POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country?

I second that motion.
Or we could call it Western Asia or Nothern Africa.

Italy is south.Look every country bordering to Mediteranean sea is south Europe except France which is western.Mediteranean countries share common culture.You cannot tell France a mediteranean country because it belongs to western culture.Of course you can argue that the southern France has mediteranean elements but this is pointless.
Switzerland and Austria have similarities and commonalities.They are between mountains,so in western european mind they are located not next to the sea but central,so in central Europe.CR,Slovakia,Hungary also have no sea and have similarities to Austria,however due to history inside the iron curtain they were separated from common world with Austria and became part of the eastern Europe.
Russia is not eastern Europe.It is Russia.It is perceived as continent in its own by Russians and many foreigners.

Poland is East..look below all the countries that call themself south-eastern, bosnia, serbia ,macedonia (We are in the same line on the map). 3 countries can call themself central as they are in line with each other - Czech Republic, Austria & Slovenia and are between east and west (Germany & Poland). That is where europe splits.

Poland is both- Eastern and Central European country. Plus Western and Northern European and not only European

From Kamcatka to Lusatia, from Baltic to Balkan. I clearly see

its CENTRAL European lol, and to this noimmigration fellow, he is a chav, why are you here you ******* red headed scottish ******* retard, go to your scottish forums lol.

In Scotland they are called Neds.


That's not usually a crime.


Do you think anyone would want him there either? Because I don't.

he can`t be Scottish?! Is it possible

Scots or Picts, Irish, Welsh - how could any of them be against Slavs, when we are of same kind

the scots are nordic, the slavs are slavs we are nothing alike

Masterpolack89, I'd rather be one Scottish red-head in 80,000 than 1 in 38,000,000 of the Polish nation. Go and enjoy ur plain existence. U want to be more like the Western European Germans, don't feel so bad about that, that day will come

Scottish go home to your weak nation.

Weakened by excessive immigration u cretin. The Scottish economy is still strong and blows ur country's out of the water. We at least have the decency to pay valued workers like farmers well, whereas u guys pay them peanuts. We have an abundant supply of oil and gas. The only gas u have is coming out of ur mouth and ass ye wee glaekit nyaff. Relying on coal to generate revenue, talk about backward. Expect a backlash from the other Scottish members.

Welcome to the forums rjeden.

I still like to think that noimagination is not Scottish.


Non Educated Delinquent.

So you don't even know the identity and origin of your own ethnic group?

See, it's easy to be critical and offensive. The truth is, I like many aspects of living in Poland and u go and make a blanket statement like 'go home'. Through energy and hard work, I have helped many Poles to speak English better. Is that so bad? OK, Mandarin has more native speakers but English is probably the most used 'middle language' between the people of the world who don't have it as their L1. Try targetting/honing ur focus a little rjeden or r u anti-Scottish?

Hello szkotja207

The Scots and Poles have a very good relationship for the most part, why jeopardise that? We are picts through descent and u r slavs but we are alike in many ways. We welcomed u with open arms at both the govt level and employment level. A little acknowledgment wouldn't go amiss.

Noimmi still strongly believes in Daddy Addie's theories (Hitler). By Nordic, he means "perfect", while by Slavic he means "undermen". He identifies himself as a perfect man (yeah it seems incredible!), and really enjoys insulting toilet cleaners, all supposed to be Polish (and Slavs in an extend meaning)... But Scots aren't Nordic.

He must be afraid there won't be any jobs left for him after he's done with his studies.

Good point Darius, study is study and work is work.

what are we then ?

Picts, or so historians tell us

Plain mixed alpine

Mixed alpine, yeah, a bit of snowboarding and a bit of skiing is what we like. Good old alpine sports

Is the option Poland are commies (east Europe) or capitalists (central Europe)?
It could be Poland is in transition. Things do change, or so I have been informed.


Scot are celts,Nordic, Norman mix.

The general trend is, Poles say "we're in central Europe" but the truth is the vast majority of people who are not from there will most certainly consider it an "Eastern European" country.

When the immigration debate was raging in the UK (really don't want to start anything on THAT up, but it's really the only time when Poland was discussed in the media at all), most of the immigrants were from Poland, and were included in the "Eastern European immigrants" category.

Hopefully one day being Eastern European will not have such a negative connotation...

Well said Dzhaklin, labels are damaging

Eastern Europe shouldn't have a negative connotation, I agree. But if you look at a map, it's clear to me, Poland is in CENTRAL EUROPE. I know political situations have associated it with the east, but it seems central to me.

I've always known and been told Poland is Eastern European, when ever i talk about it i refer to it as 'Eastern European' even if i am wrong in this its just my natural reaction to talking about Poland.

Being from the West of Europe anyway everything is East to us :)


what do you mean negative connotation, how is been Eastern European negative??

To many people are getting hanged up on the semantics. It is what it is, no matter what you would like it to be. And it is an Eastern European Country. Now I understand the reason why you want to call it something else, there is a bad wrap attached to the name "Eastern European" (unfortunately) but it is up to us to make it something better and make POLAND it's own name brand and to make sure that people think about positive things when they hear the word 'POLAND'.

It is far more important how YOU carry yourself, how educated and successful are YOU in your life and carrier, what kind of job or business do YOU have now, are YOU a blue collar or white collar worker, do people look at YOU with respect. This is the way you build a good reputation for Poland and not by arguing endlessly about "is it East or Central". You need to start from yourself.