Differences between Portugal and Poland

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Portugal Poland

 Only one neigbour– Spain  Area: 92 391 km²  Population:10,813,834  Seven neighbours: Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine,Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany  Area : 322 575 km²  Population:38 483 957

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 Lisbon – capital –

population - 547 733

 Porto - population -

238 465

 Vila Nova de Gaia -

population - 186 600  Warsaw – capital – population - 1 729 119  Krakow population - - 759 800  Lodz population – 708 554

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Portugal _Poland

 Elementary School (ensino básico) -

9 years

 Secondary School (ensino

secundário) offers directions: general, technical - professional and professional, lasting 1-4 years.

 University education provides the

following academic degrees: bacharel - 3 years;

licenciado - 4 years;

mestre - depth knowledge in the field and ability to conduct research;

doutor - high cultural level and the ability to conduct research in a particular field of knowledge.

 Elementary School – 6 years  Middle School (Gimnazjum) –

3 years

 Secondary school: general

secondary school (3 years); Technical School (4 years); Trade School (2 years)

 University education provides

the following academic degrees:

licentiate – 3 years; magister – 5/6 years;

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 The most popular folk

music: fado

 The most popular

folk music:

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Portugal Poland  Meat is really popular in

Portuguese cuisine (especially beef).

 _{Fishes and seafood are}

one of the most important dishes.

 _{The most popular drink is}

wine. Portugal is one of the leading wine

producers.

 _{National pride is a dish}

called „bacalhau”- salted cod, which can be

prepared in 365 ways.

 The most popular types of meat in Poland are pork, beef and poultry.

 Seafood is hardly ever eaten.

 Wine isn’t drunk often. Beer is more popular.

 Poland is known primarily for its dumplings, Hunter’s stew and many types of

cakes.

 Poland is also famous for its excellent breads and delicious sausages.

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 Mealtimes are in Portugal holiness. Meals

literally determine their daily routine. Just like drinking coffee in cafes.

 For breakfast Portuguese drink usually

coffee with milk, chocolate milk or juice and eat tourada (bread topped with butter or olive oil) or a sandwich with cheese, ham or cheese and ham. Very often they eat breakfast in the city, at their favorite cafe on the way to work.

 The Portuguese eat lunch between noon and

2.30am, during the week mostly in the restaurant near the workplace.

 Dinner is eaten between 7.30 - 10.30pm.

Both lunch and dinner is usually complete meals consisting of soup, a main course and dessert.

 Mealtimes in Poland are not so

important, but some people eat at regular times

 For breakfast they usually eat

sandwiches, cereal or yogurt, and coffee or tea. Breakfast is eaten often at work, during a break.

 Not many Poles eat lunch in the

restaurant. Between 11 and 12am they eat second breakfast, usually sandwiches prepared at home.

 The dishes served at dinner are

similar to those eaten for

breakfast (sandwiches, scrambled eggs).

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Portugal Poland  Water sports, like

surfing, are really popular.

 Portugal is known

with car racing.

 Horsemanship also

has a long tradition in Portugal. Many important

competitions take place there.

 Winter sports like ski jumping or

cross-country skiing are very famous.

 One of the most popular

sports is speedway.

 The second most

popular sport( right

after football), which in Poland has been

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Portugal Poland  Catholicism is the percentage of 81%  Percentage of practicing Catholics equals 19%  Percentage of atheists- 6,84%  Percentage of Catholicism equals 86,9%  Percentage of practicing Catholics-41%  Percentage of atheists-4,2%

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 _{Some Portuguese are}

afraid of Polish climate. They identify it with snow and very low

temperatures.

 _{Two of the most popular}

Polish surnames in

Portugal are Lech Walesa and John Paul II

 _{Poland is perceived as a}

very religious country.

 _{Poles associate Portugal}

mainly with geographical dicoveries and with

Fatima.

 Many Poles, asked about

famous Portuguese,

would answer: Christiano Ronaldo.

 _{Poles identify Portugal}

with rocky beaches, blue sky and blue sea.

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 Portuguese greet by

kisses in both cheeks.

 Poles (men) keep

bigger distances and they only shake

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 Portuguese complain

rarer. They talk

about themselves as a nation "brandos costumes", which

means mild manners. They live calmly and without hurry.

 Poles like to complain

and they often find causes to do it. They are more tense,

nervous and they

always get somewhere

in a hurry. They see defects everywhere, especially in politics.

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 Portuguese can't

finish their conversations

quickly, they extend them all the time.

 Poles say goodbye

quickly, without

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 Portuguese keep a

small spatial distance in interpersonal

contacts. They value direct eye contact. Portuguese enjoy long conversations without the end.

 Poles keep a bigger

distance. Their conversations are

time-consuming only if they talk with their friends.

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 Mother’s Day - the first Sunday of

May

 Father’s Day - 19th of March  Name’s Day -Portuguese don't

celebrate their name's day, but there are big parties in cities in a day of a saint if he is a patron of a city.

 Birthday - Portuguese don't make

their birthday parties at homes. They invite guests to a restaurant or a bar and everybody pay for themselves. Drinks after the dinner are the only except.

 Mother’s Day - 26th of May  Father’s Day - 23rd of June  Name’s Day - Jubilates

celebrate their name's day with their famillies and cities don't have their own patrons.

 Birthday - Poles usually

make their birthday parties at homes. When they

organize a party in a

restaurant, guests do not pay for anything.

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 Portugues rarely give

flowers, they never give it to men. Women usually bring a desert if they go for a home visit, but mostly a host gets a bottle of a good wine, but coming

without a gift is nothing wrong.

 Polish men

sometimes (but

rarely) get flowers. Poles give hosts gifts if they aren't

members of their family.

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 Portuguese are often

late, but not more than half an hour,

but it's not proper to come too early.

 Poles value

punctuality. People try to be on time or earlier. It's better to be too early than too late and hosts are

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 Guests in Portuguese

homes don't take off their shoes. If

Portuguese sit at the table, they prefer to ask hosts about their places because they don't want to take the place of

someone else.

 Guests in Poland take

off their shoes and

seats at a table are chosen freely.

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 Portuguese sip their

meals by wine. One of their obsession is digestion (digestăo).

 Poles sip their meals

by alcohol, if there is a celebration.

Usually they drink juices, water,

compotes. They don't take a rest

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 Portuguese is an outgoing and

recreative nation. They usually go for parties at

Thursdays. Parties start with supper. They eat their meals very late, usually around 9-10pm, at homes later. After the supper, which usually takes 2h, they go to drink some coffee or other drinks. Around 3-4am they are ready to go to the disco and they have fun at the disco to 7-8am.

 Poles go to parties

on Fridays or

Saturdays and they are at the disco

usually around 10pm.

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 The official language is Portuguese, many people speak English or French.  More and more often

heard in the streets is.... Ukrainian, because of the very large number of immigrants from the

Ukraine, so knowledge of it can be useful.

 Portuguese understand Spanish.

 The official language is Polish. There are also 5 dialects.

 Many people (especially young) spek English or German.

 Poles understand Czech and Slovak -similar to the Polish language.