The Truth About Safety in Poland... (Our unfiltered thoughts)

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  • @kinetickennons
    @kinetickennons  ปีที่แล้ว +38

    What's your opinion on rental lscooters? Am I the only one that hates them?!

    • @michu1247
      @michu1247 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am from Poland I never used one of them but i don't see them as dangerous.

    • @rkobojcz
      @rkobojcz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scooters and bikes are the most dangerous for own drivers. When laying somewhere on pavements or lawns they are just things... normal people should not be afraid about things as they cannot attack anybody. They make some mess... but life is a kind of mess we should cope with 😉 Soma people use and need them. My freedom is not limited by them and I do not intend to limit other people choices... here you are the Polish view on the topic.

    • @albertalbiala1053
      @albertalbiala1053 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      As a Pole, I will write this to all you foreigners.
      We Poles live very well without you in Poland.
      That's why Poland is so safe because there are no foreigners, we are only Poles, a single-ethnic nation.
      We Poles and our Poland do not need your standards, slavery, beliefs, decadence, racism, xenophobia, you and your blood.
      For so many years we have lived without you and as life has shown you can and should live without you, we do not need you for any happiness, nor to make us happy with your presence in Poland.
      You have your countries, you create your reality there and sit there as you sit and as far away from Poland as possible because it is because of you that if you all settle in Poland, Poland will lose its uniqueness, becoming a country like yours with your problems with your dangers with your style and way of life, we Poles don't want that, it's your problem and your world, which you have created for yourself, it's not our Polish and I want you to know about it.

    • @wiolan2440
      @wiolan2440 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My husband hates them 😂 we are from Kraków

    • @notbovvered
      @notbovvered ปีที่แล้ว +4

      These scooters are ubiquitous here where I live in Germany. Wherever you look there are dozens of them just lying around on the pavements blocking the path, hidden in the bushes or just ditched damaged in the forest behind my house and neither the authorities nor the companies that own them seem to care. My clean and safe neighbourhood turned into a scooter scrapyard because of it 😅

  • @alanpreston2129
    @alanpreston2129 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    I recently met a Swede who moved with his family from Stockholm to Sopot (northern Poland) - because he was looking for a safer place to live.

    • @dannevoth
      @dannevoth ปีที่แล้ว +113

      im a swede and i totally understand him

    • @kalebind1
      @kalebind1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Then triple city is not necessarily an appropriate choice

    • @charonboat6394
      @charonboat6394 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      ​@@kalebind1Tri-city

    • @kalebind1
      @kalebind1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@charonboat6394 Nie jest to istotna okolicznosc wedlug mnie

    • @otkaczalkawariatka
      @otkaczalkawariatka ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@kalebind1and why is that? Somehow I missed the fact Gdańsk, Gdynia & Sopot weren't safe.

  • @pavelhujar4266
    @pavelhujar4266 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

    I´m from Czech republic. Thanks to Poland, I feel save in Europe. Thank you Poland!

    • @paweniemiec6939
      @paweniemiec6939 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I love Czechia❤ I love your food and beer. I love your writers and sense of houmor. When I was younger and lived in Wrocław I used to go skiing to Špindlerovy Mlyn every single weekend during the winter.
      Greetings bro and good neighbor !

  • @aniaania3952
    @aniaania3952 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    I am Polish and I am not afraid to leave the house in the evening. I always felt safe. I don't know how you can be afraid to go out for a walk in the evening? In my neighborhood, in the summer, older people walk late. They often go out with the dogs and to talk to the neighbors.

    • @kalebind1
      @kalebind1 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Zalezy Jakie miasto jaka dzielnica jaka osiedla

    • @agnieszkalesniewska2268
      @agnieszkalesniewska2268 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@kalebind1W Polsce praktycznie nie ma takich enklaw tzw "złych dzielnic".
      Chuligańskie wybryki zdarzają się, owszem, ale ostatnimi laty rzadko i mogą mieć miejsce wszędzie, nie tylko w jakichś zaułkach. Ostrożność nigdy nie zawadzi. Nawet warszawska Praga, np Pelcowizna, czy tzw Dolne Miasto na Czerniakowie, to już normalnie cywilizowany świat. Tzw "zaprawy" (typy spod ciemnej gwiazdy, pijący denaturat, to już rzadko spotykana egzotyka). Napływ uchodźców z Ukrainy najbardziej zaniepokoił tereny przygraniczne, okolice Rzeszowa, Przemyśla itd. Ludzie są różni, wiadomo, zdarzają się tam niebezpieczne sytuacje, jakieś napady, czy gwałty, lecz nie ma to charakteru masowego. Ogólnie Ukraińcy dobrze się integrują, nie ma z nimi większych problemów.
      Ja bardzo często muszę wracać do domu późnym wieczorem, komunikacją miejską, głównie metro i SKM, mieszkam na obrzeżach Warszawy. Nigdy nie czułam się zagrożona. Dosyć dużo ludzi jest do bardzo późnych godzin, chociaż metro mocno się wyludnia.
      Polska faktycznie jest jeszcze bezpieczna.
      Mam porównanie, bo też dużo podróżowałam po świecie.

