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      • Book review – Classrooms and Barrooms: An American in Poland
      • A Chip Shop in Poznań – My Unlikely Year in Poland (Ben Aitken)
    • Guest posts
      • Guest Post – David J. Jackson – Reflections of a Polka DJ
    • The Sunday trading ban in Poland – complete guide
    • Why get Polish citizenship by descent through Lexmotion, Kraków!
    • Polish rail travel has become a real pleasure
    • Top four reasons to visit Poland
  • Stories
    • Days in Poland – reflections
      • The story behind my first trip to Poland
      • My first journey to Poland (2005)
      • A few reflections on culture shock in Poland (2005)
      • Living in Kraków – Candid Reflections (2006-07)
      • Living and working in Łódź (2012-13)
    • The Polish Golden Autumn – Kind thoughts
    • Polish Family History Research
    • Coronavirus in Poland – notes
  • Interviews
    • Mariusz Siek – Manufaktura Kwasu
    • Daniel Paczkowski – Ancestral Tourism in Poland
    • Leah Morawiec – polonization.pl
    • Jonny Blair – Northern Irishman in Poland
  • Everyday life
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      • Buying a flat in Poland – A step-by-step guide
      • Buy to let in Poland
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A Chip Shop in Poznań – My Unlikely Year in Poland (Ben Aitken)

December 29, 2020
by Steven ArticlesBook reviews

A review of Ben Aitken’s book A Chip Shop in Poznań – My Unlikely Year in Poland.

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Top four reasons to visit Poland

July 11, 2020
by Steven Articles

Four cracking reasons (out of a million reasons!) to make Poland your next travel destination.

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Polish rail travel has become a real pleasure

February 29, 2020
by Steven Articles

Polish rail travel – now a pleasure and not a chore. Dive in to read about my memories of Polish rail travel from 2005. Find out how the rail network in Poland has come on in leaps and pounds in recent years.

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Guest Post – David J. Jackson – Reflections of a Polka DJ

February 3, 2020
by Steven ArticlesGuest posts

Finding Poland’s first guest post written by Polish American author and Polka DJ, David J. Jackson. Dive in to find out how polka music and the Polish language define Polish Americans and help them to bond.

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Classrooms and Barrooms: An American in Poland (David J. Jackson)

January 17, 2020
by Steven ArticlesBook reviews

Book review of Classrooms and Barrooms: An American in Poland by David J. Jackson. As a US scholar, David lived and taught at The University of Łódź as part of the Fulbright Program. As this post highlights, David saw it all in the bars and classrooms of Poland.

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The Sunday trading ban in Poland – complete guide

November 24, 2019
by Steven Articles

On March 1, 2018, a law banning almost all trade on Sundays in Poland came into effect. Read on to find out what the Sunday trading ban looks like in reality and how it has been received by Poles.

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Why get Polish citizenship by descent through Lexmotion, Kraków!

September 30, 2019
by Steven Articles

From naturalisation by residence to naturalisation by marriage to a Polish citizen, there are a number of ways to obtain Polish citizenship. Using my experience as a guide, this article covers one increasingly common method to get Polish citizenship – by descent.

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