Why We Chose Poland as Our New Home 🇵🇱 (vs. Other EU Countries)

After we left Ukraine and crossed the border into Poland, we had to choose a country to make our home with potentially all of the EU open for us.
The choice was obvious: Poland.

[@janallan3390]

I am not a big traveller - but I have to admit that I would travel to Poland and visit and give them my tourism, as my small way of thanking them for what they have done for so many - they deserve the recognition and gratitude for what they have done for Ukrainian people.

[@jancieslak8479]

👍🇵🇱💓

[@maciekwr]

You wouldn’t regret it, Poland has got so much to offer :) There’s something for everyone there.

[@albin2232]

Poland gets under your skin. You go there once and you want to go back. ❤️ 🇵🇱 from 🇬🇧.

[@meteuor2859]

Jan, visit us. And thanks a lot for this nice statement

[@namelastname8D]

Don't worry if any Poles you meet will seem to be too blunt or even brutally honest for your liking. It is not because we are a bunch of rude brutes. Our history - partitions and 123 years of russification/germanization then WWII and 45 years of soviet occupation. That was almost 200 years of living in a hostile environment, where being open with others could end up with you and your family being sent to siberian gulag and with no space for courtesy. So, we will bombard you with honesty to show you that we trust you. If you get called "friend" by Polish people - that's for life. You'll gonna love it!

[@MilesPerWeek]

Poland is a very safe, beautiful and cool country. Love Polska from Latvija 🇱🇻🇵🇱

[@mariuszw9665]

Depends on how you define word "safe". We don't have criminals and drug addicts everywhere, so chances of being kidnapped, robbed or shot to death are very slim.. Having said that, being invaded by Germany and Russia is our national tradition.

[@vattghern257]

@@mariuszw9665 kolejny z tym marazmem. edit: Poczytaj sobie jak w sami w wojnie pokonaliśmy Austriaków w 1809 roku. i podbiliśmy część galicji. bez pomocy wojskowej Napoleona i Niemców.

[@danielhanza9795]

"Łotwa

[@SebaStian-zw9cp]

Poland loves Latvia✌👋

[@mariuszw9665]

@@vattghern257 Od kiedy to fakty historyczne są marazmem? I jak to kolejny, jest tu ktoś jeszcze z tym komentarzem? Dawaj mi go tu! "Poczytaj sobie (...)" kolejny z tymi wywodami... Znam historię.

[@MS-dp6mn]

Dzięki miło to wszystko słyszeć :) Czujcie się jak w domu. Albo niech to będzie wasz dom :) .

[@mikka1508]

Szacunek! Uważam tak samo!

[@alibali193]

Where I live in Scotland we have a large polish community and they are very hard working good people. They are working hard to support Poland with the refugees.

[@grzessarnecki]

If only we could remove Scotland from UK and tow to Baltic that would be great. Been holidaying in Scotland years ago Great and Beautiful country.

[@marcocifoletti8885]

I really like how you look at Poland and how you notice all positive things that make this country very special. I moved to Poland over 10 years ago and I remember that I had the same reasons that you have listed, besides of course the outstanding support and engagement for Ukraine that we see now. Polish is indeed difficult, but as an Ukrainian speaker, in some months you will for sure be able to communicate with no major issues. Good luck and best wishes for Maryna's pregnancy, God bless you! PS: You have definitely to visit Cracow (and Wrocław too).

[@PawelFilip7777]

Wrocław is the best ;)))

[@CARRAGER_]

ANd how you like Poland after this 10 years? Are you disappointed or satisfied?

[@marcocifoletti8885]

@@CARRAGER_ I love Poland, but winters are too long.

[@CARRAGER_]

@@marcocifoletti8885 I love Poland during winter. Zakopane is amazing

[@mkozlinski]

@@marcocifoletti8885 What winters? We haven't got any winters for 10 years at least :)

[@kenkeneth4964]

I wish both of you the best time of your life in my home Poland.

[@Ajfel82]

It's incredible to see that after having to leave Ukraine, going through Lublin and Gdańsk you decided to pick a spot in the Ochota borough of Warsaw. I appreciate how curious of Warsaw you are, walking around it without a plan, just to discover it. There are pleasant spots close to where your apartment seems to be. Once it gets warmer try a coffee in Green Cafe Nero on plac Narutowicza. You can sip it while enjoying the view of historic trams (they are scheduled on weekends during the warmer season). If you prefer a quieter spot (and even better coffee) try Cafe Filtry. There are multiple beaches on the river bank. One of them is right next to the stadium where Irina registered for her PESEL number. Welcome to Warsaw!

[@robertnocznicki8999]

Szkoda, że klubu Filtry nie ma to by się jeszcze wyszaleli przed dzieckiem lol

[@MaximVani]

I envy your enthusiasm for simple things.