    • @nadajniczek
      @nadajniczek ปีที่แล้ว +34

      ​@@kalebind1zależy też jak dobrze znasz dzielnicę 😉 są faktycznie takie, że warto zachować czujność (ale bać się ? W Polsce? Nie, nie ten level, i już nie te czasy, choć ufać każdemu nie należy) ... aaaale wychowałam się dość niefajnej dzielnicy (jak na czas moich dziecięcych i nastoletnich lat)... I w sumie tam po nocach chodziłam zawsze bez spiny, bo każdy podejrzany ziomek przesiadujący po nocach na ławce pod blokiem to był mój kolega z podstawówki, albo z podwórka 😆 Ma to swoje plusy 😊 😜

    • @kalebind1
      @kalebind1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nadajniczek ja mam meldunek gdzie trzeba bo tato i wujek przez 49 lata mieszkają na tym samym osiedlu w tym samym podwórku w tym samym budynku
      po innym osiedlam tej samej dzielnicy się poruszam zazwyczaj dość rzadko...powodzenia Ziom. Trzymam kciuszki...

    • @kirynkokos5751
      @kirynkokos5751 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i gdzie Ty tam latasz po nocach zamiast w domu siedzieć? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @wiktorm9858
    @wiktorm9858 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Recently, I had a looong walk in Warsaw in the late evening. Someone gave me the phone to make a photo to them, someone gave me "five", I felt very safe

  • @rkobojcz
    @rkobojcz ปีที่แล้ว +375

    There are very obvious signs of overall safety in Poland like:
    - complete lack of Policemen on the streets (especially with long riffles)!!! I mean you can see them sometimes here and there (especially Municipal Policemen) but there are no routine patrols ANYWHERE (like in Belgium France Sweden), which really means that there are nearly no crimes on the streets.
    - complete lack of bars on the windows (with some exceptions with old buildings having more than 40-50 years... bars are from that time) - I was shocked in Sevilla seeing bars on the windows everywhere including 10+ floors buildings in the top & middle floors windows!!!
    - single women walking alone during late night hours on the streets and even parks,
    - young kids, even under 10 years old, walking alone to schools/shops or spending the time on playground fields

    • @allthis701
      @allthis701 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I remember when visiting Rome I was shocked that there were actual soldiers in the metro, on special outposts, with assault rifles in their hands. The metro itself was also so damn dirty and overall felt really dangerous.

    • @paulinakowalska3601
      @paulinakowalska3601 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I'm polish student. When we went to the school trip to Rome and few months later to London teachers had to tell us all the time to watch out on the Pic poceters especially in the metro. For us it was more than absurd that we can be robbed. I still remember how obsessive we got over our bags there and how all of us was stressed outside the hotel bc of it (range of age was 17-19 during these two trips)

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@allthis701 We had them too few years ago here in Czechia during all those terrorist attacks in Europe, it was really weird experience when you go to train and there are soldiers with rifles together with police with submachine guns. But it had some positive effects, like no beggars and other annoying people at trains stations, now they are back 😀

    • @JanPBtest
      @JanPBtest ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I always walked to school alone (as a 7-year old, and, obviously, later as well).

    • @rossthomson1958
      @rossthomson1958 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Funny how you mentioned France, Belgium and Sweden, countries with large amounts of “diversity”

  • @petetomaszek4273
    @petetomaszek4273 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    We just got back from Warsaw and are visiting Krakow this fall. Everyone questioned our thoughts on the war before we left. And our answer was the same. If Poland is invaded its ww3. And no matter where you are, you are in it.
    We love Poland and its people and can not wait to visit again.

    • @JanPBtest
      @JanPBtest ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It always works like this. When I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, most of my Polish friends were concerned I'd be unsafe because of the earthquakes.

    • @cathulhu3772
      @cathulhu3772 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm happy that you've found my country welcoming. If i may give you a hint - while being in Warszawa take a metro and go out at Wawrzyszew station and head nort-east. Nature 2000 preserve IN the middle if a district. Just get smth to feed squirrels :)))

    • @wiktordabrowski1299
      @wiktordabrowski1299 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for support 🤍❤️

    • @pg5470
      @pg5470 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you 🙏🏻❤️

    • @davidschmidt270
      @davidschmidt270 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want to go on Holiday.... really just relocate.....yes, I'm a dreamer
      ☁️☁️☁️

  • @gueronva
    @gueronva ปีที่แล้ว +176

    My family are heading there in September for 2 Weeks.. my daughter has been there 4 times helping with the refugees from Ukraine. She has never felt unsafe there at all.

    • @ineffige
      @ineffige 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Please say thanks to your father from me, Pole:) we really appreciate any help that we can provide to UA. Your father is a Godsend

  • @martinjiranek5915
    @martinjiranek5915 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    I'm Polish and I lived in London for almost 5 years and I must say Poland is ultra safe compared to that place. I was shocked that girls are afraid to come back home at night on foot because this is a common thing in Poland. Krakow was a bit more dangerous a good few years back because of the rivalry between two football clubs, but that's not the case now. Overall, I'd say Poland is really really safe even (or especially) compared to other EU countries. PS. Greg could you please apply for the Polish citizenship and then take part in the presidential election? To hell with scooters!

    • @michalrozanek4044
      @michalrozanek4044 ปีที่แล้ว

      American law states that if you apply for another country's citizenship, you automatically loose the citizenship of USA

    • @twisters999
      @twisters999 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah... We remember 90's and early 2000s 😅 Poland was completely different then. It was only a few years since we regained our independence. The economy was robbed by the USSR and shattered. But since I think 2005 Poland started to be the real Poland again. And now I feel great here. :) I lived in many countries (Ukraine included for an about half a year) and I can really say that here I feel like nowhere else.

