Differences between Portugal and Poland

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1 Differences between Portugal and

2 Only one neigbour Spain Area: km² Population:10,813,834 Seven neighbours: Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine,Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany Area : km² Population:

3 Lisbon capital population Porto - population Vila Nova de Gaia - population Warsaw capital population Krakow population Lodz population

4 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; master of science 5 years.

5 The most popular folk music: fado The most popular folk music: highlander music

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7 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 are pork, beef and poultry. Seafood is hardly ever eaten. Wine isn t drunk often. Beer is more popular. is known primarily for its dumplings, Hunter s stew and many types of cakes. is also famous for its excellent breads and delicious sausages.

8 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 pm. Both lunch and dinner is usually complete meals consisting of soup, a main course and dessert. Mealtimes in 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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10 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 crosscountry skiing are very famous. One of the most popular sports is speedway. The second most popular sport( right after football), which in has been succesful is volleyball.

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12 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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14 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 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.

15 Portuguese greet by kisses in both cheeks. Poles (men) keep bigger distances and they only shake their hands.

16 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.

17 Portuguese can't finish their conversations quickly, they extend them all the time. Poles say goodbye quickly, without special ceremonies.

18 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.

19 Portugal 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.

20 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.

21 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 ready ahead of time.

22 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 take off their shoes and seats at a table are chosen freely.

23 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 after a consumption.

24 Portugal 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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26 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.