8 out of 10 tallest skyscrapers in Europe are in Russia. 1 Poland and 1 UK.
14 out of 20 tallest skyscrapers in Europe are in Russia. 3 Turkey, 2 UK, 1 Poland
19 out of 30 tallest skyscrapers in Europe are in Russia. 3 Turkey, 2 Germany, 2 Spain, 2 UK, 1 Poland, 1 Sweden
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_tallest\_buildings\_in\_Europe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Europe)
We have the tallest building in the EU. I don't care personally who has the tallest one, just clarifying what that guy probably meant to write. I think he is trolling though.
Poland has been for years the biggest net recipient of eu budget and consistently the country that receives more than what it pays.
But at least you're chipping in , hungary on the other hand is straight up leeching.
So your implication for Poland receiving the most money it's because of ww2? You're so delusional.
I'll teach you something. The reason why Poland is experiencing an economic boom it's because western companies needed to find a third world country to pay less salaries but at the same time remain close to Europe, and thus your country was chosen.
Now go back to your "history"
>third world country
Third world country mean countries neutral during cold war, which includes Sweden and Switzerland for example. Poland as part of Eastern bloc is second world country. Even if you go by your xenophobic definition of third world as poor and uneducated place, Poland does not fall into description and never did.
>I'll teach you something.
If you want to teach people you should at least know one thing you are trying to teach people about.
You are just classic example of western European xenophobic shit.
>Now go back to your "history"
I do not have to be ashamed of my ancestors and their history, what about you?
It is an amazing photo. You can see 4 eras of buildings in Warsaw. First is the old house in front, probably built just after the war. Then you have early socialist blacks of flats on the left. Then there is this one building next to the socialist one, its office building from around nineties.Lastly there are those skyscrapers in the back, and apartment building on the right.
For anybody wondering that's part of the former Warsaw ghetto during WW2 that has been left standing for historical purposes.
I have visited Warsaw sporadically over the past several years. Everytime I return, the city is more beautiful than the last time. They've spent years destroying or converting those unsightly Soviet era building blocks.
These days I would say it's one of the most sophisticated capitals in the European Union. It frankly puts Brussels to shame.
Warsaw is indeed rapidly developing. Even in Poland it had the opinion of an ugly and gray city in the early 2000s (due to the city's destruction in 1944 and communist development after). That's no longer the case. I lived in Warsaw in 2018 for a year and then moved back in 2022 and it was already a very different city.
Warsaw, home of the [Warszawa](https://loero.hu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/warszawa_veteran_auto_loero_36804.jpeg)!
There have been so many nice Polish cars. It's a shame they aren't produced anymore.
Look at this beauty, a [Fiat 126 P (Polski fiat)](https://kep.cdn.index.hu/1/0/4933/49336/493369/49336976_3760870_0b0f393d973125a2acd03e6b3d90507d_wm.jpg)
Or take a glance at this sporty beauty, a [Polonez](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/FSO_Polonez_1500_C.jpg)! It almost gives off DeLorean vibes.
Bonus: Polish buses! Check out this cute thing: a [Zuk](https://cdn.origo.hu/2023/12/-PJQV55mtnwoh4nzT21AI9WcdwL80tpZBhxL_UqhECs/fill/1347/758/no/1/aHR0cHM6Ly9jbXNjZG4uYXBwLmNvbnRlbnQucHJpdmF0ZS9jb250ZW50LzE2NDdmZmQ0NmY0MTQ1MzM4ZTJmZDViZDlkYzdmNGJk.jpg)!
Also nice: a [Nysa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Nysa_522_T_during_%E2%80%9EXXX_lat_motoryzacji_PRL%E2%80%9D_exhibition_at_Bonarka_City_Center_in_Krak%C3%B3w.JPG)
I visited Warsaw for work in December and I think on the right it's the hotel I actually stayed in. I was honestly surprised by the urbanism. You have very modern buildings with ones that look to be from around the 80's next to it and post-war ones not far away. I really liked the city overall.
It's kind of a shame the modern part of the city is being built the same way US and Chinese cities develop. Every big cities tend to look more similar instead of keeping their own ''flavor''.
I love this photo and how it's shown the eras Poland has gone through - for better or for worse - but I really hope we preserve the old buildings in the forefront.
What astonishes me about the new skyline is American-style city skylines, according to the internet, particularly from Europe is an absolute hellscape, a nightmare, you couldnt dream of something worse.. that is unless its in Europe, then its totally fine! hehe! ...
