Polish Hospitals – you better avoid this hell

Warsaw hospitals are not the best place for sick and injured people. Yes there are some doctors there, but they aure usually busy with some paperwork, or coffee. Twisted anckle? Broken leg? Sorry you have to wait, a few hours sometimes…untill they fix it without anesthesia naturally. Yeah, there are a few communist leftovers in this country, most known apart from the railways is the healthcare – boy it sucks. Continue reading

100 million pln (23E) for Warsaw Central Rail station

Warsaw Central rail station

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There’s a big chance you’ll begin your visit on Warsaw Central rail station. The Polish Railways recently admitted that renovation of the most disgusting rail station in the Europe will cost slightly more then the planned 27 millions pln. It will cost… probably more then 100 millions pln. Continue reading

Hala Mirowska

Mirów HallsFelt hunger for some real fruits or vegetables? Need a few pounds of fresh meet? There are few old marketplaces in Warsaw, but most known – is Hala Mirowska. Don’t be attracted by big supermarkets or shopping centers – they’re the same in every country. Go into the city! Sink into to the old marketplace around Hala Mirowska, together with bunch of local old people, poor people, drunks, normal people looking for some fresh products and thieves and crooks :) Continue reading

Warsaw Central Rail Station = Warszawa Centralna

Warsaw Central rail station

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Central Rail Station – the most important rail station in Warsaw, and in the whole Poland. One of the horrors, that almost 50 years of communism left in Warsaw… Apart from it – there are also Western and Eastern (in Polish: Zachodnia, Wschodnia) rail stations. Almost all of the trains pass through the Central Railway Station. If you are planning a trip to Warsaw, ask for exact ticket – to Warszawa Centralna (this is it’s name in Polish). Continue reading

Big construction and traffic changes in Warsaw Praga district [Update]

You may not want to visit Praga during rush hours, from this weekend (October 15th) the Metro 2nd line construction is getting started, and boy it’s going to be a big mess. Two very big streets, are being closed. This will help the traffic :) Remember that 11 Listopada clubbing district is very close. So your journey plans to your favourite clubs may change. Continue reading

Fellow American asked me

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Why are there so many puddles in Poland after rain?

Well, that’s the problem no one has thought of it, it’s not like we can’t build it. Hell we can build a lot of sophisticated things, but not in this country. In this country a sidewalk with a specific angle for rainwater to come down…it’s just too much for our government and civil servants to handle. And they do accept the plans and schematics for every construction and investment. YES THEY ARE… IDIOTS etc.