Strawberries

Strawberry ('Truskawki') season it is. You can literally buy them at every corner of the street. 

And not in portions like I was used to in the Netherlands (250 to 500 gr).
People buy at least a kilo here, in fact they are in wooden baskets in 2 kilo portions in most occasions.

Poland is a strawberry country, the biggest producer in Europe. Rules to sell them are less strict than in the Netherlands, recently I read a news article about a group of sellers being penalized but in general it is being tolerated (street sales without a permit). This is one of the reasons you can buy a big portion of strawberries for a good price.

I explained before that compared to the Netherlands the average salaries are lower here, but prices are also much lower for food. In the case of strawberries this price difference compared to the Netherlands is big.

At Albert Heijn in NL you are paying 3,49 Euro right now, for 500g of Dutch strawberries. In Warsaw you would get 1.5kg for that in retail, 2 kilo on the streets right now. Now that's quite a difference. Unfortunately this is only for a few things, like food which comes from Poland itself.

Nevertheless, it is great to buy 1 or 2 kilo of strawberries at a time and stuff yourself with these buddies.

Polish strawberries are the best 👌
mniam