The question should be: is there a Brit who can speak Polish in Poland? That's the real challenge, if any of you Brits can, you have great powers, you are someone special. Last comment, Sundays are special days in Poland, it is family time and actually, you Brits could learn something from family oriented Poles so that you could have fewer divorces. Powodzenia Panie Justin.
Justin , why are you so amazed regarding to shut down shops in sunday ;-) ? Look on Germany , Austria , Norway, Switzerland. The shops are closed on sundays in these coutries as well. In addition in Belgium , Neaderland, France, Spain are some limitations restrictions on store operations on Sundays. Regards from Krakow ! Enjoy Poland.
Poles eat Polish food at home.Traditional home-made food is very popular in Poland, but when we go out we want to eat something different. That's why there are many foreign restaurants. You can eat traditional Polish dishes in milk bars, but you won't usually find them in shopping malls. I personally support the idea of non-trading Sundays. People started spending their free time with their families in a more creative way, rather than shopping. This is not only the case in Poland, the situation is similar in Germany and other European countries.
Small shops are open and restaurants or do your groceries before sunday... you have 6 days the time or like i say there are small shops (zabka) everywhere from 6-23 open@y0uw0tm8
@y0uw0tm8 Sundays are for families and mainly to protect employees being over unfairly exploited by businesses and corporations.Yes, you have a job but you cant be a slave to your employer.
@y0uw0tm8 There is nothing stupid about that. Stupid is USA where ppl don't even have "26 days of urlop" and work 12 hours a day without medical and "retirement fdund". 27 dollars an hour pay will make you homeless in Los Angeles coz you can't even rent a studio and have to live in a car. Show me a case that anybody in Poland that has a job and "umowa o pracę", which can't afford to rent a room? Bet You voted for TuSSk Liberals are idiots. Show me a huge city in Poland that is just like this: th-cam.com/video/SJt3xuTPRVU/w-d-xo.html
Good man, you may not realize it, but your talk is a bunch of nonsense supported only by your opinion. Sunday has been a day off from work for centuries, and it doesn't matter what you think about it. Salespeople also need a day off, and if you don't like it, cry in the corner and shut up.@y0uw0tm8
@y0uw0tm8 Do you work so much that you don't have time to do such a simple and short-lived activity as buying food or vacuum cleaner, etc.? Maybe you are a slave then? Or maybe you are an addict? In either case, something should be done about it, because it's dangerous.
A major city that is largely closed on Sunday? That sounds brilliant! I look forward to seeing a quiet Warsaw when I visit in September. Nice to see a country with traditions and an appreciation for quietude and reflection.
I visited Poland several times and pretty much everyone I met spoke English, people just don't expect that you will shoot it on them like that, they don't know how to react. 😀
Ciekawym pomysłem na spędzenie czasu w niedziele w Warszawie może być wizyta w zabytkowych miejscach. Polecam chociażby: - Łazienki Królewskie czyli zespół pałacowo - ogrodowy założony przez ostatniego króla Polski, czynne w niedziele: 10-16.00 h - Muzeum Warszawy, wejście: Rynek Starego Miasta 42, otwarte w niedziele: 10-18.00 h - Muzeum Życia w PRL, ul. Piękna 28/34, Plac Konstytucji, godziny otwarcia w niedziele: 10-18 h Nie wiem czy taka propozycja będzie interesująca, ale może warto sprawdzić. Pozdrawiam
Justin, another fine video my friend... I can't believe how nice the mall is there in Warsaw and how nice the train station is...! Awesome.... Poland looks terrific...Greg
Check out Westfield Arkadia, only 10 minutes away from This featured mall ( zlote Tarasy -Golden teraces) , and it is just as good , if not slightly better, which is why it got rebranded as a Westfield mall pre Covid.
Mostly we respect days off and we like to spend time with our families instead of working. That's why shops are closed on Sundays. :) I'm sure we speak English better than Brits speak any other language (except English of course! You are also an exception). Thank you for your kind words about our delicious pastry and our kindness. I noticed you always treat your interlocutors with respect. Cheers :)
Dlaczego tak piszesz? Czasem Anglicy znaja jezyk polski. Jestem bardzo rzadko w Polsce bo mieszkam i pracuje w Anglii ale nigdy nie mam zadnego problemu z jezykiem polskim. Bylem, na przyklad, w Krakowie w sierpniu w tym roku i zawsze dalem sobie rade-wszyscy rozumieli mie.
On Sunday, all stores are closed so that employees have 1 day a week off to spend time with their families. But there is an exception, a shop can be open when the shop owner stands behind the counter and serves customers himself. On Sundays, confectioneries are usually open. Not all pharmacies are open on Sundays, but in pharmacies there is a sign indicating which pharmacy is open on Sunday. Regarding the knowledge of English, you can communicate with the younger generation because after the overthrow of communism in schools, they started learning this language instead of Russian, which was taught in schools by the older generation . I also learned Russian in primary school and German in secondary school, but there is nothing left of it if you don't use it. Regarding the ban on filming in supermarkets, it depends on the owner of the facility, and usually the owners of super markets are not Polish companies, but German, French, Portuguese and English - this is not a rule.
It depends on what you mean by younger generation :). Those born in the 80s (beginning of 80s) would be the last generation to learn Russian. Parents in my school fought with the "system" so that we would learn English and not Russian. AFAIR that change wasn't too difficult to achieve. It may have been around 1989/1990 or something like that.
It's religious-based. Sunday is the day of worship for Catholics and most Christians. Back in the 80s New Jersey (U.S.) did it in most counties as well. They called it the Blue Law and it was so families could go worship in Church and have a day of rest (Referring to Jewish Sabbath). Chic-Fil-A does the same thing, they are a Christian organization and they close up shop on Sunday.