[@youwouldntbelieveit89]

Polish people are amazing, beautiful place great country, it feels weird that most of European Countries don't even bother to look deeply into the Poland what Poland has to offer, but now when is the conflict between Ukraine and Russia everybody almost everybody choosing Poland as a main place for holiday or stay for good, before conflict Poland wasn't even considered as a good, friendly, beautiful country just all negatives why because most of the people used to choose Greece, Spain, Croatia or other countries over Poland 🇵🇱 I've been so many times in Poland, basically extremely nice people, so much to do and see, don't judge books by its cover 📖 I can recommend you Poland, you won't regret it😎

[@Aldrenas]

You both have to meet Roman (youtube: Roman FanPolszy). He's from Transnistria and is living in Warsaw now. The reason why i recommend meeting him is simple. He's perfected Polish language super fast what took him to the next level of integration with polish people, meeting new friends and discovering absolute gems of this country. Contact him, i'm sure he'll be glad to meet you.

[@KaRol-yx9ef]

Fantastic idea!

[@dakey2k6]

One year. He’s my friend. ✌️

[@Cypekeh]

He moved to Poland only a year ago, not 5 years

[@Aldrenas]

​@@Cypekeh That's right! I'meant he's fluent for 5 years.

[@Aldrenas]

@@dakey2k6 Right! Maybe You can encourage him and propose a little interviev like he always does with interesting people.

[@marcinlesniak6249]

I'm glad you've decided to stay in Poland for good. I hope Ukraine will win the war and Ukrainian people (with the help of the world) rebuild it to be a wonderful country.

[@agnieszkaolszewska6079]

What is "winning"?! This is not about "victory" in the usual meaning..

[@marcinlesniak6249]

@@agnieszkaolszewska6079 Winning the war is self explanatory! I can see now that you're a russian troll so get lost and move to Russia if you love their system so much!! You should be ashamed of yourselves!!

[@belmounlv1]

Rebuild with Oligarchs $$$$, whay tgey stole from the people, Communist state assets.

[@emulation2369]

Lol, never happen

[@baryton76]

@@agnieszkaolszewska6079 Pushing Russian troops out of hall Ukrainian theritory before 2014.

[@connorpatrick5948]

You are a very wise man. It's worth listening to you. Your parents raised you well. I wish you a lot of happiness and love.

[@planetjames95]

That’s a very nice thing to say. And I thank you for it.

[@ysy662]

I kind of liked you both from a get go. I hope you will like it here! Poland will benefit from having you and you will benefit from our hospitality and good nature. Most of the Ukrainians get fluent in Polish or at least conversational within no more than a year. Of course I don't take the 100% of proper grammar to the account.

[@planetjames95]

I like you too. Thanks for being here.

[@ysy662]

@@planetjames95 Your baby will have 3 passports ...from day 1 😁😁👍

[@tomekdarda]

I just returned from Germany (Berlin and the surroundings and I know the western parts too), where I studied for a while, to Poland and indeed, the infrastructure, especially in the bigger cities is already comparable, often even a bit better in PL as it was just built and is physically newer. Germany still tops Poland in terms of raw number and frequency of public transportation connections, but it's not that far off, and Warsaw itself is really excellent at that already. Poland has already topped Portugal and Greece in terms of what you can buy for your average pay in the country and is closing upon Spain and Italy, so there's that too. Apart from those technicalities, I want to thank you for being such great people - you, together with so many other people from Ukraine (but also other countries) help us in becoming a more open society, which lacked since the catastrophe of WW2 and the tragic annihilation of various minorities. I love Ukraine (I had a plan of moving to Lviv for some time this year and visit more of the country) and after the war is won I think the bond formed right now is going to take us to great places together. It was hard to hold tears when you talked about the last main reason of staying in Poland. Greetings from Kraków and feel invited for a free tour of the old royal capital (I am a professional tour guide). Slava Ukraini!

[@mikka1508]

Za ten tekst przesyłam Panu najszczersze ukłony z Warszawy. Czytając go poczułem dumę że jestem Polakiem i to co Pan opisał rozumiem jako Polski honor. Im więcej szczęśliwych ludzi niezależnie od narodowości bądź orientacji tym wspanialszy będzie nasz Kraj :)

[@tomekdarda]

@@mikka1508 odkłaniam się i serdecznie pozdrawiam Warszawę! W Niemczech czy Hiszpanii dobrze się nam mieszkało, ale fajnie mieć poczucie, że się samemu coś zbudowało, infrastruktura to jedno, ale najważniejsze jest otwarte społeczeństwo dbające o swoją wolność. Mamy w tej dziedzinie spoooro do ogarnięcia, ale to jest właśnie moment, kiedy to robimy. Przed wojną studiowałem w Niemczech z Ukraińcami, i uczyłem się jak bardzo w ostatnich 10 latach społeczeństwo UA zmieniło się w mocno otwarte, takie, gdzie ukraińskość bierze się z nie z krwi, ale z poczucia i wartości (są sondaże jasno to pokazujące). Ukraińcem może być etniczny Gruzin, Ormianin, Tatar czy i nawet Rosjanin, jeśli tylko się nimi czują i dzielą wartości, mentalne "bariery wejścia" są niższe niż z Polsce. A kraj jest bardzo różnorodny etnicznie, dużo bardziej niż Polska. Uczą nas teraz tego.

