Where else should I go in 2023?

As a British guy into history, I’ve got a lot to thank the Polish for in the assistance they provided in WW2. Especially the Polish who helped in the Battle of Britain. Fantastic people and helped my country greatly!

Poland is underrated and I like it that way, means us brits who know about it can enjoy it more and cheaper!!

Gdańsk looks amazing !! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 love the poles

Gdańsk wasn't Prussia, Gdańsk was occupied by German Teutonic order, and the architecture you see in Gdansk is Dutch. Dutch were protestant (mostly Frisians) refugees who found asylum in Poland during inquisition. Greengate for example was designed by Reiner van Amsterdam as a residence for Polish king. There were also others, like Abraham van den Blocke, Antoni van Obberghen, Izaak van den Blocke, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Willem van der Meer,. None of them was German, all of them were fathers to the most monumental landmark buildings in Town. Oh, and you might ask why Gdańsk. Well, because they are Dutch, and they know how to deal with water, so in fact they were present in whole Northern Poland, and after all assimilated being called "Olender".

Wow!!!Poland is one of my favourite respective countries and I am a huge football fan of all the respective Polish men's teams and leagues daily and ever in this world and other planets,good friends!!!LONG LIVE POLAND AND POLISH FOOTBALL!!!🇵🇱

I've never seen a brit with this much respect for Poland. Great video, cheers!

Poland on a glorious Spring/Summer weekend day...love it

I spent just over 3 weeks in Gdańsk in 2019 what a great city and so cheap it’s crazy! Also Sopot beach is like Florida but way cheaper

A Ukrainian Uber driver...very common in Poland...long before the Russian invasion...my last Ukrainian Uber driver loved AC/DC and drove VERY fast...got to Warsaw airport pretty sharpish....shame... great stereo in his car blasting out 'Highway to Hell'...great stuff

Went to Gdańsk in December for the Xmas markets. Beautiful city and the war museum was brilliant value for money, so much to see! Great video, keep it up 👍

I'm envious. To catch a return flight from Auckland to Christchurch in New Zealand is about $600 NZ dollars, about 300 pounds. That's what it cost me in March. Looks like Central Europe is the place to go for reasonable prices, not to mention the history etc...When I think of Poland, I wouldn't normally associate it with beaches and sunshine. It's on my to do list.

I think it's fantastic that you had a segment on the war - it's so important, especially when there'll be plenty of people watching alongside us who are maybe 10 or 12, or teenagers even, and don't know much about what happened, but will be able to come away with a deeper appreciation of what these people had to go through. That of course has a knock-on effect because you feel so much more gratitude for the life you have now. 🙂

I'm a Polish-Portuguese person who was born in England and lived there for 12 years, now I live in Gdańsk and I really enjoyed your video.

Great video! I live in Warsaw, but have visited Gdańsk on a number of occasions. As well as the WWII history, it also has an important part in more recent Polish history as the birthplace of the Solidarity movement, set up in the early 80s and an important step towards ending Communism in the country. It's just a pity that fabulous-looking stadium won't be hosting top-flight football next season.

I did a similar trip a few years ago. I went to see Gdansk v Lechia Warsaw (only around 10K supporters though). Cracking stadium. It's a nice place for a few days away. The 2nd world war museum and the Solidarity museum are class. Food is brilliant and the beer is cheap. Some great real ale bars as well.

That's exactly the type of video I like the most, too.. a bit of exploration, a bit of history and culture and a fair bit of football-related content 👍🏻 .. there's so many more interesting places to visit.. I'd be very interested in places like Malta, Albania, Bulgaria etc. Cheers 🍻🙂

I am Polish and live in England last 15 years.Its great i know its expencive now but i just like my life.Wish you all the best.Poland is great😊

Last November i flew to Gdansk then got the train to Warsaw where i watched Legia play then train to Prague watched Sparta, Bratislava watched Slovan, then Budapest and ended in Cluj Romania. All by train, not one train ticket cost more than £20 most bought the day before. Every city had a great intergrated transport system as most cities in Europe do. Beer was around £2 a pint and food a lot cheaper than here. Not much good value in Europe these days apart from Eastern Europe.

as a polish guy i was laughing when you were saying this is cheap while being in the one of the most expensive places in poland

The club that won the Poland’s top league this season, Rakow Czestochowa, play in a stadium whose capacity is similar to Ross County’s Victoria Park. Here you visit the stadium of Lechia Gdansk, with a capacity of over 40,000, home to a club who are relegated. In addition, another team with a 40,000+ capacity stadium, Slask Wrocław, might get relegated too. Can’t imagine something similar happening in Scotland anytime soon with a smaller team winning the league and the Old Firm both getting relegated!