Hello there! When it comes to closed shops on Sundays, do you remember how it was in the UK, even back in the 1st half of 1990s? I do remember when for my geography project I had to do a street layout of shops (types of shops that you could find on high streets) and I did that on Sunday. Ealing Broadway which is a pretty busy place even on Sunday, was all empty. No cars, almost no people on the street, everything closed. That was the best time for me to do the task :) I wasn't sure when it was, so I did a quick research, and it must have been during a Spring of 1994, as Sunday trading was legalised in August of 1994. AFAIR shops were closed earlier on Saturdays. Most German-speaking countries also have non-trading Sundays for longer than I could think of. In Poland non-trading Sundays came into life in 2018, but I do not know for how long before Sundays were with shops being open - OK I've just read that trading Sundays were in Poland since the beginning of the 90s - I guess that might have been after the collapse of communism in Poland, where everything started to change here.
Hello ! First of all the Amazon exist in Poland and deliver packages every day .Secon - according to polish law-all stores are closed by Sundays-similar law exists in other European countries-Germany and Austria are the examples...greetings for You -great video!
@Rene_Moor3095 _"What would you like to do on Sunday? To buy clothes?"_ *** Refrigerator. Some people can't stand without buying a refrigerator on Sunday.
To be fair - When I visited my fiancee in France, all shops were closed on Sunday too. (And they were/are basically a socialist country.) Maybe it has changed in a couple of years, but... Polska is Polska. Slava Ukraiini!
How persistent you were about the closed shops Lol Just to confirm, the German goverment also enforces a rule like this. Remembar that shop areas are private property and they are not considered as public areas, so people are not allowed to record videos freely in such areas. By the way, I like your videos man.
Good to see you back in Poland mate. Sundays are a nightmare but some shops have managed to get around the law and open now. My local supermarket declared itself a library so it can now open on Sundays 😂
Thanks for that video. I know a family in France who wants to move to Poland for professional reasons. They do homeschooling, but it's now practically forbidden in France. So it gives them even more motivation to leave.
We like things closed on Sunday. It makes you rest even if you don’t want to. It is convenience for you but not for employees who instead of spending time with friends and family need to go to work. Polish tradition on Sunday is to eat lunch with your family, some people go to church, some engage in cultural activities or/and go for a walk.
Technically speaking, there is no such thing as a lunch being a Polish tradition. There never was. Dinner is what you call it, and there is a difference. The government made the change themselves. No one even asked me for an opinion. I guess you can get used to many things after a while. I'm glad bars and restaurants, and other attractions are open on Sunday, otherwise it would have been a sad and gloomy Sunday. One thing I do like about non-trading Sundays, is that there is less traffic, at times almost no cars on suburbs' streets. It's quieter and safer to ride a bicycle.
@y0uw0tm8 not quite so. Lunch is lunch, dinner is dinner, or even dinner/supper, taking into account how late they eat it. I've lived it, and seen it. Back in the days, dinner in Poland was around 1pm/2pm. Years later it has so much changed and many people eat dinner after work, lets say after 4pm or 5pm, and then supper in the evening. So unhealthy. The lunch is not meant to be as filling and heavy as dinner. Also a different eating out culture between our countries. But even so in Poland (maybe in major cities) lunch may have become a bit more popular lately, than lets say 15-20 or 30 years ago.
Not all shops are closed on Sundays. Restaurants, cafes, cinemas, museums, pharmacies, street markets and small private grocery shops can be open.The idea is to let employed shop assistants have their day off with families for leisure. If you as a shop owner decide to open your shop and work behind the counter it's your choice.
Reminds me of Malaga, only really small convenience stores open by the chinese that have moved there. I guess the catholic church is the main reason why things are shut and maintaining tradition. However I think in Madrid and Barcelona some shops are open on sunday, but I can't say for sure as I have not visited these places in a long time.
Why do you need open shops on sunday??? In Germany most shops are closed too. If you need something, you can go to a gas station or buy anything else in the web. opening hours 6 days a week is enough. You don't need 24/7 not really. a free weekend to be with the family is normal in central europe. Why not in the UK or US ?? Why do you need open shops on sunday??? In Germany most shops are closed too. If you need something, you can go to a gas station or buy anything else in the web. opening hours 6 days a week is enough. You don't need 24/7 not really. a free weekend to be with the family is normal in central europe. Why not in the UK or US ??
Filming with a phone is more discreet and everyone has a phone these days, so it would be hard to ban it. And filming with a large camera is more visible and may disturb someone, I guess that's the point.
It has always been the case that the shops were closed on Sundays. If the majority of Poles didn't like it, the government would have to change the law. I once went to bush hog with my tractor (on Sunday) and when I was driving through the village, one guy was tapping his forehead. Another time I was picking stones in a field and an elderly lady passing by said "it's Sunday!!!" with an expression on her face like I was defecating in the middle of the sidewalk. Poles don't work on Sundays and it has to do with the Christian faith, with Jesus and with the Bible.
Justin, for a minute imagine you work in a gas station whatever brand they are in England, and you have no other experience and can’t get a different job, in England you a screwed, can’t go to party’s, church, birthday celebrations, concerts or festivals, you are fu*ked, you are completely excluded from the civic life of your town, city or province, because you are always at work on Sunday. In Poland and other European countries with similar laws, you can go to a concert or theater and meet a gas station assistant, that will not happen unless these laws are in effect. It’s what they are for! To make it more fair, no matter where you work. Hope you understand that.
In the main cities of Poland 🇵🇱 you will have a high chance of finding someone speaking English, but in rural areas, I don’t think you will have much of that luck.
