7 More Things That Shocked Me In Poland

[@platynowa]

You can cross the street not on zebra if the nearest one is more than 100 m.

[@bullet1544]

Hmmm first time hear that

[@english-is-fun]

Haven't heard of that rule

[@magearamil8626]

@@mdbk2 i knew it, crossroad or rather "endings of pavements" so yes, basicaly all crossroads

[@catmeat2059]

Also, the fine is easily avoidable and quite low, especially if you're from the West. If you're crossing the street, you have to look around anyway, right? So you'll easily notice if there are any policemen. I always simply cross the street wherever is most convenient and was fined once in my life. It was 50zł, so like 13$/11€/10£ (and the highest possible fine is just twice that amount).

[@im.mariusz]

@@english-is-fun Bo u Was w Krakowie to w ogóle jakiś inny świat jest... yyy... to znaczy... ten, no... chciałem powiedzieć, że miło Cię widzieć na innych kanałach. Sorry za przejęzyczenie 😜 Pozdrawiam serdecznie! 👋🏻 😊

[@szczygiel17]

You should go see the cemetary when it is dark on 1st of November ;) all of the graves are covered with candles and it looks amazing

[@danielaschwarz6277]

I hope the candles are also incended on transgender day of remembrance, 20th november

[@mjm3091]

@@danielaschwarz6277 nope. Definitely not on cemeteries and there is no reason for them to be incended there, as Polish people remember all dead in first two days of November indiscriminately. 20th of November is more of a global/western remembrance day and in Poland, if anyone actually takes part in it - I think it would mostly take form of happening, or maybe public movie viewing, maybe an art installation or documentary. We don't have as bad history with oppression against trans-people as for example US. I mean we did have trans-woman MP (third openly transgender MP in the world). And we most often do not celebrate/remember other countries and societies' dates/holidays. Trans people are pretty much equally "hated" as other minorities, which for most part means that only extremists would attack them. So it limits the amount of trans-people we would even have to incend candles for - and if we would do so, it wouldn't be for the fact that they were trans - but because they were part of our families/societies. So they would be remembered on the Death Day. On top of it November 20th is a Kid's Rights Day in Poland, which pretty much overshadows other global remembrance/celebration days. Most remembrance moments for LGBT in Poland usually happen during Pride Month.

[@danielaschwarz6277]

@@mjm3091 from what ive heard and know trans / wrong assigned ppl have much bigger problems than other minorities in pl (except maybe cigarny) ... my ex was getting various treats to beat her up and more by family member, rest of fam broke up contact, other girls told me similar stories ... i heard about lots of suicides, physical attacks, mobbing, getting dismissed at work, etc. so not that much better in us ... it doesnt seem to be or have ever been paradise in pl ... not so different than in rest of europe what means just heavily horrible. did u ever see statistics about suicides, violence, sexual abuse, unemployment, poverty of trans/ wrong assigned ppl in poland or where do u got ur infos from?

[@mjm3091]

@@danielaschwarz6277 Well repression from the government, family and workplaces is unified for most LGBT people - and mostly depends on the area of the country as well ("the PiS stronghold" regions and rural areas are especially bad for that). That's what I meant. The only downside for the trans people is that they are much easily recognisable (it's easier to spot a trans women or man, than a gay person). Which obviously makes them more prone to the attacks. But I don't believe that it is done specifically, because they are trans as most of Polish bigots does not get the difference between trans people and gay people - they treat them as the same thing. That's what I meant. And about me saying that it is better than US - I never said it was amazing, but comparing both countries the death toll of actually killed people is way smaller in Poland (basing it for example on data between 2008 and 2014 - Poland had only one murder against US' 108, where population of Poland is 10 times smaller). And it could be attributed to racial conflicts rising social tensions even more in US (black trans women are the most endangered citizens of US) - but to me it shows that we at least aren't as endangered as Americans. I will gladly take hate and repressions, if at least I have some resemblance of safety. The issue with modern Poland is that for last 8 years PiS have been in the ruling, which not only makes people more likely to attack LGBT minorities, but we are repressed by the highest ruling entity. It doesnt nullify times before PiS when more liberal approach was taken, though. We may have shitty heretic government now, but through most of the Polish history (especially modern one) - the overall sentiment was more welcoming. And it is still strongly visible in more western and urban areas of the country. Like I said in first comment - it's bad, but not the worst it could have been.

[@lilhoneybear7349]

i love the cemetaries in poland looks like people care when their loved ones are buriend, they bring flowers, candles etc. not like here in canada where my parents are buried some grave side plots seem they were forgotten about and neglected

[@MrGana2]

Just to expand and explain a little bit the topic: Cemetaries in Poland are mostly as old as the oldest church in town or city, becouse most of them are placed nearby churches. These were settled down and fenced for the predictable amount of bodies, but since cities were developing and more people were coming to live there, the more bodies were appearing, it's not possible now to enlarge the areas of cemetaries, becouse these are mostly surrounded by buildings, streets etc. and also the lands around belongs to towns, not to churches or parishes. And people are buried on the cemetaries of their parish, so that's why the problem is, and there is not enough space for everyone. Also in polish law, columbarium with urns can't be placed less than 150m to living houses, and also cremation is not so popular in polish tradition.

