r/poland Nov 25 '25

A comprehensive guide for EU foreigners moving to Poland - START HERE.

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Hello, I have seen many folks coming to Poland from the EU and being completely lost on what kind of legal procedures they have to do in order to start their residence in Poland. Be that you come here to study, work or live with your spouse there are several things I hope this guide will be able to cover.

!PLEASE NOTE!
This guide is meant only for citizens of the European Union and citizens of countries that are members of the European Economic Area. Some of the parts of this guide will be similar for non-EU foreigners but some will not. In general, the info posted here is only fully up to date if you are a citizen of the EU/EEA
!PLEASE NOTE!

0. Introduction and general info

Poland is divided into 16 voivodeships which are further subdivided into powiats, which means something like 'county' and these are further made out of municipalities - pol. gmina, or cities - pol. miasto. Large cities however are both powiat and miasto so in case of Warsaw, Wrocław, Kraków etc. city office (pol. urząd miasta) will also perform duties of powiat office (pol. starostwo powiatowe). In case of Warsaw - urząd dzielnicy meaning district office will serve as city office.

All of the below information covers only EU/EEA citizens. If you are non-EU, majority of the below information will not be correct for your case.

I strongly recommend reading all of the parts linked below apart from car stuff, if id does not concern your case.

I. Registering your residence and making your stay in Poland legal.
II. Obtaining health insurance
III. Using healthcare
IV. Taxes
V. Digital log-in and services
VI. Cars and licenses
VII. Banks and mobile phones
VIII. What to do when I leave Poland?
IX. Pets

If you have any additional questions or remarks, please do not hesitate to comment, I will be happy to help for as long as I'm going to visit this platform and expand this post. I hope you all have a great day and life in general. Thanks for reading, stay safe.


r/poland 50m ago

Polish and German troops team up

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Polish and German soldiers are working together to strengthen Poland’s border with Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a video posted on Wednesday.


r/poland 8h ago

One of the most influential people in the development of the modern personal computer market was Jack Tramiel (Idek Trzmiel), a Lodzermensch who survived the war in the Lodz ghetto and in Auschwitz. He founded Commodore, responsible for producing C64, the best-selling computer model of all time.

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Here he boasts of having kept the Japanese manufacturers out of the US market for many years - a feat to behold given their absolutej dominance in the global consumer electronics market in the 1980s.


r/poland 22h ago

Content like this makes me xenofobic towards western Europeans

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The last thing we need is approval from some Brits (which 10 years ago had 180-degree opposite opinion about us) or other foreigners because we have "don't have doctors and engineers". Promotion of Poland as a safeheaven can cause only more tourism from abroad, encourage digital nomads and other people will excess money to buy out our properties and paradoxically cause more immigration cause Poland is very safe, isn't it? All of these things will rise real estate prices. I started to miss times where Poland was underestimated and we didn't have weirdos like this coming to our country.


r/poland 16h ago

Germany deploys soldiers to Poland to help reinforce eastern borders

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r/poland 18h ago

A city bus driver in Częstochowa has been accused of causing a disaster in land traffic and failing to assist the injured. He allegedly pressured the driver of a passenger car just before the crossing. The 19-year-old capitulated, driving straight under the wheels of an oncoming train.

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280 Upvotes

r/poland 21h ago

Poland set to smash rail records with Europe’s fastest trains

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r/poland 23h ago

Polish language textbook.

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r/poland 1d ago

Deepfake Polish soldiers become Kremlin's latest weapon against Ukraine

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Videos circulating online that purport to show Polish soldiers criticizing Ukraine are AI-generated deepfakes likely planted as part of a Kremlin-orchestrated disinformation campaign, according to internet researchers.


r/poland 17h ago

Huge Polish open-pit mine to become giant artificial lake

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Europe’s largest open-pit coal mine could be transformed into Poland’s deepest lake after it shuts down, as part of long-term efforts to regenerate the area and restore it for public use.


r/poland 20h ago

Poland launches first of 11 planned "community forests" around major cities

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r/poland 17h ago

Polish migrant smuggler caught after high-speed chase

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r/poland 21h ago

Three reasons why Polish men should vote for Lewica - Anna Maria Żukowska explains. Did she convince you?