    • @twisters999
      @twisters999 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @AL S Most likely 😂 they're about 50y.o If I count it well 👌😅

    • @vitaliyurusau1683
      @vitaliyurusau1683 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's True. I'm a truck driver and can compare Poland with other EU countries.

    • @kalebind1
      @kalebind1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kurdwanow

  • @sirgallant5000
    @sirgallant5000 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I come from a small town (about 10k people) in Poland. I lived in the UK for 3 years, and by coincidence in a very similar small town. It was lovely, and I have a lot of nice things to say about it, but in the local newspaper there was a stabbing or a violent beating every few weeks. I've also seen more incidents of people streetfighting with my own eyes than in the rest of my life in Poland. In my home town a guy was stabbed once during a big festival, a medical helicopter came for him and we were still talking about it 5 years later. That being said it is still very possible to face a football hooligan looking for a fight, drunk and high on amphetamine in Poland, so don't lower your guard completely and try to avoid these people.

  • @Pawel_Mrozek
    @Pawel_Mrozek ปีที่แล้ว +96

    In the security category. Which, as a Pole, I noticed only after watching many films about Poland by people from outside my country. In Poland, when someone is looking for an apartment, they never take into account whether the area is safe. Nobody thinks about it. It is important whether it is close to the center, whether the surroundings are pleasant, whether it has various amenities and good communication. Nobody thinks about whether it is safe. Everyone assumes everything is just normal. Various places may look a bit sketchy if they are poor, but despite their appearance they are not dangerous. This is also one of the reasons why, as a Pole, sometimes when I am abroad I go to places where I shouldn't and I don't even know it. ;)

    • @symulacrumorlando
      @symulacrumorlando 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Wiesz, że dopiero dzięki Twojemu komentarzowi sobie uświadomiłam? Przejrzysz 100 ogłoszeń i w żadnym jako walor mieszkania nie będzie podane, że "okolica jest bezpieczna"

    • @aniaa2151
      @aniaa2151 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Też sobie to teraz uświadomiłam. A np w takiej Ameryce są pewne dzielnice, gdzie jak w nocy się pojawisz to masz pewny wp***dol :|

    • @magorzatab363
      @magorzatab363 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nigdy na to nie zwróciłam uwagi, ale no rzeczywiście 😅

    • @Gabelloni
      @Gabelloni 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This lol! I am going dangerous places for the same reason xd, you just made me realise i lack selfawareness abroad

    • @magpie_girl3741
      @magpie_girl3741 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Gabelloni I heard about at least 3 stories from natives (na szczęście nie skończyło się źle) about Poles wanting to go to really dengarous places of Central and South America, because we lack street danger awarness. So we want "natural experience of natives" and not think that outside some districts and towns there is a lot of danger esp. for so called outsiders.

  • @pbtraveler694
    @pbtraveler694 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I love Poland. I have spent a lot of time there over 30 plus years.. LOVE IT.

  • @kristijankorunoski47
    @kristijankorunoski47 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    When I lived in Krakow, and use to leave my apartment, I felt as safe outside as if I had never left my apartment. Amazing feeling 😍

  • @colonellKurtz
    @colonellKurtz ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Love You guys , we need more tourist like You in Poland .

  • @UnknownBeats
    @UnknownBeats ปีที่แล้ว +69

    More safe than UK,France,Germany,Sweden...

    • @rossthomson1958
      @rossthomson1958 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Countries with large amounts of “diversity” not from their native land.

    • @lsunlight
      @lsunlight 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@rossthomson1958mass migration lol . France not looking not France . France looking middle East and african lol 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣. Multicultural ? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣.

  • @twisters999
    @twisters999 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    True... If there is a homicide in Poland I give 60% it will be the hot topic in the media for the next 2 weeks. I lived in many European countries (Ukraine included) and I must say that Poland is the safest for me. Maybe because I'm Polish... Idk. But that's what I really feel.

    • @paulinakowalska3601
      @paulinakowalska3601 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gosh, literally

    • @stekon9112
      @stekon9112 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      But in 99% cases the Perpetrator will be caught.

    • @viadro4618
      @viadro4618 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@stekon9112this 1% is Jacek Jaworek, master of hide and seek with police😂

    • @grineee5097
      @grineee5097 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@viadro4618 XD

  • @jerzy7118
    @jerzy7118 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Your opinion about security in Poland is accurate, but we Poles don't think about it every day, but what we have in mind is not what Russia will do because Poland has had bad times many times, but what NATO will do when Russia attacks Poland, because once we had guarantees from England and France during World War II and only they watched as Germany occupied Poland and after the war they sold Poland under the influence of Russia. Such guarantees were given to Ukraine, which signed with the USA, England and Russia on the inviolability of borders for giving Russia its nuclear arsenal and Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, which is why Poland is not sure about NATO and for its peace of mind and not to escalate the nuclear conflict, it will not give Poland to Russia.

