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Travel to Poland to backpack, study, intern, volunteer, work or live as a digital nomad, expat or emigrant?
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Intro: life and experiences in Poland
Backpacking in Poland
- One of the better countries in Eastern Europe to backpack through.
- Features: not expensive, warm summer and plenty to do.
Travelling in Poland
- A trip through Poland is a trip with lots of variety, past a lot of history and through special natural areas.
- Cities to spot: Kraków, Warsaw and Wrocław (Poland's gem).
- Animal spotting: bears, bisons (wisent), moose, lynx, foxes, wild cats, white-tailed eagles.
Studying in Poland
- If your English is good enough, you can study at most universities and colleges in Poland.
- Studies: from economics and medicine to art and music.
- Characteristics: education is sometimes less organized compared to the Netherlands.
Internships in Poland
- Internships: internships can be found mainly at the multinational companies operating in Poland.
- Characteristics: Polish companies without speaking Polish themselves can be too much of a challenge.
Working in Poland
- Jobs: temporary work can mainly be found in the sectors: ict, help desks, agriculture and tour management.
- Characteristics: as a student from the Netherlands, you are allowed to work alongside your studies.
Doing voluntary work in Poland
- Volunteer projects: particularly in the sectors of nature management and animal protection.
- Animal projects: protection of beavers, otters, deer, wild cats, seals.
- Characteristics: also short volunteer work is possible for one or two weeks.
Working as a digital nomad in Poland
- Favorite cities: Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw.
- Characteristics: cool cities to spend your time and spend little.
Living in Poland
- Language: learning Polish is not easy. The younger Poles already speak a reasonable amount of English. Among the older ones and outside the cities, you will have to make do with Polish or German.
- Characteristics: Prepare for a rather conservative culture in which Catholic values and norms play a role. In the cities where the expats are located and tourism plays a larger role, you will notice much less of this.
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- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom: England, Scotland to Wales
- Vatican City
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Favorite stories, blogs and texts related to Poland
Toeristenvisum Er is geen toeristenvisum nodig voor Polen. Je kunt er onbeperkt verblijven als je een geldige ziektekostenverzekering hebt en genoeg financiële middelen hebt om jezelf te onderhouden. Vrijwilligersvisum Er is geen vrijwilligersvisum nodig voor Polen. Je kunt er onbeperkt verblij...
Favorite tips and suggestions related to Poland
Using the coarse side of a box grater, grate the potatoes and place them into a sieve or colander over a bowl. Using the finer side of the grater, grate the onion and add it to the potato. Using the back of a spoon, or even your hands, squeeze out any excess water/juice from the potatoes and onion....
Selected Worldsupporter pages in relation with the topic
- Backpacking or traveling in Poland: also backpacking and travel around the world
- Studying in Poland: also the use of summaries and study notes
- Starting an internship in Poland: also stages in het buitenland met checklists en tips (NL)
- Volunteer in Poland: also sustainable volunteering, project support and volunteer opportunities
- Working in Poland: also jobs, materials for teaching abroad
- Working as a digital nomad in Poland: check the collection of content for digital nomads, global workers, people combining work & travel
- Living abroad in Poland: use the checklists for global nomads, expats and other people moving abroad
- Being sufficient insured during your activities in Poland: check fair insurances for long term abroad
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