Is it safe to travel to Poland?

Well,I don't know what to think.Got here on Friday,staying (temporarily) in Norridge and I don't like the fact that Polish is spoken everywhere here.I kind of worry that I will lose my English skills (you know,you don't use it, you lose it).I mean you can live your whole life here and don't say a single word in English.It's a very strange place from my perspective.Went to the bank on Sat,the greeter dude told me "Dzien dobry",I had to look at the tellers names to pick one named Lizzy whom I assumed to be not Polish so I could chat in English a little bit.I mean don't get me wrong I have nothing against Polish as I am one of them but I want to speak English at least from time to time.Went to Best Buy to buy me a laptop,same story there.Not to mention Food Mart where everyone is Polish.That's too much.

Not really,I miss Eastern Shore a lot.

Yes, unless a new American-built Dreamliner plane eventually crashes after experiencing a long history of manufacturing faults.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20716997

If you worry about traveling to Poland get a quide!


propably vip-poland.com have nice ones.
but i've heard about it, but not much, so i don't know..

It's so safe there's no need for a guide. A total waste of money.

Agreed 100% until you flash jewellery or$$ which is the same case in NYC or any other major city of the world.

It depends on where .. wannabe Western citys like Warsaw, who try to act multicutlural and international are maybe safe .. but citys in Upper Silesia are rather not safe, when you drive alone. In Germany, they warn toruists who plan to visit Poland only to visit as group. Car renters dont allow to drive to Poland with their cars .. you have to sign a contract. But maybe these are only .. stereotypes .. ^^ :D:D

they do no such thing in germany
upper silesia is about as boring as it gets
and i speak as someone who has explored chorzow myslowice and other places

really
i smell nonsense

They dont do? I live 24 years here .. and you?

longer
many years
those towns are simply not dangerous

dangerous is being a white man in london in certain areas
or being a black man in frankfurt oder

no-one cares in slask

You live longer then 24 years in Germany?? Then please show me the last known incident, where a black man in FF/O was attacked .. and if we are in this topic .. show me last incident, where a German guy was attacked by foreigners. *lach*

Many racist attacks in Germany recently.

Quatsch.

Maybe they were Poles, who attacked the black man ..

How about German attacks on Turks?



Also many such attacks in your country.

To be short: Poland is much safer than Germany.

So show me accidents in Poland that ended in killing refuges in an arson attack/ Like has been a serius problem in Germany not so long ago.What is German excuse - poverty and lack of jobs? phew!

typical troll
probably lives in some horrible german estate
and blames poles for everything
like half of FFO

ignore him chaps

Extremely safe!

That's quite funny. Or would be if it wasn't so sad.

well yea enough if you read the previous posts of APF and you can smell a troll from a mile

also it depends where do you want to go..

although it is not strictly related to this topic but I think it fits in here..
I am planning to visit the old country in 2014, i am saving up already,
just travel throughout the country, for an example I have never been in Poznan, or Lodz.
But I am not sure would it be safe to travel alone in trains, as I heard there is still a big problem with theft on trains.. or is it not true?

Cheers

While in tube don't you watch your things? Common sense applies to Poland too: always carry with yourself the value things; if you can't, ask a person who sits next to you to look it while you're in the toilet (of course don't do that when you expect the train to stop).



it's safe unless you travel at night. I have never travelled at night so I don't know if it true that it's unsafe but people say so.

In Warsaw it's no worse than in London (perhaps even a bit better) and much safer than Paris. Worth being extra careful on the trams between Dworzec Centralny and Rondo De Gaulle'a.

Small local trains just outside Warsaw can be risky at night, but nowadays they often have security guards in the first carriage.

Adam

It is relatively safe to travel in Poland. I have been there twice and had no problem. Even took a bus from Wegrow to Siemiatycze and had a memorable trip from it. Do you have a bank card from the bank you deal in order to withdraw money from an automated teller? Then go into the bank before you leave and let a staff member know that you are going over and for how long. They can make a notation in your account so there are no problems accessing your money while there. That way they don't get the idea into their heads that your card got stolen.
Now if you want to travel by plane into a smaller city such as Poznan, Lodz, Lublin, Cracow,Gdansk, Bialystok or even Rzeszow, your best bet would be to fly into Warsaw and get a connecting flight into one of those smaller cities. Or as someone mentioned, you may be able to fly into Cracow instead of Warsaw. But you will have to decide where you are starting your holiday and if you want to head back to your starting point or head to the closest available airport and make a connection. Good luck and enjoy.

Just avoid trains with football fans... Probably the safest bet are InterCity trains.

It is much safe than in Australia. Murder, rape and assault happen here all the time. The most common problem here is drunk people who cause assault, it happens every day. There are also other big problems. On my experience being in Poland it is at least 5 times safer there to walk at night and to let your kids out and so on. Also we have all these dumb laws made by dumb people where the criminals have more rights than the victims and so on. It was not like this 20 years ago. There are problems here caused ( that every body knows!) by certain groups It is safer in Poland than here or in the USA, UK or Germany, that's my experience, not just safer but lots safer. So if you are travelling from one of those countries all of which i have been to many times and you are going to Poland and worried about safety....ha ha guess what, you'll be safer when you get to Poland.

Before anyone takes this as bible i am 182 cm ( 106 KG) and have muscles all over me from years of playing football and other things so i don't get harassed anywhere ( well in NY i got harassed lol) so its a bit of perspective. There are criminals and dirt bags in every country, if you're going keep guard as you always do, soon you will adjust.

APF

Simple google Search. They were not even random attacks. It was an organized gang that killed several foreigners.

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Forgot the link: .guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/18/how-german-neo-nazis-evaded-police

This is 100% true :)
Unless you go around picking fights with people you will have no problems in Poland. There are too many chavs in UK that will fight anyone for no reason.
In Poland if you keep your head down you will have no problems at all :)
You can walk home alone in any state late at night or in the early hours and not have to worry about anything :)
In fact, people are much friendlier here :)

In US you can be kdnapped by UFO every single day.
I've heard about only one case in Poland. It took place in 60' or 70'.
In UFO matter Poland is safe, then. However, I am not sure whether we should consider it a crime.

soo funny :)

But I know what you mean. I love my language, but... when you live abroad it can be too much of a good thing. After all, other languages are also by all means lovable...


:D

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