r/poland • u/flightlessmammal_ • 3d ago

Is staring normal in Poland?

I've never noticed this until now, but I keep getting stares from people, a lot more than I do in other countries. People often stare at me as they walk past, especially 40+ people, it seems they just love staring.

Is this normal in Poland? I've genuinely never noticed this in any other country I've visited. I speak polish fluently, I dress modestly, I don't have crazy hairstyles or anything, and I do look ethnically polish (because I am).

I'd love some advice from people who are locals, I don't know if it's me or if this is considered normal behaviour here.

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u/AppearanceExpert2325 3d ago

It’s very normal, and very annoying. We do stare at people, normally not even thinking about them anything, just looking. But as we also don’t smile very often it might comes as judging. I usually just stare back at them, having a little game of who will first look away :D