Poland s new housing estates are communities, but not for everyone
More and more Poles are choosing to live in housing estates and gated communities for people with similar interests.
Homes that each have their own patron saint.
Right now, it s still a hole in the ground but Sylwia Zborowska s house is supposed to be completed by the end of the year and she s hoping to move in next spring. She s sick of her high-rise in Warsaw and is trading it in for a housing complex called Przystan, or harbor, in Lomianki, a 30-minute drive from the Polish capital.
Zborowska showed DW around proudly and described what her house would look like. Przystan is just one of many such projects in Poland. The market for semi-detached houses with gable roofs and terraces in estates is booming. But this one is different: Each of the 32 units will be assigned a particular patron saint and there will be a chapel.