All the best for You and beautiful city of Gdansk⚓️❤(my born city) and Tricity.

Brilliant video Sam! Didn’t know anything of Gdańsk before this and now will have to add it to a future destination list. Keep up the great content - love your enthusiasm for football and visiting places and shining a light on the small teams. One of the best football channels around!

Always love your history asides! Great video, Sam. My grandma's family saw the winds of change coming and got out in spring of 1939; grandpa's family came over to the US between the wars. Both sides sailed from Gdansk

Sam I live in Spain and everytime friends go back to the UK to see family they always say the UK is so expensive. Enjoyed the trip to Poland looks great.

Great video, interesting footy stuff and a stark reminder of the horror of WW2, the heroes who fought and suffered in that part of the world. Then we suddenly meet a modern 'hero'. "What did you do during the war when your country was invaded? " "Oh, I ran to another country and drove taxi".

I visited Warsaw in the 1990s and due to drastic changes in the exchange rates while I was there, I actually came back with more money than I went with 🤣

It's good learning about other countries. I wish the people of Poland all the best. Their history says alot about how resilient they are as a nation. May God bless them.

I've love to go a game in Poland. I've spent quite a bit of time Warsaw a few years ago and loved it, shame there wasn't a Legia game on when I was there.

I’m into the 5th minute and I already think you’re great mate. Thank you for bringing up the war and the way you get invested in that really warms my heart. Good lad, a Man united fan wouldn’t make it so nice to watch ;) Greetings from a fellow Liverpool supporter born in Gdansk ;))

Come back to Poland and visit Poznan, Zakopane and Lodz.

Hi man, I'm a Polish fan of Celtic, having lived in Scotland for 11 years, and have been following your channel for over a year. Pleased to see you visited my country at last!

In the Middle Century Gdańsk was very rich and it was kinda European Hong Kong. I don't know if you know it but between 15 and 18 century Gdańsk was popular among Scotish setlers, merchants etc. It 16 century it was estimated that one-third of the citizens were Scots. There is one train station called Nowa Szkocja (New Scotland). For instance an English word spruce is from that area. British around 17 century we're buying lots of timber from that area and they found new type of timber- a tree that they did not know. They asked locals what kind of wood it is and locals said in Polish 'Z Prus'. Which means from Prussia. They wrote what they heard and for them Z Prus sounded like Spruce. Just a story....

You should to go to Warta Poznan's old stadium. It's one of the most interesting abandoned grounds in Europe. It's called the Edmund Szyc Stadium.

Poland has a tragic history; the country ceased to exist in the 19th century and didn't reemerge until after WW1. The present border is markedly different from the borders of the resurrected Poland. Poland's largely flat terrain made the country vulnerable to invasion. Surprised you didn't sample any Polish vodka, Sam. Old gits like me can remember when the Polish national side was a force to be reckoned with.

In the eastern part of Gdansk by the ferry terminal are Westerplatte. The place where the WWII started when German ships attacked. North of Gdansk are the town of Sopot. Very nice place and worth a visit. A seaside town with beautiful classic architecture and a pier

It’s so cheap to travel by train in Italy, we here in Britain are taken for a ride, that’s how thick we are

As i'm half Polish I am delighted that you enjoyed your time their. One thing is train tickets are a lot cheaper if you book in advance much like everyone does when buying an airline ticket. Off to visit my brother in Striling next month, the ticket I bought a few week ago is direct from London for £55.

History Adventures! At last 😂. Top drawer as always

Thanks for such a great video Sam, Gdansk looks fantastic.