  • @musabbirmian5744
    @musabbirmian5744 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Poland is a safe country

  • @learnthecode8175
    @learnthecode8175 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I am half polish and half italian. Leaving in Poland, Rzeszów since 2016. I was born and raised in Italy. So far Poland is in my opinion the best country where to leave in EU right now, but things are changing fast. I just hope that Poland will not take illegal immigrants as Italy and other EU countries. The illegal immigrants trade is destroying EU and countries are becoming unsafe. The new government is PRO EU, so It will be very likely that it can get worst in Poland (possibility to take immigrants, take euro as currency etc.). Let’s see

    • @viadro4618
      @viadro4618 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Tak z ciekawości, zakładam że posiadasz dwa obywatelstwa, czy to oznacza że możesz głosować w obu krajach?

    • @learnthecode8175
      @learnthecode8175 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@viadro4618 tak

  • @alanpreston2129
    @alanpreston2129 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I've lived in London, UK, Philly, PA, Brooklyn, NY, and now I live in Warsaw, PL - and this is where I definitely feel the safest. Even with all the scooters around (btw, there's a discussion about limiting scooters' speed by law, I hope they introduce this).

  • @Vanosphere
    @Vanosphere 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    The first thing you'll notice about Poland is the main reason it's safe. Do I really need to spell it out

  • @2Rugrats9597
    @2Rugrats9597 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Poland is one of if not too 3 safest European countries!! I love Poland and wouldn’t even hesitate to stay there for many months out of the year

  • @LesLehistani
    @LesLehistani 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Greetings from 🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada. I agree with you Poland 🇵🇱 is a very safe country.

  • @gerryaraujo7852
    @gerryaraujo7852 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I and my family were in Cracow last week for 3 days and I truly felt safe walking around Stare Miasto (Old Town) at night. I would move to Poland in a heartbeat if I have my way.

    • @Youngster200
      @Youngster200 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's sad to see such comments because it comes out that security these days is something special, although it should be the norm at least in civilized countries. It's all the fault of those politicians and “tolerant” people who are anti-citizens of their own country.

  • @Maja77
    @Maja77 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You are perfectly right. Lots of love from Poland

  • @coffe3
    @coffe3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I'd say that we Polish people are just as afraid of foreigners as you foreigners are of Poland or Polish people. There were many people coming from other countries past few years to Poland and the effects are still difficult to rate. For me, in Kraków drunk Brits feel just as threatening as drunk Poles, in my opinion it would be perfect that they just stay drunk in a bar and then calmly come back to apartment. I went to Prague twice I've never felt threatened but a few gazes made me feel uneasy, especially at a main train station. I've never felt that in Poland so I'd say it's relatively safe compared to rest of Europe. Advice: the faster you assimilate to the Polish way of living the safer and more confident you will be feel.

    • @agnes4428
      @agnes4428 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I wouldn't say Poles are afraid of foreigners… we're just wary of strangers. As we should be, it's a very good trait to have.

    • @davidschmidt270
      @davidschmidt270 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wonder what it'd be like....
      The country side is what I'd like to see...but all the different color European style buildings downtown...ahhhhhh WOW 😍😍😍

  • @agana1407
    @agana1407 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I'm polish and I'm extremely grateful to live here. Never felt unsafe, aften walk alone even in the evenings. For us it's normal. It wasn't loke that when I lived in France. I came back and I never regretted it.

    • @MaxQWERTY-d5x
      @MaxQWERTY-d5x 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Mieszkam we Francji. Absolutnie nigdy nie miałem nawet nieprzyjemnej przygody gdziekolwiek. Strach ma wielkie oczy. Bissous de Nice

  • @gregdubiel5454
    @gregdubiel5454 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm Polish, from Krakow, but living in Seattle, WA since 2002. I visit Krakow regularly (every 1-2 years). And, at first, I had the same sentiment about scooters, not only because they zip crazy fast around pedestrians, but also because people riding them don't wear helmets. But, in a week we stayed in Krakow alone (and typically 4-5 weeks in Poland) we had zero incidents. I feel like people who live in America are used to much higher safety margins. People in Europe are used to lower safety margins. It's almost like risk management. I'm sure these scooters do bump into pedestrians and these experiences are not pleasant. But they are very rare. Or, it's like - you do cross the road from time to time, right? Every time you do it, you take a huge risk. But you're used to it and it's not a big deal. Make sense? Thank you for the video, enjoyed it a lot. Take care and stay safe.

    • @rafadydkiemmacha7543
      @rafadydkiemmacha7543 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How's living in Seattle if you don't mind me asking?

  • @beckypetersen2680
    @beckypetersen2680 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    We've lived in Poland since 1994 and have been blessed that it is very safe. Or at least as far as I know. While we've never felt in danger to our person, we've had stuff stolen from us, our property, or our vehicle or attempt) about 25x...most of those were in the first 15 years we were here. So....need to hold things lightly - But yes, our children could walk or bike back and forth to school by themselves and I never wondered about their safety from strangers. (One of our sons was attacked for unknown reason by other kids - after that we enrolled him in karate.)

    • @kursantstrzelecki2958
      @kursantstrzelecki2958 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      1990s and early 2000s were rough period. Pre- EU membership, unemployment was sky high, hence petty theft.

    • @agrameroldoctane_66
      @agrameroldoctane_66 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still going on, but Poles like to live in their bubble.