As did you notice Poland is really fantastic country and people are living there not only working around. Sunday is rest day for everyone. And Lord’s day as well mate
Yes. I also think it's a crazy thing to have almost every shop closed on Sundays. But then again, there have been a lot of crazy (and worse) things decreed for the last 8 years. There are some voices here who say that Poles like spending time off with their families etc. Well, I am not sure why they limit it to Poles only. Everybody loves it, and yet in most civilised countries shops are open on the weekends (maybe a bit shorter hours). The employees get other days off instead whn they can rest amd enjoy. If the weekends are for resting, and if we have to FORCE employees to rest, why won't we allow bus drivers, train drivers, pilots, gas station employees, the Police, Fire Brigades, hospitals and clinics, power plant employees and dozens of other professions to make themselves a nice free weekend? Not to mention the fact of what a boost to the economy it is to have trade on the weekends.
I don't know if it good or bad ..please note that it is the same in Germany. Sundays are for family...some shops are opened but those are managed by their owners.
Last time some dude asked me for lolz do i i speak Eng, i've quoted some sentences by Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams and fckhead didn't even knew who they are. xD Polish ppl are very well educated and that mindset, that white bears are roaming the streets is not only disrespectful, but just harmful to our relationship.
In Poland you can do a lot of things online - just learn how. For example, Amazon's local better answer is the Polish Allegro service. Amazon ignored the Polish market - and that's good. It's a toxic company.
Work on your religion….or union.This is either the power of the church or the power of the Unions which forbids the work on the day that God relaxed after hard work.
I wonder how well you were doing if you went to Manchester for example and ask people if they speak Polish. Then you ask surprised that a lot of them did not maybe some of the younger generation do. Paradigm shift. When the brits start coming for jobs to Poland, they will have to learn Polish.
3:32 A beautiful example of how brain surgery works. This lady's brain was operated on in such a way that she doesn't want to have Sunday off. She wants to work on Sunday. And on all other days too. Such a solution was developed in early Soviet Russia . It was called 'bezprerivka" which means working without a break, seven days a week. On the other hand, if you talked to her about social issues and the “work-life balance” was mentioned - she would react with enthusiasm. It was the same brain surgery.
During Communism, the railway station was really interesting but a little dark- the lighting inside was not very good back then. I heard that the station was being built and prepared for a visit by Brezhnev who did not like flying and so he came to visit Poland by train. They had to put covers over the unfinished areas of the station as a temporary measure and then take them away and finish the station properly after he had departed. I remember being there in the main hallway and there was simply nothing before capitalism came along. In some ways, it is nicer now but it just makes everywhere look a little like everywhere else. After all, do you just want to walk around shopping malls with expensive branded goods as if you are in some Eastern European Singapore?
Jedno jest pewne,że gdyby Anglicy mieli prawie 50 lat Ruskiego Miru-czyli komunizmu to dzisiaj bogactwo i gospodarkę mieli by na poziomie Bangladeszu. Dla tego Pana zalecam najpierw troche pokory i poznanie prawdziwej historii Polski bo zakładam że ten Pan nic nie słyszał o tym jak po wojnie podczas konferencji pokojowych Anglicy sprzedali Polskę Stalinowi,zakładam też że ten Pan nic nie słyszał o katastrofie pod Giblaltarem gdzie Anglicy byli zamieszani w śmierć naszego premiera i naczelnego Wodza Sił Zbrojnych-Sikorskiego -,jedynego Polaka który mógł jeszcze zmienić bieg historii Polski gdzie akta sprawy ciągle są przez Brytyjczyków utajniane, aby nikt nie dowiedział się prawdy. Wiedza i prawda a nie chodzenie po ulicach i pytanie się ludzi czy znają Angielski a Pan zna jakiś język obcy ?
Workers need rest too instead of working 24/7 like slaves or like Victorian factory workers. They're people too. They have families and want to spend free time just like you. Consumers could have a rest too at least once a week instead of buying more crap than they already have. If you come to foreign country and dictate your own rules, then you better go back home and never leave your street.
Why are you asking the same question over and over? Everyone is giving you the same answer. Would be respectful to do your research on the local customs before traveling as well. Also, they're apps that can immediately translate English to any language in matter of seconds.
We have close everything on sundau because in constitution is written that God after creating whole universe, world, animals, nature and humans said that last day he will chill and rest. Poland is super christian/catholic country thats why its like this in sunday we literally in i think 2015/16 made Jesus Christ our only King...
Jesus you have restaurant, cinemas, swinming pool, museums open. The shops are closed that regular worker can soend one day with family. The same situation is in germany, france , and other countries
I’m afraid it all comes down to the policy of these shopping centres that don’t want people filming or taking photographs with professional cameras for commercial business use. Mobile phones are fine for them because they don’t make high quality filming or photography when comparing with video cameras like your Sony camera. For example when the BBC film something they don’t use mobile phones to film, they use high quality film 🎥 cameras that can be used for broadcasts. Shopping centres want a piece of the pie when people film high quality film productions, so that they can get some finance from it. They know that if they saw someone film with a mobile phone, they know it’s more likely for their personal use, but with top quality cameras, they know that someone is filming for commercial business.
Mała dygresja. Dlaczego jadąc do UK muszę zwracać się do ludzi po angielsku, a Brytyjczyk przyjeżdżający do Polski ma pretensje że niektórzy Polacy nie mówią w jego języku, który jest dla nich obcy. Oczywiście bardzo lubię kulturalnych turystów i cieszę się z ich przyjazdu, ale ilu Anglików zna języki obce, czy nie są uprzywilejowani?
Sunday is a family day in Poland. Poles tend to go to church and spend a quality time with their kids. How about you? Would you like to work on Sunday? Please keep in mind people who work in shopping malls and stores have a family. Don't you think they deserve a day off?