[@Trev_in_Poland]

How much does it cost to be buried there?

[@mateuszukanowski2024]

It depends. Typical lodge costs between 800-2500$. It usually includes a payment that you have to pay every 20 years.

[@MrGana2]

@@Trev_in_Poland The funeral costs, depending on the option, from PLN 7,000 (1900$) to PLN 18,000 (4800$). These costs include the storage, preparation and transportation of the body, the funeral ceremony, the coffin or urn, the cemetery site, and the memorial. Also some people are booking their places where they going to be buried in future, so it's like a paid subscribtion for death :D And also to keep this place for you family you can pay for that, becouse every 20 years if not payed, someone can take this place. And this costs also depends what city is it.

[@fistinyourface7053]

Also, cremation was not very popular until the 90s. And as we know, an urn saves space.

[@sirhana]

@@Trev_in_Poland I don't know which cementary you show. No grass? A lot of cemetnaries are like small parks with a lot of trees and grass. Only one or two who are new and put near outside a city could looks like you told. You know Warsaw but don't know Powazki or Brodno?

[@boniedwa]

If you order 200 ml glass of juice in Poland, you will get 200 ml od tasty juice, but if you do the same in US, you will get 100 ml of tasty juice and 100 ml of frozen water.

[@MPrybil]

So Poland has a church on every corner but in the USA it’s a Starbucks

[@Trev_in_Poland]

Yeah I agree

[@tjblues01]

@Konto Testowe If you think that Starbucks is a religion than you have no clue what a religion is...

[@tjblues01]

@Konto Testowe Your sarcasm is not necessary. If you don't have anything to say, just don't.... So what makes you think that Starbucks is a form of religion?...

[@Szakal_zlocisty-Canis_aureus]

why you guys dont explain him properly this case but throw bs everywhere XD "Poland has a church on every corner " yes its cultural and historical background... when was built/created city, bigger village etc order was simply ... center is church (square with town hall and near is church) and from this point town/village start grow in other direction...and we leave it where it is... when a lot of small town had destroyed churches by germans we just rebuilt it because there was always a church in this town soo it must be... NO for german/russian "ordnung" in Poland ;)

[@JohnDoe-vt3pk]

But in church u can get waffles only 😉

[@cecyliapiskorska2794]

As a driver it’s very stressful when someone randomly walks into the street out of the area they are supposed to

[@ripLunarBirdCLH]

Yes, because the car doesn't exactly stop right away so when someone just randomly walks into the street the moment you came in your car from around the corner - it can lead to an accident. And also you don't exactly own a car to go 5 km/h all the time...

[@NekromDj]

@@ripLunarBirdCLH perfectly on point

[@boowson]

2:30 "Noone does it, noone will cross the street" Meanwhile the guy in the background: *It's free real estate*

[@maj7ka]

o siema buła

[@boowson]

@@maj7ka znamy się?

[@maj7ka]

@@boowson tak, zjadłam cię na śniadanie dzisiaj

[@boowson]

@@maj7ka oryginalny żart 👍

[@maj7ka]

@@boowson ale to nie żart xd

[@solmyrek85]

Z filmu "Kochaj albo rzuć": "Adwokat - Polski cmentarz. Pawlak - Hm, a groby gdzie? Adwokat - A o! Pawlak - A pomniki, krzyże? Adwokat - Tam, w starej części cmentarza. Teraz tak chowają, kosiarka by nie przejechała. Pawlak - Maszynami po nieboszczykach?"

[@77seban]

Hehe

[@rafasyty2199]

Tylko mi w głowie czytał lektor głosem intonacją Pawlaka? - Marihuana a na co to komu?

[@86DaF]

HAHAAHA, mistrz komentarz!

[@krystianadam649]

bardziej znany tytuł sami swoi 3

[@lilhoneybear7349]

lol i love pawlak

[@Kschychooo]

For the graveyards also the style of graves are different. In U.S. as shown in the picture you have a tombstone, the end. In Poland the general area of the grave is slightly elevated and is often taken care by the family, with planted flowers and candles and all, which again is mainly absent in U.S.

[@bullet1544]

Yep, and main reason is All Saint's Day in Poland.

[@typowynieogar]

@@bullet1544 the main reason is us halloween

[@typowynieogar]

@@eugenepiurkowski6026 i know, but try to explain it to diehard catholical priests or old people who say "Halloween is for satanists" and "Its disrespectful for the dead, its heresy" I do know its nice and all, but wouldnt work here in poland anyways

[@MonikaMakowskiGorman]

Are you sure those things are shocking ?

[@kojak8403]

It's most shocking that Poland still exists given its history

[@bullet1544]

probably, just remember about 800 years longer then USA xD

[@JohnDoe-vt3pk]

@ColleCter Euronymus he didn't say that in negative way, dumb ass...