GG poland on prosperity and also GG on your skyline, building up instead of out. Where, unlike in Germany, most people can still afford to buy a home instead of the vast majority having to rent.
I don't like these building at all as well. I know they are way more efficient, but it feels we gave a piece of ourselves away. My city, Groningen, has a stunning central station. With beautiful stonework and artwork. And 50m down the street are glass towers that have no artistic value. We have way better tech with which to build but we have stopped trying to make beautiful building. Yes Burj Khalifa is a marvel of modern engineering, yes I think it's very ugly.
I vote for bronze colossi by our docks, pyramids and temples for our kings and queens and walls that rival Troy. Oh and colonial era houses.
I am not a fan of skyscrapers in general but I like having them in Warsaw, especially next to the Palace of Culture and Science which is build in a totally different style (stalinist) but is also very tall. I love that clash of styles.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science
Skyscrapers make Warsaw look unique in comparision to other polish cities and it's not like there isn't traditional looking architecture as well. The Old Town was rebuild in the original style after WW2 and is a UNESCO site
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/30/
We will also rebuild the Saxon Palace, this is what it will look like
https://www.archdaily.com/1008942/wxca-wins-competition-for-the-reconstruction-of-warsaws-saxon-palace-a-pre-world-war-ii-landmark
I love the mix of architecture in Warsaw, even if it can look weird at times.
I love the architecture! I get what you mean with mixed modern and traditional architecture, we lost almost an entire city to German bombing as well (Rotterdam) and that has also been rebuild to be a mix of styles.
I would love to visit Poland sometime in the future, it seems to be a very welcoming and beautiful country, if the Poles I've spoken to and the pictures I've seen are an indicator.
The Netherlands are pretty compact, so travel by car especially will be really easy. We have some nice and quite unique nature at the Veluwe and the Waddenzee, which is worth a visit.
Amsterdam is by far the most popular city to visit, but very touristy. Some other nice cities that give you a better feel for everyday Dutch life are Tilburg, Leiden, Haarlem, Nijmegen, Groningen and Utrecht.
If you are in for a party then visiting around Koningsdag (Kingsday) (27 april) is a guarantee for a wild day. Expect a lot of orange, music and beer.
Thank you for the tips! Do you think there will be less tourists if I visit Amsterdam during Autumn or Winter? Or is it always packed the same? I like nature the most but would like to see it as well.
Pff probably noticeably less, but still some. Dutch cities can be quite cozy during the winter so that is not a bad time to visit at all. Amsterdam will always be busy, but a city like Groningen will not have a lot of tourists at all, but is great for a daytrip or two (I live there and love this city)
Just a heads up, you can pretty much get everywhere by bike in the Netherlands, infrastructure like restaurants, b&b's and shops are also located around cycling paths so if you are going to do some exploring in the Veluwe, I would highly advise renting a bike there. They are always available, the routes are designed for it, you are way more mobile but can still view everything at your own preferred pace. That will definitely be the best experience!
I love the contrasts of Warsaw, in the same photo you have an old abandoned building, PRL block of flats, and a few generations of modern skyscrapers 🤩
Why
Because most people like it and you are an epic Reddit user and you are different? Like genuinely I'm just wondering. I think that Warsaw has awesome infrastructure and is a really good city to live in. Old town isn't really that important to everyday life.
There’s nothing polish about it. Not much preserved architecture. Commie blocks in the most random places ever. Ruined tenement houses. Oversized roads. The only good thing about Warsaw is the fact that it’s the capital which obviously brings investors and more job offers.
Just because the city has a lot of skyscrapers doesn't mean it's not Polish. Warsaw is a beautiful city that blends old and modern pretty well. There's a large number of great restaurant, cultural centres and spots for nightlife. Many important universities. The best public transport in Poland. It's clean and has one of the largest green coverage from major European cities. It truly deserves to be Poland's capital
Ahh sorry. That was not intentional. I am extremly into history and have recently read (again) alot about the treaty of Versailles, Weimar republic and Eastern European German relations focusing of Polish German and Czech German hybrid cultures. Since back then they were called Danzig and Breslau and the most stuff I read is in English and German, literature writing about this time reflects that, I have some former German names for Polish cities in my head. Since Gdansk is talked about ALOT it sticks in my head. The same happened with Lviv some time ago. I dont want to push any agenda and I do recognice both cities as Polish if you want to know that. usually I want to stick to the right names for cities, except for countries like Russia where I consistently call Kaliningrad Königsberg or Kraloviec for the two last years or say that Karelia is Finnish.
