Ironic how we in Poland seem to have stricter than usual rules on alcohol advertising and yet beer adverts are absolutely everywhere and drinking culture is a big part of social life.
I remember being driven to another city, around a 300 km ride. I counted at least 6 or 7 roadside ads for beer, alcoholic or not. I’m talking massive banners put up next to the high-speed roads. It baffles me how this is legal.
That and the fact you can buy alcohol truly everywhere, I’d struggle to find a store where you can’t. Even tiny groceries ran by a few people usually have an entire wall of beer, wine, vodka etc. It’s sold at gas stations, hell, it’s sold at the parliament’s bar.
I sadly doubt anything will come of this, there’s very little political will to bring about significant change in this area.
Yes, it is, so you won’t usually see someone downing vodka walking through town. Still, what that usually means is if you want to drink outside you just go to a place where there’s not a lot of people around or where you know police isn’t going to bother you. Drinking beer on a bench next to a residential bloc is not unheard of (guilty as charged here).