7 Things That SHOCKED Me In Poland 🇵🇱

Welcome to my channel! In today's video, I'm sharing the 7 things that completely shocked me about Poland. From its rich history and unique traditions to surprising cultural differences, Poland has so much to offer that you might not expect!

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[kaczy]

Asians are well perceived in Poland thanks to Vietnamese, who came to us in large numbers in the 1990s. They showed that they can work hard and not give up, which they deserved respect. Because life in Poland in those years was really hard.

[_DarkEmperor]

You got one thing wrong.
Personal freedom is very highly valued in Poland.
Polish people are behaving well in public spaces due to respect to other people and self-respect, You don't want to be seen as a moron who is annoying to other people.

[kornelmolinski]

One thing you have to know about the Poles, is we love to watch other people talk about or show interest in our culture

[igorwoek]

The stereotypes about Asians are very positive here. The are mostly seen as a calm and hardworking people, Is due to few different factors, but as few people already mentioned, one of them is massive immigration from Vietnam in the late 80s and early 90s. That's also the reason why Asian food is so popular here.

[napioor]

I wouldn't say that Poles value societal order (collectivism) over personal freedom (individualism). We are just taught from the beginning that everyone gains from order and cleanliness and one of the main mottos growing up is: "don't do to the others what you wouldn't want on yourself". Personal freedom, I think, is triving in Poland because of that. It's just not the destructive type. I rarely see anyone romanticizing asian (Japanese more specifically) work culture in here and most people want to get as far from it as possible. We have a really dark history with collectivism and everyone still remembers that and I think this is the main reason for Poles being individualistic.

[Sthriga]

About weather in Poland: if you don`t like it just wait 20 minutes. It`ll change. XD

[tetsmcgee]

Sup dude, I am Korean and I also live in Krakow for 3 years..

[Farathriel]

Back when I studied, I had a Japanese neighbour in the dormitory. He studied Polish philology. Anyway, I got to learn from him a bit about Japanese culture and surprisingly there really are quite a lot of similarities. However, there's one thing that we Poles don't really get well (although still better than Americans I believe) is the idea of "honne" and "tatemae". I haven't had that problem with my Chinese friends as they were really open and sociable. But in Japan the idea of politeness is elevated way over the top from my perspective. Poles generally love being straight-forward. We don't sugarcoat and it actually seems as something rude in America as they, on the other hand, think there's always a necessity to express gratitude, especially in business relations where you have to be politically correct. That doesn't really apply too much in Poland. If you screw something up, well... you'll be told instantly. If you do something correctly, then just carry on, everything is normal. Optimal state of beings is expected as normality while abnormalities are scolded here.

[lask]

Not cheating is suprising... what a world to live in!

[angelikaD]

When judging food in asian restaurants remember that the food is mostly made for polish people prefrences and taste

[TheZadzio]

thank you for choosing Poland, hope you will feel here like at home. :)) enjoy!

[Mateusz-vfey]

I work as a optic fiber technician for few years now. I visit dozens of homes a week. About alcoholic problems its true, but only in really small and old countrysides that are stuck in the 80s or 90s. But you wont meet nicer people in poland than there, trust me. In cities there is always somebody with beer next to shop or behind garages but it changes. there are much fewer such situations over time,

Domestic abuse isnt common now, but for sure it exist but for smaller scale than 20 or 30 years ago. I have witnessed such situations but only verbally, Ive never seen anyone hitting anyone.

What im getting at is that society is changing a lot and you can see a big differnce over the years.

[juliakrz]

Hearing someone speak like this about my country is so uplifting. It fills me with gratitude. I unfortunately usually take all of this for granted but your videos are eye-opening. I love you and your videos and Poland! Also I find it funny when you say polish culture is very similar to asian because I always wanted to move to Korea or at least go there for an exchange and my parents kept saying how it's going to be difficult because of the cultural difference. But I agree, we're very similar!

[redlips]

Like you... I don't like these scribbles on the walls of buildings, because it's not graffiti, it's vandalism. In Poland, there should be greater financial penalties for this type of destruction of facades. However, I love real artistic graffiti, which is often seen in big cities.

[lukaszkoziol]

try this tongue twister:

SZCZEBRZESZYN

Trzynastego, w Szczebrzeszynie
chrząszcz się zaczął tarzać w trzcinie.
Wszczęli wrzask Szczebrzeszynianie:
– Cóż ma znaczyć to tarzanie?!
Wezwać trzeba by lekarza,
zamiast brzmieć, ten chrząszcz się tarza!
Wszak Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie,
że w nim zawsze chrząszcz BRZMI w trzcinie!
A chrząszcz odrzekł nie zmieszany:
– Przyszedł wreszcie czas na zmiany!
Drzewiej chrząszcze w trzcinie brzmiały,
teraz będą się tarzały.”

;)))

[Asurion]

Glad you like it here in Poland, hope you'll stay for longer.

[rudyjelen]

I couldn't agree more. You are a very good observer. All the best to you!

[stephenmichaud]

What a beautiful video, you're beautiful. Poland is a wonderful country and watching this video is so uplifting. I live in the States, but my wife is Polish. She came here 10 years ago and since then I have known nothing but love from her family. They take family seriously and will make sure you feel loved. Your video speaks truth in ways that's hard to explain to those who haven't experienced it, but by judging how happy you look, you get it. I have nothing but a deep respect and admiration for such an amazing country and can only say, you found home brother. Keep making these videos and me the wife will keep watching.

[JANL]

Coming from Poland and visiting Asia I had the opposite reaction to the weather.
When it rains it often rains the whole day which was a bit surprising to me.