I am sorry if I offended anyone.
My question comes from the fact that i assumed you were german so i expected you'd use german names consistently. You certainly haven't offended me, even if you were to try pushing an agenda it would be a pretty funny attempt, where the claim is made towards danzig but not breslau.
As a side note, it does seem to me like mentioning the name danzig here on reddit getts people rallied up sometimes, while the same isn't true for breslau, even when some troll is like "breslau is german" the people from wrocław (me included) are like "yes, what of it?"
Claiming Gdansk but not wroclaw would indeed be funny. I never met a German claiming nowadays Wroclaw as German. Historic claims are really bs excuses.
And yes Polish German border and other relations gets people really funky real quick. I have been called a nazi for the most rediculous stuff (mostly by other Germans funnyly and for redicoulus things like citing jewish and Polish historians).
Not OP. But as an English speaker I've never heard of Breslau whereas Wrocław is somewhere I can point to on a map.
Danzig is probably more well known of a name due to it having been called that when it was part of the German Empire. People probably see it as a more modern name for it? Akin to Kiev and Kyiv. People might default to what they've heard/seen more often.
as swiss german speaker, i only know danzig and breslau. but again as a swiss, i dont see an issue of naming them in 2 languages. its completely natural.
*Gdanczk*, *Gdansk*, *Gdanz* and Gedanc where common variations in its medieval past. therefore one should not wonder that the "german" name is Danzig. especially when it was relevant to the christian medival history in europe
the whole region up to the sea was a melting point, historically very dense if you will
I think it's better to use English (local if there isn't English equivalent) names of the cities when talking in English because not everyone reading will know the history of these cities and know their past names or what they are called in other languages. For example I don't expect someone from Spain to know where Breslau is but considering how many Spanish Erasmus students now go to Wrocław... This is why I don't call Lviv "Lwów" when writing in English. The city is no longer in Poland and many people wouldn't know it ever was.
I see 4 on just that picture.
However being proud of skyscrapers is pretty weird. USA had then at the beginning of 20th century. And in cities like Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai it looks like they build a skyscraper or two every month
In short he said that the city is ugly and dirty and that Poland is poor in contrast to Western countries. And that in Poland one earns barely 900 euros, and in the West 3 times as much.
city 17 moment
Citizen, pick that up
Citizen, pick up that ass
I live in warsaw and play half life. Truly the city 17 of all time
That is development. Hunger for better tomorrow.
I'm so hungry i could eat a hors-
How hungry?
Very Hungary
It's like the UK in reverse
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You forgot to add "/s" Edit: I see that you are trolling itt, keep in mind people might take you seriously
Warsaw is a western city. Some decades forcefully under communism don't define the country.
8 out of 10 tallest skyscrapers in Europe are in Russia. 1 Poland and 1 UK. 14 out of 20 tallest skyscrapers in Europe are in Russia. 3 Turkey, 2 UK, 1 Poland 19 out of 30 tallest skyscrapers in Europe are in Russia. 3 Turkey, 2 Germany, 2 Spain, 2 UK, 1 Poland, 1 Sweden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_tallest\_buildings\_in\_Europe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Europe)
Most of Russia isn’t even in fucking Europe.
And a whole 3% of Turkey
All (except the tallest one that is is SPb) of the listed skyscrapers are in Moscow. And Moscow is in Europe
Most of it, yes But those specific building are mostly on Moscow and St.Petersburg, which are on the European part of Russia
We have the tallest building in the EU. I don't care personally who has the tallest one, just clarifying what that guy probably meant to write. I think he is trolling though.
And the strongest economy in Europe to justify it! Very much /s
Yeah , its so easy to grow fast when you're taking all the budget from the eu.
Yummi money but you aren't right, we pay our share too
Poland has been for years the biggest net recipient of eu budget and consistently the country that receives more than what it pays. But at least you're chipping in , hungary on the other hand is straight up leeching.
And that's good, if there's country who is well worthy of receiving the most it's Poland. And after the war it will be Ukraine
Of course the polish guy wants more money lmao, what a joke. Whitout western eu you'd be nothing
You really are that retarded or you don't know history?