Before PiS (Law and Justice) came to power, it was collecting points for its election program in 2015. One of these points was that salespeople would not have to work on Saturdays and Sundays. After winning the elections, PiS implemented this point. This is what the sellers themselves asked for. Only those who own a business (e.g. Żabka retail chain) can work on Sunday.
1:45 Still the majority of Poles is religious and Christianity doesn't allow shopping on Sunday. By the way, shops in Germany are also closed on Sundays. So Poland is no exception here.
As an American who moved to Poland, I have to agree, everything closed on Sundays is the most annoying part of living here ( writing this on a Sunday with nothing to do 😂)
And no one is complaining about German stores closed on sundays, only in Poland😂 Everyone deserves some rest, including some poor bastard working as cashier for minimum wage. Cheers from Tennessee.
@ExpatPolska , this is due to the PiS government ( law & Justice party) who believe all Poles should dedicate this day to going to church, like people Did 50 years ago. Poland is a secular country, and although being predominantly Catholic, it isn’t going to coerce people into going to church m simply because the stores are closed. Low wage earners like university students need the weekend work .
because it will be a nice country to live in and I think that many English people whom I love for, for example, contributing to football matches will want to live in POLAND@@michaelmckelvey5122
You don't know much about polish traditions or things to do on Sunday. Our delivery services are superior to all I've ever experienced elsewhere. To get thru transport system, pay systems, UK or Ireland or USA is soooo far behind. Majority of Poles are at least bilingual....try this in any English speaking countries, good luck even understanding some local slang in UK.
Justin Eastern Europe good you had Such fun on sunday xD well there are those who like not worki g on sunday and those who like, like allways. But True ppl are more relaxed nów, on this one Day they slow down, take it easy. And some[not as many as should be] When got no other option started to go to parks, beach, take a walk and lets Say it is better than doing the shopping. Most Young ppl speak good English, some mid age like me speak a Little but far from Perfect xD and most older don't at all. But no metter the age most poles are shy about it, they don't like lokking stupid speaking broken, not Perfect English and choose to not speak at all. But there are some brave on or simple proud that Will speak it even if far from Perfect ;) telling ppl thay speak good and smiling does the trik to encourage them to speak more. Have nice trip. Greatings from Poland ^-^ Justin
The question should be: is there a Brit who can speak Polish in Poland? That's the real challenge, if any of you Brits can, you have great powers, you are someone special. Last comment, Sundays are special days in Poland, it is family time and actually, you Brits could learn something from family oriented Poles so that you could have fewer divorces. Powodzenia Panie Justin.
Justin , why are you so amazed regarding to shut down shops in sunday ;-) ? Look on Germany , Austria , Norway, Switzerland. The shops are closed on sundays in these coutries as well. In addition in Belgium , Neaderland, France, Spain are some limitations restrictions on store operations on Sundays. Regards from Krakow ! Enjoy Poland.
Poles eat Polish food at home.Traditional home-made food is very popular in Poland, but when we go out we want to eat something different. That's why there are many foreign restaurants. You can eat traditional Polish dishes in milk bars, but you won't usually find them in shopping malls. I personally support the idea of non-trading Sundays. People started spending their free time with their families in a more creative way, rather than shopping. This is not only the case in Poland, the situation is similar in Germany and other European countries.
Small shops are open and restaurants or do your groceries before sunday... you have 6 days the time or like i say there are small shops (zabka) everywhere from 6-23 open@y0uw0tm8
@y0uw0tm8 Sundays are for families and mainly to protect employees being over unfairly exploited by businesses and corporations.Yes, you have a job but you cant be a slave to your employer.
@y0uw0tm8 There is nothing stupid about that. Stupid is USA where ppl don't even have "26 days of urlop" and work 12 hours a day without medical and "retirement fdund".
27 dollars an hour pay will make you homeless in Los Angeles coz you can't even rent a studio and have to live in a car.
Show me a case that anybody in Poland that has a job and "umowa o pracę", which can't afford to rent a room?
Bet You voted for TuSSk
Liberals are idiots.
Show me a huge city in Poland that is just like this: th-cam.com/video/SJt3xuTPRVU/w-d-xo.html
Good man, you may not realize it, but your talk is a bunch of nonsense supported only by your opinion. Sunday has been a day off from work for centuries, and it doesn't matter what you think about it. Salespeople also need a day off, and if you don't like it, cry in the corner and shut up.@y0uw0tm8
@y0uw0tm8 Do you work so much that you don't have time to do such a simple and short-lived activity as buying food or vacuum cleaner, etc.? Maybe you are a slave then? Or maybe you are an addict? In either case, something should be done about it, because it's dangerous.
A major city that is largely closed on Sunday? That sounds brilliant! I look forward to seeing a quiet Warsaw when I visit in September. Nice to see a country with traditions and an appreciation for quietude and reflection.
I visited Poland several times and pretty much everyone I met spoke English, people just don't expect that you will shoot it on them like that, they don't know how to react. 😀
Yeah, that's so true, everything I read or watch is in English, I can easily pronounce anything, but real confrontations in English are pretty rare
Ciekawym pomysłem na spędzenie czasu w niedziele w Warszawie może być wizyta w zabytkowych miejscach. Polecam chociażby:
- Łazienki Królewskie czyli zespół pałacowo - ogrodowy założony przez ostatniego króla Polski, czynne w niedziele: 10-16.00 h
- Muzeum Warszawy, wejście: Rynek Starego Miasta 42, otwarte w niedziele: 10-18.00 h
- Muzeum Życia w PRL, ul. Piękna 28/34, Plac Konstytucji, godziny otwarcia w niedziele: 10-18 h
Nie wiem czy taka propozycja będzie interesująca, ale może warto sprawdzić. Pozdrawiam
Justin, another fine video my friend... I can't believe how nice the mall is there in Warsaw and how nice the train station is...! Awesome.... Poland looks terrific...Greg
Check out Westfield Arkadia, only 10 minutes away from This featured mall ( zlote Tarasy -Golden teraces) , and it is just as good , if not slightly better, which is why it got rebranded as a Westfield mall pre Covid.
