming once you talk to us)
its next to sopot and gdynia and we call it "tricity" which are also great cities to visit and you can travel to all of them by skm train
also we have kaszuby region which is really picturesque and there are many lakes if you want to drive out of the city and spend a peaceful day in the countryside
mazury region is also great for that but its a bit further
It is certainly not overlooked by foreigners; more crowded than Krakow or even Edinburgh 😀
The graffiti is an issue - they keep repainting the buildings and new graffiti popes up almost immediately. Also visit Silesia! It's an agglomeration - there is a lot of small cities around and they kind of make a one massive interconnected place, a lot of greenery and it's been developing like crazy. Katowice is the biggest around Silesia, but there is also Glwice, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Chorzów (with amazing park which is massive, also a zoo) : D
I love this city ...
Tap water is excellent quality here. It's safe to drink straight from the tap. If you happen to live in an old building however, you may receive more minerals than usual. I live in Kabaty neighborhood, the water here is soft. We run it through the filtering pot and drink without boiling
I fly into Poznan next week!!
Good idea
Beware of road works and resulting total chaos in city centre.
@@michalinamarkowska8930 for sure thank you I have driven all over Poland I have experienced everything on the roads. I drive safely and watch for everything
All water in EU is safe to dring (same for US). The only concern are old buildings (pipe's within themselfs can be rusty).
Respect man!
Great video. Very informative 👍
Word of advice: don't ask people in Kraków about Warszawa 😂. They have a ginormous chip on their shoulders about our city and constantly talk 💩 about us (because in the 17th century, Polish king moved the capital from Kraków to Warszawa and yes, they still smart about it). Funnily, we don't care about Kraków, except to say "beautiful city, you must visit". Other than that Kraków is not a topic in Warszawa 😅
I will tell you about my city because I live here. Living in Gdańsk, you can get to know this city anew every few years, new museums, new places, new pubs, restaurants, new parks, whole new parts of the city, various new conveniences like city bikes, agglomeration railways, new tram lines. Even though I have lived here since birth, every now and then I discover some part of the city again and I feel like a tourist ;) I am afraid that this crazy development has to end someday. And by the way, if you are also looking for clean tap water (you mentioned ;) ) and clean air also, visit the Tri-City.
People keep talking about tri city, I need to go
Tap water is very clean all over Poland (except Zakopane and the surrounding area), I don't really understand this criticism. The water is controlled, and you can always get information about its composition on a given day (actually since 1998). It may not be very tasty because it contains calcium (which, however, supplies calcium to the body) and not everyone likes it. I like it, and like many Poles, I drink water straight from the tap. In Warsaw, water is purified in very modern treatment plants, and one of the purification stages includes a special set of gravel and other natural layers, so technically it is like spring water.
Jestem warszawianką od wielu pokoleń i kocham, kocham to miasto, a Gdańsk jest moją drugą miłością. Pozdrawiam:)
amazing video man
Wow you are very observant. I am from Cracov but moved to Tricity recently
Leave the big cities, visit some smaller ones. Look for a "Augustów", "Kazimierz dolny". This are actually the most beautifull and nature oriented towns in poland, in opiniony my and many of my friends ;).
If you will be in Augustów i would love to be your tour guide ;)
Warsaw is this kind of a city that you don't like or have mixed feelings if you've never lived there. However, if you decide to live there, you will love this city and you won't change it to any other city in Poland. Both Krakow and Warsaw are beautiful cities, however I prefer to live in Warsaw, Krakow is nice just for visiting but I know Asian people love it because of the architecture :) once I was in Japan and met this girl who was a clothes designer, she told me she was planning to visit Krakow with her husband for their honey moon because it's so beautiful :)
About beautiful girls- in Warsaw there are many model agencies so no surprise you see many gorgeous girls :)
You got the distinction between Krakow and Warsaw perfectly. Warsaw is by far the best city in PL to make money and spend money, Krakow on the other hand is the most laid back place to live in in Poland, super walkable, and the cultural capital of Poland.
Went to visit Warsaw in October ‘23 and I loved it. I want to visit again.
Visit Warsaw in spring or summer ⛱️ it's beautiful here when it's warm and green
@@barbarellla1553 yes, that’s what everyone was telling me. Hopefully in the next couple of years.