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Thank you! Yes, we're tough motherf**kers:) Do you know how we did it though? Almost all military uprisings we were loosing. Some badly. And there was a period, 123 years to be precise, when the country didn't exist. How can a nation survive this? LANGUAGE AND CULTURE! I'm gonna have to write English entry to wikipedia about it (pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praca_u_podstaw), but it's in a recap: you teach the language in secret, you form underground theatrical groups, you meet in secret to teach the history, you distribute books just like illegal drugs etc. You make sure, that the people born under occupation gets all the "Polishness" as if being raised in free country. So after 123 years when Poland reappeared on the map of Europe: we all could recite "inwokacja" from en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Tadeusz , we all could sing en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogurodzica , we call could speak Polish! You can take our land. You can kill all our elite ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre ), you can enslave us for generations, but you will not get rid of the Poles!!!

[@kurrwa]

ColleCter Euronymus are you sure? Looking at polish culture nowadays is complete disaster. Many poles don’t even call themself polish, but European and Polish. Poland is losing culture ethnicity. Country without own culture is no country.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@kurrwa Really? Does it? Well if you watch Polish government TV with Zenek Martyniuk being portrait as Polish musical art you may come to such conclusion. That's not the representative image though... Yes, we had been Europeans since 966 and many times in this 1000 years we have earned it. And we embrace it. We are proud to be part of Western civilization, we are Europeans. We are Poles. We just sometimes make mistakes in some elections, c'mon, nobody's perfect...

[@ub_ers8472]

My family in Poland never had/have alkohol during Christmas times or Easter.

[@Emailen]

I think it depends. It's actually not that common to simply have alcohol at home and drink it without an occasion. I think wine from time to time is the only thing. Any other alcohol think is only when you have guests or a party (birthdays and other). During the Christmas season people have mulled wine or liqueur but not everyone

[@karolkaminski8742]

@@Emailen unfortunatelly for most of the families the lack of occasion is also the occasion

[@CB14]

@@karolkaminski8742 Most? Not true.

[@lajbartek360]

I am from Poland and i don’t know anyone who have Alkohol (Only pepole from Ukraine).

[@typowynieogar]

It depends, some people find it as a Way to cheer up and then alcoholism is going On,

[@mjm3091]

11:45 We have separate word for shish kebabs, which is szaszłyk. We usually use word kebab only for doner kebabs. 12:00 It's a cheap hot food that works perfectly as guilty pleasure for a lot of people after drinking. The popularity comes from the fact that Turkish minority found a niche of selling hot food next to bars and clubs. It isnt as big as pizza or as dirty as a burger, which makes it perfect. And mix of veggies with lamb or beef really makes it feel like take care of yourself.

[@mirthy8219]

I like searching for those "shocks". This shows the successive stages of learning about a new culture. It must be fascinating to discover thoes small differences. It learns tolerance and makes person interested in others.

[@marekkozub8957]

In the US, when you get coke with ice for example, in the beginning it tastes like coke, but in the end, it's just plain water.

[@kazior6521]

Are the drinks cold? My family never used ice, but our drinks were always cold due to refrigeration.

[@typowynieogar]

@@kazior6521 just use cola to make ice, tried it, good idea

[@LalineMenulis]

@@typowynieogar reusable "ice cubes" rocks

[@migaczone]

@@kazior6521 drinks meant to be cold are kept in the fridge. as the water is the cheapest liquid to drink we just think someone is trying to scam me giving 2/3 of glass ice. I just want full glass of juice I'm paing for ;)

[@kazior6521]

@@migaczone We never, I still don’t use ice because it waters down the drinks.

[@AlicjaRaczko]

The older generation drink a lot, and the young - students. Adults tend to drink occasionally and switch from vodka to wine and craft beer.

[@kojak8403]

American jaywalking is like Polish speeding. In both countries - nobody cares about one, but everyone is shocked by the other...

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

Polish police doesn't care about speeding?

[@NekromDj]

@@Mgoblagulkablong 80% of people go beyond the speed limit when u drive. You need to think relatively. Of course some will be fined, but it’s not like France where you need to drive 1 km/h.

[@Noelciaaa]

I'm thinking that it might be because ppl are speeding all the time, that it doesn't feel safe to jaywalk, since the speed of cars is not that predictable. Whereas in America, where speed limit is mostly obeyed, ppl feel more secure when crossing.

[@NekromDj]

It might be that. But I know for a fact that I drive more confidently with higher speeds in Poland compared to other countries I've lived in due to the predictability of pedestrians. But it might be a chicken and egg type of phenomenon :)

[@Noelciaaa]

@@NekromDj yeah, either can be the cause or the effect honestly XD

[@r0ko899]

About the sahara sand called Kalima (we don't even have an expression for it) it doesn't occur that frequently. Born 1977 and experienced it just twice in my lifetime. About alcohol/shots on christmas eve that's rather unusual for poles. Christmas eve is considred a religious and family gathering at same time so drinking is rather taboo. There are two exceptions for religious gatherings/celebrations where drinking is not only permissable but expected and that's christening and weddings. The reasoning behind it is that each time you drink for the good health of a newborn or newlyweds.