    • @Monika-tv8np
      @Monika-tv8np ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kursantstrzelecki2958 I agree, I grew up that time in Lublin. Lublin was not safe after 8pm for anyone, not mentioning kids who did bother me. And kids, I mean the " street gangs" Now, Lublin is really cool, I love it

    • @nadajniczek
      @nadajniczek 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That was actually the most dangerous time in the history of modern Poland 😅

  • @barbaramelady110
    @barbaramelady110 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Grew up in Poland never ever felt unsafe, living in Canada feeling safe but with caution on some occasions or cities,USA horrify!

  • @cindyk3076
    @cindyk3076 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    No scooter hate! Lol. The statistics speak for themselves, making Poland the safest country of the four that you mentioned. Nice!

  • @tori10tori10
    @tori10tori10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I know 5 american Families living in Poznan that moved from Detroit

  • @marcinszymanski9254
    @marcinszymanski9254 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    as a Pole is funny for me that someone is making 10 min about safety in Poland. My Country is normal. Normal = safe in general

    • @Photosounder
      @Photosounder 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Normal is rare now

  • @magdalenar.354
    @magdalenar.354 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Please add to this there is no earth queues no volcano no Natural disasters etc IT is sooo normal here

  • @ldbr598
    @ldbr598 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I don't understand why there is so little tourism in Poland. so beautiful nature and friendly people! it is a beautiful country with their old buildings and history! and it is certainly safe, my wife felt her drone was safer at night than in our cities. We will definitely visit this country again.

    • @oliwiastanisawska6545
      @oliwiastanisawska6545 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Because of stereotypes about Poland/Poles. There are 100 books with jokes about Poles ;)

    • @ldbr598
      @ldbr598 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@oliwiastanisawska6545 just as there are jokes from Jews, Moroccans, Belgians, Dutch, French, Germans...

    • @viadro4618
      @viadro4618 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Idk but as a Pole i'm glad foreigners don't visit us too often, i prefer using Polish in Poland, not English

    • @arctic_haze
      @arctic_haze 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I disagree. In my city, there is always discussion of how many new apartments are being bought to convert them to BnB and how expensive this makes to buy one. Also all the restaurants in the center are tourist oriented (=expensive). And I do not even live in Kraków or Warsaw.

    • @rafadydkiemmacha7543
      @rafadydkiemmacha7543 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Because tourism is mostly about marketing and stereotypes. See how many people go to see the Eiffel Tower in Paris? And it's just a piece of fairly ugly metal construction.

  • @RagnarCzerwony
    @RagnarCzerwony ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Probably the most dangerous thing in Cracow is a fire breathing dragon that lives in a cozy delve below the castle 😋.

    • @przemekz4
      @przemekz4 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cracovia - Wisła football game is very danger. A derby game. At the moment these clubs from Krakow are in the other leagues. It might change even in the next season. I can confirm that Poland is generally very safe. Just avoid a football game and a fire breathing dragon from Wawel 😂

    • @fandzejka9540
      @fandzejka9540 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Football hooligans and random streetwise, future-in-prison young men, who do not like how you look or that you do not have cigarettes.

  • @patos1972
    @patos1972 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Greg.. wise words. Let´s pray for peace.

  • @gromop6946
    @gromop6946 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have been following you for about 5 years. I remember you from your Mexico Vlogs. Thank you for covering my home country.

  • @LMB222
    @LMB222 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You made me realize tha the worst time in Poland - the 90's - wasn't bad at all. And now it's th ebest in the lasr 1058 years!

    • @aniaa2151
      @aniaa2151 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Could be better- as a stereotypical Polish I must complain ;) but yes, it is the best now

    • @kamilkozowski105
      @kamilkozowski105 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why would 90s be the worst? Looking at the previous century alone I am inclined to say 40s were much worse

  • @CreditForForeigners-pt9by
    @CreditForForeigners-pt9by ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for very informative video. Keep safe!!

  • @psmoczynski
    @psmoczynski ปีที่แล้ว +2

    good to have you here, good ur feeling safe

  • @jackperson3626
    @jackperson3626 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

  • @christoskoutsis5955
    @christoskoutsis5955 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have been to Poland. Uraa. Fantastyczne

  • @TheBigk1964
    @TheBigk1964 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm a Brit and I have lived in Warsaw for over 15 years! I would agree with everything said in this video. Warsaw is a bigger city, and there are neighbourhoods that you should avoid, but hey, that's true of all big cities!

    • @stekon9112
      @stekon9112 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Which one? Where did you feel unsafe?

    • @TheBigk1964
      @TheBigk1964 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stekon9112 I have never felt unsafe. But all the time I've been here people talk enlealy about Praga.

  • @froggerc625
    @froggerc625 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Obviously it is more the riders of the scooters being a bit reckless. The rental companies in Ottawa are highly regulated, the scooters are only allowed to be ridden and left in designated areas (no sidewalks or pedestrian areas), basically just streets and bike lanes.

  • @ziutbryk531
    @ziutbryk531 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Poland, if you place it in Tolkien's trilogy, is a bit like Shire, maybe poorer, but rural, idyllic and happy ;)

    • @kursantstrzelecki2958
      @kursantstrzelecki2958 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...and suspiciously lacking women? Also, to actually do something in life you have to leave?

    • @paulusillyriusiudathaddaio2530
      @paulusillyriusiudathaddaio2530 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@kursantstrzelecki2958 Neither Shire nor Poland lack women and if you have nothing to do here its your fault

    • @arctic_haze
      @arctic_haze 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kursantstrzelecki2958 You mixed up Shire with dwarf communities.

