Bielsko Biala - The Marvel of Silesian Poland

[@mr.krabby1202]

Very great video! My Mom was born in Bielsko-Biala and i spend my childhood in Bielsko-Biala during the summer holidays (I'm german). Unfortunately i haven't been in poland for 15 years ago, but finally i'm going to poland at september :)

[@mroxygennemroxygenne2939]

My town, so beautiful, so unknown, so underrated Thank u 4 sharing it to society

[@hangrejan]

Last week I was there. My third time. I come from Holland. Also I want to speak Polish. Mowie troche po Polsku. 😁

[@laurahead3771]

I'm an American moving to Bielsko-Biała in September and your video was wonderful timing! Super enjoyable - thank you for uploading.

[@britinpoland2392]

I imagine it’s a lovely place to live, I look forward to exploring more of that region in time, wonderful scenery there for sure!

[@jangocki6706]

Hi, Bielsko Biała is my home city, can I ask you what are you doing in Bielsko? I am very courious what could be the reason to move from such rich and wealthy country like US to poor and small country like Poland in eastern europe?

[@sosna1443]

@@jangocki6706 Przeciętny amerykanin z chociażby średnich aglomeracji wychodząc na ulice widzi ćpunów, śmieci, bezdomnych i tysiące miejsc do parkingu. Ja wychodząc na bulwary straceńskie widzę zadbane ścieżki, zieleń i uśmiechnięte dzieci. Co kto woli.

[@jangocki6706]

@@sosna1443 No coś w tym może być.

[@haileeraestout5567]

@@britinpoland2392 Its Really Close To Auschwitz

[@magicjonshon]

My beautiful 😍 city the mountains view at night its just incredible! Very nice video thank You for sharing ,its also worth to visit Mountain Żar ,and Międzybrodzie bialskie lake nearby ,You would love it ❤

[@britinpoland2392]

For sure next year I want to get back to this region, beautiful part of the country 😊

[@Kacper-tx5ku]

Wow thats my town!

[@firewind5758]

Great video! I'm really glad that you enjoyed the visit in our little and beautiful city. Greetings from Bielsko-Biała!

[@Nicole2011]

I can' t wait to go to bielsko biała in a couple of weeks

[@michaljaworowski5793]

Fantastic video of my city 😉 Love it 😉

[@wojtekrogalski5419]

I was looking on the video and i saw the city, and it was so clean, no papers or any other rests on the streets, it's a big difference between now and 70-is and it's bright everywhere.

[@britinpoland2392]

Indeed, really stood out for sure! Of course going on a nice sunny day probably helped with the brightness 😅 a lot of people recommended this city to me, really glad I finally made it there!

[@ongvalcot6873]

Great job on great city. Thanks!

[@marcinsieja4188]

Miss my hometown so much.Thanks for reminding me how beautiful Bielsko-Biała is.Hope You enjoyed it gl

[@britinpoland2392]

Such a lovely part of Poland! I can’t wait to go back to this region to see more 😁

[@arkadiuszarczi1559]

I come from Upper Silesia and have lived in the vicinity of Bielsko-Biała for 4 years. A beautiful city, you should also visit Cieszyn and Pszczyna, these cities are close to each other. 🇵🇱

[@britinpoland2392]

Thank you, in truth I had planned to see much more of this region during my trip…but it took me longer than expected to document Katowice, which will be my next video…I need to return to Silesia, as also for example I need to see Gliwice, so your suggestions are great for me!

[@Nicole2011]

I always go to Poland to bielsko-biała for summer holidays , because my parents come from there

[@sebastiank.5137]

My dad was born in Bielsko-Biała, it is a beautiful Polish town. His first real job was in the FSM automobile factory.

[@britinpoland2392]

I hope I end up back there one day 😊 I was briefly on the outskirts this year when I was exploring Beskid Mały 😁

[@astrocrut]

Thank you for your excellent video. It’s a wonderful part Beskid Slaski …

[@dawidadamek3234]

Your video is very very good , thanks ;)

[@britinpoland2392]

Thank you for the kind words 😊 waiting for weather like that again for more exploration! 😅

[@UnsupportedElephant]

Another cool video and great voice presentation really informative and interesting to listen 👍👍

[@britinpoland2392]

Thank you! If the weather would just behave I’d see a lot more of Poland now 😅

[@piotrhanderek8798]

Mi precioza Ciudad natal mi precioza Region !

[@ligeatkwong-jedrzejczak1499]

I enjoyed your video very much. Keep them coming 😊

[@britinpoland2392]

Oh don’t worry, plenty more places to see here 😊

[@nomadscotsman]

Brill vid mate. Living in Krakow atm and the prices here are just nuts for an apartment. Looking at buying a flat in Bielsko Biala and your vid helps def helps convince my girlfriend haha

[@britinpoland2392]

The prices in Warsaw are probably just as bad 😅 good luck convincing the other half to move, Silesia is a lovely place to explore 😊

[@Helvett222]

My second home, I live nearby and I love this city. I prefer it to Gdansk, Krakow or Warsaw because it has mountains and is not too big.

[@britinpoland2392]

I only had the chance to visit it for a day, though I really enjoyed the visit, looking at recent pictures I see more monuments for the animation studio have gone up, I’ll have to visit again one day 😊 And yes, the mountains really make it perfect!