[@AdriannaTate]

In my house there are always vodka shots on the tabele on christmas eve. But it’s usually only the grandparents drinking it. Everyone else drinking wine or nothing

[@mjm3091]

It definitely depends on family and actual region of Poland. Even if someone would drink on Christmas Eve - that would have to be either a medical/herb alcohol maybe some liquir or good wine or small amount of good vodka. It isn't uncalled, but not really practiced either. Especially compared to other occasions and parties on Eve only like pathological alcoholics would drink more than one or two shots. Even if Catholicism doesn't forbid it.

[@gorzkawodka]

I disagree. It's not a taboo to drink alcohol on such occasion. There's always vodka and white wine on the table on Christmas Eve, although nobody's getting dead drunk.

[@as9825]

@@gorzkawodka It depends of family, in my home only white wine, never vodka, sometimes sweet wine or liqueur to desserts

[@gorzkawodka]

​@@as9825 I forgot about liqueur to desserts! Polish people drink alcohol on Christmas. It's nothing close to taboo.

[@pawelzabicki7785]

Go to London, in terms of weather, you can have the whole four seasons in one day.

[@polishwhite2282]

Zebra crossing is respected by peapole only in town/city center but in country no body cares

[@rafixddreadnought7641]

U'r doing great job, i really enjoy your videos as a pole and student of english philology. It is really nice to watch such videos and know what people from other countries think about us, That's part of a golden key to create the greatest co-operations between countries from different parts of the world. Do your best and don't stop. Best wishes to all!

[@ladrok97]

Revenue of Church - it heavily depends on which Area Church is placed. Mostly depends on how many % ppl go to church and how rich is society. Many churchs are rather poor

[@stefanczarnecki9588]

If you think that polish weather is unpredictable, that means you have never been in Ireland 😂😂😂 sometimes its 15 minutes rain, then 15 minutes sun and again the whole day😢

[@grraadd]

10th of MAY in Dublin: 5 min of snow, 5 min of sun, 5 min of slate, 5 min of sun, 5 min of rain, 5 min of sun, 5 min of hale... I am a witness of this shitstorm of 2004. Also never clear skyes - there MUST always be some clouds. Just look closely - you will find them ;-)

[@bullet1544]

You should say UK :)

[@stefanczarnecki9588]

DannyB well the weather in southern England isn’t so bad 😄😉

[@kakradadmda3246]

North East of England the same 🤣

[@typowynieogar]

Imagine the closer to home you are, the worse it rains

[@PeterJ-cb3vk]

The word "shocking" is a bit strong....I would use the word "surprising" as an alternative.

[@wiktoriawolny]

Y e s

[@PanCioPL234]

It is strong and it has to be. This is the one of many ways to still getting viewers :)

[@evex3197]

Because if you search on KZbin alcohol consumption by contries you will have a vidéo who will show which country are drinking the most per capita (the amount of all alcohol drank in a year divided by the peoples in the country) you will see that Poland is behind a lot of European contries just like France so it’s not only the people that you saw who aren’t drinking so much And your video is nice love from Canada 🇨🇦❤️🇵🇱

[@Maciej_von_Usedom]

I think it mostly comes down to different style of drinking. In Poland it's quite popular to drink when meeting people etc. and to drink stronger alcohols like vodka, but it's quite frowned upon and unpopular to be drinking on your own, like a beer or two per day since it's (correctly) seen as alocholism.

[@mjm3091]

Also Poland has the stereotype of drinking due to our tourists, but also the history of high amount of alcoholism through the PRL era. All the anti-drinking ads worked through last decades. Also fact that we have centuries of drinking history and alcohol making, gives us multiple types of traditional and local spirits, which means we will only drink certain liquors on special occasions. Like we are part of the beer and vodka area parts in Europe and we also produce wine. So we neither constantly drink vodka like Russians and Belarusians, or wine like French, but we mix depending on the occasion. We do drink a lot of beer, though. But like I said the anti-drinking ads and mentality of pathological drinking family really made us chill on drinking a lot.

[@pliedtka]

Frankly, living in Canada, I would say north Americans drink more than Poles today. Yes I remember alcoholism being a huge problem in the past, but hopefully we have left it behind.

[@bogdankrawiecintarpl]

6:55 they are not tax free, they get taxed for amount of people belonging to each church, and thats what im aware of, but there is also payment for graveyard land, church land, heating, which is really expensive for Such Big, mostly non insulated buildings. In My local church was a time where if not one guy that donated a lot of money, despite public not knowing about the money issue, it would be in a lot of debt.

[@qiuolin]

you can pass the street if there is no zebra crossing within 100m without a ticket

[@sirhana]

Yes, but in big city specially in Warsaw it is just stupid idea. A lot of ppl now prefer go to zebra cos it could be very dangerous. But still ppl try to walk cross a street when they are sure that cars are enough away. Ususally we cross small streets but rather never some big in center of city. 10-20 years ago it was a lot often and safer. Now in Warsaw is too much drivers who don't know how drive and are outside Warsaw, don't know a city. Those stuff make try to cross street really don't safe. EVEN zebra and lights are not safe today. Today is a lot o accidents at them too cos drivers are really bad and stupid, they think that 10-20 km over limit not make different for body human and way of stop of car ech... And those all cell phones...