[@Martin-lm8xp]

"bond formed right now is going to take us to great places together. " Yep, you will become better source of cheap labour force. Lets not gonna lie. Poland like others Eastern European countries will always be behind Germany and the rest of the West. And because of that ppl there will always want to move west. It's funny how you guys still dream about some bright future, while your fate is to either be Russian minion-countries or countries-factories for Western Europe (and China or Japan).

[@alekm5646]

​@@Martin-lm8xp Some jealous Spaniard over there. Go cry at 16% unemployment.

[@alekm5646]

@@Martin-lm8xp Wait, why are you literally Polish? WTF? Are you a troll?

[@MichalKaczorowski]

I miss Warsaw (I studied here). I don't have time to visit and your channel is like nice trip there. I can't wait for summer and green trees ;)

[@planetjames95]

Thanks for being here

[@MrBlef666]

James, welcome to Poland! Warsaw is a fantastic place. Please check out Ochota, Rakowiec and Szczęśliwice as well. Good communication (tram, buses) plus close proximity of train station (Warszawa Zachodnia), close to bigger shopping malls, a lot of restaurants and all.

[@Eva-vw6ol]

you've got a 'like' for properly noticing 'central European mentality', not 'eastern', spot on.

[@conradsz]

It's the Polish DNA, we share some of that Eastern "soul" but on the other hand we've always felt a part of the West (Latin alphabet, Roman Catholicism, architecture,etc.). It's a true Central European blend.

[@samosa6540]

Eastern is nothing offending. I love personally that Poland is a mix of east and west mentality

[@fpsmeter]

You're right, purchasing power and overall quality of life in Poland is really good. In big cities, especially in Warsaw it's practically on par with western European cities. Central European countries such as Poland, Czechia or Slovakia made huge progress in the last 20-30 years. I remember going to Austria back in 1995 it was like completely different world. Nowadays, you cross Czechia-Austria border and villages and towns look almost the same.

[@ChristopherJohnsons]

Well, I recently went from Germany to the polish-ukrainian border to deliver humanitarian help. When we crossed the polish-german border everything went down hill. The cell phone reception was almost not existent, bathrooms along the highway were broken and the streets were in quite poor condition. Just to make it clear: That was on our way back, crossing from Poland into Germany.

[@PsyborgMJ]

5:35 - good one! "Ż" and "RZ" are pronounced the same as Ukrainian "Ж" - there's only like 1% of words where "RZ" is pronounced separately as "R" and "Z" as for "W" = "V" = Ukrainian "В"

[@Destroy666x]

,Not quite correct, "rz" after consonants is actually Ukrainian "ш" a lot of the time. "przybory", "trzepaczka", "krzemień", etc. From what I remember it's basically after the silent ones or however they're called in English. Only after vowels it's "Ж" almost every time, even though there's exception with being at the end of the end of the word, like in "lekarz". There it's "ш" again, "lekarze" is normal "Ж" though.

[@PsyborgMJ]

@@Destroy666x You're right, however teaching a language beginner starts from general rules. Throwing all those exceptions at a beginner can become overwhelming pretty fast. Besides, Ż"/"RZ" (ukr. "Ж") is a voiceless "SZ" (ukr. "Ш") and pronounciation of Ż"/"RZ" often depends on the speaker/situation/etc. Most often it's pronounced as partly voiced consonant - something between "Ж" and "Ш". Trying to be 100% exact simply defeats the purpose of making the learning of Polish language simple and easy...

[@Destroy666x]

@@PsyborgMJ it is a general rule though. Providing misinformation can also lead to learning it wrong.

[@spotlight3465]

@@Destroy666x Nie wiem z jakiego regionu pochodzisz, jednak w wyrazach które wymieniłeś nie ma wymowy "sz" a bardziej coś pomiędzy "sz" a "rz", takie twardsze "sz", lżejsze "rz". Spróbuj wypowiedzieć te wyrazy z "sz" z wyrazu "szum", od razu brzmią zbyt łagodnie.

[@6r0k3n5t3ps]

ZmaRZłem

[@hanna8418]

When leaves and flowers start coming out I would like to recommend Łazienki, it’s a beautiful park and it’s a nicest walk you’ll ever take... look it up so you don’t miss any part of it 💕

[@macpolandtour446]

Thank you for what you've said. You give us, Poles, new perspective for Poland and Poles. We can see it with your eyes better than with ours, and we can appreciate even more what we have, what we've achieved in the last 30 years, how the country has changed. And of course the people are the most important. That's why we as a society do, what we do, what should be done. That is why thousands of Poles open their homes and hearts to help those in need. The word HOSPITALITY, which has defined us for many years, is not a pure slogan, it's an attitude towards others. Welcome to Poland, your new home! :-)

[@deltus3x]

If you want check real beach in Warsaw you need go on the right side of Warsaw (near national stadium) it's just under the Most(bridge) Poniatowski it's call Plaża Poniatówka(beach poniatówka). Especially that on the right side of the Vistula you can see, preferably skyscrapers and the Royal Castle, just the left side of Warsaw. Good views, preferably at night. A few days ago, they started building the first in Warsaw bridge 452m long just for pedestrian and bicycle, they will probably not finish construction until 2024. It will connect rightside with leftside.

