5 Reasons Poland is Better than the UK IMO

After living in Poland for quite a while I decided to put together 5 things I find better here than the UK. Not saying Poland is perfect, but it definitely has a lot of advantages to living here compared to the UK. I find the overall standard of living much better than back home.

[Archemik]

Love to hear a Scotsman enjoying my country. I live in Scotland myself and whenever I speak to people who've been to Poland, they always enjoy it. Greetings from Aberdeen, cheers for this video

[webMonkey_]

Visited Poland for the first time this year. Krakow is beautiful, the Polish people are very nice people who do not mind talking English, which as a tourist is absolutely wonderful compared to the scowls you get in France\ Italy.

[karolgrzeszczak]

Fellow Youtuber here. Cheers for the honest assessment. Just moved to Poland a month ago after living in the States for 26 years. What a treat it is. Born in Gdansk, raised in Detroit. So far life in the States doesn't even compare to how much better it is in Poland and probably the rest of Europe for that matter. It seems everything in America, even though I'm still proud to be an American, has become fake and inauthentic, from the food, to the water, to the air and sadly most of all, the people. Poland seems to be pretty authentic. You get what you see. No bs. Hit me up next time you're up in the tri-City, we can do a collab or get pissed or both, haha. Planning on starting my own travel vlog very soon, aside from my gaming channel. Cheers again mate!

[Bandanko]

I lived in Krakow for a year. Poland is MUCH better than the uk. food, the people and the way of life...

[malhand]

Moving in few yrs to Poland with my polish missus..the UK is doomed with crime and immigration..been to Poland its beautiful country and very freindly..don't want mass illegal immigration 👍

[Bianca]

I've never been either to the UK nor Poland yet, but I am East European myself (Romanian, living in Romania), and one thing I've noticed everywhere in the West is that it definitely feels less safe than back home, especially as a girl. Not that it's very overt or anything, it's more on a subtle note, but back home I don't feel unsafe even at 3 AM in the morning walking alone on a dark street, whereas in Malmo, in Paris, in Rome or Milan, I definitely did feel a bit like that.

[jackflash]

One important thing : Poland is not a cheap country for Poles, many foreigners make this mistake by converting the currency to their own currency, which has a higher value than the Polish zloty. The average Pole does not earn in euros, pounds, dollars etc. This is a common mistake made by visitors. Do you want to discourage and annoy a Polish person? Tell him that living is cheap in Poland.

[kristinafreeman]

Nice video! I'm from the UK (woman) and I've lived in Poland for 5 years (time flies). I have to agree on the safety aspect. I went back to London recently with my boyfriend and I didn't feel safe even with my boyfriend with me. But I could walk home in the dark in Poznan with no worries. Obviously maybe Warsaw would feel different if we're comparing London. The cost of living cuts deep for me. When I moved here, I could afford an apartment on my own. But now? I wouldn't have a lot of money leftover if I was on my own! Don't get me wrong, it's cheaper than the UK, but I don't think the salaries have increased enough here to cope with the cost of living in 2023! On the hiking, I think I prefer Scotland but that's just my opinion. Anyway that's my take.

[kuriilo]

Loved Poland. Grew up in Belarus, moved to the UK 8 years ago but started to mix them up, a few months in Poland + the rest in the UK.

[adrianzajc]

It used to be dodgier back in the days. Poland has changed a lot since i was a wee lad. I lived in England and Scotland. And ill b honest I love Scotland for how chill it is on the wee Isles and the country side on the mainland. Nowadays i live in Texas but if I would need to choose between the UK and Poland then I would choose Polska. Great video mate. I appreciate the respect u gave my country.

[lukesmichalski]

I'm a Polishman living in Scotland. You're right in most cases. Especially about eating out, which here in the UK is crazy expensive. On the other hand, looking at this; to make decent money in Poland is way way more difficult than here in the UK. I know the margin now is smaller than even when I left (2015), but still. No way I could manage that level in Poland, as I have here in Scotland. Obviously, there're pros and cons of everything. I used to live in States too, and left after 4 years, as many things annoyed me. Anyway, keep up good work mate!

[rocktheboat]

My wife is originally from the UK (Ipswich) and she says its a fair assesment of the differences. Great video.

[raymonddickson]

Love Poland visited x 2 there speedway is great, top stadiums and tracks and all the people are so friendly

[MsXsavi]

Everyone's mentioning Krakow, but you should definitely visit Wroclaw! It's such an underestimated city while it offers a lot of beautiful sights, cultural events, and interesting cafés and restaurants!

[jn]

I also like it here in Poland.I'm not coming back. Paisley.

[roztokydcr]

Hi, I'm from the Glasgow area originally and came across your videos this morning - really interesting! I first travelled to Poland exactly 30 years ago and was based in Kraków for 10 days, with day trips to Warsaw and Zakopane. I visited Prague a few months before my Polish trip and moved to the Czech capital in 2000. I go to Poland a lot, and your video is spot on and applies to the Czech Republic, too. I often find myself comparing the UK with the Czech Rep and Poland and have had lots of chats about this with UK citizens in CEE and with family and friends who come to visit. The safety aspect, food, healthy lifestyle, etc. issues come up again in our conversations.

[ragnargrabson]

Well-done video and commentary even though I struggled a little bit with your Scottish accent while I was watching your video. Allow me to ask you for a favor:would you be willing to call Poland as part of Central Europe, or at least Central-Eastern Europe? If you keep classifying Poland as Eastern Europe, you put Poland in the same bucket where Russia, Ukraine and Belarus belong and you know well it is not the case. Poland is located in the center of Europe, Poland is part of the Latin culture through Catholicism, Latin alphabet, architecture, democratic tradition, very high level of freedoms where nobody will dare to cancel you because of your opinions. Cheers and greetings from a Polish-American.

[myszkoscielna]

Happy to have you here, Mate! Have a great life in Poland :)

[RobertSeviour]

Hi Scotsman, I understand your reasons for moving to Poland. I am in Budapest, Hungary right now but my current domicile is Bristol, UK. The contrast between the two cities is enormous. Budapest is clean and really well orgaised, Bristol is anythng but. I have in mind to move here and to be able to live in an en vironment where people look normal, not grossly distorted fat monsters would be a great relief.

[PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra]

Greetings from a polish guy living in the UK ;-)