[@qiuolin]

i know thats why in Warsaw u rarely happen to have zebra in more than 100m away from you and many times theres just no possibility not to cross on zebra. it basically work for low traffic roads. idk anybody who would just jaywalk in city center

[@Victorn2222]

I'm definitely pissed when i go to some bigger store like Kaufland,Stokrotka,Polo and i try to find something cold to drink and there is none. Even if i find something it's probably beer or if it's non alcoholic beverage it's just one small refrigerator and other drinks are in room temperature. Really it is so difficult to put a bigger refrigerator with cold drinks especially in the summer, and BTW few times i found a refrigerator with drinks and it was turned off not broken just unpluged. If i really can't find anything i go to nearest żabka or gas station overpriced but at least cold.

[@kanix01]

True ziomeczku

[@stefanczarnecki9588]

That’s a one thing and another, usually there are no queues in zabka. So I often go there cos I would rather pay more, instead of wasting my time in biedronka and being pissed off by other people flocking there.

[@bakters]

If you are not used to ice-cold drinks, there is a high chance of getting ill from dumping one of those, especially if it's a hot day. Poland in general is rather cold, so people never develop either the resistance or simply the taste for ice-cold drinks. The market responds accordingly.

[@rusty_cohle]

W punkt Kolego

[@sirhana]

nie, no powaznie, bo moscipan chcce wielkiej, energozernej i niszczacej srodowisko lodowy na kole. I nie pierdol, masz w tych sklepach te napoje chlodzone, tylko nie w takich ilosciach hurtowych, masz puszki chlodzone na pewno, wiec nie KLAM.

[@anitaniemyjska4248]

12:14 kebab is popular in poland mostly because for the same reason as burgers in us - a full meal easy to eat while walking somewhere and without a need to sit somewhere or a need for a plate/fork and knife

[@januszkurahenowski2860]

I think that using ice will become way more common in Poland as more and more people buy fridges with water and ice dispenser. I recently changed my fridge and started using ice for drinks regularly. It's such a hustle making ice in a normal fridge and I only used to make ice for special occasions. When it becomes easier people will start using it more and more. It's a little different in restaurants since a lot of people feel like they throw in way too much ice so they need to pour less of the actual drink. And if you don't drink it very fasts it melts and your drink gets watery, it really makes some people dislike drinks with ice.

[@RoozyyK]

With the zeebra crossing it is more like a selfpreservation thing, most of the drivers will stop before the crossing letting the people to walk by (on these without the lighs which is like 90% of the crossings countrywide) but also crossing the roead anywhere beside the place you should do it is way more dangerous, except the tickets drivers aren't paying that much attention to what is going on on the sidewalk so it is way more easy to got hit by a car, even on slow speeds.

[@wioletapodsiadla2502]

as you described, the weather isn't unpredictable, it's dry and hot for about 5 days and then a storm will come - there is a pattern to it :D

[@sirhana]

just read prognosis that is all... problem of first world, really.

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Thank you for the info on Poland! It's almost NEVER spoken about in the "regular" (FREE TV?) programs or channels. Much appreciated.

[@OldSkullSoldier]

Crossing street in Poznań is as you mentioned in USA - most people do it anywhere where they don't see any danger or police. So it depends on area of Poland. BTW: as Poznań driver, it was crazy for me to drive in Warsaw - completely different driving culture. I would be really scared to cross street in Warsaw in random spots knowing how people in Warsaw drive.

[@Mochafk1]

In Poznan there are many "Redneck's" who have not been taught the basic rules of the road in their childhood. They used to take short cuts across the roads and fields, and when they came to a big city, they behaved the same way.

[@SinCaraMan]

@@Mochafk1 oo warszawski słoik się obruszył😆

[@Mochafk1]

@@SinCaraMan O sobie piszesz ? Bo ja w Wawie nie mieszkam choć z okolic pochodzi część mojej rodziny. W "Kartoflanym" mieście mieszkam już dość długo i poznałem przekrój społeczny tego miasta. A od prawdziwych Poznaniaków dowiedziałem się jak rozpoznać "BAMBRÓW" z których oni sami się śmieją .

[@mro.k5567]

(6:40) I live in a fairly big city, 88,33 km², with population of about 170k people. So i realized we have about 12 churches.

[@-patrizia-]

8:23 im polish and i didnt even know about that hahaha

[@brmf4346]

Seeing a fatal accident involving some drunk/junkie made me appreciate zebras more and take more precautions when jaywalking.

[@1lubo1]

Me as a driver and pedestrian, I barely cross the street in forbidden places and I think it is a good idea to stick to that rule. Otherwise it'd be much harder to drive in cities, cause there always will be people who will not care/forget to check if there's a car incomming/etc, which would result in accidents - waste of health and cars.

[@rafasiwczak6055]

When ice melts it dilutes the drink. That's why we prefer cooled drinks.

