How to Distinguish
- The domain is .pl
- Bollards feature red reflectors
- Utility poles usually do not have a hole at the bottom
- The pedestrian-crossing sign has a single horizontal stripe(by niwaisound )
- Guardrails are angular
- The letter ŁE/ ŁE/span> is virtually exclusive to Polish
- Warning signs are orange with an extremely thin red border(References Warning signs around the world)
- Ulica means “street Ein Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland
- Road signs use the distinctive “Drogowskaz Etypeface
Signs you can find
Warning signs are orange and the red border is very thin. The top row shows Poland; the bottom row is Greece for comparison.
Look for the letter ŁE/ ŁE/span>. Poland is the only country using the Drogowskaz road-sign typeface—the shape of t is especially distinctive(References Polish road signs typeface).
Narrow down state/region
Suffixes Ewo Eor Eno Elean north; Eów Eor Eew Eare more central or southern, roughly matching the historical divide between Greater and Lesser Poland(References History of Poland)(References Lesser Poland).
CIty/town name endings in Poland
byu/Poiuy2010_2011 inMapPorn
22x belongs to Warsaw. I memorise a simple rule: ignoring the 8 in mobile codes, larger numbers trend to the north-west. The landscape is often flat, so if road numbers, place names, or area codes are unclear I usually guess the centre. Do not rely solely on the first digit because mobile codes exist(References Telephone numbers in Poland - Mobile codes).
“w Efunctions like “in Ein English, so search the name following it on the map.
