The most rude cities in Poland were selected. Which one was on the podium?

is an international educational platform. Its representatives from November 2 to 7, 2022, surveyed 1,549 residents from 19 towns throughout . Based on this, they compiled a ranking of the most rude cities. There were also those who are polite. However, the results of the study should be taken with a grain of salt – they do not reflect the character of every inhabitant of a given town.

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Ranking of the most rude cities in Poland. Lodz is in the lead

The survey included questions about the frequency of observation of typical rude behavior, views on tipping, and who they consider more rude – locals or expats.

– we read on the “Preply” page. Based on surveys conducted on residents of 19 cities in Poland, researchers concluded that the most rude city is Łódź. Second place went to Lublin, and third

Lodz has had a bad reputation for two centuries […] After the collapse of many factories and the change to the socialist system, the increase in unemployment affected the general image of the city, which in Poland began to be strongly identified with the center of poverty, pathology and crime. Although Łódź has flourished beautifully in recent years, there are still many rude behaviors in the behavior of its inhabitants.

The next places in the ranking were taken by Częstochowa, Kraków, Radom, Gliwice, Kielce, Toruń and Olsztyn.

Ranking of the most polite cities in Poland. Szczecin and Wrocław win

and Wrocław took first place ex aequo in the ranking of the most polite cities. It was noted that in both towns life flows relatively calmly, which is why residents are less stressed. The proximity of cities to the western border of the country and potentially higher wages may also be of importance. The following places are followed by Katowice, Gdańsk, Poznań, Gdynia, Rzeszów, Białystok, Bydgoszcz and Olsztyn. Interestingly, the last city in the ranking closes the top ten in both cases.