[@speakpolishwiththemuscats1512]

Great video! thanks for the cool information :)

[@lewycraft]

Number of churchess is mostly comming from 2 things: 1. Many churchess in Poland are old, and i mean OLD, hundreds a d thousands of them are well over few hundred years and some that soon will be over a thousand, over time, with growing populations, more and more were being build. 2. Mostly one church for each village, as back in a day, every village and city had to have church builded at the foundation of a settlement, just like that. And with cities becoming larger, more churches were needed so that people could fit in them, and today, most of those are already historical monuments that's why they are standing still and can't be removed

[@posuchajtejhistorii9263]

There are some changes about drinking alcohol in Poland. More and more people start to choose rather beer or wine than vodka.

[@KapitanWasTaken]

Regarding the zebra crossings: If there is a zebra crossing no further than 100m from you, you need to use that zebra crossing or you'll be fined. Also pedestrians using the zebra crossing have the right of way while those not using them don't. So if there is no zebra crossing in your 100m radius, wait for the road to clear and go right ahead.

[@bittermochi259]

If they gave you shots of vodka on Christmas then they wanted to celebrate you as a guest, because ppl in Poland don't drink vodka when with family but when there are guest you haven't seen in a long time or fir the first time then the vodka comes out xd

[@Noelciaaa]

I disagree, my grandparents always drink something, often vodka during family celebrations such as birthdays. Not enough to actually get drunk though. Getting drunk is just for weddings and friends. And yeah there should be no alcohol for either Christmas Eve or Easter Morning

[@24sell]

In Poland you can also cross street in some conditions, I think if there isn’t zebra crossing in proximity of 100 m. Many people randomly cross local streets with 30kmph speed limit

[@crazyfrytka]

Well, I live in Poland and most of the families I know, don`t drink alcohol during Christmas. If they are drinking it`s a glass of wine or sth like that - just for flavor. People who drink during Christmas are mostly pleople who drink at every family gathering (even religious ones, like christening) and personally - I don`t have the best opinion about them. And weather is changing quite rapidly because of climat changes - back then (like 10 - 20 years ago) it wasn`t an issue and those changes were much slower and milder.

[@vikkiroxx]

When it comes to transmission, a huge majority drives the stick here. Brakes? I change mine every ~50 thousand kilometers or so.

[@JanKowalski-un6kf]

Rozwala mnie jak mów "kebab restaurants" 😂

[@mateuszmostowski9546]

Check out the graveyard in Szczecin, it's more like a park actually, really something different than most of polish graveyards. Also, third biggest in Europe, if i remember correctly

[@sirhana]

Ludzie, co z wami? Naprawde w zyciu nie widzieliscie typowego, starego polskiego cmentarza? Co to za pitolenie, ze inny niz wiekszosc? Ty naprawde myslisz, ze ten twoj to taki jedyny? Tragedia no... Cale Pomorze, Centrum, poludnie jest pelne takich cmentarzy!

[@szarik5521]

4:48 sklep Melanż, Gdynia, przy dworcu. Pozdrawiam.

[@ukaszb5694]

You know why the transmissions last that long? Because they're manual :D

[@pstrzel]

What's shocking is family having a picnic on the grass right over grandma's grave in the USA (I witnessed it personally on Memorial Day), kids running around over other graves, cars and motorcycles parked right along the paths. But then again, American cemeteries are mostly just grass with water sprinklers going off and lawn mowers riding over the dead. Definitely a different culture.

[@olgierd_jarczynski]

your graveyards are spacious because you generally have a lot of land in the us and usually stuff is very big... there's interchanges in the us the size of or bigger than many european cities

[@Kazimirka]

you are great ! enjoy stay in Poland

[@arturbaleja3907]

Driving in Warsaw is crazy even for Polish standards. Going from Warsaw to somewhere else, I notice, that the traffic seems „sluggish” compared to Warsaw.

[@bwhammm]

Kraków is even crazier, at least when I drove there a few years ago! Maybe that was due to poor lane markings and ambiguous intersection controls near the centre, but I'm amazed I didn't get into an accident.

[@kryokori]

you could still try crossing the street if it's low-rush roads in some remote residential district or old-city-centers (where car speeds are very restricted) and make sure few times no car is running in towards you, the street being the narrow types, not multi-lines (of course you could be still targetted by Police if they are out to get you :D) but you on wide streets you must try to find a 'zebra' or a viaduct to cross, drivers are not used to 'spotting moving targets' and would often be surprised seeing one on wide streets where some of them have tendency of speeding up if car crash into you - it would be 95% your fault for incorrect crossing, if car crashed into you on the 'zebra' it's 95% fault of the driver if the 10k+ churches is a scary number for you, try counting all the small street shrines :D just in Pomeranian voyevodeship is more than 2k of them

[@MaraMara89]

And in Silesia we used to have some shrine type statues built into houses (like niche with Mary covered with glass) for good luck and protection...

[@necromorti]

I am polish person (second generation from north part) but I do live in UK. Even in Wales or England, graves are next to each other with not enough space sometimes between each tombstone. It is very similar to polish thing, but obviously with celtic crosses mixed in - which is opposite of polish graves with very look-alike graves.

[@widelecwyczynowy5757]

Also our cities are mostly historical places and trough the passing time they grown around.

[@rufsven8312]

Nice video!