  • @jaceksulek
    @jaceksulek 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Poland don't have areas like Newark suburbs or Seatlle downtown where it's not recommended to be present at night. And daytime is not so much different safth wise.

  • @yuukonen
    @yuukonen 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    as a female (lgbt) living in poland - i've never felt any fear walking at night, never experienced a petty theft either

  • @mannypalazzo183
    @mannypalazzo183 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When we’re these latest videos filmed? It can’t be spring or summer right now in Poland. Trees shouldn’t have leaves on them in February. Just curious about where the current time videos are.

    • @jakubzajac8585
      @jakubzajac8585 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its probably late October/early November. Typical weather and environment (yellow and red leaves on the lawns under the trees), this is what we call a Polish golden autumn.

  • @piotrzdanowicz446
    @piotrzdanowicz446 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i visited Poland for the very first time with my Polish guy. as an Asian,i must say i feel very safe in Poznan and Gdansk. when we drove to Ornetta, it is the safest village of all, though the Poles were staring at me like Alien, guess because there are no Asians in Ornetta. or at least i didnt see any 😂

  • @DeletedDelusion
    @DeletedDelusion 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Feeling safe is often relative, I live in Switzerland with a rate of 0.48 (2021 numbers) but I still try to be cautious about my exposure to risks.

    • @lawstud1879
      @lawstud1879 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I was robbed in Geneve 15 years ago it was only such experience in my life.

  • @Sungberryy
    @Sungberryy ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I live 1h drive from Ukrainian border and still I feel safe 😊
    Yeah those people on scooters its the most dangerous gang... you have to watch your back 🤪

  • @militia318
    @militia318 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Poland is the safiest place in Europe or in the world, especially for families.

  • @whiteobama3032
    @whiteobama3032 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lived in Warsaw almost all my life. Violent crime is virtually nonexistant.

  • @michadabrowski2380
    @michadabrowski2380 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    As a Pole, I can only say that if the war comes to us, we will be a much bigger problem for Russia than they think. If you are a tourist, you will be one of the first people cared for not only by our state but, above all, by ordinary people. So welcome to Poland.

  • @capitalm1257
    @capitalm1257 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It is amazing when people who spent 3 days in certain place are discussing local issues like for example safety.

    • @IhaveBigFeet
      @IhaveBigFeet ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Took me 20 minutes after getting off the train in Marseille, France to realise it unsafe

    • @capitalm1257
      @capitalm1257 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@IhaveBigFeet France is no go zone therefore it was obvious

  • @adamopolisstrefa2477
    @adamopolisstrefa2477 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What if we were compared to highschool shootouts? Plese advise how many poles in Ukranena-Russian war died compared to USA students in last 2 years.

  • @stettiner2238
    @stettiner2238 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Poland is super safe during day and very save at night, you can do whatever you want and feel safe, you can walk intoxicated alone whole night. In some cities there are areas which feel a bit sketchy but in 90% of the times nothing will happen to you, someone may ask you for change, a cigarette or alcohol, just avoid these drugged junkies as much as you can, because they are highly unpredictable, and may be looking for a fight. Had a few encounters personally. My advice: do not show them fear but do not try to fight with them either, just leave the area in case you feel in danger.

  • @Hhyjjjb
    @Hhyjjjb ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You should visit krakow durning football match between Wisla Krakow vs Cracovia Krakow… very sharp atmosphere 😂

    • @rkobojcz
      @rkobojcz ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Uhahaha, you should see what is going on after Arsenal match... Policeman on horses just to overcome after-match "atmosphere" 😄 That I remember from 90's. English football hooligans were the most violent for decades! You can see it in some movies...

  • @pie899
    @pie899 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:46
    Hey, so I live in Poland very close to the border in Ukraine, so I think I could say somthing about this subject.
    It is very safe here, people don't feel unsafe in the slightest in regard of the war. A lot of the time I even forget about it, or the close distance I have to it. People here know that we are in NATO, so if something were to happen it wouldn't end well for Russia. And as you said, if the war escalates into NATO you're just as safe in America as you are in Poland. But that's very unlikely, Putin is scared of NATO and he's already losing with Ukraine. He wouldn't stand a chance against NATO.

  • @mariuszflorczak6865
    @mariuszflorczak6865 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Miło, że odwiedziliście Kraków i Polskę. Zapraszamy.
    Jeśli czujesz się tak samo jak w Dallas, super - ja też (nigdy nie byłem w Dallas).
    Trzeba pomagać Ukrainie, skończyć z Rosją na kilka pokoleń (o ile nie na zawsze) - wówczas będzie dobrze - i dla was i dla nas.

  • @colonellKurtz
    @colonellKurtz ปีที่แล้ว +23

    In Poland less than 1% population has access to guns , mostly hunters .

  • @Eathrien
    @Eathrien 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can walk around city or rular area at night and feel totally safe. Though you always have to be careful, just in case.

  • @ziodro
    @ziodro 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love your point of view. You go out and you see yourself the true about safety. Take Ireland and Dublin in particular for instance. Stats most likely look good on paper. But when you go to city centre, you would see adults and teens that are stealing goods from shops and from people, you witness brawls, mugging, junkies taking drugs. All of it in one run. Why the stats looks good but reality is different? This is due to the situation that local authorities do their best to catch this guys, which is absolutely nothing! People do not file their complaints as they do not see the point as local authorities including police (Garda) pretend that nothing is happening. Poland is on opposite site. Stats looks good and you can feel that stats are not lying. It's very safe. City, commuters, entertainment, pubs. You go out and enjoy yourself. But it took years of efforts of whole society, authorities and everyday people who are honest and do not tolerate any antisocial behaviour.

