Anyone know what's happening in Poland?

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06 Jun 2022, 4:45 pm

I think there are Australian travel warnings about tourism to Poland which is strange because trip advisor is still selling Poland to tourists
https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Tourism- ... tions.html

In the same way Holland sells their tourism on famous artists like Van Gough, Poland has some very famous musicians like Frederic Chopin which could be incorporated into heritage/museum/music appreciation travel.

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07 Jun 2022, 6:22 am

cyberdad wrote:

I think there are Australian travel warnings about tourism to Poland

Are there?
https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destin ... ope/poland
Problems:
1. Be wary of flight disruptions (half of Polish airspace is closed for civilian traffic);
2. Do not cross from Poland to Ukraine - high danger!
3. Closed areas around Białowieża Forest;
4. Covid restrictions are nearly non-existent.

Does not sound like "no-go" to me.

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In the same way Holland sells their tourism on famous artists like Van Gough, Poland has some very famous musicians like Frederic Chopin which could be incorporated into heritage/museum/music appreciation travel.

They are.
We have quite a lot of Chopin tourism, especially from Japan.

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07 Jun 2022, 6:41 am

magz wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

I think there are Australian travel warnings about tourism to Poland

Yes there were restrictions in place regarding COVID and warnings about travel to border areas with Ukraine due to security issues. But yes, the situation according to DFAT is normalised now.

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08 Jun 2022, 4:44 am

Covid turns out highly seasonal here, it will be a problem again in October - but until then, enjoy covid-free Northern summer.

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08 Jun 2022, 4:49 am

magz wrote:

Covid turns out highly seasonal here, it will be a problem again in October - but until then, enjoy covid-free Northern summer.

Reverse here, October is when we recover from winter flu/COVID

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08 Jun 2022, 4:56 am

Also Spring, so it makes sense.

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08 Jun 2022, 4:58 am

It's nice living normally for the time being.

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08 Jun 2022, 4:58 am

That's why the English refer to Australia and NZ as the antipodes as everything is upside down to UK.
Even the water circles the drain reverse.

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08 Jun 2022, 5:02 am

And the Sun on the sky travels counter-clockwise.

That was pretty weird when I was in Argentina: I boarded the plane at the end of Summer to leave it and see celebrations of Spring Day.
Somehow confusing feeling, even if you perfectly know why it is that way.

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08 Jun 2022, 5:25 am

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That was pretty weird when I was in Argentina: I boarded the plane at the end of Summer to leave it and see celebrations of Spring Day..

I would like to experience two autumns every year

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08 Jun 2022, 5:32 am

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I would like to experience two autumns every year

Fundamentally possible but I wouldn't recommend Poland for your Northern Autumn.
It's rather gray here then.

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08 Jun 2022, 5:37 am

I recommend Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine in early to mid October. It's absolutely gorgeous in Autumn.

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08 Jun 2022, 6:10 am

A leaf peeper from Czechia!

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08 Jun 2022, 6:13 am

SpiralingCrow wrote:

I recommend Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine in early to mid October. It's absolutely gorgeous in Autumn.

I want to go to Canada and Scandinavia in Autumn

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08 Jun 2022, 6:21 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

A leaf peeper from Czechia!

More like peeper living in Czechia.

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08 Jun 2022, 6:25 am

cyberdad wrote:

SpiralingCrow wrote:

I recommend Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine in early to mid October. It's absolutely gorgeous in Autumn.

I want to go to Canada and Scandinavia in Autumn

Canada will be nice too. But, if you want to see the colors you need to check local area for best time. The further north or south you go the earlier or later peak foliage occurs.

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