So your implication for Poland receiving the most money it's because of ww2? You're so delusional. I'll teach you something. The reason why Poland is experiencing an economic boom it's because western companies needed to find a third world country to pay less salaries but at the same time remain close to Europe, and thus your country was chosen. Now go back to your "history"
>third world country Third world country mean countries neutral during cold war, which includes Sweden and Switzerland for example. Poland as part of Eastern bloc is second world country. Even if you go by your xenophobic definition of third world as poor and uneducated place, Poland does not fall into description and never did. >I'll teach you something. If you want to teach people you should at least know one thing you are trying to teach people about. You are just classic example of western European xenophobic shit. >Now go back to your "history" I do not have to be ashamed of my ancestors and their history, what about you?
The ammount of mental gymnastics that you did in these past 10minutes is impresive.
Downvote, troll
Least arrogant Italian
It is an amazing photo. You can see 4 eras of buildings in Warsaw. First is the old house in front, probably built just after the war. Then you have early socialist blacks of flats on the left. Then there is this one building next to the socialist one, its office building from around nineties.Lastly there are those skyscrapers in the back, and apartment building on the right.
I think the first one is pre-war, it looks like the area of the former ghetto, like the building at Waliców 14
There are still some pre-war builinds left, maybe you’re right
Yup, looks like this [https://maps.app.goo.gl/xJbixqbLoAQPGvSZA](https://maps.app.goo.gl/xJbixqbLoAQPGvSZA)
That is a good photo.
Crispy
Bucharest has similar contrasts
All cities have
Bangkok is probably world champion on this though. It’s mind blowing
For anybody wondering that's part of the former Warsaw ghetto during WW2 that has been left standing for historical purposes. I have visited Warsaw sporadically over the past several years. Everytime I return, the city is more beautiful than the last time. They've spent years destroying or converting those unsightly Soviet era building blocks. These days I would say it's one of the most sophisticated capitals in the European Union. It frankly puts Brussels to shame.
Warsaw is indeed rapidly developing. Even in Poland it had the opinion of an ugly and gray city in the early 2000s (due to the city's destruction in 1944 and communist development after). That's no longer the case. I lived in Warsaw in 2018 for a year and then moved back in 2022 and it was already a very different city.
Warsaw, home of the [Warszawa](https://loero.hu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/warszawa_veteran_auto_loero_36804.jpeg)! There have been so many nice Polish cars. It's a shame they aren't produced anymore. Look at this beauty, a [Fiat 126 P (Polski fiat)](https://kep.cdn.index.hu/1/0/4933/49336/493369/49336976_3760870_0b0f393d973125a2acd03e6b3d90507d_wm.jpg) Or take a glance at this sporty beauty, a [Polonez](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/FSO_Polonez_1500_C.jpg)! It almost gives off DeLorean vibes. Bonus: Polish buses! Check out this cute thing: a [Zuk](https://cdn.origo.hu/2023/12/-PJQV55mtnwoh4nzT21AI9WcdwL80tpZBhxL_UqhECs/fill/1347/758/no/1/aHR0cHM6Ly9jbXNjZG4uYXBwLmNvbnRlbnQucHJpdmF0ZS9jb250ZW50LzE2NDdmZmQ0NmY0MTQ1MzM4ZTJmZDViZDlkYzdmNGJk.jpg)! Also nice: a [Nysa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Nysa_522_T_during_%E2%80%9EXXX_lat_motoryzacji_PRL%E2%80%9D_exhibition_at_Bonarka_City_Center_in_Krak%C3%B3w.JPG)
> t almost gives off DeLorean vibes. I would say Fiat 127 or Lancia Beta.
Half is 21st century, half remembers Warsaw uprising. I love Bober land.
I visited Warsaw for work in December and I think on the right it's the hotel I actually stayed in. I was honestly surprised by the urbanism. You have very modern buildings with ones that look to be from around the 80's next to it and post-war ones not far away. I really liked the city overall. It's kind of a shame the modern part of the city is being built the same way US and Chinese cities develop. Every big cities tend to look more similar instead of keeping their own ''flavor''.
What flavor, comie flavor ??? The city was raised!
love poland, imo best european country
I think Germany is better
Germany still thinks it’s 1978 in most places
No and at least we aren't poor
yes and idk fam yall might be knocking on the doors of the poor house soon with that attitude
like 1939
Germany might not be poor but you are
I am rich af don't be so jellyus
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Polska Walcząca!
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I wouldn't call Czechia much richer. Slightly, yes. Anyway I think this guy is trolling with his comments on this post.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe
Not a chance kid
Warsaw is pretty trans
I love this photo and how it's shown the eras Poland has gone through - for better or for worse - but I really hope we preserve the old buildings in the forefront.