So cool vibes of your talk and interact with people!
Thank you so much!! 😃👍
Mostly we respect days off and we like to spend time with our families instead of working. That's why shops are closed on Sundays. :)
I'm sure we speak English better than Brits speak any other language (except English of course! You are also an exception).
Thank you for your kind words about our delicious pastry and our kindness. I noticed you always treat your interlocutors with respect.
Cheers :)
Thank you so much for you comment and for watching👍👌
Dlaczego tak piszesz? Czasem Anglicy znaja jezyk polski. Jestem bardzo rzadko w Polsce bo mieszkam i pracuje w Anglii ale nigdy nie mam zadnego problemu z jezykiem polskim. Bylem, na przyklad, w Krakowie w sierpniu w tym roku i zawsze dalem sobie rade-wszyscy rozumieli mie.
I, for one, have an excellent command of broken English. And I'm doing fine with that.
@@michaelmckelvey5122 You rock, hands down, squire.
@@michaelmckelvey5122 Brawo. Jesteś kimś wyjątkowym, ale chyba się nie zrozumieliśmy, bo ja piszę o rodowitych Brytyjczykach.
Na drugi raz , jak przyjedziesz do Polski , to nie rżnij przygłupa i nie pytaj wszystkich czy znają angielski, tylko naucz się po polsku !
Stores are closed on Sunday. It's a time to rest and spend time with family.
Thank you very much for your input!
On Sunday, all stores are closed so that employees have 1 day a week off to spend time with their families. But there is an exception, a shop can be open when the shop owner stands behind the counter and serves customers himself. On Sundays, confectioneries are usually open. Not all pharmacies are open on Sundays, but in pharmacies there is a sign indicating which pharmacy is open on Sunday. Regarding the knowledge of English, you can communicate with the younger generation because after the overthrow of communism in schools, they started learning this language instead of Russian, which was taught in schools by the older generation . I also learned Russian in primary school and German in secondary school, but there is nothing left of it if you don't use it. Regarding the ban on filming in supermarkets, it depends on the owner of the facility, and usually the owners of super markets are not Polish companies, but German, French, Portuguese and English - this is not a rule.
Thanks for sharing, i really appreciate it!! 👍😃
It depends on what you mean by younger generation :). Those born in the 80s (beginning of 80s) would be the last generation to learn Russian. Parents in my school fought with the "system" so that we would learn English and not Russian. AFAIR that change wasn't too difficult to achieve. It may have been around 1989/1990 or something like that.
It's religious-based. Sunday is the day of worship for Catholics and most Christians. Back in the 80s New Jersey (U.S.) did it in most counties as well. They called it the Blue Law and it was so families could go worship in Church and have a day of rest (Referring to Jewish Sabbath). Chic-Fil-A does the same thing, they are a Christian organization and they close up shop on Sunday.
Hello there!
When it comes to closed shops on Sundays, do you remember how it was in the UK, even back in the 1st half of 1990s? I do remember when for my geography project I had to do a street layout of shops (types of shops that you could find on high streets) and I did that on Sunday. Ealing Broadway which is a pretty busy place even on Sunday, was all empty. No cars, almost no people on the street, everything closed. That was the best time for me to do the task :)
I wasn't sure when it was, so I did a quick research, and it must have been during a Spring of 1994, as Sunday trading was legalised in August of 1994. AFAIR shops were closed earlier on Saturdays.
Most German-speaking countries also have non-trading Sundays for longer than I could think of.
In Poland non-trading Sundays came into life in 2018, but I do not know for how long before Sundays were with shops being open - OK I've just read that trading Sundays were in Poland since the beginning of the 90s - I guess that might have been after the collapse of communism in Poland, where everything started to change here.
Hello ! First of all the Amazon exist in Poland and deliver packages every day .Secon - according to polish law-all stores are closed by Sundays-similar law exists in other European countries-Germany and Austria are the examples...greetings for You -great video!
Thank you mate for your input and clarification
I personally am not a fan of closed Sundays, but I guess some people do, so all good👍👌
Germany isnt western ?@y0uw0tm8
@Rene_Moor3095 _"What would you like to do on Sunday? To buy clothes?"_ *** Refrigerator. Some people can't stand without buying a refrigerator on Sunday.
Do you speak Polish?
Stay tuned, my friend, and find out!! 😉👍
Yes I don't 😁
To be fair -
When I visited my fiancee in France, all shops were closed on Sunday too. (And they were/are basically a socialist country.) Maybe it has changed in a couple of years, but...
Polska is Polska. Slava Ukraiini!
amazing justin my plan since last month to visit poland its so nice first comment sixth like keep it up bro 😉
Thank you mate, I hope you have fun👍👌
@@J.E.E thx man hope u enjoy it too take care and enjoy ur journy
nice people in Warszawa / coeur bleu
Powtórzę w mojej wersji to co mówili mi wiele razy "locals" w Italii, Hiszpanii i UK - jesteś w Polsce - mów po polsku :)
racja,francja tak samo mimo ze wiekszosc mowi po angielsku ale masz mowic po francusku jak jestes u nich.
Here they are grumpy or very cheerful 😂lol great video...a lot of places are close in italy on sunday too😊
Yes... Not a fan of closed Sundays!!!
