2006-10-27 02:29:16 · 36 answers · asked by tulip 4 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Poland
oh, a number of things. Among the most interesting:
1) Fighting for independence. We are quite good at it though we hardly ever win.
2) First Constitution in Europe and second in the world
3) Never giving up
4) Not giving up their identity even after over a century of partition
5) A few Nobel prize winners
6) Free election since XVII century
7) Breaking the code of Enigma - nazi coding mashine
8) A king who convinced a person, trying to make an attempt on his life to give up those ideas and try to be better a man and start everything over - it worked since Pułaski is not the best known killer in the US history
9) Husaria - historical winged riders
10) Polish pilots fighting in the battle for England
11) being the most cheeful country on the east side of Iron Veil
12) Lech Wałęsa and Solidarity movement
13) Breeding great horses ( http://www.janow.arabians.pl/pl/aktualnosci/ )
14) Ability to live in the most absurd reality possible
15) Mikołaj Kopernik (Copernicus) with his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
16) Music (Chopin, Wieniawski...)
And of course much, much more...
2006-10-27 04:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by Luinlothana 3 · 13⤊ 2⤋
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What are polish people famous for?
2015-08-18 15:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beautiful, only the females, they are indeed amazing often(at least while they are young..)
Men look like coming out from a Picasso, huge noses, and rather funny faces. bulky, and often not much of a brain up there just up for manual working and drinking lots, and going to church every Sunday.
I agree they are hardworking generally, but also create lots of unnecessary problems at work, like being pushy, bossy, and often two faced.
Source:Lived around Polish people for over 15 years-been in Poland 2 years.
2015-09-22 20:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People- Pope John Paul II, Lech Walesa, Henryk Sienkiewicz,Mikolaj Kopernik, Czeslaw Milosz, Wladyslaw Reymont, Wislawa Szymborska, Marie Curie, Fryderyk Chopin, Izabela Scorupco.
Food- Variety of dumplings, bigos, golabki
History- Played a big role in WW2, 2nd constitution in thw world, 1st in Europe, strong in wars in medieval times, Uniwersytet Jagielonski
Culture- dance, friendliness
2006-11-03 04:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by Bellshk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to remember how some of the men fought against the Germans during the Battle of Britain - Polish and Czech pilots flew with the RAF, and as payback they fought hard and scored quite well against the Luftwaffe!
Remember in the Bridge too Far, they used Polish soldiers in that too - unfortunately played by Gene Hackman - bad Polish accent!
2006-11-03 05:36:55 · answer #5 · answered by johnfromdon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pope John Paul, Marie Curie - Skłodowska, Fryderik Chopin, Eminem, Lech Wałesa, Nicolas Copernicus, Agnieszka Radwańska, Roman Polański. Also, the Brand Max Factor was founded by a pole as well! You would never guess his name it's Max Factor!
2016-03-15 00:24:24 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does John Paul the Great,Poland's greatest and most beloved son count? Nobel Prize winners Lech Walesa,Henryk Sienkiewicz,Wladyslaw Reymont,Wislawa Szymborska,Marie Curie,Czeslaw Milosz.
2006-11-01 16:09:36 · answer #7 · answered by kalusz 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hospitality. I was surprised when I traveled around Poland to discover that a people with such a tragic history can be so nice and friendly. The like to drink beer, eat sausages, sing, dance and...treking...that people like to walk on the mountanside. I encourage every one to visit Poland. Krakow, Lublin, Zamosc, Wroclaw, Zakopane (Trata mountains) are great but don't forget small town Poland. And dont forget to say djenkue...(thank you) every time you get a Zywiec beer.
2006-10-27 03:06:21 · answer #8 · answered by nunocountry 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Polish sausage
2006-10-27 02:38:00 · answer #9 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Polished Shoes
Polished Floors
Polished Furniture
Polished Food from plates
Polished language
Etc
You will fine at least one of each of these in every house hold so that means they are famous.
They are also famous for being unfortunate enough to be located in the middle of Europe where idilogical wars have taken place. Many of them have died and still nothing really sorted.
Afghanistan is similar to Poland in that respect.
All my male friends say Polish girls are really nice looking. Unfortunately nobody in the west has ever seen an Afghan lady enough to decide how she looks. Just two eyes through a slit in the vail.
2006-10-27 02:49:16 · answer #10 · answered by Mai C 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