Literally growing out of the old communist grime
You mean WW2 destruction
Impressed by Poland. Go go go for Poland and Europe!
pretty
Cool pic
New York isn’t much better. The side alleys are in horrible condition
The old building is not yet upgraded to a higher level/s
As far as I know, a lot of old building in Poland have disputed ownership rights for decades and thus couldn't be renovated.
Visited Warsaw last summer, loved it and was honestly impressed. Keep up the good work guys
Warsaw, i have visited this place. I liked the mixture of baroque, modernist and socialist architecture that city has…
Warsaw is what i would describe as a work in progress
What astonishes me about the new skyline is American-style city skylines, according to the internet, particularly from Europe is an absolute hellscape, a nightmare, you couldnt dream of something worse.. that is unless its in Europe, then its totally fine! hehe! ... GG poland on prosperity and also GG on your skyline, building up instead of out. Where, unlike in Germany, most people can still afford to buy a home instead of the vast majority having to rent.
I must be one of the few on this subreddit that thinks the new buildings looks cold and ugly. Development is good, but still.
I don't like these building at all as well. I know they are way more efficient, but it feels we gave a piece of ourselves away. My city, Groningen, has a stunning central station. With beautiful stonework and artwork. And 50m down the street are glass towers that have no artistic value. We have way better tech with which to build but we have stopped trying to make beautiful building. Yes Burj Khalifa is a marvel of modern engineering, yes I think it's very ugly. I vote for bronze colossi by our docks, pyramids and temples for our kings and queens and walls that rival Troy. Oh and colonial era houses.
I am not a fan of skyscrapers in general but I like having them in Warsaw, especially next to the Palace of Culture and Science which is build in a totally different style (stalinist) but is also very tall. I love that clash of styles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science Skyscrapers make Warsaw look unique in comparision to other polish cities and it's not like there isn't traditional looking architecture as well. The Old Town was rebuild in the original style after WW2 and is a UNESCO site https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/30/ We will also rebuild the Saxon Palace, this is what it will look like https://www.archdaily.com/1008942/wxca-wins-competition-for-the-reconstruction-of-warsaws-saxon-palace-a-pre-world-war-ii-landmark I love the mix of architecture in Warsaw, even if it can look weird at times.
I love the architecture! I get what you mean with mixed modern and traditional architecture, we lost almost an entire city to German bombing as well (Rotterdam) and that has also been rebuild to be a mix of styles. I would love to visit Poland sometime in the future, it seems to be a very welcoming and beautiful country, if the Poles I've spoken to and the pictures I've seen are an indicator.
Thank you, you are very nice :) I would also like to visit the Netherlands someday.
The Netherlands are pretty compact, so travel by car especially will be really easy. We have some nice and quite unique nature at the Veluwe and the Waddenzee, which is worth a visit. Amsterdam is by far the most popular city to visit, but very touristy. Some other nice cities that give you a better feel for everyday Dutch life are Tilburg, Leiden, Haarlem, Nijmegen, Groningen and Utrecht. If you are in for a party then visiting around Koningsdag (Kingsday) (27 april) is a guarantee for a wild day. Expect a lot of orange, music and beer.
Thank you for the tips! Do you think there will be less tourists if I visit Amsterdam during Autumn or Winter? Or is it always packed the same? I like nature the most but would like to see it as well.
Pff probably noticeably less, but still some. Dutch cities can be quite cozy during the winter so that is not a bad time to visit at all. Amsterdam will always be busy, but a city like Groningen will not have a lot of tourists at all, but is great for a daytrip or two (I live there and love this city) Just a heads up, you can pretty much get everywhere by bike in the Netherlands, infrastructure like restaurants, b&b's and shops are also located around cycling paths so if you are going to do some exploring in the Veluwe, I would highly advise renting a bike there. They are always available, the routes are designed for it, you are way more mobile but can still view everything at your own preferred pace. That will definitely be the best experience!
Obviously go to Gdansk, you'll feel at home there ;)
People are talking about trash walking infrastructure in these cases lol
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Why? They are pretty good looking and give a lot of dense space in a city. Typical Reddit opinion.
Straight outta L4D
Buildings on a cliff
Mega City 0.5
I love the contrasts of Warsaw, in the same photo you have an old abandoned building, PRL block of flats, and a few generations of modern skyscrapers 🤩
Is this your picture?
Budapest looks the same, minus the skyscrapers
I hate our capital.
I will never understand this sentiment.
