Englishman Reacts to... 44 Facts You Didn't Know (But maybe I do!)

After months of learning about Poland, do I know these 44 facts?

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[RobReacts]

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[Sthriga]

"Zakopain"... "ZAKOPANE!!!"
That was such a Polish moment you deserve honorary citizenship!

[mikoaj.sobolewski]

In Poland the storks are treated like basically holy cows. Nobody hurts them and people usually let them nest in peace.

[aurorafox]

Rob correcting all the misspeled names of polish Cities was so hilarious to me, good to know your polish gets better and better! Thanks for brightinening my day!

[MrThorgal]

About Storks: In Polish traditions Storks brings Happines when they nest near your house. Before Storks were natural deterennt for mouse rats insects snakes lizards etc. They are nesting in poland because nobody hunts them and they have plenty food on fields. Storks are second after White eagle most Polish bird because are in Polish colour all white with red nose :P

[anetasotys]

"What is with you Poles and sauerkraut"
Or potatoes, grains and pickled things?

Good question, easy answer.

We grow the food and preserve it to last a harsh winter. Thats basically tje backstory xD

[theViceth]

the way they just gave up with "pączki" and said "paczki" made me laugh a bit too much. nothing tastes better than a parcel in the morning

[KamilazWarszawy]

You are correct, we say "na zdrowie" which means "to the health". In the video it's mispronounced. Btw It's awesome to hear when you correct the mispellings in the video. Good job Rob!

[xantrospl]

I guess that storks find Poland a nice country to live during summer due to the fact there are numerous tall trees and various poles, where they prepare their nests, especially in rural areas. And people do not destroy their nests so that storks often come back to the same place, because their old nests are still there.

[JanPopieluch]

I've lived in Warsaw for over 30 years. *Nobody* calls it the "Phoenix City" 😅. The closest actually used term, and a part of Warsaw's coat of arms, is "Semper invicta" (pol. "Zawsze niezwyciężona", eng. "Always undefeated").

[presentalinkwalterbak]

Yes, Wigilia is an extremely special time on many levels. Naturally for the religious reasons, but.. It's pretty much an absolute must in all households, even within atheist setting. The other element of Wigilia is family. All close family sits at the table that night. YOU JUST CAN"T BE ABSENT. Somehow, sometimes each person has their usual place. Reflective emotions can take charge especially when from one year to another that chair is empty due to someone's passing. This topic can be a huge one just on its own. Deep, very deep tradition.

[frofrofrofro]

Omg the way you said Wroclaw is shocking amazing - polish 100%

[Magnic_]

There are 2 types of bigos: pure sour one, and much more mellow one. More sour one is typically made for Christmas fasting and contains no meat (at least in my family). The "proper" mellow one being made with a mix of sour cabbage and raw cabbage, with a lot of spices, different cuts of meat, fat (from cooking other traditional meats for Christmas), and cooked throughout a few days. We use to say that bigos gets better with each reheating, but in reality it still has its limits before it goes bad (despite it having a very long "shelf life").

[Rubeus]

Rob - if you want to taste sweet pierogi, You need to back to Poland in summer then you got chance to taste pierogi with blueberries or with strawberry or with cherry. Most common - you can buy them in each shop - are pierogi with white cheese - we eat them with cream and sugar. In supermarkets, you can buy also with white cheese and raisins or blueberries

[naswoichzasadach]

Twoja wymowa jest naprawdę dobra i twarda jak u Polaków. 👍❤

[dawidbaranowski]

13:38 Cider isn't popular in Poland because it usually has 5% of alcohol and is taxed not the same as beer which has similar alcohol content but as wine because cider is made of fruits. So it is less profitable.

[somsiadtomasz]

Na (for) zdrowie (health) Often used also as a "bless you" when someone sneeze. There are some people when someone sneezes multiple times it's (1)"na zdrowie", (2)"na szczęście" (luck), (3)"na miłość" (love) XD

[mpingo]

18:34 A few days ago I had the opportunity to watch these dogs in action (Dolina Olczyska = Olczyska Valley in the Tatra Mountains). They intervened (by themselves) when a couple of sheep moved from a meadow into the forest. Extremely intelligent dogs.

[slawomirgumowski]

Hi Rob! Probably the best sweet pierogi are those with forest blueberries (pierogi z jagodami). You can try to find them in one of the Polish grocery stores in Scotland. Pierogi z jagodami are most delicious with good quality double cream. Greetings from Scottish Borders!

[Wolf-kmwm]

Greetings from Poland, Rob 🙂👋 Great video as always. And speaking of polish comedies i suggest Chlopaki nie placza (Boys don't Cry) and two parts of "Kiler" for example