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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.

[sharter]

Years ago my mate Ollie owned O'Morgan's in Tampka, but sadly the old legend died.

There ain't a bar in Warsaw that can match Mosg in Bydgoszcz or Dragon in Poznan. Dragon has actually gone a bit down hill since certain bar sataff left and smoking has been banned in the bar area....kinda sold out you might say.
Actually, when I worked in Bydgoszcz back in 96, it had some truly brilliant bars......haven't been there since 98 though.

All the quirky, dark, smoky Polish bars seem to be disappearing faster than the poles. Shame, they were fantastic.

Seems to be airport lounge establishments these days with shite beer, over priced dodgy steaks and women who switch from beer with a straw to Jonnie Walker Blue Label, the moment you offer them a drink.

No thanks.

[TwinCentre]

[lundjstuart]

[Blasphemer]

[Khrystene]

Most expats I knew hung out together and often were found at a place on Nowy Swiat called Sense or the (nice) owner's other bar, eSsence.

You can easily find their groups on Facebook if you do a search for expats in Warsaw.

K

[mitsui]

Krakow is better. I liked going to Baghdad.

In Warsaw I recommend Lolek, which is in that park, not too far from Pole Moketowicke train station (forgot the spelling).

There are other places too. I used to go south of the university train station, and went to a place there.

[ray.brwin�w]

does anyone know where all the ESOL teachers will be in Warsaw this Christmas? No work, lots of free time, It would be good to meet up with some others that speak English, I live over in the sticks in the west of Warsaw, and haven't spoken to an English speaker for weeks now - it's slowly driving me nuts! any ideas please get in touch