Let me teach you some history about this city. Do not be afraid, it will not be painful and long. 1. Gdańsk was within the borders of Poland (until 1945) for 571 years. And within the borders of Germany, Prussia, the Ducal Order, Denmark, France, Sweden, the Duchy of Pomerania and twice as a Free City for a total of 364 years. To sum up, Gdańsk has been within the borders of Poland for 571+78 {2023-1945}= 649 years to this day. 2. The German-speaking population of Gdańsk constituted the majority in this city before the start of World War II due to the fact that Poles were displaced en masse from these areas and their place was taken by the incoming German population. Mass expulsions, repressions of the Polish population and a ban on the use of the Polish language and culture under pain of death took place during the partitions of Poland, when the Germans stole this part of Poland, calling it their indigenous territories. 3. Most of these buildings, beautiful tenement houses that you have seen in person, were built during the reign of the Polish king over this territory. There is a place in Gdańsk where the King of Poland used to come to his estate. These are not German buildings. You will not find such tenement houses and streets anywhere in Germany. I tried to find but to no avail. Only Dresden has similar tenement houses. Why? Because that's where the king of Poland from the Saxon dynasty came from, which is also reflected on one of the tenement houses with a Polish white eagle. The local museums also contain Polish works of culture and monuments that the Polish king collected there. On the other hand, in Poland you will find similarly decorated tenement houses, e.g. Lublin, Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, Kazimierz Dolny, Tarnów, Zamość, Przemyśl, Poznań. Wrocław has a similar history to Gdańsk and there are also beautifully decorated tenement houses from the Renaissance period. 4. The Germans, appropriating Gdańsk, erected several buildings there, which you have also seen, but they are only an addition to the whole. 5. The port of Gdańsk has been the Polish window to the world for centuries. By stealing Gdańsk from Poland, the Germans wanted to get rid of commercial competition and deprive Poles of their national identity. This was the biggest goal of the Germans. And today, Germany is trying to destroy the UK with the EU, which is run by German officials (because no nation has ever elected representatives of the European Commission in democratic elections). But the Germans can't handle such a difficult opponent ;)

Poland is great! Friendly to tourists, great people , great culture, great food.

Watching your videos for a while. Im really happy that you enjoyed your time in my homeland coutry. Great video as usual, i really appreciate you are getting involved into the historical aspects as well. Best wishes from a Pole who live in Glasgow:)

That's what happens when you privatize the railways. 1st world prices for 3rd world service

Great video Sam,i have been to Gdansk twice,great city ,hope to go back there soon. Was in the Irish pub in the town centre and there was a big group of Lechia fans in pre match,great atmosphere in the bar.

You never fail to surprise us. Keep it up.

Great video, entertaining and informative. My son wants to go to Poland later this year, as like you he is interested in WWII history as well as being a footy nut - I have sent him the link to this and hopefully he might take me along on a similar trip ! 😉

Went to Gdańsk for my stag do in 2017. Tremendous city.

Great vid Sam. First went to Poland ( Cracow ) in January ‘06 with 7 workmates. We bagged flights and accommodation from Sat - Tues for a ridiculous £80 each. And we honestly couldn’t give our money away it was that cheap!

I really enjoyed this video. I think my favorite videos are when you leave the U.K. In fact, the video that introduced me to your channel was your Braga stadium tour.

Glad you liked it here! We always like some recognition from abroad😄

Great video great to see that the beer is so cheap, me and my mates are going here in 2 weeks time, stopping for 4 nights. We're looking at traveling upto Gdynia on the Friday and watching Gdynia Vs Lodz

love the coloured transport lines showing how to find trains buses and taxis

you should go to Wisła Kraków match, it's very good atmosphere there :)

Great video about the football club, the city and some of it's history, although Sam didn't mention anything of Solidarity

The captured British POW's played football in the Stalag camps. I have a picture of my grandfather's unit from that. Keep up the excellent content.

Great and informative video. Thanks

Amazing video mate 👏👏👏

21:38 I am glad you enjoyed your time in my country. I fly dozens of times a year. I'll give you a little lifehack. On low-cost airlines you can practically always choose to sit where you want for free, or even have a whole empty row to yourself. All you have to do is get on last. Planes are very rarely 100% full. I sit by the window for free every time.

Feel you got the tone of the museum feature spot on.

They will have the best stadium of all 2nd league teams in europe xDDDDDDD

Next time I would also recommend you come to see Wisla Krakow in Krakow, Poland

Amazing. You could make it even cheaper with earlier bookings on flights+hotel. Liked your video👍

That food and beer on the beach looked the dogs. Great vlog Sam.

@footyadventures awesome video mate, I went to Durham from Blackpool and you couldn’t get a train for under £200 at the time it’s a joke. Also not enough people know that it was Soviet Union as well as Germany that started the war, u don’t learn this at school.

Awesome video enjoyed it

Awesome my brother 💙👌🏻

You get about man meeting up the good work on your footy videos you are really getting good content about Scottish football out there.i know this video is not a Scottish kne still good 👍 keep up the good work.8🎉

Nice video and a very beautiful city. Very well restored after WW2. Very surprising that Lechia have had such a bad season. Just a few years ago they finished 3rd or 4th I think.

pls visit legia warsaw, best atmosphere in europe!!