Finally in Warsaw! 👍
Actually I have very similar thoughts about Warsaw. I'm also living in Krakow and thinking should I relocate to Warsaw or not. The main things that keep me in Krakow are more natural places like mountains, lakes, fast rivers, rocks near Krakow and a bit better weather, more sunny days and higher temperature during the summer + more snow on winter. Did you make decision?
staying in Krakow for now, til next June
You can take a metro train, ride 15 minutes to Stare Bielany and you have much quieter place than Kraków but you are in bigger city. I don't want to say anything bad about Kraków it's beautiful but Warsaw have its advantages too.
During the Second World War, the Germans destroyed 97% and maybe even more. Warsaw was a great debris. This means that what you see now was completely reconstructed from scratch. Krakow, Wroclaw were cities that the Germans did not destroy in this way like Warsaw and that's why you have a different vibe there
Totally wrong information. Warsaw was about 75% destroyed ( main part on left bank of Vistula - about 80%, Praga district on right bank - only about 30% ). Wroclaw, former Breslau, was damaged perhaps even more than Warsaw, due to siege of the city from February to May 6th 1945. It was the last big German city to surrender, 4 days after Berlin. Breslau was heavily bombed by Soviet forces but large area in the centre was demolished purposely by Wehrmacht and SS. Airfield was constructed to enable air support and hundreds of huge buildings were destroyed to make it possible. Many fine houses ( especially at crossroads ) were also demolished to enable better shooting capabilities to German anti-tank guns. In May and June 1945 city was looted and burnt by Red Army. Large parts of the centre are empty to this day.
My Polish friend says this and it’s interesting. Warsaw to us is pronounced Vratswov… the letters sounds are different in Polish.
The city looks surprisingly modern. How many days do you need for a tourist visit?
3 is good
In my company, a whole week won't be enough :)
I think 2-3 days if you like museums, but I think you should combine in with another place like Gdańsk or Kraków, because they are more touristically aesthetic, but Warsaw is still worth seeing.
I would say a week because what that guy doesn't tell is that each district has a VERY distinct vibe, yet all he does is stroll in one, central district, instead of checking out what is around different metro stations and i know since i lived here 43 years and there are some districts that i hate - like the central [where i live] and some that i REALLY love like Wawrzyszew / Stare Bielany / Żoliborz / Mokotów. But to be hones there are people that find the "vibe" they are looking for at Praga, Wilanów, Wola. Besides the same ticket that you use for transport inside the city is used to travel via trains in a Warsaw Metropolitan Zone, so you can actually travel really far to various forests, lakes that WArsaw is surrounded by. You can on google maps how totally different each district is. In Wawrzyszew, where i'm now at work we have EU Nature 2000 preserve just 15 minute walk from metro station. :D
Hello from Finland. I was just in Riga and that city was so beautiful, NO graffiti. And super beautiful old buildings. No trash on the ground. I loved it. Never been to Poland. Would you recommend Warsaw of Krakow?
1) Gdańsk
2) Wrocław
3) Kraków
4) Warszawa
@@TomaszBmy 1. would be Wrocław
@@barbarellla1553 I forgot real #1 - Toruń
Kraków. Then Warsaw. Forget about Gdańsk, Toruń, or Wrocław, those are small, or post-german.
@@miimmiim9726 think about Wrocław
To be honest, tap water in Krakow is one of the healthiest (unless you are a washing machine). The taste comes from a large amount of minerals that are healthy for the heart ;)
Warsaw is very smiling and friendly :)
Warsaw is great but you really should visit beautiful city in the east Lublin . It is very beautiful.😊
Bialystok is much more beautiful and interesting than Lublin, you should certainly go there.
@@michalinamarkowska8930 Białystok is not very interesting city more like country side city. Lublin is the biggest and most important city in the east. It is called the east capital od Poland with many historical seesights and very modern.
Oh gosh, polluted water. Man please 🙏. It’s one of the purest water in the world. Check statistics.
Thanks for sharing your observations about Warsaw. Interesting, not sure if I see things about Warsaw as you, but one thing I totally disagree about Warsaw is its tap water. It’s absolutely fine to drink, much better than in some other European cities. Don’t know where you get yr water from when in Warsaw, but it tastes absolutely fine.
