Poland

Hi Nosey Joe,

Its a massive country with 38 million people - going anywhere specific ?? !
 
Sorry havealaugh I was away for a few days and had no time to reply. Yes we are going to Stargard . I am going with a Polish friend and intend having a good time. Also going to get my teeth seen to there I believe it is only a fraction of the cost but that technology is far advanced. Anyone know if this is the situation?
 
Hi Nosey Joe,

Don't know diddly about having teeth done there, if you need info on Krakow, Warsaw or Poznan let me know.
 
Hi Yorky,
I was there during the summer,while I was interrailing and I would advise staying away from restaurants on the square as I found them expensive by Polish standards and not that nice. Same for drink. For food go down side streets off the main square. We(as in 6 lads) tried to get a table in a restaurant in the Jewish district that we heard was very nice but it was packed but there's loads of places to eat down there. Tip for when your paying your bill-if its say(equivalent) €56 and you give them €60 and say 'Thank you',they will interpret this as a tip and not give you your change whether you meant you wanted it back or not.
Plenty of clubs around the square for dancing etc!
Auschwitz is a must see,plenty of tours that go out there first thing in the morning.Some stay for the day and a few of them combine a afternoon visit to the salt mines.Personally after the morning intake the salt mines could have been avoided! Didn't go up the cathedral on the main square due to time constraints but I was recommended it!
You can exchange money in what are known as 'Kantor', rumour has its how the Mafia get rid of there Polish money in exchange for €,£ and $. Can be easier to change money in them than banks and some give better rates than banks but have a quick look around cuz they can vary themselves.
Overall a very nice place and was a highlight on our travels!
Hope its of some use!
All the best and enjoy
Half Scot
 
half scot said:
Tip for when your paying your bill-if its say(equivalent) €56 and you give them €60 and say 'Thank you',they will interpret this as a tip and not give you your change whether you meant you wanted it back or not.
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Living up to your national stereotype there? ;)
 
Well all going on Monday, have a dental appointment on Tue & Thur. My polish friend had fillings done in same dentists last week for the equilavent of €15 per tooth. She said that technology over there is superior to here. Her dentist also said that the black fillings ceased there four years ago!!!
She had a filling done here a few months back and the dentist in Poland took it out and refilled it .........after undoing some shoddy work by her Irish dentist. I will report back.
 
Nosey Joe said:
Sorry havealaugh I was away for a few days and had no time to reply. Yes we are going to Stargard . I am going with a Polish friend and intend having a good time. Also going to get my teeth seen to there I believe it is only a fraction of the cost but that technology is far advanced. Anyone know if this is the situation?
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I was in Szczecin, Poland (2.5 hours from Berlin) a couple of weeks ago for dental treatment. Really impressive clinic and I'm really impressed with the workmanship. I paid €800 to have 3 teeth sorted (inlay/onlay) work and an impacted tooth extracted. My own dentist told me I needed 2 crowns and one of these alone was going to cost €1100. The flight to berlin was only €110 and I had a great weekend there before heading to Poland on the train for 3 days with the dentist.
 
Hey Queen Maeve,
Do you have the phone number / email address of that Dentist... need to get work done and just got a quote of over 5,000 to have it in Dublin, hoping to get a better quote from abroad !
 
Hi folks , just back from Poland and had the dental treatment done it was first class and a first class price! :) 3 hours + work two fillings and a root canal killing and teeth cleaned! (by a 25 year old dentist), so nice and so gentle she was unbelievable. 330 Zloty about € 90. Also had to go for a full dental X-ray in the town 40 Zloty about €10! the equivalent here at least €200 !!!!!!!!!! We are being ripped off here totally. Their technology and equipment was far superior to here.
 
Easy JB by going to my local dentist myself and with my children! Also Poland is known to be to the forefront in medical matters! I had a full 3D X-ray of my mouth .It took a minute to take 9 mins waiting for neg for €10.
 
I'm not trying to be facetious in any way,but how is Poland known to be at the forefront of medical matters?What are these statements based upon(BTW I'm not singing the praises of Irish Health Service).
My only concern is that if anything goes wrong,what is the back up-flying out to Poland with a toothache is a scary proposition !:confused:
 
I got major work done in Krakow in May this year. Two crowns, two insert fillings and 3 ordinary fillings. The lot cost me €900. These dentists are trained in America and are more advanced in their technology, even their equipment is state of the art. Don't be put off by gloomy stairs - what is behind closed doors is unbelievable. As for problems arising I suppose that is luck.
 
Joanmul, this was no gloomy stairs it was a state of the art building! Spotless and after each patient the whole room is disinfected and everything cleaned thoroughly!

JB I am speaking from experience as is Joanmul and Queen Maeve. Are you?

The poles have developed a method whereby the long recuperation time for major ligament damage and sprains is more than halved by freezing.
 
Hi! I'm from Poland,Poznan...living for 2 years in Dublin. I've got good knowledge about Poland and after these years in Dublin also quite good comparsion Poland to Ireland . Need info or advice?- send me message.
 
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