Visit Poland - What to Know Before You Visit Poland

Tourist Information for Visiting Poland for the First Time. Accommodation in Poland, tourists tips for Poland, Polish Language, Polish Money, and More.
What you should know about visiting Poland before you visit.
Filmed in Krakow, Poland
Copyright Mark Wolters 2018

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[ruk--]

I've been going to Poland for 20+ years and Mark is right, as soon as you make even the tiniest bit of effort to speak the language the Poles are much friendlier.

[Vielislav]

5:33 Główny is not Station, Stacja is Station. Główny means Main. Kraków Głowny is Main Kraków.

[Pining_for_the_fjords]

I've been learning Polish for some years, and it's really not that hard.

Ł is basically an English W
W is an English V
Sz is like an English Sh
Cz is like an English Ch
Rz and Ż is like the S in pleasure
And Polish people are generally very happy and impressed when you speak their language.

[vinirsouza]

I am a brazilian living im Kraków for one year now and I love this place.

Tell me when you are here so we can have a beer!

[laughingbeaver]

My experience traveling in Poland this summer confirms everything you said in this video, Mark. I had a wonderful time, but 10 days was not enough. I look forward to visiting again. I visited only Krakow, Warsaw, Toruń, and Gdańsk but there is so much more to see. As an amateur WWII history buff, I explored many intriguing, moving, and well designed museums. The tragic history can be intense and emotional to learn about but it is so important not to forget.
I enjoyed the delicious food, magnificent churches, wonderful museums, and engaging historical sites throughout Poland. Yes, having small change (zloty coins) is a must but lots of places take credits cards. Street vendors and smaller tourist sites are where change is necessary. Merchants just don’t seem to keep change on them. I took trains to get from city to city and it was easy and seemed quick enough to me. I bought my tickets in advance online since I had a specific itinerary in place, so I can’t speak to buying them in person. Public transportation was easy to use the little amount I used it. I love to walk, personally.
Finally, Poland is cheap, which makes it easier to enjoy a trip. Nobody likes spending lots of money, right?
If you are considering going to Poland I can’t recommend it enough. Mark’s video seems spot-on to me. Thanks, again!

[aliciaunaryan]

Poland's architecture looks beautiful, my son would love it.
Greetings from South Africa

[ominouswoods]

Finally you got "proszę" right! Cheers from Poland, dude :D

[JohnWilson-qftk]

I visited Krakow a couple years ago What an amazing city and country. I loved it I work with quite a lot of polish guys in work I'm always asking questions about the country. I will visit again soon hopefully.

[melaniemetcalfe]

Thank you so much! My plan to visit Poland is now possibly happening. I'm starting to save up
for this trip.😀Thanks for your very realistic information 👌

[goduk]

A tip from me: if there's a little yellow box on the train, put your ticket in to validate your ticket.
Failing to do this leaves you open to getting a fine, even though you have purchased a ticket for that journey!

[NAVIGATOR]

You know what I like the most in your films? You have so much respect for people in countries you visit....I really like the way you talk about people. Greets from polish guy livin in Germany :)

[martynakaczmarek]

At some ATM's you can choose an option to withdraw "another amount" in order to have smaller bills. I always withdraw 80 zł and get 50 zł, 20 zł and 10 zł bills. 😉

[milutave]

Almost everyone in this country below 40 years of has speak in english very good if not fluent.( and quite often few different languages) Maybe with accent - but still good. From my personal point of view : People are very well educated, friendly, very well organised very helpful, tolerant, bur also opportunist when you try to change their points of view ( no matter of age) and real patriots, they love their country, culture, and they are quite possesive about that. Poland is very intresting , cheap, very good public transport (trains, buses, trams, bikes and car rent, private buses especially in lesser towns) and safe place to visit. By geography - the have everything here : mountains of very differend kinds, rivers, lakes, sea, woods, swarms and even desserts. Their culture, history, and countrysides are really amazing so colurful so differend and in some way's so similiar ...I cannot grasp this similiarity but some day I will. Country very diversed by local dishes and customs. Food - amazing fresh, healthy and strong ( lot of meat, cheese cabbages, potatos, milk, seasonal fruits, wild mushrooms, but people are no overweighted. They are like to walk they are fit and strong ). They have very good beers, and vodka's and strong heads to drinking. Very clean streets, very colourful buildings. Highly recomennded. I will return for sure but for longer one week it is no much time to visit. Worth of money seriously.

[SandraHof]

I am an American who has had the wonderful privilege of living in Kraków for 9 1/2 years. I love this city and never tire of it. You are right about the getting change thing when buying something. Even busy places, where you know they have a lot of cash on hand, would act like it was such a hassle for them to make change for me. But recently I have noticed that attitude seems to be waning. But my experience regarding crossing the streets here is quite different from your observations. Cars readily stop just seeing a person waiting to cross. In order not to have a car stop for me, I don’t act like I want to cross the street until all cars have gone past me. That is how good they are about stopping for pedestrians in Kraków. You are right about any attempt to speak some Polish. It will usually bring a smile to the face of the person you are speaking to. They understand how difficult their language is for foreigners. It is November now and I really enjoy this time of year. Most of the tourists are gone and I can enjoy my beautiful city in relative calm.

[mariohendriks]

The police is Poland is indeed really strict on the not drinking in public policy. When my friends and I got a cold beer and enjoyed it on a street bench after a long journey it only took five minutes for a van with 8 police officers to pull in with blue lights. Luckily they understood we were dumb tourist unaware of this policy and they politely asked us to finish our beer at the hostel.

[evgeniyaselifanova]

Just wanted to say that your videos are amazing! Very informative and interesting! I love the energy and positive vibes as well. Hi from Canada and my home country Russia :)

[CaraNicole]

I went to Krakow back in August and it was amazing, I really recommend the free walking tours with Krakow Explorers, they are really great guys who are experts in krakow's history and make the tour really entertaining, we stumbled upon them by chance and it was the best thing we did when we were there. We didn't have time to head up to Gdansk but that's next on the list for sure!

[robertpieszchala]

I was in Krakow and Tarnow for a week in October...What a beautiful place, food and lodging are a bargain. The bus system is very good and cheap.as are taxis. I know very little Polish but if you try the locals love it, Most poles know more english than you think.. My Grandparents were born in the Tarnow area and I found a grave with my family name in a Wola Redzinska cemetery.. I Highly recommend Krakow for a base there is so much to do and see and you can use the bus system to get anywhere in Poland.

[NB-e]

I really enjoy your videos. They are so informative yet concise. My husband and I really appreciate a travel youtuber who doesn’t ramble on and on before getting to the point!

[mrkvatheepic]

Once you know atleast one slavic language you can basically travel into most of slavic states.