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Re:Kraków, Poland in top 5 worst air quality worldwide by my_throwaway23 on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @04:04AM (#46689599)
I used to live in Gdansk, and later Gdynia, and let me tell you - as soon as it's cold outside, people burn all kinds of shit at home, the air's so thick you can practically cut it with a knife. We theorized that the smog's mainly from residential burning of coal, but of course who know's what's in the stove.

All I know, is that it smells really unhealthy, and the smoke coming out of houses is a deep, black colour, almost like oil.

Re:Kraków, Poland in top 5 worst air quality worldwide by stratocumulus0 on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @07:15AM (#46691010)
Unfortunately this is our national mentality - no one can tell me what I should do, and if I get told to stop, I will double down just to piss off that someone who insulted my pride.

The biggest enemy of a Pole is always their neighbor. One may suffocate in their own fumes, but what's important is that this loser next door dies as well.

Re:Kraków, Poland in top 5 worst air quality worldwide by Aldipower on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @02:28PM (#46696617)
I live in Germany and when I see a Diesel car with black smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe it turns always out to be a Pole who removed the soot filter to save some Cents of Diesel.
Re:Kraków, Poland in top 5 worst air quality worldwide by marqueewinq on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @07:11AM (#46704562)
Danzig or war? (Hoi4 reference)

Jokes aside, this sounds terrible. What are the policies in place to prevent this?