  • @lostbeerman
    @lostbeerman ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Me and the old woman rented scooters in San Antonio Texas it was the most fun we had in years the unsafe part is people that are walking in the street out in front of the scooters They shouldn't be allowed to walk in the street.

  • @JanPBtest
    @JanPBtest ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:35 I must say you are the first people on YT who mentioned Poland in the context of safety from the Ukrainian angle. Is it really a thing?

  • @danieljurkiewicz1695
    @danieljurkiewicz1695 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I agree about scooters! Nice couple ;) Regards from Gdynia

  • @pralinkapl5134
    @pralinkapl5134 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hate rental scooters as well!

  • @gerardovasquez7535
    @gerardovasquez7535 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great 👍 video my friends!!!

  • @agnesB6
    @agnesB6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool people, smart remarks :)

  • @konradxtofik
    @konradxtofik 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live in Warsaw and safety is not a concern for me. I love Warsaw ❤

  • @frederickmuhlbauer9477
    @frederickmuhlbauer9477 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My neighborhood in Warsaw is definitely very safe

  • @Sosa-ko7os
    @Sosa-ko7os ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Poland was always safe

    • @janjanczyk1326
      @janjanczyk1326 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      True

    • @Zagajnik
      @Zagajnik ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not always and not everywhere. I'd mention here Gdańsk during the martial law and in the 90's. The Jaruzelski regime released much evil among the people here, and (un)human scum was in charge in many places.

    • @f.w.2054
      @f.w.2054 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not during WW II or the communist years!

    • @wojtek-ks8vp
      @wojtek-ks8vp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      poland was safe,now under regime of rudego is not.

    • @quadro1337
      @quadro1337 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the 90's were rough

  • @kokurtek
    @kokurtek ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poland is safe. Especially homicide and robbery is no big deal. Ripping of tourists with prices, perhaps pickpockets or steaking stuff which is unattended, but less then other regions in Europe.
    Locals will often warn you but often exaggerated. Live in Wawa for 13 years; once a bike was stolen -thats it...

  • @andyfr4072
    @andyfr4072 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I go to Poland for Holliday

  • @jerzy7118
    @jerzy7118 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As for electric scooters, I haven't heard of anyone getting hurt. The regulations say that they can't be ridden on the streets, only on bike paths, and if there is no such path, then on the sidewalk, but at the same speed as pedestrians, but knowing life, if you have power, you use it.😃

  • @NathanSmith-ng7xf
    @NathanSmith-ng7xf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have visited Poland on numerous occasions and have never felt safer.❤️🇵🇱

  • @blunderchess30
    @blunderchess30 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey I`m from south of Poland Bielsko-Biała. How can you not feel safe in your country , why? What happend

    • @wojtekczemas9668
      @wojtekczemas9668 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      immigration happend

    • @lawstud1879
      @lawstud1879 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Honestly Bielsko-Biała is not very safe city at all. People at the stations, on buses are very insistent, quarrelsome, also very heavy car traffic in the center. The air quality in winter is very low. You have to look at the whole quality of life, not one slice like the lack of pickpockets or shootings.

  • @pllonger6074
    @pllonger6074 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    interesting, Krakow is currently the Tower of Babel, in Kazimierz you will hear most of the world's languages

  • @agnesB6
    @agnesB6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    South of Poland is even safer :)
    You did not mention lack of homeless people in the streets (due to low unemployment and social programmes) and the lack of stray dogs in the streets (due to sterilization programs, legal regulations and general high sensitivity to animals). A stray dog would be immediately taken care of, sterilized and advertized for adoption.
    Even this morning I met my neighbor who is a temp home for a poor abandoned dog.
    Greetings from my lovely Poland❤

  • @MrTekeshi
    @MrTekeshi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why people make so many films about safetiness in Poland? Was it ever questioned by anyone?

  • @arnaldoqueiros5873
    @arnaldoqueiros5873 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think safety is relative. I grew up in New York City and there are places there that I would not even go during daytime. I'm sure there are other cities in the US that have some pretty dangerous places, no matter what the safety percentage per 100,000 is. Ditto for Mexico and probably Canada too. You grew up or lived in a city for a while you know exactly where the dangerous areas are. And in Poland, and Europe in general, there is a memory of being invaded or bombed during World War 2 so it is natural, especially for older folks, to be more aware of what is happening in Ukraine. Just don't start a war because of scooters please!

    • @marek7641
      @marek7641 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are no places in Poland you’ll get killed. There are no “bad places” during daytime or nighttime

  • @stryderhiryu8
    @stryderhiryu8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hope you could do Vlogs in Wroclaw at 2am-4am in the morning.. if roaming around is safe.

