There is No Paradise in Hel.. (Poland's Bravest Soldiers Fought Here)

[@jonm7272]

Very sobering to see such memories of war in Poland, given the horrific circumstances currently in their neighbouring country. Sad times for sure. Thanks for sharing with us Pedro.

[@vanDeudekom]

Well the Bunkers on the beach show that freedom is not for free. A lot of people forget that. Have a nice hollyday Pedro and friend, enjoy the days together and enjoy freedom. All the best.

[@u0000-u2x]

or a reminder of how thousands are lead into madness (of war) by a handful.

[@balloon_lifted]

Gdansk was destroyed completely by Rossians when they so called made Poland free. All you see is rebuilt.

[@Dyna-rj9wp]

So called? You real idiot

[@bobdemeyer6944]

Thanks for promoting the Belgian beer in Poland. I am drinking a Duvelke while watching your video. So it looks even better. Cheers 🍻

[@iPedroMota]

Your national tourist bureau should pay me in Duvelkes. Enjoy papa Bob

[@podunkman2709]

Good piwo Belgia! 🤣 I love your beer.

[@bruceleealmighty]

Eclectic as always. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@theosone]

Funky :) You parked under my old students house of the fine art academy, and you passed by some of my and my wifes murals there on the walls of old town :) Cheers!

[@jacverrijt1743]

What will be the next city to visit, I would say: " Kaliningrad" that would be a real adventure. Gdansk is very beautiful, thanks again for sharing the travelling videos. Keep on riding!

[@iPedroMota]

Keep going north east for a bit. I was so down for Kaliningrad but because of tensions with Europe no visas. That also meant no Moscow/St. Petersburg/Murmansk, which was always the idea if I ever headed this way. Killed the adventure part since I was keen on leaving Europe for a bit. Cheers Jac

[@SebastianD1977]

Pedro, on your way to Kaliningrad you can see more bunkers in wolfschanze near Kętrzyn, Hitler headquarter. Whish i could meet you but I'm in Romania on transalp now. Greetings from your polish fan.

[@iPedroMota]

Cool stuff, cheers

[@ourhudlathome8885]

Your outro soundtrack was very fitting, you're a lucky man alright. There was a small solidarity museum in Gdansk when I was there, in an underground bunker, really interesting.

[@Anath525]

Looking really forward to seeing the historical bits, like finding the roman bridges! Loved how you went into the bunker. Glad your having a good time out there man.

[@iPedroMota]

Good to hear, walk in Gdansk next. Cheers

[@michawasiewicz3139]

You got one thing wrong- Poland as a country never capitulated to Germany.

[@tomford5495]

230 km East of Gdańsk, toward your destination, you can find famous Wolfsschanze, and 21 km further Wehrmacht field headquarter, where the real assasination on Hitler took place. There is a complex of bunkers with a lot of history about. Higly recommended. In the area, there are nice and clean lakes with good hotels, nice music and tasty beer.

[@G58]

That’s interesting. Please tell us more.

[@ku8adop]

@@G58 Hitler was almost killed there

[@lpete531]

good to see you met someone to share your adventures with, she is definitely better looking 🤣 be safe 🙏🏽

[@_Killkor]

Speaking of Hel, I've found this information about it's unusual name: "In the Old Polish language (X-XV c.) The name Hel means "dune, wilderness, headland", from which, apart from Hel, the earlier name of Elbląg - "Helbląg" was also supposed to be derived. Some researchers point to its source in Germanic languages. On a Dutch map from the 17th century, the entire peninsula is called Heel." To an average Polish person the name Hel doesn't sound like anything - it's just a name. However, Poles have their own word for hell - "piekło" (lit. a place, where people are roasted alive). Fun fact - there is at least one village in Poland named Piekło. :D

[@Gubbe51]

The name Hel can't be of old Polish ancestry. Native Polish words have never a "h" letter. Only words borrowed from Germanic, Latin, Ukrainian or Czech languages are spelled with an "h".

