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The customary amount of tips is around 10% to 15% of the total order. Note that tipping with your credit card is not common. However, in some establishments, the total bill may include the service charge. Be careful with your words when the wait staff collects the bill! Simple ‘thank you’ or ‘dziękuje’ (‘djenkuje’) means that you don’t want any change back. Use ‘proszę’ (‘pro-sheh’, which means ‘please’) if that is not what you mean.

A lot of places in Poland accept credit cards. In some cases, you may be offered to choose the currency of your payment. Insist on paying in Polish zloty. Otherwise, some extra ‘guarantee’ or ‘fee’ is likely to be added to your bill by the financial intermediary.

Built in 1929, this government complex in Katowice was among Poland's largest administrative buildings at the time. Its total area is more than 6,500 square metres, and the length of its corridors exceeds 6 km! As the name suggests, this building was the Silesian Parliament's seat during a brief period of the region's independence before WWII. It still houses several offices of the Silesian Voivodeship.