Funny but what matters is context. In Italy, in places like this you’ll find nice cafes and tourists, and in Poland football fans who ask if you have a problem.
HelloThereItsMeAndMe on
It needs to be a little bit more green on the buildings and streets
Zdzisiu on
The Italian here looks like a composition.
iSailor on
This is called soft power and many countries including Poland struggle with it.
Guilty-Economics1198 on
Honestly, in my opinion, Poland is much better than Italy. Great country, great people, very brave, smart and cultured people. Greetings from Serbia. 🇷🇸❤️🇵🇱
wygnana on
The difference is that in Italy you can buy a large apartment in a town like this for 10k € and in that Polish town it’s somehow still like 5x more 😭
DoctorDracomorph on
Jest tu mały problem.. w Rzymie wszędzie są takie uliczki.a w Polsce? Od czasu do czasu
Totoro_II on
pretty street in Italy vs run down street in Poland
Italian who goes frequently to Poland here (I’m going tomorrow actually). I think the difference in such comparisons comes down to the weather, especially in this season. Especially in medieval towns and costal areas. Then arguably the main cities in Poland are more innovative and competitive than the majority of italian cities.
Iron_bison_ on
The smell of linguine vs kapusta
CapitalPackage5618 on
I’m Italian, I live in Poland and in fact I prefer Poland – not only because work here is better, but I prefer life in Polish cities.
You cannot compare small towns though. In a place like that in Italy, especially in a warm season, you’ll find better food, more agreeable people, likely better weather and more beautiful countryside surrounding said town.
Jake-of-the-Sands on
And these very pictures show the the difference between the two. Not only there’s a lot of greenery there (and I was in Italy, it really is like this), when Poles for some reason devastate anything green in our cities (if there’s ivy, they rip it out, if there’s a tree, they cut it down), and all of the buildings have genuine, old elements, like the window frames, shutters, etc. In Poland you have dilapidated building with disgusting, new plastic windows put into it.
Also notice that there’s a difference between patina and some plaster falling off and being rundown.
Plus most of that architecture in Italy has better proportions and the the urban tissue is coherent, organic. In Poland you’ll have 3 rundown historic buildings (one in neogothic, one in neoclassicism and one in early 1920s modernism style), a 90s Jarząbek-style postmodernism shit with pink windows, a semi-modern western style of 2000s and something build in 2020s which doesn’t match any of the aforementioned in one row of houses.
dziki_z_lasu on
That’s because in Poland nobody dries the laundry on a wire hanging over a street 🙁
HelloThereItsMeAndMe on
Also, most old towns in Poland are very small, while in Italy almost every village is a larger old town. The few large old towns in Poland are already mostly touristic.
ClonesomeStranger on
Italy: people live here
Poland: people die here
panzercampingwagen on
bro it’s just the weather, any place looks a million times better in the sun
lukaszzzzzzz on
Soo true. Also: Italian cafes with „1€ espresso” would be rated 1.5/5 stars in Poland
coffee-bat on
there’s actually pretty streets like this in jelenia góra, but tbh that’s the only time i’ve seen it look good in poland💀
ImmediateAd222 on
o Lublin
xTomatoPotatox on
LUBLIN MENTIONED 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 🐐🐐🐐
Outside_Run9838 on
It’s the window shades
czacha_cs1 on
Italian one looks cozy and nice, you got plants, building don’t look taken care off but doesn’t look like forgotten completely
Poland one looks like Im about to pass 3 crackhead sitting on staircase and then get pushed by 5 meatheads who think I support rival football club or don’t look Polish enough
Melodic_Register2026 on
Poland lacks grafitti on the entire lower part of the wall and destroyed bland concrete sidewalks for accuracy
Bogus007 on
You don’t have your clothes drying outside and no nice pizza odour is running through the streets. About wine we don’t need to talk.