Welcome to Poland :)

Very nice video - good job bro

Very enjoyable video. Would endorse an earlier comment that whilst the significance of WWII in Poland's history can never be understated, for me the growth of the Solidarity Movement in the Gdansk Shipyards and the courageous leadership of Lech Wałęsa will be what Gdansk means to me!

Glad you enjoyed your trip to my home country! I also recommend Krakow for a value stay, can get as low as 10 quid each way from stansted :)

A train ride from one major city to another within Poland is about £10 on average and the intercity trains have bars and they sell beers food too

Scheduled to visit krakow this weekend for a few games. New country for me too⚽

Gdansk stadium looks very very impressive.

Good video 👍

The nice English guys are my mates. One was best man at my wedding. Hope you cover some East Anglian grounds one day.

This was Town hall not cathedral at the back, there is one to the left from the vista you were pointing to

Good vid mate! In more modern times, Gdańsk is even infamous for Lech Walesa for his fight for freedom to end communism in Poland and Eastern Europe. Lived in Poland in the past as an expat, and remember travelling by train about 600km from the Deep South of Poland to watch TS Podbeskidzie play Lechia Gdańsk away. Great city and stadium to watch a game.

You can thank the Major government for privatising the railways 30 years ago. That's why you have a crap, expensive railway system. Except in Scotland where the railways were re-nationalised by the SNP.

Visit Kraków for a Wisła Kraków game, you'll see amazing atposphere at the game. Also city is beautiful at summer.

wow i know that tour guide lady did not show her face but she sounds gorgeous, easter european woman with an accent is pretty

A went to the shakter game last year with celtic game was held in Warsaw Poland manage to get return flights for 80 quid and nights out where very cheap one of the best away trips I've went to

Nice stadium. I've been there in 2021. But the last time they had only Polish guides. It was still decorated that time from the Euro League final between Villarreal and Man Utd.

That scene with the sea in the background a couple of Poznan’s 👏

I'm Polish living 30 years in New York city left long time ago I come from Gdańsk Poland I'm glad you saw my city Gdańsk I was little boy used to go old stadium I used to live near by in Gdańsk you can walk 10 min to game I visit every year Poland this summer going agian I did the same like you stay near airport Gdańsk I did last year Gdańsk to Amsterdam and NYC KLM I had hotel beacus my flight take off 6:25am weak up 3:45am to airport even 500mm Gdańsk airport summer time 4am to 5am muliti flights about 500 people the same time I sleep not much time I did 16hrs flight from Gdańsk to Amsterdam and Transit Amsterdam to New York Your video good nice to watch One of part you speak so fast bro take a break that was in museum I know don't have to explain much less time everything understand clearly not like others perfect understand not like hard British accent I met British people and Irish Funy Part from Manchester and Liverpool accent is weird ok Young generation speak perfect English not any more problem back old days was more problems Bye

If the team which is relegated has such a magnificent stadium, imagine what a stadium champions must have.

As many Poles I would highly recommend to come back in the summer😊

It's weird people saying its cheap in Poland as a Pole

Jak byś kiedyś jeszcze był w Polsce i chciał sprawdzać jakiś klub to polecam Pogoń Szczecin nowy stadion i wszystko oraz fajna atmosfera na meczach miasto tez całkiem przyjemne

Last December I travelled door to door from my place in Poland to my mother's place (including fares in the UK) and back for PLN140 - less than GBP28 via RyanAir.

Zawsze jak wracałem samolotem z Norwegi ten stadion świecił jak jantar

Is Glasgow not in Europe? I never knew... Great video mate, really enjoyed it!

I've once stayed in Gdańsk near the big gate you've been to (the touristy place) in a shared hostel room for like 30zł (like 6 pounds), so yeah, you could probably get like 30 quid less just for the stay if you'd be fine with a shared room or just found something cheaper. 40 pounds is quite a lot I would say.

Gdansk is beautiful ❤ but my Lechia going to second Division 😢 first time after long time 😢

Sopot is more fun especially SPATiF sitting outside on a summers late evening with a 750 bottle of vodka ice and mixers with a mate watching the ladies parade by.

15:05 This isn’t old town, it’s… a main town. The old town with old market square was destroyed in WW II

Daaamn this train fare is ridiculous :P . Next time come to Warsaw, Wrocław or Cracow.