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What is a “kamienica” in Polish?

Kamienica is the Polish word for an older multi-story apartment building, often pre-war and ornate, with stucco facades and inner courtyards that line many of the older streets of Polish cities. Owning one can signal old money, shrewd inheritance, or a post-1989 reprivatization win.

In this celebrity reel, a woman defends herself: “my husband doesn’t have a kamienica in Warsaw, but I have one in Łódź.” The Warsaw-versus-Łódź beat is a classic Polish jab. Łódź, Poland’s third-largest city, sits about 130 km from Warsaw and has long been compared with the capital. Owning a kamienica in Łódź signals different ambitions than owning one in Warsaw.