City Life
The Best Polish Apps to Download Before Moving to Poland
The apps Poland runs on: Jakdojade for transport, KOLEO for trains, BLIK for payments, mObywatel for official life, Allegro for shopping. What to install first.
BLIK: articles for expats in Poland
Money
Card chargeback in Poland: 120 days, bank complaint, BLIK limits
How to get money back after a card payment goes wrong in Poland: chargeback, the roughly 120-day limit, bank complaints and what BLIK lacks.
Money
BLIK and Bank Scams in Poland: What to Do If It Happens
Common payment scams in Poland: the BLIK wrong-transfer trick, fake BLIK code requests, spoofed bank calls and what officials advise. As of 15 October 2026.