[@_Killkor]

@@Gubbe51 Yep, I've included the Germanic origin in there, which is further down the line. I knew that a lot of Polish words containing h are loanwords, but I didn't actually know it was literally all of them. That's interesting. I've never looked that deep into it, but on PWN I've found a piece of information confirming what you've said. After that I've been trying to find at least one word containing h that is of Polish origin. Unsurprisingly I've failed so it really must be true then. Well, I haven't been searching that long, so there could exist some weird neologism that contains h and is a native word, who knows. Languages keep evolving as we speak...

[@Gubbe51]

@@_Killkor Find one, and you will be famous. Be aware of misspellings. Poles with little education often write H instead of CH. Especially the obscene word for penis.

[@undefinednull5749]

@@Gubbe51 But Ch is a distinct sound from h and it's rarely differentiated nowadays because of ignorance and bad educational system. Are you saying that true Polish words could not have had been starting starting with ch sound? As Chel? Or Cheł? Pchełm? Or what else?

[@rafalkaminski6389]

@@Gubbe51 hola, hola, a hejże ha?!

[@TexasTacoKiller]

Really dig the history lesson, reminds me of when you were doing the whole Roman bridges and encampments... but those woods are very spooky, was expecting zombies but got another day drinker 🤣👍🏻 y'all on a roll

[@tutajjestem]

Pięknie ✌

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Gdynia is also worth to visit, IT was set as a Polish port and a city before wwii when the Polish have some problems with the german in using Gdańsk, so IT quite modern architecture :)

[@iPedroMota]

Now I understand how two harbors developed, cheers

[@royal-enfield-japan]

The wartime remains are very interesting, thank you for making me feel like I am travelling abroad. From a Japanese rider.

[@mishaalexi2664]

Nice series man, keep them coming. You are one strong dude, I wonder what kind of cardio work you do. Once upon a time, I was a professional athlete, so I'm always interested in other athlete's training regimen and diet. Marishka is also strong, I think naturally, I also saw her kick fairly high in an earlier video, martial arts training? Poland is interesting.

[@iPedroMota]

I was mountain biking and going on jogs/runs to get the body going again. Once on the road with the weight lifting routine I haven't done any cardio, only the walks around places. Doing intermitted fasting but it has been impossible to count calories on the road. She's deep into yoga.

[@Litwinus]

In front of the jastarnia, you can visit the place that was supposed to be blown up so that Hel becomes an island.

[@wnicklas]

You are a lovely couple Pedro 👍🏻 ❤️

[@czarekp3552]

SPECIAL... my introduction to beer

[@marcos72vs56]

Muito legal lugar bonito 👍🇧🇷

[@podunkman2709]

"-Syn.. mój... Norwegia... arbaith... łosoś... ryba... good piwo, polski.... polski lech" 🤣🤣🤣 You're so skilled in communication. I love the way you interact with locals. "-Kalingrad is ruski" 🙂

[@piterblues]

This Neptune from 14'19 '' was also sculpted by my heartfelt friend Tomasz Radziewicz

[@piterblues]

Pedro, if you like artifacts from the Second World War, then you should go to Hitler's Quarter near Kętrzyn. "Wolf's Lair" There was an attack on Hitler about which the film with Tom Cruise Valkiria tells about. Regards !!!

[@gioni_mango]

You should make a collab vid with Freddie Dobbs! I beleive he's in Lithuania right now. He'd made a great video on the Transalp that I'm sure you'd agree 100% with! Cheers

[@yorkchris10]

Polish Forces seem to be a bit like French. I know they participated in the "Battle of Britain" and "Market Garden" in WW2.

[@kajosan79]

Only in contrast to the Franco-British forces in France, Polish forces defended themselves on the front line several times longer, and the Soviets attacked from the east. So there is no comparison here. The more so that the Poles counted on the fulfillment of allied obligations by the French, who were to attack Germany from the west and help them. Of course, they didn't. History repeats itself, and we see how Germany is "willing" to help Ukraine.