[@31111andy]

Fajny vlog. Thank you

[@MrMihauK]

I've been in NYC with my parents about 10 years ago and I remember that we were the only ones standing at the zebra crossing, waiting for the green light. :D Me and mum got used to crossing streets not waiting for the light, but Im not sure if my dad ever did that xD even though we crossed the street we had to wait for him anyway xD

[@Shamil_Kamilski]

Great VLOG, cheers!

[@aa-dt5bf]

In a such big cities, like You mentioned I think traffic is dominated by walking people, I've been in London and cars drive there usually very slow and careful, streets are like continuous rivers of cars, and people everywhere. We don't have that much population yet, I think we just used to driving fast and it works. Penalties for crossing the road are actually not high, from 50 to 100 pln so its like throwing cigarette or paper out of bin. We are very intensively taught that by parents and school, from youngest years it was like a mantra. You simply don't want to die under some idiot tires. Penalties for driving too fast are also a joke. For hitting the walking person too, compared to other countries. So don't be afraid of ticket, if you on some small back street, but be careful, cause someone could drive way to fast and careless than You'd expect.

[@sabinafiorentini3298]

All döner kebap you can find in Europe is that way 😂. That's funny. All video can talk about almost every country in Europe 🤣

[@dariuszb.9778]

11:50 Yes, kebab (technically, it's "kebap" in contemporary Turkish, but because both words are pronounces in Polish the same way due to the Polish pronunciation rules, we adopted the word used in Persian and Arabic) came to Poland from Turkey (though it's of Persian origin) and the most popular form of kebab in Poland is döner kebab and thus it became known in Poland as just "kebab" (and you are right, the word "kebab" per se means in Turkey, Arab countries, Israel and Armenia "şiş kebab" for which we have in Poland separate word "szaszłyk" (pron. shashlik) and we grill it). Interestingly, kebab is not in Turkey as much popular as in Poland (Turks visiting Poland are always surprised with popularity of kebab here, LOL). You can also see often the "Döner Kebap" or "Turkish Kebap" bar names (these are fast food bars, so naming them restaurants would sound strange in Poland) and that's because they are probably run by Turks. Kebab was probably adopted by Arab countries through Turkic Empire, but there's no "p" in Arabic, you know ;-) The popularity of kebab in Poland comes probably from the fact that it feels more traditional, even rustic, so it comes along Polish tradition (technically, most Poles are not born in cities, so the rustic vibe is still present in big cities; kebab is competing with Italian pizza, Polish zapiekanka and the Polish predecessor of kebab - grilled chicken). kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnSTc5p6lt12p9E

[@SzalonyKucharz]

90% of those 'shocks' are not Poland-specific. Quite ordinary experiences of living abroad for the first, maybe second time in one's life.

[@ulencjazdenek]

The tradition of lighting candles during the festival of the dead is fine, and this atmosphere of illuminated cemeteries is beautiful in my opinion.

[@pliedtka]

I was shocked coming to USA the first time as well - in some ways nicely, in some not. After a while you get used to it. I'm really pleased you found Poland to be different from the average Joe stereotypes. See you again.

[@anon_24]

I like that thing with green lights in Poland (I live in village my whole life, here if you see no car you just cross the street). As a driver I like to just move forward safely when I see green light, not being afraid someone would entry the road.

[@witisus9420]

2:40 Katowice beautiful city,

[@Potrek]

In Poland drinking vodka 38% in USA people drinking whiskey bourbon 50% -- that is shock for me !!!

[@aleksandrabiernacki6877]

You should try Chicago weather. Just like in Poland .This is probably why most Polish people start their American journey in mideast

[@maciejzbrowski]

its good to see other side of Poland

[@jurekwoz]

When driving over a curb you should do it gently. After you learn your car and have a good feeling where the wheels are you can touch the curb lightly, and then slowly accelerate to get on the curb and do the same for all wheels. Doing this gently is OK for the wheels. If you do it too hard you might make your wheel hit your rim and that's painful 😉 However I've been parking on curbs whole my driving life and it's not a big deal and my wheels are fine 😉 I just do it slow and don't drive over massive curbs. The massive curbs are very rare. Most of the curbs are made just right for all cars to be driven onto.

[@19GibsoN62]

Quite an old video but there's one more rule about crossing the street. If u're in residence zone which is marked with road sign D-40 "strefa zamieszkania", you can cross the street everywhere you want and cars have to give way. And talking about polish driving and cars, transmission holds fine. It is the clutch that's crying :D

[@przemysawbogdan7699]

Churches do not make much money, contrary to popular belief. They used to hundred or more years ago when church atendence was very high ~ 90% of population, was going on mass every sunday. Now it's ~30% in Poland. And contrary to popular belief, churches pay taxes in Poland. Every parish(or other religious unit in other denominantion) pays a tax dependent on the parish population. Priest do not pay taxes ONLY for donations for religious services - funerals, weddings, baptisms etc. If a priest/parish want to do other things - work, sell things etc, they pay taxes just like everone else.

[@anubis1724]

You should visit western side of Poland, like Szczecin/Poznań/Zielona Góra/Wrocław. You gonna get more shockes comparing it to the eastern side (or central, yes I'm looking at you Warsaw xD ). Parking and driving the closer you get to Germany the better it becomes xD

[@kudata7392]

Nah, I don't think so...

