David Kennedy is a Scottish business and financial journalist who has been living and working in Poland for 30 years. He is sharing his experiences of discovering Poland in the 1980s and perspective on the country, Polish people and culture today. What’s the story behind your connection to Poland? It started when I chose Slavonic…
Almost every time I meet a Polish person for the first time, they are curious to know why an Englishman lives in Poland. Recently, I have started to think this will no longer be someone’s first question. As a foreigner, I see the country from a different perspective. Generally, Poles seem to have a very…
Britta Kutz, Area General Manager in IHG Hotels & Resorts in Poland and General Manager at the InterContinental Warsaw, has been living here for over 3 years. She shares her journey, experiences and thoughts on culture, people and food. You have a rich experience in living and working abroad… I was born in Cologne, but…
Amila de Saram is a Sri Lankan-Norwegian human rights and development professional disability rights specialist and certified ADHD life coach, based in Warsaw. She’s been living in Poland for 3 years now, committing herself to work and dedicating her free time to her beloved music. What do you do in Poland? I work in the…
Muthana Hanaysheh is a Palestinian pediatrician based in Warsaw, who has been living in Poland for 11 years. He works in a children’s hospital and has his own private practice. Every free moment he spends with his close ones – beloved wife, almost 1 year old daughter and friends. He managed to meet for an…
Steven Duda is a French publisher and artist – a painter, illustrator, computer graphic designer and an author of graphic novels based in Nancy. He visited Poland for the 4th time this summer and, as he says, it was one of many more visits to come. When did you come to Poland for the first…
Kerry Anne Longhurst is a British higher education professional specializing in Eastern Partnership, democratization, gender and EU enlargement, with PhD in Philosophy and International Relations and Affairs from the University of Birmingham. She has been living and working in Poland for 14 years, currently a professor and Head of Institute of Politics and International Relations…
Christoper Korten is an American historian, a professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and an experienced IELTS trainer with over 860 thousand Instagram followers @Professor_Korten. A graduate from Cambridge (master’s degree) and Oxford (PhD), who during a brief visit to Poland 20 years ago, found the perfect place to develop his academic career…
Poland Weekly+ asked expats’ opinions about Poland through contacts with verified accounts on social media. The most common response was “safety.” Poland is becoming an increasingly preferred country for expats. Since it became a member of the European Union in 2004, the country’s increasing economic integration and compliance with EU standards have made it more…
Poland Weekly+ continues to focus on the lives of expats living in Poland. Vibekananda Dutta, who works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics at the Faculty of Mechatronics at Warsaw University of Technology, continues his research in the fields of artificial intelligence, and robotics. Mr. Dutta explained his views on…
Nataliia Zhuravska moved to Poland from Kyiv just a few months before the Russian invasion on Ukraine, searching for film education and career development opportunities in the creative industry. Today she studies in Warsaw and works as a production assistant in a Polish film production company. Why look for film schools in Poland? Kyiv has…
Aashruti Tripathy is a 27-year-old student from Nepal, who came to Poland for an Erasmus Mundus master’s scholarship at the University of Łódź. She has been living here for four months, but her international student’s adventure started a year and a half ago. Why did you choose Poland as one of your destinations for scholarship? …