  • @FrikInCasualMode
    @FrikInCasualMode ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Do you have a thing in your countries, where big crimes are talked about on radio in news segments? Usually they have to be pretty big to make it into news - especially in more than local stations. Well, couple of weeks ago I've listened to news on RMF-FM radio (which is biggest station in Poland with 40% of listeners). Want to know what was the crime of the day in a 38 million country? A guy broke into a greenhouse, stole 300 kilos of bell peppers, then got apprehended when he was loading the loot into his car.
    I love my country! 🤣😍🌶

  • @BLACK3737
    @BLACK3737 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kraków is not different than any other polish city/town when it comes to safety. You can feel safe in general wherever you are. Enjoy your stay, have a great time (:

  • @phowebremerhaven
    @phowebremerhaven 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so the whiter the country is the more safe it is?

  • @staryznowugra
    @staryznowugra 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This 0.7 is also very iconic number in Poland, coincidence?

    • @grandziasz
      @grandziasz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you cross the magical barrier of 0.7... it can indeed be a bit dangerous :)

    • @aniaa2151
      @aniaa2151 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol

  • @leszeknagooglach
    @leszeknagooglach ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is safe. I live there. 🙂

  • @somelikeithot444
    @somelikeithot444 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great video,good to know about the dangers that we could face.Stay safe until next time.

  • @adrianecie
    @adrianecie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We love them..

  • @marlajacques6947
    @marlajacques6947 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Would be interesting to see the other rates of crime other than homicide. And being a female, the assault numbers are a concern when I’m out by myself. In my old neighbourhood in Canada, in 1 yr there was 4 violent assaults on women in a mile radius by different perps. Was considered to be a nice neighborhood! Canada is a violent country imo

    • @yaneyobe3147
      @yaneyobe3147 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Just a comparison, Poland’s violent crime rate is nearly 5 times lower than in the UK

    • @marlajacques6947
      @marlajacques6947 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@yaneyobe3147 wow, thank you!

    • @marek7641
      @marek7641 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Girls can alone walk home from parties at night and nothing will happen

    • @grzegorzach3891
      @grzegorzach3891 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The problem with assaults is that the percentage of cases which are reported to the police varies a lot between countries (so. eg the numbers in Somalia might be lower then in Switzerland) - while homicides are generally registered 100% everywhere. That being said - Warsaw nowdays is super safe, compared to other European cities (there are no "no-go" areas even if you are a single woman walking at night). This was not the case in the past, and eg. in early '90, violate crimes were a norm.

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      4 sexual assault incidents in 1 mile radius per year is very low and safe place actually
      You don't know how lucky you are

  • @Pelican11
    @Pelican11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless Dallas from me . I am Peter and i am polish man who likes your video
    Kind regards ❤❤❤

  • @samoht.p
    @samoht.p ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poland has a border with Ukraine and Russia. Both of these countries are neighbors of Poland.

  • @Scaleyback317
    @Scaleyback317 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Been to Poland 8 times to two of the largest cities in the country. Warsaw and Gdansk - I like Warsaw and absolutely love Gdansk. Next visit will be to Wrocslaw.
    Thus far Poland and the Polish have been helpful, friendly, pleasant and polite. My thoughts are, including my "Spidey sense", you are probably as safe in Poland and maybe safer (depending on where you come from) than your home town.
    I'm ex-British military and a keen observer of what is happening in Europe. Should the Ukrainian horror turn its attention to Poland (unlikely presently as Russia has a penchant to threaten and abuse NATO countries but history shows Russia has not invaded (yet) a NATO nation as they may well be irate but they are not suicidal on a national scale at least.
    Poland has the largest and probably the best equipped armed forces in Europe (and a lot of them are not averse to taking on the Russian) As foreign nationals you would have plenty of forewarning and time to get to a port of exit be that sea, land or air.
    Relax, enjoy your holiday and go home with photos and good, happy memories. Poland is one of the safest places you are ever likely to visit.

  • @bartoszjasinski
    @bartoszjasinski ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0,7 - Hmm... ok, I'm in. This gonna be a good evening :) 🍺

  • @Heywoodthepeckerwood
    @Heywoodthepeckerwood ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Weird. It’s almost like the less “diverse” a country is, the more safe you are.

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Russia is the most diverse country in Europe and it's also safe

    • @crabLT
      @crabLT ปีที่แล้ว

      @@baha3alshamari152 Russians don't bow to minorities. Thats the difference.

    • @agatastaniak7459
      @agatastaniak7459 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, because this is how lack of cultural clashes really works like. know it's not popular topic to discuss in political correctness dominated public discourse but yes, cultural homogenity has it's positive sides such as sharing the same core values, making behaviours of strangers more predictable and having less of various social conflicts, so yes, the more uniform the society, the safer it probably is.

    • @arturciosek2987
      @arturciosek2987 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@baha3alshamari152 But at the same time no one is safe being close to Russia.

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arturciosek2987
      Russia has no obligation towards other countries safety

  • @KL-ii1xt
    @KL-ii1xt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Totally safe here

  • @pawel_tips911
    @pawel_tips911 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Compare to US in PL is safety, no guns around, no active shooters.

    • @robertlulk
      @robertlulk หลายเดือนก่อน

      No rapers

  • @JanPBtest
    @JanPBtest ปีที่แล้ว

    You need to visit Gdansk and Wroclaw, at least.

  • @marek841
    @marek841 ปีที่แล้ว

    After watching your film, one thought comes to mind, you don't try to be historians by force, make political statements, be experts on Ukraine's war with Russia, you only express your opinion and only coldly say that it is safe in Poland, thank you for that!