[@vinyamee]

Welcome to Poland! Witamy w Polsce! 🇵🇱

[@marialada509]

…, bo nigdzie więcej niczego nie dostaniecie kosztem płatników podatku . ,…..ot cały sekret waszej decyzji.

[@Aneczka911]

@@marialada509 ogladasz ich?obydwoje pracuja,placa za wszystko sami

[@trisha2899]

@@marialada509 o proszę, jest i Pan Maruda, niszczyciel dobrej zabawy, pogromca uśmiechów dzieci😈 Dobrze, że przypomniałaś o szpetnej gębie tego wspaniałego narodu. A ja już się ucieszyłam, że jednak wyjechaliście wszyscy do Budapesztu albo na Sam Eskobar. No nic, trudno - pozwól chociaż cieszyć się ludziom, którzy czują się tu dobrze i bezpiecznie. Witamy w Polsce - jeszcze przyjdzie wiosna, będzie jeszcze pięknie🌿

[@matt112fly]

You're a great speaker/story teller! On a side note, you pronounced the "stary żoliborz" street name veeery well! 😳 I'm actually surprised

[@planetjames95]

I'm surprised too!

[@berzerkinglemur6534]

@@planetjames95 Another fun fact: the name Żoliborz is basically a combination of two words, French "jolie" and Polish "bór". It means neither less nor more "beautiful forest" :-)

[@mariostepien4526]

przyjacielu to Polska wybrała Was, to jest ta magia...całuje i pozdrawiam . Chwała bohaterom, wolna Ukraina !

[@btc6753]

"Slava Ukraini" part of the salute first invented in 1920s by League of Ukrainian Fascists. Same fascists that caused Wolyn genocide.

[@agnieszkaolszewska6079]

No niestety. Polacy nie znają historii. Poles should NEVER say that slogan!

[@norsedefender4610]

Powinienes sie wstydzic za te slowa Wolyn i okolice 1942-1943 Ukraincy wymordowali 60.000 polakow a ty glombie ich chwalisz Wstyd i chanba dla Polskiego narodu za takiego obywatela

[@PierreDolniety]

all your conclusion are spot on...Poland is a best choice...trust me.

[@vonrogovski]

Congratz and welcome!

[@ivooo007]

Cant wait for you to experiance Summer in Warsaw. :D. Keep up with great videos!

[@Litwinus]

As a Pole, I am happy about one thing in this sad reality of the war - that we Poles, as a nation, have passed the test of being human.

[@mordie31]

Man, stumbled upon your channel today, really have to thank you for your posts. Makes me super homesick but love the updates and your general atittude. You remind me of myself, especially the way you comment about infrastructure and architecture. I'm born in Warsaw but grew up and live in Australia, so yeah, but looking forward to coming back later this year if all goes to plan. PS. I don't think I've left so many comments on any one channel ever before! Seem to have to comment on every video of yours I watch. Really dig your energy. You're going to have a good life in Poland; it chose you as much as you chose it. Peace.

[@roberturbanczyk204]

8:43 it's named trylinka, polish pre war prefabricated pavement system. It's kept like that original way as it was before ww2. That's how Warsaw might look like now if Germans have at least payed reparations after WW2 and we weren't occupied by soviets. The most interesting part of Żoliborz is close to cytadela

[@bartomiejklucznik4296]

System has been designed before WW2, but it was widely used in Poland also during socialist era. In fact, now it is hard to find original pre-war trylinka street.

[@techTFQ]

Very nice vlog.. enjoyed watching it

[@wawa_marek8491]

That place you called "Old town" is in fact "Nowe miasto" (New town).

[@MrEndriu1990]

I hope you will find here your new home :-). Great video!

[@gryglakk]

Glad you guys are staying for the time being, I am glad you are enjoying Poland! When it comes to the Wisła river the left bank is the "city" side with the concrete stairs, benches and restaurants/bars while on the Praga side it's more wild. Right below the stadium is Poniatówka beach, a cool place to chill during the summer and you have a killer view of the skyline and the sunsets are awesome. Between the coast and the road are bike and running paths that go pretty much through the whole city in a north-south axis. In places it feels like you're in some far away forest but really you're in the middle of the city. :D

[@paulfisker]

30 minutes passed like 5 :D Thank You for honest VLOG and interresting, personal trip!!!