Just out of curiosity, why do you keep comparing Poland to Ukraine? Did you live there? Do you know the country well? I’d be more interested to hear how Poland compares to your homeland.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your observations, even if somewhat superficial.
Cost of living in Poland constantly going up. Warsaw is the most expensive city to live in. Also is good keep in mind that Poland was divided into poor, and rich side. German side is much richer then Russian side. You can clearly see that in mentality in people. Warsaw has mix of people from all the parts of Poland. It’s good to keep this in mind
That's true, results of partitions from more a 100 years ago linger to this day. They are hoping, that pouring all this money into revitalization of Łódź will eventually change it from a shithole that it's been for decades, but it will take generations, if ever.
Eastern Poland is more patriotic. Western part is antipolish and likes to be a slave to Germans. Western part is also antidemocratic. Thanks to Russia whole Europe has high inflation.
Eastern side is more patriotic and democratic.
@@portjanka Sam jesteś shithole, umysłowy.
@@ch36799 Absolutnie się zgadzam. Na Zachodzie jest dużo przesiedleńców, także ukraińskich. A Polska Centralna i Wschodnia to ludność rdzenna. Pamiętać należy, że przed wojną to, co teraz nazywamy Polską Wschodnią było centrum , sercem Polski
Hey Bro, I am Polish but I dont live in the Poland over 15 years and I don't plan to coming back to Poland I just don't like the vibes of my country, but I love to visit Colombia its my cup of tea .2020 I wanted to visit ,but due to the pandemic I was stuck in Peru in Selva for 8 months 😅Shine bright Amigo and have a good trip 🌍
Warsaw is great, it has changed so much. And girls - of course, Polish are the best in the world :)
My ex wife was from Warsaw First visit was in 1980 Lots ofchanges since then
I agree, graffiti is awful, it is a real issue for the city.
Kraaaaaakow man...
When it comes to real estate, there could be a bubble, but who knows. I don't think the Ukrainians and Belarusians that are here will leave to their home countries, these won't get that better in the near future. My Warsaw flat's value went by 50%(!) according to the current market rates, since when I bought it in 2022, two weeks before the war, so the prices are expected to fall, but not dramatically. People have been waiting for the bubble to burst for a long time now and it never happened. Those who waited to buy property (for their own use, not investments) until the bubble bursts, now can't afford it any longer. It slowly starts to look like in the West, where many young people can't afford to have their own property.
Thanks to Russian War.
Good video.
Dude speaks about Warsaw being relatively cheap... for a Westerner.
My man, the rent prices in the past 5 years have easily tripled and they are still going up on a quarterly basis. I have lived in Warsaw all my life, born and bred, but I'm seriously debating moving out to the countryside and renting my apparent out, because it gets to the point of becoming unaffordable for the common person. Rent alone for a commie-block flat is now almost 1000PLN for a single person, and that is without electricity bills taken into account. It used to be less than half that in 2019 and it was even less in throughout whole 2010 and kept on a stable level rising only slightly in that whole period. It started to climb during pandemic and now, after the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the prices are in almost constant rise month by month.
You take that thing you said about our tap water back!
Mate, I love your videos from Poland. About 95% of your content is just the truth about Poland 👍🏻. I know you get a lot of bad comments and I know that Polish people disagree with some of the things you say. But don't bother, as you know, we love to complain KURWA, you're doing a great job! DZIĘKUJĘ 👍🏻🤣
Warsaw is a cheap place to live if you earn western, or US money. Average wages in Warsaw are around 1.5k$ - 2k$ and this don't left so much money after you pay your rent (probably for room, because flats aren't cheap). Of course you can live in the outskirts of the city, but then you will need a car, or (if you're lucky enough) you will have to use train.
You can't compare Warsaw to any city in Ukraine. Warsaw is way cleaner, more modern and a lot more advanced. All the Ukrainians are shocked by the drastic difference. It's like stepping into a "New World" for them..
Colombia is a cesspool of a country. Unsafe and dirty. Doesn't even come close to Warsaw. And Polish food is much much better and you have a lot more variety.
