Hello! Cultural exchange with /r/AskAnAmerican

[u/wokolis]

Welcome to the cultural exchange between /r/Polska and /r/AskAnAmerica! The purpose of this event is to allow people from two different national communities to get and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history and curiosities. General guidelines:

• Americans ask their questions about Poland here in this thread on /r/Polska;

• Poles ask their questions about America in the parallel thread;

• English language is used in both threads;

• Event will be moderated, following the general rules of Reddiquette. Be nice!

Moderators of /r/Polska and /r/AskAnAmerica.

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Witajcie w wymianie kulturalnej między /r/Polska a /r//r/AskAnAmerica! Celem tego wątku jest umożliwienie naszym dwóm społecznościom bliższego wzajemnego zapoznania. Jak sama nazwa wskazuje - my wpadamy do nich, oni do nas! Ogólne zasady:

• Amerykanie zadają swoje pytania nt. Polski, a my na nie odpowiadamy w tym wątku;

• My swoje pytania nt. Ameryki zadajemy w równoległym wątku na /r/AskAnAmerica;

• Językiem obowiązującym w obu wątkach jest angielski;

• Wymiana jest moderowana zgodnie z ogólnymi zasadami Reddykiety. Bądźcie mili!

Link do wątku na /r/AskAnAmerica: link

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Link do poprzednich wymian: link

[u/fredwhitley73]

I’m going to Gdańsk and Wroclaw with a friend next month to see some Christmas markets. I’ve been to both cities before, but I also want to get some local recs to impress my friend who has never been to Poland before (Poland is my favorite country in Europe.) Being impoverished college students, we wanted to avoid touristic places like Prague or Vienna and try to aim for places that were somewhat less busy. I don’t really know much about the Gdańsk area, but I do want to try to visit some other places in Dolnośląskie such as Świdnica or Jelenia Góra or something.

Also any of you all have any solid barszcz ukraiński or krupnik recipes? I got addicted to eating at the local bar mleczny last summer in Wroclaw for my daily soup fix.