[@olinmaker]

Bardzo ładna reklama naszej wspaniałej Polski. Dziękuję! Świetny materiał, bardzo dobry opis naszych zalet, co nie jest tak oczywiste wśród samych Polaków. Poczekajcie z Mariną na wiosnę i lato, oraz naszą "polską złotą jesień" będziecie zachwyceni odwiedzając kawiarnie i restauracje. Pozdrowienia i wszystkiego dobrego!

[@kasiaa8568]

I'm glad that you guys are safe, happy and doing well. God bless you on your new journey. You guys are great 👍 💞

[@albin2232]

Love that thumbnail. You both look great 👍 Healthy and happy. Take care friends ❤️ from Colin 🇬🇧

[@smko]

You should meet @Roman FanPolszy. He's from Transnistria and he moved to Warsaw one year ago. It would be nice colab. Glad you chosen Poland!

[@marekzlomianek4229]

Roads, infrastructure, cycle paths all improved hugely in the last 10 years - with the help of a lot of EU funding. The cycle path you were on by the river takes you all the way from the forest in Młociny in the north on the edge of the Kampinoski national park all the way to Wilanów in the south of the city (which many have recommended already) and on to Konstancin-Jeziorna which is a nice spa town also popular in summer. Biggest beach in the summer is on the other side of the river close to the national stadium you visited the other day.

[@SpojrzenieRomana]

Nie zesraj sie z zachwyty

[@piotrpan7862]

Everything bought on credit. Stupid behaviour

[@GinsengStrip-wt8bl]

@@piotrpan7862 yeah, very stupid behaviour. Countries with lowest debt except for small Hong Kong include: Burnei, Tuvalu, Timor, Congo, Afghanistan. Rich places, nice to live. Some crazy development going on out there with no credit at all.

[@alh6255]

I have been living in Warsaw for 30 years and I can assure you that very good infrastructure appeared there about 22-23 years ago, not 10. The last 10 years are mainly more intensive development of bicycle paths and reconstruction of the boulevards on the Vistula River. On the other hand, very good public transport has always been here (at least the old Varsovians' say that), no matter whether before the Second World War, during the communist times or after 1989. Although, of course, the last 20-15 years are the best in its history - they have made it assessed as one of the best in Europe.

[@sebastienrobert5179]

Yes I’am French and I have been the first time in Poland by bus in 2004 and the highway was awful and a few years later! All has been fixed and the country rising up with many Galleria at each big city like at Katowice and krakow! Galleria krakowska is just close to the central station! A lovely spot in winter for shopping ✌️

[@Terenia531]

Nice to see you so relaxed

[@wiktorwisniewski7655]

I'm really happy for you guys, I wish you and Marina all the best, treat PL as your new home :). Warsaw is wonderful place to live(I know cause Im studying here). Wait for the summer, Łazienki are beautiful!

[@negrotic]

Welcome home man! Happy to have you in Poland. All the best.

[@nixonGD]

So glad to have you two here with us in Poland guys :) I'm a little bit sorry you left Gdańsk for Warsaw but I wish you make yourselves at home and feel well in Poland. Good luck!

[@veevoir]

Howdy Neighbour! 22:38 that is a dock, there is limited travel using Wisła as waterway.. definitely not a diving place. It is a pretty treacherous river, people usually don't swim in Wisła. If you noticed - there are a few barges also moored on this side of the river - in spring/summer they open up as bars/clubs. Biggest "party zone" of the river is between Most Gdański (bridge) and then going upstream all the way to Most Łazienkowski (also a bridge) ending in Czerniakowski Port. PS: Most of the beaches are on the other side of the river, one notable being right next to the National Stadium. Good luck!

[@magdaniedzielska8624]

I'm super excited how you will dicover new place, you point of view will very interesting for me :)

[@kochamkozy6154]

I told you that Żoliborz is great! I'm glad you found a small beach there. There is a much larger beach on the other side of the river, close to the stadium. Aaand I saw you on the street today. I work close to this place 2:20 😄

[@peterdembinski5205]

Keep exploring Warsaw. There is alot to enjoy here. Like your approach and attitude...very refreshing and down to earth. Foodie heaven as well.

[@tomsamsungandroid5402]

Fun fact: you didn't want to go to the Portugal but you go to Biedronka which is portuguese 🙂

[@sojka7417]

I recommend You to visit Royal Castle in Warsaw and Wilanów Palace before the spring heat hits.

[@jspbipro]

Nice tour of the city. Good choice on Poland..summer shoud be great.

[@mrolympiawmarkach132]

Yaay you visited my neighborhood and you pronounced very well name Stary Żoliborz, very nice video.

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

Żoliborz - perfectly pronounced 👍

[@scillaburton7160]

Thank u for this beautiful video. I live in the US and I've never been able to afford any travel as an adult, but I went on a school trip to Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. It was a wonderful experience and I just wish I had got to see more of Poland. I'm glad u and your family are safe, and looking forward to more of your videos 😇.

[@hddhubya]

Cool video

[@cinkbert]

For sure check out Wilanów area!

[@MrTommys4]

Dobry wybór. Pożyjesz w Polsce to zobaczysz tu jest naprawdę fajnie. Jeden z najbezpieczniejszych krajów na świecie. A kultura Polaków zachwyca cały świat. Pozdrawiam i życzę miłego dnia.

[@Daan495]

@@marialada509 skad w tobie tyle jadu

[@lookwhosinsideagain3489]

@@Daan495 ta pani pisze same takie komentarze, może zazdrości Ukraińcom zbombardowanych domów bo też by miala pomoc "za darmo"

[@Daan495]

@@lookwhosinsideagain3489 pewnie gowno robi, a najwiecej gada to typowe u takiego niżu społecznego, tzw patologii.

[@jakubkful]

@@Daan495 Jest też opcja, że to radziecki trol. Sporo ich w ostatnim czasie.

[@przewoz83]

5:42 - Stary Żoliborz - perfect pronunciation! Nice and calm place (although I personally prefer areas further from the center). 10:50 and you are at Fort Sokolnickiego, 18:15 - there are more popular beaches next to the Poniatowski Bridge (on the Praga side), but I think, more popular beaches in the summer are located near Jezioro Zegrzyńskie in Nieporęt and Zegrze (20km outside Warsaw, accessible by SKM train and city buses). 26:30 - I think that Poles themselves do not have such a high opinion of themselves as you do :) Times are difficult, but I guess dealing with such matters is in our blood :]

[@enhifhupwq]

Welcome to my home. You will be welcome here no question asked.

[@Anna-eS.]

Wish I could meet you guys when you gonna be exploring Poznań one day :)

[@helenama1960]

30:04 That's Kamienne Schodki! I believe it holds the record for the shortest street in Europe. Its pretty popular with artists and there's some records about Napoleon staring at Wisła (which you pronounced really weel by the way!) from it

[@kajko2123]

it's so nice to hear that you feel comfortable here - witamy w domu

[@kris2455]

"I am sure it will be more beautiful in the summer" somehow describes Poland in the spring very very well 😂 Yeah, everything looks better in the sunshine. I'm also looking forward to the summer

[@mikka1508]

You got that right dude ;)

[@marekkwapisiewicz2675]

In Poland food is cheaper than in Ukraine. I have read once that this is because Poland has more modern food production technology and more companies that are urged to compete for customers keeping prices lower.

[@planetjames95]

This is most likely very true.

[@Dd-xl1vz]

@@planetjames95 if you like Japaniese food pls visit Uki Uki at Krucza Str. in the Center. You can speak English in the most restaurants and bars and with young people :-)

[@janeoxley4829]

Good video, I noticed on the list of most difficult languages in the world Turkish is listed as the 5th most difficult, I learnt Turkish in my mid twenties, and did not find it that difficult and learnt to speak to an almost fluent level.

[@piotrszymura78]

Thanks mate, you have earned another three points of support, Liverpool, Warrington and Mancchester. You are welcomed.

[@agnieszkazuk]

Thank you for all these warm words about Poland and Polish people! Back in time almost no one was saying such things about us :-) Ciepło się robi na sercu. Dziękuję :-)

[@maciekwr]

If you see Lukullus pattiserrie you must go and try mango matcha jasmine dessert - it's INSANELY good ;) Get Marina and treat yourself to a coffee and a gorgeous cake. You'll also love Warsaw even more when it gets warmer :)

[@Deailon]

It is great you will stay in Poland :) See you soon on the streets of Warsaw! If you would need any help learning Polish, just ask :) PS. Actually the old town you visited is called the New Town (Nowe Miasto), built few centuries after the Old Town of Warsaw - but still hundreds of years ago (and rebuilt after WWII).

[@remmingtoncruzoe8282]

10:50 What you're seeing here is what we call 'the Citadel'. It was built by the Russians during the time this part of Poland was sequestered by the Russian Empire; it served as barracks for the troops and as a monument of Russian dominion over the Polish people.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

In Poznań we have a German citadel. It's not a symbol of opression, though. It was built to protect Berlin from a possible Russian invasion in a time when Posen was a fortress city.

[@Vetiver999]

All the best to you two, fingers crossed! ☀️

[@patrycjahall8157]

Happy you ve found your place !Welcome to Warszawa! Greetings from Gdańsk.♥️

[@sieciobywatel]

Dude, on this one you walk all my favourite paths: place where I was born, where I hung around in my high school years, when I go for a walk very often. And you've finished on New Town, when I live right now. Next time you'll be around give me a shout, I can show you some nice places and share some stories. Warsaw native for couple of generations, so I know this city pretty well :)

[@planetjames95]

Letssssss gooooooooooooo

[@krzesimirchrzastowicz4833]