Itchy-Concern928 on
No wlasnie na odwrót
Raxy2222 on
Ja tam uwielbiam starą polską architekturę. Zawsze jak jadę gdzieś do starego miasta to ciągle robić zdjęcia starych budynków.
FumiPlays on
Stare miasto in Lublin?
linganguligul on
I live in Lower Silesia and I confirm this is the case.
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Funny but what matters is context. In Italy, in places like this you’ll find nice cafes and tourists, and in Poland football fans who ask if you have a problem.
It needs to be a little bit more green on the buildings and streets
The Italian here looks like a composition.
This is called soft power and many countries including Poland struggle with it.
Honestly, in my opinion, Poland is much better than Italy. Great country, great people, very brave, smart and cultured people. Greetings from Serbia. 🇷🇸❤️🇵🇱
The difference is that in Italy you can buy a large apartment in a town like this for 10k € and in that Polish town it’s somehow still like 5x more 😭
Jest tu mały problem.. w Rzymie wszędzie są takie uliczki.a w Polsce? Od czasu do czasu
pretty street in Italy vs run down street in Poland
But a kayak is not a gondola either.
Inferno in Polish?
https://preview.redd.it/u3zp7i4c1esg1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a7cfcf39f750462cb201de83c05352e5b9a7ab
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Italian who goes frequently to Poland here (I’m going tomorrow actually). I think the difference in such comparisons comes down to the weather, especially in this season. Especially in medieval towns and costal areas. Then arguably the main cities in Poland are more innovative and competitive than the majority of italian cities.
The smell of linguine vs kapusta
I’m Italian, I live in Poland and in fact I prefer Poland – not only because work here is better, but I prefer life in Polish cities.
You cannot compare small towns though. In a place like that in Italy, especially in a warm season, you’ll find better food, more agreeable people, likely better weather and more beautiful countryside surrounding said town.
And these very pictures show the the difference between the two. Not only there’s a lot of greenery there (and I was in Italy, it really is like this), when Poles for some reason devastate anything green in our cities (if there’s ivy, they rip it out, if there’s a tree, they cut it down), and all of the buildings have genuine, old elements, like the window frames, shutters, etc. In Poland you have dilapidated building with disgusting, new plastic windows put into it.
Also notice that there’s a difference between patina and some plaster falling off and being rundown.
Plus most of that architecture in Italy has better proportions and the the urban tissue is coherent, organic. In Poland you’ll have 3 rundown historic buildings (one in neogothic, one in neoclassicism and one in early 1920s modernism style), a 90s Jarząbek-style postmodernism shit with pink windows, a semi-modern western style of 2000s and something build in 2020s which doesn’t match any of the aforementioned in one row of houses.
That’s because in Poland nobody dries the laundry on a wire hanging over a street 🙁
Also, most old towns in Poland are very small, while in Italy almost every village is a larger old town. The few large old towns in Poland are already mostly touristic.
Italy: people live here
Poland: people die here
bro it’s just the weather, any place looks a million times better in the sun
Soo true. Also: Italian cafes with „1€ espresso” would be rated 1.5/5 stars in Poland
there’s actually pretty streets like this in jelenia góra, but tbh that’s the only time i’ve seen it look good in poland💀
o Lublin
LUBLIN MENTIONED 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 🐐🐐🐐
It’s the window shades
Italian one looks cozy and nice, you got plants, building don’t look taken care off but doesn’t look like forgotten completely
Poland one looks like Im about to pass 3 crackhead sitting on staircase and then get pushed by 5 meatheads who think I support rival football club or don’t look Polish enough
Poland lacks grafitti on the entire lower part of the wall and destroyed bland concrete sidewalks for accuracy
You don’t have your clothes drying outside and no nice pizza odour is running through the streets. About wine we don’t need to talk.
No wlasnie na odwrót
Ja tam uwielbiam starą polską architekturę. Zawsze jak jadę gdzieś do starego miasta to ciągle robić zdjęcia starych budynków.
Stare miasto in Lublin?
I live in Lower Silesia and I confirm this is the case.