One thing I can appriciate about your channel I think you are creating a channel not to please Polish people. You give hoemst opinions, although some will definitely disagree. I was born in Poland in the Tricity area and I still believe its extremely beautiful and miss it daily - you have yhe beach front , thr beautiful forest , even dough the concept of Zoos is controversial I think Gdańsk zoo has beautigul location in the valley surrounded by forst. Also its so close to Kashubian region with all the beautiful lakes. Alo lots of cool places and museums and restaurants and the historic Długa Street with the medival (restored) town houses and if you love biking a lot of infrastructure is avaible invluding thr routes alongside the shore of all three cities (well technically Sopot is more like a village but does have its city rights) and of course the whole metropolitan area is constantly growing and incorporating thr smaller villages.
Wes you need to check out łodz - yes the one city all poles tell you "don't go " to . I'm an English native speaker, lived and worked in krakow for 8 years. Currently paying 1600zl rent on an apartment- size - 26 m2 approx - 30 min walk from centre. 15 by tram.
Łodz will be the new polish Berlin.
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It was Polish Manchester in the past.
Tap water in Warsaw, as well as in other cities, is of good quality and is completely safe to drink
I keep advocating corporal punishment for graffiti offenders but it still needs some time to catch up. BTW Warsaw tap water is really good. Probably it's just harder than what you're used to because of the minerals.
Yes you are right, it's the hardness that's the issue
@@WheresWes That's the problem of finding the right balance. Soft water is better for washing but harder water is better for your health when you drink it.
in fact judging by the film you saw about 10% of Warsaw. You haven't been to the Mokotów district which is the second center, with skyscrapers, shopping centers, and wonderful housing estates and a different vibe, the Muranów district, wonderful to live in, the Ochota district, Wilanów and dozens of other districts are worth seeing, each has its own character, a different vibe :) Visit Warsaw again for at least a week and get on the metro and get off in different districts and explore them, even on scooters :)
Not so many skyscrapers in Mokotow district. Second centre is now in Wola district.
The population of Warsaw is not growing up as people move to the suburbs. You work in Warsaw but you live outside. As you Wes correctly stated, living in the business areas of Warsaw is not pleasant. There are several quarters of Warsaw such as, e.g., Mokotów or Żoliborz or Ochota or Wilanów or Ursynów or Bielany, which are residential areas. Also, the part of Warsaw on the eastern bank of the Vistula is very different, as it was not destroyed during WW2.
I live on Nowy Swiat at Swietokryska and love it there Lots of action
@@frederickmuhlbauer9477 Indeed, a busy area but not really big business!
Also Poland introduced a 10 year lump sum tax regime? Pay a fixed amount of tax every year. Looks like Poland is being quite aggressive in attracting entrepreneurs and capital as you said, rather than some other places where the policy just attracts people speculating on property.
Check out Miss Kimchi and try the Jjigae. It's the best I've ever tasted.
I"m looking for my old friends his name is Pawell he is from Poland and he is steel structure engineer I met him about 20 years ago in Skhaline in Russia If someone inform me his contact point. Im very much appreciate. My name is Lim and living in South Korea.
Hope I have time. I went to Wroclaw, Gdansk and I am going to Berlin tomorrow. I love the borscht, hope I can make it to Warsaw and krakow. One girl asking me until when I gonna stay here I only here for two weeks. Sometimes I say hi to the pretty girl in elevator and she hi back. In Gdansk I am only Asian guy here. Not a lot of Asian. The girl from Ukrain I meet online She said go to Gdansk and also you can stop by at the beach 🏖️ or stogi beach and drink beer. I have a good time. But you need to learn some Polish basic expressions and they love it. D
Beside 1 % of extreme rich ukrainians or belarussians who stayed in their countries, these richest are already in Poland and they will not leave cause there is nowhere to leave for them where they could stay better
@whereswes as far as I know Cracow tap water is the cleanest and best mineralised in the world according to one ranking I've seen. I need to find it...
Yes please show me. I also drink from the tap but have to filter it because it's very hard
@@WheresWes I've tried twice to send a link to it but none of these posts showed so far...
Warsaw is the most beautiful city in the world.
You should defenetly visit 3city This is perfect place in Poland
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