It could be interesting for you perhaps to explore your district - Ochota. There are 4 areas of the district, that are very different. The one you live in is called "Stara Ochota" and that one has this "big city" feel, you like, as you have said before. The one you are leaving the bus while going back home is called "Filtry". This is the most historical and prestige part of the district. You should just look around you, and you will see one of the greatest monument of the XIX century technique - Warsaw Water Filters. It is in use since 1886 supplying Warsaw Citizens with fresh water. The Filtry area is full of nice historic buildings, but rather too expensive to get an apartment in. The other one is Szczęśliwice with a great park with ponds and a hill with a nice view at the Warsaw skyline. You could perhaps find some nice apartment nearby. And the last one is Rakowiec. This part is probably the "laziest" part of the district, full of greens, small parks, trees, flowerbeds etc. But you won't rather find there any big city life, there are rather not too many restaurants, coffee-shops etc. But for one that looks for a peaceful place to relax Rakowiec could be a good choice.

[@claudiaristic4372]

The situation in Portugal is a little bit complicated (I lived in Lisbon for over a year). Local people have actually really small salaries (on average 700/1000€) while the monthly flat rents fall into the same price ranges. In the past 5 years many foreigners are coming to live in Portugal (Americans, Italians, Germans) and that skyrocketed the rents value, while local people can’t even afford it. Nevertheless I think you would like Portugal vibe because even though it’s a south, people are much calmer and also very helpful and friendly towards the foreigners. However, looks like Poland is the right place for now and at least you don’t have there this strong contrast between rents and earnings :) Good luck and enjoy your new city!!

[@comdo831]

I would imagine the rental and purchase prices depend on the location. What you also need to consider is the overall quality of the accommodation. Typically countries that experience harsher weather seasons will build their housing to higher standards.

[@agatastaniak7459]

I have watched a documentary of housing situation in Portugal. Maybe given current situation someone should decide like one european country has already done it this year to forbid further sale of houses to foreigners for incomng 4 years to bring the prices down? It was a decision made on local level, by the city mayor after the entire city council demanded it. Sorry but I cannot recall precisely the name of the country now and I do not want to mislead you. I think news was about some city in Germany but I might be mistaken. It's recent news from this month. In Poland it's still not so bad and Polish government is watching the situation closely to prevent situation such as we can see in Portugal. Polish housing market is tough but not nearly as dramatic as in Portugal.

[@jakubzych5590]

way you pronounced "Stary Żoliborz" wow man, you're really serious about the language, was perfect. great progress. Try to pronounce more polish words in your movies and protips will be flowing :)

[@pawemazur5200]

Welcome to Warsaw! Great to hear you've decided to stay here! With the criteria you described (in this video and in the previous one), Warsaw is the best place for you. :D When I saw you walking by the Metro station, it came to my mind: what if you and Marina go for a few trips around Warsaw, getting off for a while on every Metro station? In this way, you will instantly get an idea of different neighborhoods. There are only 34 Metro stations and trains are every 3-5 minutes, so it's doable in 2 days or so. Here are some more tips for you about the Polish pronunciation: 1. Your pronunciation of the district "Żoliborz" was impressive. Both "ż" and "rz" denote the same sound, which is like the Russian consonant spelled as "ж" in "желтый". Or the third sound (spelled as "-si-") in the English "vision". Your "Wisła" was also nearly perfect. The Polish letter "ł" denotes a sound that is close to the English "w" in "what" or the Russian "л" as in "лошадь". But we pronounce it without rounding the lips so much, and the tongue remains in a neutral position, without moving towards the teeth. 2. The sound spelled as "w" is like the Russian "в" in "Варшава" or the English "v" in "victory", but not as the English "W" in "Warsaw". :). 3. Yes, the word accent is on the penultimate syllable, that is "WIS-" in this case. BTW, the stereotype of Polish being one of the most difficult language apparently comes from an old instruction for CIA agents, from 1950's. It said you'd need at least a year to learn it. But this info was meant for English speakers, and Russian was viewed as equally difficult. :D And this "Old Town" is in fact the "New Town" (Nowe Miasto). It was founded as late as in the 14th century, long after what now is known as "Old Town" (Stare Miasto). And, of course, both districts, like 90% of Warsaw, were totally destriyed by the Germans during the war, and then reconstructed based on old maps, photos and paintings. EDIT: I'm happy you like the attitude of Poles. I can only speak for myself now, but as a Pole I would be as friendly and helpful to any Ukrainian as I possibly can. Provided they don't wear a T-shirt with Stalin/Bandera and don't wave a Soviet/red-and-black banner.

[@marekfalda95]

On the Praga site of Vistula near the National Stadium you have a huge really cool beach, very popular in the summer.

[@wojciechwareda6796]

Good luck in Poland.

[@olalalelilo]

It's really impressing how you speak about my country. It's really nice to hear. Feel welome in Poland.

[@wojciechjankowski2920]

I like your walking tours around polish cities, comments and insights in what you have been experiencing in Poland. All the best for the both of you and all Ukrainians there.

