Culture Shocks Living in Poland | What I have experienced | Strange or Not | PDA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- Hey Guys! In this video, I share some of my experiences in five weeks of living in Poland. These are just my opinions, what I have seen or experienced. I am very open to different cultures of course, but most of these experiences were new to me.
Hope you enjoy this video. Thanks for watching
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As for Poles staring... If you look closely and don't think about them staring at you... you will notice that Poles stare at everyone. This is especially noticeable in public transport, etc. Poles often stare at other people for no reason, that's just the way they are and it's not a bad thing.
It's not gonna get dark till 22:00 (10 p.m.) during summer. The shortest days are in december, the longest in June/July so it's not like it's always dark so fast, only in winter
Summer and Poland are best mix
You're doing a great 😂 ❤
It's the stare battle for me😂😂
Well well 😂
Yes some people do staring at you as curiosity ! Many people never seen black person so just look your hair etc ! Just ignored ! It is the same when you white in Africa some people look at you especially when your hair is blond 😁😁😁
😂yes, that can happen I suppose.
The weather has mood swings 😂😂
It really does here 😅
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Welcome to Łódź
I suppose if I were in some African country in the middle of Africa, I would also be the object of staring. There's nothing wrong with staring - you just look exotic. This is changing, especially in large cities where there are many foreigners from all over the world.
Poles (or generally the nations of Northern and Eastern Europe) usually have many more red blood cells in their blood, so they tolerate low temperatures better... Unfortunately, it also works the other way around - unfortunately, very high temperatures have a negative effect on them
ooh didn’t know this, glad I understand why now.🙂
Very interesting video🏆
Apteka just means pharmacy :D I made the same mistake in Turkiye, I thought Eczanne was a brand name, but it just means Pharmacy in Turkish
Yeah I realized that weeks after staying in Łódź 😅
Welcome home. :)
Zabka is everywhere 😅😅
on the motivation letter you did when sending your motivation letter did you write any address , salutation or you just write the title only
Of all the shocks you stated, I shall comment on three (from my Polish perspective). --- 1) It's not true that "everybody or almost everybody" smokes in this country. A 2022 survey has shown that 22% of Poles smoke as a habit (plus 8% occasionally). (24% men, 21% women). 70% of Poles don't smoke at all. Neither do I. 2) Public display of affection (PDA) - I don't know what you're talking about. Holding hands? Hugging? Kissing in the cheek? Passionate kissing? Or something else? 3) In my opinion, many Africans arriving in Poland are really hypersensitive on the staring issue. Firstly, they take every single look as "staring". Secondly, they must understand that this is (still) a white country with no colonial history and no historical tradition of immigration from overseas. Until recently Poland was a very homogeneous nation in terms of ethnicity, language, culture. There are still many Poles (especially living away from big cities) that have seen a black person only on tv. Hence their curiosity. When a person appears that differs from everyone around, he/she may attract looks. That's normal - it also happened to me when I spent time in sub-Saharan Africa, I felt observed most of the time. Anyway, as I live in Warsaw (Poland's biggest city), I often see black people in the streets and very rarely have I noticed anyone staring at them. People here are gradually becoming used to the rising numbers of non-white newcomers.
Hey👋. I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts. It's cool to hear different perspectives on these topics. (Also, thanks for the information about the smoking population too).
And as I mentioned, I’ve become very open to a lot things since my stay here in Europe (including Poland) and some of these experiences were just new to me. Thanks for adding to the discussion! 😊
I went on a business trip to Warsaw in 2018. I expected the occasional stare, but I could tell that people were still unused to newcomers. I went to the grocery, and when I asked for help, people seemed miffed that I didn't speak Polish. As a visitor, in a capital city, it blew my mind that people expected me to master a language spoken in ONE country enough to navigate a grocery unassisted. But then I realised, they didn't look at me and see 'tourist'... they looked at me and saw 'immigrant'. 🤦🏾♀️
Still loved Warsaw and the pierogis I had at the bar mleczny there... but I hope Poles soon figure out that their country is a place that all sorts of people might want to visit... temporarily! You can't expect all tourists to master the language!
Eyyy.... Plentyyy notes for someone's opinion 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@SunshineJoleen "You can't expect all tourists to master the language!" You're right. But the other side of the story is --- you can't expect all Poles to master the English language. Especially the older generations that were taught Russian in school, not English. Besides, we have our own language of which we're proud.
@@benwars9524 never said that I expected all Poles to speak English. I'm not daft. I've lived in France, Spain, Germany, England and Belgium... and speak most of the languages of those countries (I don't speak Dutch). I already had a few words of Polish when I went there, and learned a few more while there. I know from experience that a. I won't always share a language with new people in a new place and b. It's still possible to communicate even with very little linguistic overlap. Just ask the Polish plumber who came to my hotel room to help me fish my ring out of the drain. No google translate. No shared language... but we were able to communicate.
I've had similar experiences in Greece, Italy or Bulgaria where I also didn't speak the language.
The big difference in my eyes is that the Greeks, Bulgarians and that plumber viewed me as a guest. They saw no reason to be miffed if I asked for help in English.
I'm not expecting anyone to speak English (or French, or German) just because I do.
I'm just saying people seemed _upset_ that I didn't speak Polish... which is a very different thing. I honestly expected people to be unsurprised that I didn't speak Polish... because I look like a tourist. Instead, they were peeved... pointed at signs I couldn't read as though I was an idiot for not understanding if the apples were sold by the piece or by the pound. After all, it was _written right there_ . That is the attitude I'm talking about. Pride in your mother tongue doesn't have to make you an unwelcoming host.
If you can't help me, shrug your shoulders and move along. That feels like a much more logical response.
always dividing 4.3 EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. when buying!! 😅
😂I get you.
Every person will look at someone who looks different from other citizens. If you wear a blatantly weird outfit, everyone will stare. If you are disabled, they may also stare. If you have a different skin color, they will look at you. This is normal. If a Pole goes to China or Africa, do you think that no one will look at him?
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