Nowa Huta: Poland's dystopian, communist city! 🇵🇱

[@EdBrinton]

Timestamps: Soviet neighbourhood: 0:50 History of Nowa Huta: 2:40 What is Poland like today: 4:08 Soviet architecture: 5:11 Bunker hunt: 9:10

[@InvictaView]

Nice one. I too found Nova Huta in 2017. I always explore the outskirts. Do tourists ever see anything more than Rynek Glowny? (My much longer comment has disappeared!). Gdansk and its regional surrounds are my favourite in PL. 👍💯🇬🇧✔😎

[@EdBrinton]

@@InvictaView that's weird, KZbin deleted your comment??

[@EdBrinton]

@@InvictaView yeah I did Gdansk back in 2019 was very very beautiful

[@InvictaView]

@@EdBrinton Yes. It was here, in your first comment, or so I thought, yesterday. I could try and repost it. 🤔

[@EdBrinton]

@@InvictaView that's very weird.... KZbin is crazy

[@CzlowiekBilet]

15 years ago it was a no-go zone. If you were crazy and went there you came back with a modified face and no belongings. And now a foreigner happily walking around with a camera. This city has changed A LOT.

[@EdBrinton]

@@CzlowiekBilet really mate? Interesting how things have changed. Poland is the new superpower of Europe I believe

[@Lechonberryph]

Woah that dangerous?

[@archie592]

Loved this content. Would love to see a bit more of Poland in future vids mate

[@EdBrinton]

@@archie592 cheers mate I appreciate that!

[@mandymclan]

Samee

[@lezking5060]

Thanks for an interesting peek into Poland. You're rocking the new hair-do!

[@EdBrinton]

@@lezking5060 thanks so much!

[@Lechonberryph]

@@lezking5060 I wanna go Polska now

[@Lechonberryph]

This is genuinely by far your best video!

[@EdBrinton]

@@Lechonberryph thanks so much

[@Lechonberryph]

Np bro ​@@EdBrinton

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Unfortunately many historic buildings from the communist era are not listed and sold to developers who turn the places into luxury apartments or shops. As to bunkers from the Cold War: many are still in use. The Polish Government keeps maintaining them, and not for nostalgic reasons but because they know they're going to need them.

[@Lechonberryph]

Oh wow really??

[@jacquesmertens3369]

@@Lechonberryph If you're referring to the bunkers: many new ones have been built too, and only the old ones that were easy to maintain are still in place. Obviously the bunkers are not meant for the general public, but only for high-ranking politicians, military staff etc. It's still nothing compared to Switzerland, where every citizen has a reserved spot in one of the thousands of nuclear bunkers.

[@EdBrinton]

Ahhh interesting, a friend from Latvia said a similar thing. Intriguing to see the pattern elsewhere!

[@Lechonberryph]

@@jacquesmertens3369 I wonder if they will build more?

[@Truthseeker1515]

In London, I work with colleagues from Krakow where our bank has offshored operations. They all tell me, everything being equal, they would never move to the UK (although many have been given the opportunity). In Poland, university education is free, heath care is excellent. Great Internet. Good public transport. A number of national parks are close by for hiking in the summer. Overall, a higher standard of living there.

[@EdBrinton]

@@Truthseeker1515 super clean and safe in Poland. Not so much on the so called "west"

[@James-m9k4w]

Interesting

[@Teuwufel]

@@EdBrinton I wouldn't call Poland safe now. Crime-wise, yes it is safe, but it's flooded in many places and it's getting worse.

[@James-m9k4w]

Looks so peaceful and safe but also so intimidating at the same time

[@EdBrinton]

@@James-m9k4w agreed

[@will_n775]

Very interesting to see how the Soviet history has affected certain places still, the brutalist architecture is everywhere, everywhere seems to be really quiet but the levels of discipline is crazy still.

[@EdBrinton]

@@will_n775 yeah it's was super interesting to go, will definitely do more places like this

[@mandymclan]

I think there's a town that worships Stalin in Georgia

[@EdBrinton]

Sorry I had to film inside the bunkers on my phone, wasn't allowed to bring my camera inside! Hope you enjoy 😊

[@edd60]

Worth it Bruv.

[@EdBrinton]

@@edd60 hope you enjoyed mate cheers

[@Lechonberryph]

@@edd60 agree bruva

[@mandymclan]

The bunkers looked very spooky 😮

[@hubertm4870]

Great content. Thanks!

[@EdBrinton]

@@hubertm4870 thanks so much, glad you enjoyed. Much more to come 😉

[@LARACATANA91]

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[@EdBrinton]

@@LARACATANA91 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@wiktorszostekjanik8786]

you are starting the video in the "newest" part of Nowa Huta- Centrum E was built between 1988 and 1995. If i remember correctly not much was really happening before 1990 and the construction started progressing after transformation. In my and many residents opinion this a controversial estate as it differ from Socialist realism architecture of the precinct with its postmodern architecture. choice of colours used for buildings are more typical for 90s in Poland as well other things that you've mentioned in the material are benches- you are correct that they were painted green in the past, but again bench on the video is modern- 1999/2010? old ones were made of casted iron with wooden (green) seating.

[@EdBrinton]

@@wiktorszostekjanik8786 thanks for your comment mate

[@thecior]

Poland never was a soviet republic mate

[@EdBrinton]

@@thecior I know mate, it was a satellite state, I think i accidentally said both in the video in auto pilot 😅

[@mandymclan]

Go go Gori!

[@EdBrinton]

@@mandymclan that's such a good idea

[@edd60]

You went to revive Stalin 😂. Is Soviet Republics dead? The graffiti is bad for the beautiful architecture on the display.

[@EdBrinton]

@@edd60 hahahah pretty much bro

[@marek2733]

0:50 Poland was in soviet block but was not a part of Soviet Union. Referring to Poland as "ex-soviet republic" (you do it also later in the video) is historically incorrect.

[@EdBrinton]

@@marek2733 thanks for pointing that out, yeah I went into autopilot and accidentally said it. Of course Poland was a satellite state heavily influenced by the Ussr. Cheers

[@Lechonberryph]

Ahhhh

[@tommykarate9397]

Stop applying word "Soviet" to Poland and other eastern European block countries! They were never part of Soviet Union! Communist yes, but not Soviet! On the other hand countries like Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Baltic states were part of Soviet Union so applying word "Soviet" towards them would be more appropriate!

[@EdBrinton]

@@tommykarate9397 my apologies if you were offended