[@bootowalny]

I was wondering if you become recognizable to that point that people talk to you on the street and indeed you said in this video it does happen. Probably I would do the same if I would bump into you in Gdansk. Was slightly sad that you're leaving my beloved city, but Warsaw will serve you well for sure and it's better starting point to visit other beautiful cities in Poland.

[@tadziX86]

all the best for you ;) summer is coming that will be good time in Warsaw.

[@frusia123]

As for friendliness vs being reserved. Someone said that Poles are the Italians of the North - on the outside they might seem reserved but underneath there's A LOT of emotions and a big heart. Maybe that's why we're generally liked in Italy and vice versa.

[@pawegryczon6114]

It is pleasure to watch your films, first reactions to new places and the desire to get to know the city in which I spent more than half of my life. I wish you a lot of peace and friends in your new place.

[@marcindobrowolski6658]

I appreciate the fact that you speak a little bit slower and clearer than most people using English language, so I can understand you even without looking at lips (and obviously without subtitles). It's a big deal for the person with partial hearing loss. Anyway, welcome to Warsaw! Żoliborz is obviously a lovely place to stay. And there is other interesting district nearby - Bielany. It has the meteorology institute, the University of Physical Education, a few parks and a lot of greenery and also rare examples of infrastructure (the Stare Bielany).

[@cheekymonkey6573]

In late spring when everything is in bloom, check out Koło in Wola - best place in Warsaw if you like informal greenery. We have parks, little wood, forts and old cemetaries nearby (catholic, protestant, muslim and orthodox). There is also a neighbourhood Osiedle Koło - needs a bit of renovating, but in spring, with all the greenery and every building a bit different to another, I think it is charming in its own way.

[@Marecki_pap]

I'm glad you guyes decided to stay in pl. Like everybody you'll come a cross some difficulties but don't give up and look on the bright side. Good luck👍

[@Piwonia67]

In the first part of the video, you've been walking in the area where I spent a lot of time. My high school, a school where my children used to go :) And Teatr Komedia, the white round building in the first 10 minutes. The round brick structure in the back of the park is an old stronghold or whatever these military buildings should be called, built in 19 century. There's a large one, Cytadela, and your were passing along it when you were going to the beach :) Come back there later in spring, when it's all green and full of flowers.

[@mateuszi]

The main square of the old town (at around 29:30) has the Museum of Warsaw. On Thursdays they don't charge for the tickets. It's a nice museum to find out more of a historical background to the city. They allow pets inside. So people with dogs can come and tour the museum as well. :)

[@wierzewjeze]

aaah you visited Żoliborz! Park Żeromskiego (around 10 minute mark) is my favourite place in Warsaw :)

[@drumcode420]

James. This is super exciting stuff. I can't wait to hear you speaking full sentences in Polish and given that Polish/Ukrainian have about 17% of common words, I'm sure it'll be quick! Greetings from Denver.

[@TheDekazer]

It is 70, not 17%.

[@roberturbanczyk204]

You should definitelly give a chance to Milanówek Brwinów or Podkowa leśna, you can get there very easilly from ochota, it's just better version of Stary Żoliborz with former resort vibe. All you have to do is just get to western train station and take suburban train( 30minutes by koleje mazowieckie) or take WKD( some sort of suburban tramway) I would recommend to check blueberry duck in Milanówek, very good restaurant with high standard of service and food in quite affordable price. It's so close, c'mon.

[@mattburn5521]

I like listen to you becouse your way of speaking makes me understand almost everything (I don't know english lenguage very well). And I like what you say ofcourse 👍

[@cherylgalleran6602]

Hello there my friend 👋🏼🥰☺️. I’m happy to see you settling in .. All of my family came over here to the states from Eastern Europe mostly... Including Poland 🇵🇱. So I feel at least a small connection to the land. One day I hope to visit. I’m glad to see you’re getting guidance and help in this new journey. I have a new founded love and respect for Poland. The very way they’ve opened their hearts and borders.. is a beautiful thing. I of course wish I could do more. As I’ve said before… if you and Marina ever want to come for a visit or whatever to the states. Especially California. I am here to help in every possible way. Always. 😉🥰😉. Please always know that. Also friend… I still need a PayPal account to help. I’ve looked everywhere I can think of. Don’t see one. So in closing.. hope you’ve had a lovely day. Sending you much love 💕

[@PawelFilip7777]

most welcome in Warsaw. you have to check the Vistula boulevard a little further than the place where you have been :).

[@laura26xen]

I am glad you and Marina feel good and safe in Poland. Warsaw is such a cool place.

[@drmabuse1050]

Fantastic👌🏻

[@aleksandramaciejowska1756]

Thank you for this video! I moved to UK 7 years ago and really didn't appreciate what I left behind until I left it behind 😂 however you're right / Warsaw is a special place and it will always be in my heart. Enjoy your stay in Poland, hope it all goes well for you and you will be able to go back home soon. P.S. Stary Żoliborz is absolutely stunning, one of the most beautiful places in Warsaw