[@mpingo91]

Battle of Britain, Market Garden, Battles of Narvik, the defense of France and Dunkirk, defense of the fortress of Tobruk in North Africa, Battle for Rome and the famous capture of Monte Cassino, Battle of Ancona and Bologna, battle route through France with the great armored battle of Falaise. Let's also not forget the Eastern Front. Two Polish armies acting together with the Red Army pushed the Germans out of Polish territory, fought in Czechoslovakia, and finally in Germany where they took part in the capture of Berlin. So there was much more to it.

[@hugoferreira17]

Excelente

They are not "dolphin" but harbour porpoise

[@Krystof1956]

This one it was a polish bunker

[@luksweam]

7:35 'Special' is the cheapest local Gdańsk-area beer. I wouldn't call it 'good' but it's drinkable when really fresh. Still better then heineken, though LOL 'Funny' how you can tell you are heading East by growing number of men drinking alcohol from the morning in public places...

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Kashubians are a minority that live at the seaside, close relative to the Polish, but have its language :)

[@mpingo91]

They're not minority, they're just inhabitants of Kashubia region.

[@paulwassenaar8351]

I've already watched the last part 4 times 🤣 What did you have for dinner at the end of the video? Your recipe or her's?

[@iPedroMota]

Oats with milk, protein breakfast of champions (or any time of the day if it's one of those days like today)

[@skaraborgcraft]

JFC Pedro, how much weight was on that bar? My back almost popped just watching (3 popped discs)

[@iPedroMota]

Haha easy now, yeah trying to avoid that cheers. The goal is 2x bodyweight, that day was a max of 132kg. As I travel further I have more footage of training but it would bore most viewers (that is on this channel) so got to keep it short.

[@skaraborgcraft]

@@iPedroMota I could do that in my 20s, lifted an XJ900 engine in and out of a frame into the back of a car. Workout vids should come with a health warning, i still got back ache. Keep it up.

[@mpingo91]

You betrayed your homeland by saying that Belgian beer is better, but at the same time you told the truth, which absolves you completely. :D

[@iPedroMota]

Treason it is! At this stage in life pilsners won't cut it, less is more and special beer does just that. The Dutch have La Trappe though which is up there with the Belgians.

[@dzikidzik1752]

PEDRO WITAMY W POLSCE !!! TO MIŁE, ŻE POSTANOWIŁEŚ ODWIEDZIĆ I NASZ KRAJ, WŁAŚNIE TAM BYLIŚMY Z BRATEM NA NASZYCH TRANSALPACH, ŚWIETNIE WAS WIDZIEĆ W TYM MIEJSCU JAKŻE BARDZO ZNANYM W POLSCE

[@jimfrederiksen2519]

polen laver super godt øl👍👍

[@enduromotorradtouren]

Oops, Gdansk looked a lot different (grey) in Communist times. Maybe I should visit it again. Or follow both you on your trip ;-) Günter from Nürnberg/Germany

[@iPedroMota]

Do you remember if those old buildings were less colorful? There was one place just outside the main tourist zone that was still not renovated and it looked old and grey.

[@enduromotorradtouren]

@@iPedroMota Less colourful? They looked grey and shabby in those days. But even Western cities and villages looked a lot less colourful decades ago. Only the cars were joyously bright ;-)

[@czarekp3552]

have you been asked.... told to pay eightfold, or else? i'm a Gdynia boy myself... not born, but bred

[@x_Paulo_Nogueira_x]

Bunkers... a remaining reality of old USSR. Watching you training makes me think i "should" do the same... but im lazy like "Hel" 😅❤✌

[@iPedroMota]

Do it Paulo, you will be a beast

Those Sęp and Saragosa are are from 1939.

[@karryhoward3946]

Hello Guys,

[@Miszaification]

Hel yeah

[@jan-willemcoppens6669]

Where's the donate button, wanted to donate a Duvelke 4u and a Chouffe for the handsome part of your movie ;-)

[@kubamosakowski7350]

2:40 da wae

[@jasegp8933]

Great new style of videos and any women that goes to hell and back with you is a keeper.

[@johnvaleriewelbers2995]

🤓😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦🥂

[@TexasTacoKiller]

deez Nut'z 😆