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91 Upvotes

r/poland 13h ago

Railroad Park - new green zone under active railroad viaduct in Kraków.

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r/poland 21m ago

Blaze engulfs Warsaw car dealership

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Over a hundred firefighters were sent to battle a large blaze in Warsaw’s Targówek district on Thursday morning as an inferno engulfed a car showroom.


r/poland 1h ago

Where do you look for remote jobs in Poland?

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Hi! I’m looking for remote work and would like to discover more reliable job boards.

I already know: justjoin.it, noluffjobs.com, rocketjobs.pl, jobo.pl

Could you recommend any other websites, groups, or platforms worth checking for remote jobs?

I’m interested in both Polish and international job boards.

Thanks in advance!


r/poland 1d ago

Two detained for beating 67-year-old man who defended Ukrainian teen

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r/poland 2h ago

Wrzuta pl

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🔎 POSZUKIWANE STARE MP3 Z WRZUTY – „OLIMP” / „GWAŁT NA CERBERZE”

Szukam starego nagrania MP3, które kiedyś krążyło na Wrzuta.pl (prawdopodobnie lata 2007–2013).

Była to recytacja jednego mężczyzny, bez podkładu muzycznego, ale z aktorską zmianą głosu pod różne postacie (Zeus, Apollo, Hades itd.).

Prawdopodobny tytuł pliku: „Olimp”

Możliwy nick autora/uploadera: Fredro (nie jestem w 100% pewien).

Fragment tekstu:

„W Grecji gdzie Olimp się rozpościera,

góra wysoka jak jasna cholera.

Na tym Olimpie na samym szczycie,

bogowie wiedli wesołe życie.

Ares z Hadesem jak dwa palanty,

ciągną z cybucha i palą blanty…”

Dalej była historia o Zeusie, Herkulesie i Cerberze (tekst znany jako „Gwałt na Cerberze”).

Jeżeli ktoś ma:

oryginalny plik MP3,

kopię z Wrzuty,

link do archiwum,

albo pamięta wykonawcę,

dajcie znać 🙏

To jest kawałek starego polskiego internetu, którego próbuję odzyskać


r/poland 1d ago

If this isn’t a Poland moment, then Idk what it is.

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725 Upvotes

Mario just a few dozens of meters away from an anti-LGBT organization 😂

This post was NOT made to promote anti-LGBT rhetoric, in fact, I very much hate anti-LGBT movements, it’s just a moment I found hilarious while walking through Wrocław.


r/poland 12h ago

The Kościuszko Squadron

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r/poland 1d ago

Reenactment of the Battle of Grunwald 2026

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425 Upvotes

r/poland 1d ago

Dear Polish who ask foreigner if they like living in Poland: do you actually want to know the answer or looking for validations?

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Genuine question.

I'm an Asian from far east who have lived in Europe for more than a decades (3 years UK, 10 years Germany) and recently, Poland.

I have noticed people in Poland constantly ask me if I liked living in Poland. I haven't been asked the same question in same caliber when I was living in other countries.

Often, I would just say the things I like and kept the things I do not.. so I that I don't offend them. I mean, you can't have it all rosy after all.

But the 10-Years-German side of me really want to air out all my laundry, clean and dirty.

So... what would Polish people react if I became honest for once. Because, overall, I'm not that ecstatic.. I'm just OK.


r/poland 8h ago

Camping culture in Warsaw? Where do you guys actually pitch a tent / do a fire?

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r/poland 1d ago

Poland joins EU satellite project developing European alternative to Starlink

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r/poland 10h ago

Whats yours cultural shock when you came to Poland?

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I've seen a lot of tourists or people that have recently moved to Poland on the internet having cultural shocks like it's clean and safe (compared to western europe) and if you have other ones i'd like to hear them. I was born in poland so some things that are normal to me are a whole new discovery when tourists point out such things. And if you have a question i could answer it.