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[mariaborland]

Hi, I've just arrived in Warsaw and finding life a little solitary. I've come from Seoul where there was quite a unified group of expat teachers; I was just wondering if the same is true over here? Or whether there are any particular pubs that teachers tend to frequent?...

[TwinCentre]

Know how you feel mate, when I first arrived in Warsaw, I was lost, but discovered a bar called 'Casablanca' where all the teachers used to hang out...but alas, it has recently closed.

I know about life in North East Asia. The difference here is that you tend to meet more of a variety of expats, mostly students, bar owners, finance people and teachers. Whereas in South Korea it is nearly all English teachers.

Maybe 'Bar Below', full of expats, especially erasmus students.

or Patrick's behind the main station. Gets lively, alot of English speakers go there.

Also the Irish Pub in the old town on Sunday nights when the band 36.6 play. (Irlanskie Pub?). Best place to be in the city on a Sunday night, really lively atmosphere.

Hope this helps, hang in there, it will all come good. Warsaw expats are a reserved bunch to say the least, but give it a chance, you only need to meet one sociable person in order to meet a whole load of others.

[sharter]

That Irish pub near Zamek is arse.

[Tracer]

Sorry I can't be of more help. All of the ideas above are news to me.

I usually just hang out with other teachers and expats randomly. There is no real hangout that I'm aware of where I'd expect to see a big group of English teachers and expats, but then again, I wouldn't consider myself a social butterfly.

You might want to pick up a copy of the Warsaw Insider at Złoty Terasy. There are some resources published in the back for expats which include clubs, churches and various other organizations. (You should be able to wrangle a free copy from one of the information desks there.) You can also visit them online:
http://www.warsawinsider.pl/

There is also WarsawLife.com:
http://www.warsaw-life.com/events/events.php

I've been in Warsaw for a little under a year, and expats here are a pretty de-centralized, bunch as far as I can tell. There are some pretty cool people here, though.

Witamy!

[Tracer]

Sorry I can't be of more help. All of the ideas above are news to me.

I usually just hang out with other teachers and expats randomly. There is no real hangout that I'm aware of where I'd expect to see a big group of English teachers and expats, but then again, I wouldn't consider myself a social butterfly.

You might want to pick up a copy of the Warsaw Insider at Złoty Terasy. There are some resources published in the back for expats which include clubs, churches and various other organizations. (You should be able to wrangle a free copy from one of the information desks there.) You can also visit them online:
http://www.warsawinsider.pl/

There is also WarsawLife.com:
http://www.warsaw-life.com/events/events.php

I've been in Warsaw for a little under a year, and expats here are a pretty de-centralized, bunch as far as I can tell. There are some pretty cool people here, though.

Witamy!

[TwinCentre]

Just thought....

The Sheraton Hotel Bar on Friday nights.

Quite a few of the British Council teachers hang out there along with their teacher mates from other schools, and a host of other expats. They have visiting bands from USA/Canada that play, it all kicks off at around 9pm.

You can just sit around at the circula bar and meet folks, at very least you can get to know the bands, they are usually somewhat lost on their 6 -7 week residence-visits to Warsaw and are happy to meet other English speakers.

[Master Shake]

Below Bar is good. Was there last night. A dozen or so expats and nary a Polish word could be heard.

They normally have a quiz there on Thurs nights but it was cancelled last night bec not enough people.

[Hod]

What about Cafe Karma in Zbawiciela Square? It's something different every night.