How persistent you were about the closed shops Lol Just to confirm, the German goverment also enforces a rule like this. Remembar that shop areas are private property and they are not considered as public areas, so people are not allowed to record videos freely in such areas. By the way, I like your videos man.
I am really glad you are enjoying the content and thank you very much for your input! 👍😃
Miłej podróży 😊 as they say in Polish 🇵🇱😁
Good to see you back in Poland mate.
Sundays are a nightmare but some shops have managed to get around the law and open now. My local supermarket declared itself a library so it can now open on Sundays 😂
Fantastic as always!!! ;)
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Thanks for that video. I know a family in France who wants to move to Poland for professional reasons. They do homeschooling, but it's now practically forbidden in France. So it gives them even more motivation to leave.
We like things closed on Sunday. It makes you rest even if you don’t want to. It is convenience for you but not for employees who instead of spending time with friends and family need to go to work. Polish tradition on Sunday is to eat lunch with your family, some people go to church, some engage in cultural activities or/and go for a walk.
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I'd say 90% of us DON'T like things closed on Sunday.
@@jezuschrystus5113 so true. But not sure about the 90% :)
Technically speaking, there is no such thing as a lunch being a Polish tradition. There never was. Dinner is what you call it, and there is a difference. The government made the change themselves. No one even asked me for an opinion. I guess you can get used to many things after a while. I'm glad bars and restaurants, and other attractions are open on Sunday, otherwise it would have been a sad and gloomy Sunday. One thing I do like about non-trading Sundays, is that there is less traffic, at times almost no cars on suburbs' streets. It's quieter and safer to ride a bicycle.
@y0uw0tm8 not quite so. Lunch is lunch, dinner is dinner, or even dinner/supper, taking into account how late they eat it. I've lived it, and seen it. Back in the days, dinner in Poland was around 1pm/2pm. Years later it has so much changed and many people eat dinner after work, lets say after 4pm or 5pm, and then supper in the evening. So unhealthy. The lunch is not meant to be as filling and heavy as dinner. Also a different eating out culture between our countries. But even so in Poland (maybe in major cities) lunch may have become a bit more popular lately, than lets say 15-20 or 30 years ago.
I'll be in warsaw at the end of the month. Good to see warwaw from your perspective
Przypominam że w Polsce mówi się po Polsku. Może ja polecę do Londynu i będę się pytać Anglików czy mówią po Polsku
Not all shops are closed on Sundays. Restaurants, cafes, cinemas, museums, pharmacies, street markets and small private grocery shops can be open.The idea is to let employed shop assistants have their day off with families for leisure. If you as a shop owner decide to open your shop and work behind the counter it's your choice.
Reminds me of Malaga, only really small convenience stores open by the chinese that have moved there. I guess the catholic church is the main reason why things are shut and maintaining tradition. However I think in Madrid and Barcelona some shops are open on sunday, but I can't say for sure as I have not visited these places in a long time.
Exactly!!! I am not a fan of closed Sundays
@@J.E.E "I am not a fan of closed Sundays". Put yourself in the shoes of store clerks you selfish unimaginative SOB.
actually you speak english so well and clear
You worked hard for that meal. I'm claiming a contribution 😋
Shops are not opened in sunday because this is the day where people have to rest and go to church
Thank you very much for your input!
Why do you need open shops on sunday???
In Germany most shops are closed too.
If you need something, you can go to a gas station or buy anything else in the web.
opening hours 6 days a week is enough. You don't need 24/7 not really.
a free weekend to be with the family is normal in central europe.
Why not in the UK or US ??
Why do you need open shops on sunday???
In Germany most shops are closed too.
If you need something, you can go to a gas station or buy anything else in the web.
opening hours 6 days a week is enough. You don't need 24/7 not really.
a free weekend to be with the family is normal in central europe.
Why not in the UK or US ??
Probably closed because it's quite a religious country. Shops used to be closed in UK on Sundays when more people were religious here
Filming with a phone is more discreet and everyone has a phone these days, so it would be hard to ban it. And filming with a large camera is more visible and may disturb someone, I guess that's the point.
The best. Thanks Mate.
Glad you enjoyed it!! 👍😃
This whole thing with business being closed on Sunday is relatively new and trust me, most of us don't like it either.
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It has always been the case that the shops were closed on Sundays. If the majority of Poles didn't like it, the government would have to change the law. I once went to bush hog with my tractor (on Sunday) and when I was driving through the village, one guy was tapping his forehead. Another time I was picking stones in a field and an elderly lady passing by said "it's Sunday!!!" with an expression on her face like I was defecating in the middle of the sidewalk. Poles don't work on Sundays and it has to do with the Christian faith, with Jesus and with the Bible.
Justin, for a minute imagine you work in a gas station whatever brand they are in England, and you have no other experience and can’t get a different job, in England you a screwed, can’t go to party’s, church, birthday celebrations, concerts or festivals, you are fu*ked, you are completely excluded from the civic life of your town, city or province, because you are always at work on Sunday. In Poland and other European countries with similar laws, you can go to a concert or theater and meet a gas station assistant, that will not happen unless these laws are in effect. It’s what they are for! To make it more fair, no matter where you work. Hope you understand that.
It would be interesting to go to England and test random people if they speak ANY language except english :D (excluding immigrants)
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Thanks Dear Justin
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You're very welcome
co za róznica ze telefonem mozna a kameroM nie ???
4:19 - She's not Polish though, she's Asian living in Poland :)
Poland keep closed on Sundays. Keep your values
In the main cities of Poland 🇵🇱 you will have a high chance of finding someone speaking English, but in rural areas, I don’t think you will have much of that luck.
