What are polish people famous for?

Show all answers

Luinlothana

oh, a number of things. Among the most interesting:

1) Fighting for independence. We are quite good at it though we hardly ever win.

2) First Constitution in Europe and second in the world

3) Never giving up

4) Not giving up their identity even after over a century of partition

5) A few Nobel prize winners

6) Free election since XVII century

7) Breaking the code of Enigma - nazi coding mashine

8) A king who convinced a person, trying to make an attempt on his life to give up those ideas and try to be better a man and start everything over - it worked since PuÅ‚aski is not the best known killer in the US history

9) Husaria - historical winged riders

10) Polish pilots fighting in the battle for England

11) being the most cheeful country on the east side of Iron Veil

12) Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa and Solidarity movement

13) Breeding great horses ( http://www.janow.arabians.pl/pl/aktualnosci/ )

14) Ability to live in the most absurd reality possible

15) MikoÅ‚aj Kopernik (Copernicus) with his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

16) Music (Chopin, Wieniawski...)

And of course much, much more...

hakuna matata

Fighting on our side in W.W.2. They contributed a lot with their free Polish air force that fought in the battle of Britain. Their army fought in the desert against Rommel. They are a good nation with a lot of pride.

Copernicus

Philadelphia

Great food - Barsch (beetroot soup)/Pierogi (dumplings)/golombki(stuffed cabbage) YUMMY!!!!
- lots of manufacturing including wooden products/ leather/ wood/ amber/ salt.
- Marie Curie was born in Poland
- Rula Lenska was born of Polish parents
- Poles helped to decode the enigma machine during WW2.

edison

Lech Walesa & in some places a sense of humour!

Christine

Glombki's!!!! (Cabbage Rolls!!!)

nunocountry

Hospitality. I was surprised when I traveled around Poland to discover that a people with such a tragic history can be so nice and friendly. The like to drink beer, eat sausages, sing, dance and...treking...that people like to walk on the mountanside. I encourage every one to visit Poland. Krakow, Lublin, Zamosc, Wroclaw, Zakopane (Trata mountains) are great but don't forget small town Poland. And dont forget to say djenkue...(thank you) every time you get a Zywiec beer.

fizz

Solidarity, the union organisation that brought the end of communism in Poland. Poland can probably, be credited for the breakdown of the soviet union and the end of soviet based communism.

That and cuisine based on boiled cabbages.

Avatar13

Their heroic behavior against the Germans. When the Germans invaded Poland in '39 with Stuka's (war planes- Sturzkampfbomber) and tanks, the Polish Lancers rode their horses on the battle field, knowing they were going to die a certain death. That's bravery all the way.

savs

chopin

Thomas S

Polish sausage

Mr Crusty

Suffering the Nazi invasion that precipitated World War 2 & then fighting along side us in WW2 - their pilots fought in the Battle of Britain against Germany.

Shell

food and dancing

alexandra

to -Erne e- : ....skoda cars aren't polish... :)

joFOsho

marie curie sklodowska was a great scientist who worked on radiation. unfortunately, becaue of the radiation she died of cancer.

peterpeterpeter1981

vodka

kalusz

Does John Paul the Great,Poland's greatest and most beloved son count? Nobel Prize winners Lech Walesa,Henryk Sienkiewicz,Wladyslaw Reymont,Wislawa Szymborska,Marie Curie,Czeslaw Milosz.

brogdenuk

Toughness and perservence.

johnfromdon

You have to remember how some of the men fought against the Germans during the Battle of Britain - Polish and Czech pilots flew with the RAF, and as payback they fought hard and scored quite well against the Luftwaffe!

Remember in the Bridge too Far, they used Polish soldiers in that too - unfortunately played by Gene Hackman - bad Polish accent!

Bellshk

People- Pope John Paul II, Lech Walesa, Henryk Sienkiewicz,Mikolaj Kopernik, Czeslaw Milosz, Wladyslaw Reymont, Wislawa Szymborska, Marie Curie, Fryderyk Chopin, Izabela Scorupco.

Food- Variety of dumplings, bigos, golabki

History- Played a big role in WW2, 2nd constitution in thw world, 1st in Europe, strong in wars in medieval times, Uniwersytet Jagielonski

Culture- dance, friendliness

smiler

being very shiny.

trickz_star

many things like here

postjelitco

heheh - being from PL its interesting to hear soem of that..
yes,
i think we are famous from
fighting
remebering /lifing too much in past
contemplaining, regreting, COMPLAINING
siting and smoking
siting smoking and drinking
drinking and complaining
looking for jobs

and once again fighting for others hoping it will do sth for us and that they wont forget about it (like napoleon, churchill, bush...);)

lack of solidarity, rudness and amazing creativity when all seems to be lost :)

LOL
LOL

shoe s

keibasa sausages

monkey

polish people are famous for being beautiful
and drinking lots of vodka and being very friendly

cherub

Drinking vodka or home made brew. Drinking anyway.

jojounia

Hospitality, vodka, sausages, tiny Fiats and the Polonez :D

mgkinsella@btinternet.com

nicking our jobs over here

Alex

Being invaded.

taxed till i die,

Drinking vodka,making sausages,skoda cars,getting battered in the second world war,

Mai C

Polished Shoes
Polished Floors
Polished Furniture
Polished Food from plates
Polished language

Etc
You will fine at least one of each of these in every house hold so that means they are famous.

They are also famous for being unfortunate enough to be located in the middle of Europe where idilogical wars have taken place. Many of them have died and still nothing really sorted.

Afghanistan is similar to Poland in that respect.

All my male friends say Polish girls are really nice looking. Unfortunately nobody in the west has ever seen an Afghan lady enough to decide how she looks. Just two eyes through a slit in the vail.

Enter Your Message or Comment

User Name:
User Email:
Post a comment: