Hallo r/poland,

I wanted to share about polish people moving from Szczecin/Stettin to Löcknitz Germany 20 km away. The reason: gentrification of Szecin. So many people now live in Löcknitz, that they even have german-polish kindergarten and schools.

I found this situation just curious, and i've wanted to share the videos. I apologize, they are both in german, you must use auto translate or a bowser extension but polish people are interviewed, of course. So parts of it are polish a bit.

Short Film (2 min) https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/ndr-info/polnisch-deutsche-freundschaft-vereintes-leben-in-loecknitz/ndr/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS9iOTUwMjBhZC03MTZlLTQzOGYtYjYyNS04MTVjNjlkNzAyNTQ

Longer 30 min film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10Z-plnu0jU&t=0s

by Ok_Passage_909

5 comments

  1. Fun fact: If you have to rent, you get much more for your money and a lot of choice in Görlitz, compared to Zgorzelec. And there’s a Żabka just after the footbridge, so nothing to fear.

  3. it’s nothing new – I read about Poles settling in the area around Szczecin on the German side of the border already 10 years ago

  4. Just curious if germans tell poles to spierdalać. Or is it different?

  5. Life is probably cheaper in Germany, but not much, depends on your lifestyle. Rented accommodation is not necessary cheaper. Buying a house is cheaper in Germany.

    The only advantage I see is that kids can learn german language. Although if I had to chose for my child between german or polish education system, I would go for polish. I also have friend who was working in Berlin for a few years. When his children reached schooling age he had to chose where to send them to school. He moved back to Poland to send them to polish school.

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