True mate👌
Oh come on, squire. I'm based out in the sticks but, nonetheless, I have a pretty awesome command of broken English.
As did you notice Poland is really fantastic country and people are living there not only working around. Sunday is rest day for everyone. And Lord’s day as well mate
Yes. I also think it's a crazy thing to have almost every shop closed on Sundays. But then again, there have been a lot of crazy (and worse) things decreed for the last 8 years. There are some voices here who say that Poles like spending time off with their families etc. Well, I am not sure why they limit it to Poles only. Everybody loves it, and yet in most civilised countries shops are open on the weekends (maybe a bit shorter hours). The employees get other days off instead whn they can rest amd enjoy. If the weekends are for resting, and if we have to FORCE employees to rest, why won't we allow bus drivers, train drivers, pilots, gas station employees, the Police, Fire Brigades, hospitals and clinics, power plant employees and dozens of other professions to make themselves a nice free weekend? Not to mention the fact of what a boost to the economy it is to have trade on the weekends.
Oj tam...😂
Widocznie nie byłeś za granicą pisząc że sklepy w niedziele są otwarte
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In Poland I found people speaking English more than GEORGIA. Georgia almost nobody.
Madness , you right .This will not finish good .
I don't know if it good or bad ..please note that it is the same in Germany. Sundays are for family...some shops are opened but those are managed by their owners.
Last time some dude asked me for lolz do i i speak Eng, i've quoted some sentences by Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams and fckhead didn't even knew who they are. xD Polish ppl are very well educated and that mindset, that white bears are roaming the streets is not only disrespectful, but just harmful to our relationship.
In Poland you can do a lot of things online - just learn how.
For example, Amazon's local better answer is the Polish Allegro service. Amazon ignored the Polish market - and that's good. It's a toxic company.
Thank you so much for sharing! 👍🙂
Work on your religion….or union.This is either the power of the church or the power of the Unions which forbids the work on the day that God relaxed after hard work.
Thank you very much for your input!
Don't judge people on how well they can speak a foreign language, or your language
Good message
I go to England and ask everyone is speak Polish
I reccon every 4rth person on the street might actually speak Polish indeed.
Firstly, we have Amazon in Poland, secondly, we have much less disadvantaged - Allegro
I wish in USA everything was closed on the weekend.
W Niemczech tak samo. Bardzo dobre prawo.
Polska ✌🏻
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auto:"how well balls speak English?" XD
US embassy is my main client. Avant SC, half of my library is Terry Pratchett in eng xD
عندما نخلط الفخامة .. الثقة.. الشجاعة.. القوة.. الحكمة.. الروح القتالية.. الولاء .. يصبح ناتج الخليط Duda.. ❤️🤍.. بلاد العرب تحييكم..
Ha ha ha
Duda???😂
I wonder how well you were doing if you went to Manchester for example and ask people if they speak Polish. Then you ask surprised that a lot of them did not maybe some of the younger generation do. Paradigm shift. When the brits start coming for jobs to Poland, they will have to learn Polish.
HI. it is very good that shit is closed for sunday, cause it is time for family, rest, not 4 stupid consumers. thanx
3:32 A beautiful example of how brain surgery works. This lady's brain was operated on in such a way that she doesn't want to have Sunday off. She wants to work on Sunday.
And on all other days too.
Such a solution was developed in early Soviet Russia . It was called 'bezprerivka" which means working without a break, seven days a week. On the other hand, if you talked to her about social issues and the “work-life balance” was mentioned - she would react with enthusiasm. It was the same brain surgery.
Lovley location
Thank you
Защото са добри християни и добри католици, затова. Англичаните и цяла осрана Европа трябва да се учи от Полша.
During Communism, the railway station was really interesting but a little dark- the lighting inside was not very good back then. I heard that the station was being built and prepared for a visit by Brezhnev who did not like flying and so he came to visit Poland by train. They had to put covers over the unfinished areas of the station as a temporary measure and then take them away and finish the station properly after he had departed. I remember being there in the main hallway and there was simply nothing before capitalism came along. In some ways, it is nicer now but it just makes everywhere look a little like everywhere else. After all, do you just want to walk around shopping malls with expensive branded goods as if you are in some Eastern European Singapore?
The Flying Circus of Englishman Justin.
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Jedno jest pewne,że gdyby Anglicy mieli prawie 50 lat Ruskiego Miru-czyli komunizmu to dzisiaj bogactwo i gospodarkę mieli by na poziomie Bangladeszu. Dla tego Pana zalecam najpierw troche pokory i poznanie prawdziwej historii Polski bo zakładam że ten Pan nic nie słyszał o tym jak po wojnie podczas konferencji pokojowych Anglicy sprzedali Polskę Stalinowi,zakładam też że ten Pan nic nie słyszał o katastrofie pod Giblaltarem gdzie Anglicy byli zamieszani w śmierć naszego premiera i naczelnego Wodza Sił Zbrojnych-Sikorskiego -,jedynego Polaka który mógł jeszcze zmienić bieg historii Polski gdzie akta sprawy ciągle są przez Brytyjczyków utajniane, aby nikt nie dowiedział się prawdy. Wiedza i prawda a nie chodzenie po ulicach i pytanie się ludzi czy znają Angielski a Pan zna jakiś język obcy ?
Workers need rest too instead of working 24/7 like slaves or like Victorian factory workers. They're people too. They have families and want to spend free time just like you. Consumers could have a rest too at least once a week instead of buying more crap than they already have. If you come to foreign country and dictate your own rules, then you better go back home and never leave your street.
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Why are you asking the same question over and over? Everyone is giving you the same answer. Would be respectful to do your research on the local customs before traveling as well. Also, they're apps that can immediately translate English to any language in matter of seconds.