[@aa-dt5bf]

In Netherlands lights turns to green directly from red and I was always lagged with starting, I get many honks like second after light turned green and I wasn't in motion immediately :P

[@magdalenaborek8350]

Nieprawda, używa się pomarańczowych pomiędzy.

[@imperiumslaskie5161]

Usually in Poland we drinking at weekends to chill from all our responsibilities during the week and any special occasions like birthday or family meetings. The traffic lights system is useful but also annoying in bigger cities, thats wy drivers are angry.

[@joannarosinska5605]

weather is a function of the proximity of the sea in teh north and the mountains in the south. Winds flow on east-weast direction, sand from Sahara is a newer thing

[@MrRivii]

my us friends visiting always complain that we are walking everywhere instead of driving.

[@michajastrzebski4383]

you can cross the street outside a dedicated pedestrian crossing, IF nearest one is over 100 m from your location.

[@kubastachowiak1089]

2:40 on the top left you can see someone crossing the street just like that xD

[@kazior6521]

The weather in Florida is very unpredictable. Especially during winter. It can be 40 degrees at night. Then 90 degrees in the afternoon. It can also rain on one side of the road, but not the other. This year we had one of the heaviest amount of Sahara desert that clouded the southeast for awhile. It left the skies hazy.

[@annakalicka3430]

I found it funny how many Kebab Shops are nowadays in Poland (I don't live there for years), but I remember from my youth kebabs were "drunk food" kind of thing, when You go out with friends and roll from one bar to another, eventually You get the "midnight munchies" and there You have a kebab shop in front of You, with a line of drunks like You queuing. Hahaha! What fond memories! It's easy to eat kind of sandwich wrapped, and if You're drunk enough You don't even care If you get the sauces smeared all over your face... but it will sober you up enough to keep partying. Hahaha! Love this episode!

[@Geek_Chorus]

02:33 There is literally a guy crossing the street in the background nowhere near the zebra 😂 Uwielbiam twoje filmy, dziękuję! 😁

[@mkolesnik]

on the ice thing - most of US - say Boston and below down - is located much more south than most of the europe. For those who never checked - latitude of Boston is the same as Rome , and at least myself, I consider Boston as a northern city in US. So my point is that icy drinks are simply a necessity for majority of Americans due to the really hot climate compare to most of the europe - just my 2 cents

[@lemony_lemonz123]

Tip for the weather in poland: Instead looking at app, you go outside, look at the sky, try to guess the weather, and you do it like this: It look like it will be raining and be cold: you wear a hoodie, but you have a t-shirt or something under it It look like it will be hot: you wear a nice clothing for warm days, but you take hoodie anyway

[@sentinogigachad1550]

great video, we really appreciate your work with this channel. Where I can buy shirt what you had in today movie?

[@Trev_in_Poland]

Thanks. Got it from "Fitment Industries". Com (I think they sold out of most of their shirts)

[@agatakowalik9457]

Don’t worry, my husband is Polish, but he’s crossing streets just like you in completly randomly way! He says that is a spirit of freedom!

[@andywebber3284]

2:31 Maybe you didn`t noticed but you actually recorded a man crossing a street not on zebra - and no one gave a ......

[@georgem5512]

Good catch

[@kozagong]

He was probably sweating from stress and felt judged by everyone though.

[@Fynnuch]

Poland has fantastic history. I hope you know about that. ;) best wishes from Poland.

[@Markmywordschannel]

I feel you on all of these!

[@malibuu666]

you were in more shock when you was in poland at 90’-00’😂

[@karlstanc4444]

One of the reasons why the cemetaries in Poland are so packed is that Poland is twice smaller than the Texas State and almost 40 mln people leave here. Also Poland is over 1000 yrs old and it experienced many wars, including 1st abd 2nd World War.

[@OlejhunterPL]

Ile jajek ma prezydent USA? -OBA-MA -Wie viele Eier hat der Präsident der USA? -BEIDEN

[@beegees21]

So the parking thing is related to amount of space in Polish towns and cities. The streets were usually designed when there were no cars. And in general the space is more scarce. So the location of plots and by that the width of streets is much different then in US. Same goes for the cemeteries, in a way (except the cars part XD ). The ice bit... Americans are just used to getting ripped on amount of drink they get. You get half of the amount of beverage you should, so... that's that ;)

[@adamlewandowski9491]

O tym tez mowi kodeks . Mozesz zaparkowac czesciowo na chodniku jezeli pozostawiona przestrzen dla pieszych wynosi 1 metr.

[@micemincer]

2:35 - "You can't see peeps jay walking" - guy in the background does exactly that. :)

[@faux_vampire]

Oh I just love my soda cold, but not ice, ice dilutes and I usually drink so fast I just have cubes and feel bad about not using them so I eat them (crunchy) or wait till melted and drink water. Side note: drinks with ice are better for the business because ice cubes are cheaper than the liquid and customers are paying the same price or possibly even more if with ice cubes

[@peger]

9:14 yes this happened before. See black blizzards and dust bowl.