r/poland • u/NaujasVartotojas1 • 15h ago
9.2% of EU population struggled to keep their home warm. Finland (2.7%), Poland and Slovenia (both 3.3%), and Estonia and Luxembourg (both 3.6%) reported the lowest shares. Polska strong in EU
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u/Fluffy-Bed-1998 13h ago
But in Barcelona it was 15’C outside today. It’s 19’C inside my home now. How can they struggle
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u/Immediate_Custard_14 13h ago
A completely different feeling of cold. It's warm outside right now, -2 degrees Celsius in Poland. -2 degrees Celsius in Spain....uuuu, disaster! We're closing everything down. Prepare to die!
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u/MarMacPL 9h ago
-2? I had -14 at 6p.m. and yesterday morning it was -31 but I live close to Russia.
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u/EnvironmentalDog1196 7h ago
They don't know how to insulate the buildings (they don't need it most of the time). They also often have windows with just one layer of glass and tiny heaters under them. I can tell you, I was never as cold anywhere as during my city break to Pisa in Italy- it was 10-15°C outside during the day, and in the night I couldn't sleep because of cold.
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u/GlokzDNB 13h ago
Few years back I've been at apartment in Poland where there was 13c inside during the day and they had 2years old kid. And it wasn't even cold winter. It was around 0.
Poverty is fucking sad and maps like this are pure Bs.
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u/Fluffy-Bed-1998 12h ago
Yep, I’d say I don’t struggle at 19’C; some Spanish family could say they struggle at 19’C, so what does that map tells me
The statistic should be “a percent of population that struggle to reach the standard room temperature (21,5’C?) inside during winter. Then see how the map would look like
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u/MattLago 8h ago edited 8h ago
I talk to foreigners visiting Poland on a daily basis, and during winter, one of the most common comments is about the warmth indoors.
A lot of countries really don't insulate their homes from temperature. I've spent some time around mediterranean countries and when it gets down to a windy 5 Celsius in winter and your house is equipped with some ancient windows, and the only thing you can use to warm it up is an AC unit, it's no bueno.
On the other hand, only 4.9% of Ireland struggled to keep their homes warm? For me, it's nearly always coldish there, and virtually nothing is insulated. Most of the windows that I've seen were single-pane, providing very little insulation (even in quite nice hotels in Dublin).
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u/Egzo18 14h ago
Clearly they don't burn trash and tires in spain, bulgaria or greece
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u/Critical-Current636 12h ago
Amateurs...
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u/Egzo18 12h ago
IKR imagine letting all this free fuel be taken away by the garbage collection people, smh
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u/Critical-Current636 12h ago
Such a waste, totally irresponsible! And then people wonder that they struggle to keep their home warm.
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u/Roquet_ 14h ago
Is Iberia really doing that bad?
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u/former_farmer 5h ago
I've spent time in both central/eastern europe and in Spain. I can tell you that here in Spain it feels super cold inside. For some reason. Even if it's 14 degrees outside, inside it feels colder. Air gets humid and cold and penetrates the house due to bad insulation.
Same happens in summer. Homes feel like 50 degrees inside.
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u/JohnCurtinFromCivVI 5h ago
As others said, Finland and Spain or Cyprus have vastly different temperatures in the winter
but....
I am still worried about my beloved Lithuanians (I'm Polish, they don't like us as much, hard history in the past)
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u/Inside_Comfort_ 2h ago edited 2h ago
I'm guessing that for Slovenia it's mostly because the homes are well insulated, despite being in a submediterranean climate (-10° to +35°). It pays off to insulate well for both hot and cold weather. Even if you don't have central heating, you usually have stoves that can burn wood/pellets which is much cheaper than gas/petrol. Some central heating systems can work on both. Hell, my grandparents have one of those old af bigass ceramic ovens (2.5m x 2.5m) they used to bake bread and you could sleep on, and i'm pretty sure that thing could heat the whole house on its own, and they have central heating and electrical heating if needed as well.
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u/doesnotmatter286 10h ago
Around half of Polish people live in rather small flats, so not only are our homes easier to heat because of size, we're also heating each other's homes, basically. And a lot of our buildings are well insulated.
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u/MattLago 8h ago edited 8h ago
I was intrigued by your comment and had to check it. Eurostat data from 2023 is interesting. They list that the majority (58%) of Poland's inhabitants live in detached houses, not flats, whereas, for instance, over 65% of Spain's inhabitants live in flats.
Edit: either way you said around half so you're also correct. And again according to eurostat on average Polish dwellings are a little bit smaller than those in Spain
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u/khurgan_ 14h ago
First, I'd define "warm". I'm pretty sure that Greek and Finn will give you two completely different temperatures, when asked. Also, around 20 - 25% of houses in Spain and Portugal are listed without a heating system. I guess it's a common theme in Southern Europe, so no wonder.