[@arkadiuskikosok1096]

Great video

[@krytycznymoment9457]

Great vid, i recommend you to come and visit Gliwice :)

[@britinpoland2392]

That was originally part of my plan in the region and ran out of time 😅 to be continued!

[@OldSzkool]

Hey there mate, I like the video and your accent lol. We should join hands sometime, somewhere in Poland.

[@britinpoland2392]

Right back at you mate, took a look at your channel, interesting stuff! Happy to meet for a drink and maybe we could do a video together sometime 👍

[@britinpoland2392]

If you want to find me, check out my Brit in Poland Facebook page, you should be able to work out who I am to contact 🙂

[@OldSzkool]

@@britinpoland2392 Is it also possible to add you on Instagram since that is the social media that I primarily use.

[@britinpoland2392]

@@OldSzkool good call, that would be easier 😅 feel free to look up my Brit in Poland account 👍

[@geo2theo]

the architecture in BB comes from Austro-Hungarian monarchy influence as it was its part. Many classical buildings are just monumental, grand, soaring, over-towering Kraków's architecture

[@britinpoland2392]

Thanks for the extra information ☺️

[@maroanouadi9782]

Im gonna move to Bielsko in a few months. This video comes useful for me. I wanna ask you... Did you find hard to communicate with ppl? I mean they're all speaking English? Thanks a lot

[@britinpoland2392]

It is a lovely place, looks like a great place to live so I hope you enjoy it :) Most places you can get by in English, the tourist office was very helpful for me, cafes and restaurants are good, though in shops it can be mixed so I’d totally recommend learning some basics at least

[@jendrusk]

In Poland, until around 1988, the foreign language taught in schools (from primary ones) was Russian, after this year it was changed to English, so you can expect that most people up to 45 years old will be able to speak English better or worse.

[@mroxygennemroxygenne2939]

Nope, older than younger ones never had a chance to learn it during education process, so even if they do they had to want to learn it by their own

[@andrzej5620]

Bielsko-Biala is not in Silesia, e.g. east part of the city with the city hall is located in Lesser Poland. Through the Klimczok mountain runs the border between the Silesia region and Lesser Poland region. Administrative borders of the Silesian Voividship do not match the theritory of Silesia, the true is that it's theritory combines 50/50 by the eastern parts of Silesia and western parts of Lesser Poland

[@britinpoland2392]

Okay, Wikipedia’s bad in this instance, chatted with some Polish friends tonight and they could see your point on this, thanks for the extra info 👍

[@mroxygennemroxygenne2939]

It is in both, silesia and Polonia Minor as well. Border goes from Klimczok down Biala river separating this two region. That’s why we have Bystra śląska i krakowska on the other side of river, same like Mikuszowice Śląskie i krakowskie and Komorowice śląskie i krakowskie. Biała river is the border, thats basic fact about this unusual town.

[@arturkasza3176]

Well, now, administratively, it's 100% in Silesia region, though historically and culturally, as another comment below points out, it was an urban meeting point between Silesia and Małopolska.

[@andrzej5620]

@@arturkasza3176 there is not such thing as 'Silesia region' e.g. there is nothing silesian on the right bank or not less then lesserpolish on the left bank of Bialka river. Meeting point is always on borders, nothing special in it, but it was rather meeting point between Austria and Poland, Austrian Silesia and Galicia/Lesser Poland

[@arturkasza3176]

@@andrzej5620 You don't question the existence of "województwo śląskie", do you? We know the history. I was born in Biała, went to Kopernik, I know the history of the city and of the region. I mean you don't question the existence of a region? Of course there were micro-level influences and macro-level influences. The historical region of Silesia had completely different borders from today's region, and whether Silesia today can be called a region is a valid discussion. It's probably the most incoherent region in Poland in terms of local identities. I come from 'Podbeskidzie'. But today we have województwo śląskie, and I used the English word 'region' to mean that territorial unit.

[@izabela1961]

Have you seen Bolek&Lolek series? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqSvZoaZa6hsosU

[@britinpoland2392]

Not yet…for sure I should though, thank you for the link 😊

[@annarosen3896]

More history please. What happened during ww2 and afterwards? Was this a German city? What was its German name? Poland tried to erase the German history of the transferred areas. But many German refugees still remember it’s history. Like one of your comments show. Also of course would be useful to mention how many Jews were murdered there

[@oiram89]

You mean how many Jews did Germans murder?

[@frankie_van_Drops]

Ooo man this is city from local society…How you thinking why on the east of Germany today existing soo many polish sounding names of cites and small towns?🤷🏼‍♂️Budziszyn,Lipsk- because Lipa (tree)not Linde tree,Welzow-(because Wełżów),Sebnitz(because Sebnice)Niska,Königswartha- Warta Królewska ….., Chociebuż…. and many many moore.. Your historic truth is a hoax. I love people but historic truth is more complicated story and we dont know more than we learned in school.. German cites in Poland is a Stettin and i give back this city to DE but for example Wroclaw has a Hanza duchy .You should open a wikipedia and dot say misleading theories..🤷🏼‍♂️

[@FUNCIEQ]

Bielsko-Biała is Poland city from 1918