America & Britain are great places to live in, but it's good to see that some other societies have other values than 7/24 omnercialism.
Are u on fucken glue
We have close everything on sundau because in constitution is written that God after creating whole universe, world, animals, nature and humans said that last day he will chill and rest. Poland is super christian/catholic country thats why its like this in sunday we literally in i think 2015/16 made Jesus Christ our only King...
Jesus you have restaurant, cinemas, swinming pool, museums open. The shops are closed that regular worker can soend one day with family. The same situation is in germany, france , and other countries
Thank you very much for your input!
I’m afraid it all comes down to the policy of these shopping centres that don’t want people filming or taking photographs with professional cameras for commercial business use. Mobile phones are fine for them because they don’t make high quality filming or photography when comparing with video cameras like your Sony camera. For example when the BBC film something they don’t use mobile phones to film, they use high quality film 🎥 cameras that can be used for broadcasts. Shopping centres want a piece of the pie when people film high quality film productions, so that they can get some finance from it. They know that if they saw someone film with a mobile phone, they know it’s more likely for their personal use, but with top quality cameras, they know that someone is filming for commercial business.
Are you come to Poland just to ask if people speak English. 😮
do you speak polish?
Kojak?
Mała dygresja. Dlaczego jadąc do UK muszę zwracać się do ludzi po angielsku, a Brytyjczyk przyjeżdżający do Polski ma pretensje że niektórzy Polacy nie mówią w jego języku, który jest dla nich obcy. Oczywiście bardzo lubię kulturalnych turystów i cieszę się z ich przyjazdu, ale ilu Anglików zna języki obce, czy nie są uprzywilejowani?
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Pytanie. Czy ty mowisz po Polsku? So what is you f... Problem?
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You are a guest not a host. You should speak the legal language of the country. Develop some common sense dude.
Justin, do you speak Polish?
Sunday is a family day in Poland. Poles tend to go to church and spend a quality time with their kids.
How about you? Would you like to work on Sunday? Please keep in mind people who work in shopping malls and stores have a family. Don't you think they deserve a day off?
Overall, I like your video. Well done. Keep it up !!!
Before PiS (Law and Justice) came to power, it was collecting points for its election program in 2015. One of these points was that salespeople would not have to work on Saturdays and Sundays. After winning the elections, PiS implemented this point. This is what the sellers themselves asked for. Only those who own a business (e.g. Żabka retail chain) can work on Sunday.
How interesting!! 😃👍 Thank you very much for your input!
1:45 Still the majority of Poles is religious and Christianity doesn't allow shopping on Sunday. By the way, shops in Germany are also closed on Sundays. So Poland is no exception here.
Thank you so much for your input, i really appreciate it! 👍😃
As an American who moved to Poland, I have to agree, everything closed on Sundays is the most annoying part of living here ( writing this on a Sunday with nothing to do 😂)
And no one is complaining about German stores closed on sundays, only in Poland😂
Everyone deserves some rest, including some poor bastard working as cashier for minimum wage.
Cheers from Tennessee.
I agree with you mate👍👌
Stay open on Sundays!!!
Let them people reset after week of work. Sunday oś a time for family not for working and shoping
@@IVIich4eL The looks cashier on the minimum wage NEEDS to work on Sunday, Sunday ain’t a paid day off...
@ExpatPolska , this is due to the PiS government ( law & Justice party) who believe all Poles should dedicate this day to going to church, like people Did 50 years ago. Poland is a secular country, and although being predominantly Catholic, it isn’t going to coerce people into going to church m simply because the stores are closed. Low wage earners like university students need the weekend work .
za 10 lat anglicy bedą plakali ze nie nauczyli sie polskiego
A dlaczego? Jestem Angolem i znam polski!
because it will be a nice country to live in and I think that many English people whom I love for, for example, contributing to football matches will want to live in POLAND@@michaelmckelvey5122
and because you have refugee gangs in south london and everywhere
Can you English speak any other language than English?
You don't know much about polish traditions or things to do on Sunday. Our delivery services are superior to all I've ever experienced elsewhere. To get thru transport system, pay systems, UK or Ireland or USA is soooo far behind. Majority of Poles are at least bilingual....try this in any English speaking countries, good luck even understanding some local slang in UK.
PS: Learn some Polish. Won't hurt you & you'll get more respect.
Justin Eastern Europe good you had Such fun on sunday xD well there are those who like not worki g on sunday and those who like, like allways. But True ppl are more relaxed nów, on this one Day they slow down, take it easy. And some[not as many as should be] When got no other option started to go to parks, beach, take a walk and lets Say it is better than doing the shopping. Most Young ppl speak good English, some mid age like me speak a Little but far from Perfect xD and most older don't at all. But no metter the age most poles are shy about it, they don't like lokking stupid speaking broken, not Perfect English and choose to not speak at all. But there are some brave on or simple proud that Will speak it even if far from Perfect ;) telling ppl thay speak good and smiling does the trik to encourage them to speak more. Have nice trip. Greatings from Poland ^-^ Justin
Thank you so much for your kind comment, i really appreciate it!! 👍😃
Sunday day off or double pay untill then .....
Poland is not in Eastern Europe but in Western Asia, just like Germany.
Malls make their own regulations about filming policy. either is about dealig later on of bad or good opinions.
Agreed… thanks for watching my friend! 👍👌
for church or maybe pushing families to be together my guess
Thank you very much for your input! 👍😃
Przy tak dużej liczbie migrantow w Wawie najpierw trzeba zapytać, czy rozmówca jest Polakiem.
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czego sie spodziewales moglbys sie ty tez nauczyc kilka zdan jezya gospodarzy nie kto inny jak angole zablokowali piekny i latwy jezyk esperanto