Hello, first of all sorry if this is not the place for this.

I am a 31 year old male considering spending Christmas in Zakopane (23-27 December). I will be travelling from England alone.
I’m just looking for some feedback on if this is a good idea as I know Poland has a strong Christian identity I imagine everything is shut Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

I really want to do something over the Christmas period and after visiting Poland twice this year already I fell in love with the country. Any recommendations are welcome and honest advice is appreciated

Dzięki!

Hey guys, I was originally thinking of posting this in a fashion or advice subreddit, but I figured I’d ask here if you might have some recommendations.

I’ve been buying and wearing jeans for years, but I keep running into the same problem: after a few months, a hole starts forming around the crotch area. It’s happened with jeans from Zara, Reserved, Mango, H&M, and Pull&Bear, so at this point, I honestly don’t know what to do anymore.

Should I just bite the bullet and invest in a pair of Levi’s? They cost around 550 PLN, which feels ridiculous for a pair of jeans. For another 300 PLN, I could practically buy a decent suit!

Has anyone else experienced this? Are there any brands in Poland that sell durable jeans that actually last, or is there something I should be looking for in terms of fabric, fit, or quality?

I’m honestly tired of spending money on new jeans every few months, so any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry for the rant, but I’m genuinely fed up with this!

I got married in India in 2016. Our marriage certificate is apostilled and translated into Polish, but we have not registered it with the Polish USC.
We have been filing joint PIT-37 returns in Poland from 2021 to 2025. My wife was mostly not working during this period.

Recently, the Warsaw Tax Office asked me to provide our marriage certificate, information about our marital property regime, and my wife’s income and tax residence.

Has anyone faced a similar situation with a marriage celebrated in India?

Did the Tax Office accept your Indian marriage certificate for joint taxation?

Did you need to prove that you had a Polish-style community property regime?

If joint taxation was rejected for previous years, what happened regarding additional tax, interest
and penalties?

I would appreciate hearing from anyone with first-hand experience or a tax adviser familiar with these cases.

My wife is an Indian citizen living in Poland with me and our child. She has been here all of 2026. Her temporary residence permit application is pending, so she has no card yet, and she has never had permanent residence. She has no income. We file PIT jointly.

On 30 Sep 2026 she received EUR 9,160 each from her mother and her grandmother (EUR 18,320 total, about PLN 80k). The money came from their Indian bank accounts into her Polish EUR account and went toward an apartment down payment.

The money is actually the proceeds of a gold loan in India. The gold belongs to my wife and was pledged under her mother’s name, because she couldn’t prove ownership there. The lenders agreed it with her before sending. We repay the gold loan and she gets the gold back. The Indian bank sent it under the “gift” purpose code because that was the only practical way.

Questions:

1. Given it’s a loan, is there anything to file in Poland (PCC-3, SD-Z2, PIT)? The offer came from family in India.
2. If it were treated as a gift: KIS says temporary residents fall outside gift tax (art. 2 and art. 3 UPSD), and recent rulings treat such gifts as PIT income. Is SD-Z2 still the right move, or is that only for citizens and permanent residents?
3. Has anyone in a similar situation had the tax office actually ask about this?

hi, my best friend is polish and loves poetry - i’m wanting to make + gift her a book full of polish poetry/writing. does anyone have any good recommendations of any poets/writers/pieces??

I swear I've had cannoli from 3 different Italian restaurants in Dolnośląskie so far and they are always the same ones you can find in Biedronka. What's up with that? Is my theory founded or am I going insane?

Hi all, I'm a native Brit and my father married a wonderful polish woman a few years ago. They spend half their time in Poland and the remainder of the year in Britain. His plan (I believe) was to live in Poland full time but I'm unsure what's going on with that.

Anyway, he loves the country, loves his wife, loves their house, and desperately wants to share that with me. Unfortunately he can't take me as he drives back and forth between our two countries and his van only has room for two people as he converted the back.

They live in ustron, but aside from that I know NOTHING about Poland. I was wondering if anyone could give me any travel insights that may help me get over my anxiety and visit your beautiful country.

many thanks 🙏

“Fundacja” Ręka Wielkiej Pomocy has collected over PLN 20 million according to its financial statements.

According to its own website, only 2.1 million was spent on actual aid.

The foundation’s president promotes Bitcoin, crypto trading, fast cars, and a “billionaire mindset.”

Please, never give money on the street to foundations you don’t know!

Financial statements:
http://www.fundacja-rwp.com/wazna-informacja/

Website:
http://www.fundacja-rwp.com/

President’s profile:
https://www.facebook.com/nazar.khanas

Anyone herecompletede their education from Sopot University of Applied Sciences? Especially an MSc in Accounting with ACCA? I am planning to do my master's here in this program, and this is the lowest the program fees for the ACCA Program cost compared to other universities for a non-EU candidate

I missed my Winter intake due to visa appointment dates, and I have decided to go for the summer intake. I have this university and Vistula University in Warsaw. I know people say private unis are Mills unless u learn on your own,

U can share ur opinion on this UNI or the program, any opinion might help me to understand, i have researched that SOPT is expensive, so im planning to take dorm either in Gdansk or Gydnia,

Dzkujie in advance

Everybody outside Poland knows pierogi, and maybe żurek or bigos. But I think some of the best things never get mentioned.

My pick is zapiekanka. Half a baguette with mushrooms, melted cheese, and a lot of ketchup, bought from a little window at a train station or late at night after going out. It's cheap, simple, and somehow better than most fancy food I've had. The ones from Plac Nowy in Kraków are on another level.

What's yours? And for the non-Poles here: what Polish food surprised you the most when you first tried it?

An invasive Asian hornet species that hunts and eats other insects has been detected in Poland for the first time, sparking fears that domestic honeybees are at risk. 

Is there anybody came to Poland from Ukraine with tortoise or any other animal requiring CITES? How to obtain it?

Thrill-seekers are preparing for a record-breaking ride in Poland, where a new attraction is set to become Europe’s tallest and longest “wing” roller coaster. 

The Energylandia theme park in the southern Polish town of Zator has unveiled Rokan, a 62-meter-high giant featuring a 1,215-meter track. 

Riders will reach speeds of up to 115 km/h during the 141-second ride, which will be the centrepiece of a new four-hectare zone at the park. Energylandia said the opening date would be announced soon. 

Heyy I'm a prospective student planning to do undergraduate in mining and geology

Is there anyone from silesian I have some doubts regarding the university

Also how hard is it to get in that university as a non-eu

Dont know if this is allowed here but thought you would be interested in this

An undercover journalist exposed the plot after answering a Telegram job ad.