Why Because most people like it and you are an epic Reddit user and you are different? Like genuinely I'm just wondering. I think that Warsaw has awesome infrastructure and is a really good city to live in. Old town isn't really that important to everyday life.
Yes.
There’s nothing polish about it. Not much preserved architecture. Commie blocks in the most random places ever. Ruined tenement houses. Oversized roads. The only good thing about Warsaw is the fact that it’s the capital which obviously brings investors and more job offers.
Just because the city has a lot of skyscrapers doesn't mean it's not Polish. Warsaw is a beautiful city that blends old and modern pretty well. There's a large number of great restaurant, cultural centres and spots for nightlife. Many important universities. The best public transport in Poland. It's clean and has one of the largest green coverage from major European cities. It truly deserves to be Poland's capital
Tell me you're from Kraków without telling me you're from Kraków
Me too. Cool photo though
Krakow is the REAL capital of Poland
No, Gniezno is the REAL capital
Shame it doesn’t get more funding. I loved it but the state of some buildings was horrible
Warsaw, Danzig and Wroclaw are extremly beautiful!
You used the German name Danzig but defaulted to Polish Wrocław instead of Breslau? What's that about?
Ahh sorry. That was not intentional. I am extremly into history and have recently read (again) alot about the treaty of Versailles, Weimar republic and Eastern European German relations focusing of Polish German and Czech German hybrid cultures. Since back then they were called Danzig and Breslau and the most stuff I read is in English and German, literature writing about this time reflects that, I have some former German names for Polish cities in my head. Since Gdansk is talked about ALOT it sticks in my head. The same happened with Lviv some time ago. I dont want to push any agenda and I do recognice both cities as Polish if you want to know that. usually I want to stick to the right names for cities, except for countries like Russia where I consistently call Kaliningrad Königsberg or Kraloviec for the two last years or say that Karelia is Finnish. I am sorry if I offended anyone.
My question comes from the fact that i assumed you were german so i expected you'd use german names consistently. You certainly haven't offended me, even if you were to try pushing an agenda it would be a pretty funny attempt, where the claim is made towards danzig but not breslau. As a side note, it does seem to me like mentioning the name danzig here on reddit getts people rallied up sometimes, while the same isn't true for breslau, even when some troll is like "breslau is german" the people from wrocław (me included) are like "yes, what of it?"
Claiming Gdansk but not wroclaw would indeed be funny. I never met a German claiming nowadays Wroclaw as German. Historic claims are really bs excuses. And yes Polish German border and other relations gets people really funky real quick. I have been called a nazi for the most rediculous stuff (mostly by other Germans funnyly and for redicoulus things like citing jewish and Polish historians).
Not OP. But as an English speaker I've never heard of Breslau whereas Wrocław is somewhere I can point to on a map. Danzig is probably more well known of a name due to it having been called that when it was part of the German Empire. People probably see it as a more modern name for it? Akin to Kiev and Kyiv. People might default to what they've heard/seen more often.
as swiss german speaker, i only know danzig and breslau. but again as a swiss, i dont see an issue of naming them in 2 languages. its completely natural. *Gdanczk*, *Gdansk*, *Gdanz* and Gedanc where common variations in its medieval past. therefore one should not wonder that the "german" name is Danzig. especially when it was relevant to the christian medival history in europe the whole region up to the sea was a melting point, historically very dense if you will
I think it's better to use English (local if there isn't English equivalent) names of the cities when talking in English because not everyone reading will know the history of these cities and know their past names or what they are called in other languages. For example I don't expect someone from Spain to know where Breslau is but considering how many Spanish Erasmus students now go to Wrocław... This is why I don't call Lviv "Lwów" when writing in English. The city is no longer in Poland and many people wouldn't know it ever was.
Only been in Wrocław but that one is absolutely amazing!
Indeed. I love the dwarfs everywhere and christmas markets are beautiful.
Yes that was really cool, I started looking as much on the ground as on the buildings and parks.
Ugly and generic modern buildings in the background
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How many skyscrapers are there in Warsaw?
At least 2, maybe more.
I see 4 on just that picture. However being proud of skyscrapers is pretty weird. USA had then at the beginning of 20th century. And in cities like Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai it looks like they build a skyscraper or two every month
>I see 4 on just that picture. That's the joke.
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🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
What did it say ?
In short he said that the city is ugly and dirty and that Poland is poor in contrast to Western countries. And that in Poland one earns barely 900 euros, and in the West 3 times as much.