http://www.expatify.com Expat Blogs & Community Magazine Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.expatify.com/poland/exploring-the-museums-of-krakow-poland.html http://www.expatify.com/poland/exploring-the-museums-of-krakow-poland.html#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:57:41 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=5498 National Museum The National Museum in Krakow is the biggest museum in Poland, and it was founded in 1879. The main building is located in downtown Krakow, and then there are other branches spread around the city. The main building has permanent exhibitions like Arms and Uniforms in Poland, for those interested in military history. For [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/poland/exploring-the-museums-of-krakow-poland.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/poland/navigating-the-lakes-of-poland.html http://www.expatify.com/poland/navigating-the-lakes-of-poland.html#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:29:27 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=5472 The country of Poland has almost 10,000 lakes located all throughout the country. Most of the lakes are in the Pomeranian Lake district and the Lakelands of Masurian. There are also a high number of mountain lakes in the Tatra Mountains. Lake Sniardwy Lake Sniardwy is the largest lake in Poland, and is one of the Great [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/poland/navigating-the-lakes-of-poland.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/poland/the-museums-of-warsaw-poland.html http://www.expatify.com/poland/the-museums-of-warsaw-poland.html#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:36:32 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=4320 The National Museum The National Museum in Warsaw has much to offer visitors, including ancient art from Greece, Rome and Egypt, Medieval Art, and foreign paintings from many different years. The museum also holds a large collection of Polish material on exhibit, including paintings, 20th century art and decorative arts. Much of the material has Catholic [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/poland/the-museums-of-warsaw-poland.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/poland/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-poland.html http://www.expatify.com/poland/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-poland.html#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:29:11 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=1620 Social Customs: Poles are usually very religious, as you may notice by the various Jesus and Pope posters and statues all over the buildings and city streets. Make sure not to make fun of the Pope, and if you are atheist, try not to announce it. If you enter a church, remove your hat. On religious [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/poland/learning-the-social-and-business-customs-of-poland.html/feed 0