About Us
About SiemaHej
We are the space between two worlds.
Born in Slavic soil. Living everywhere. Always carrying home in our hearts.
SiemaHej began with a simple truth: distance doesn't erase who you are, and blood isn't the only thing that binds us. Whether you're Polish, Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovenian, Belarusian, Russian, Bosnian, Macedonian, or any Slavic soul. Whether you left yesterday or your grandparents left generations ago. Whether you're Slavic by birth, marriage, friendship, or pure fascination, there's a thread that connects us all.
A shared language of pierogi and sarcasm. Of ancient gods and PRL nostalgia. Of babcia's wisdom and the unshakeable feeling that you belong to something bigger than geography, bigger than genetics.
Heritage We Carry
Our roots run deeper than borders. Before Poland, before Slovakia, before Czech Republic, before any borders and nations, there was the forest, the rivers, the gods, the stories whispered around fires. Perun's thunder. Morana's winter. Weles guiding souls. Ε½iva bringing spring. The spirits in the oak trees. This is the heritage we carry: not just a country, but a thousand-year lineage of stories, symbols, and souls.
We honor the grandmothers who taught us recipes without measurements. The grandfathers who smuggled our language across continents. The ancestors who survived everything: partitions, wars, communism, and still danced. Their strength is in our bones. Their resilience is our inheritance.
But heritage isn't a museum. It's the living, breathing culture we adapt, reinterpret, and pass forward. It's teaching your kids curse words in Polish or Slovak or Serbian. It's explaining to your non-Slavic partner why pierogi, pelmeni, or vareniki are a love language. It's wearing ancient symbols on modern streetwear because the old gods understand contemporary life.
Humor We Share
If you can laugh at yourself, you can survive anything. This might be the most Slavic trait of all.
We've turned hardship into punchlines, stereotypes into inside jokes, and the absurdity of existence into an art form. We squat because it's practical and iconic. We have seventeen words for grey and none for small talk. We believe pickles, kompot, and rakija solve most problems. Real hospitality means feeding strangers until they can't move.
The humor we share isn't about making fun of our culture. It's about loving it so much we can laugh with it. It's the knowing look between Slavs when someone tries to pronounce "Szczebrzeszyn" or "Grzegorz BrzΔczyszczykiewicz." It's the universal experience of babcia or baba insisting you're too skinny while simultaneously force-feeding you. It's the way we say "nie narzekam" or "Π½ΠΈΡΡΠ°" ("can't complain") when everything is actually falling apart.
Humor is how we connect across borders, across generations, across the vast distance between "home" and "here." It's how we say "you're one of us" without needing to check passports.
Home We Create
Here's the revolutionary part: home isn't a place you return to. It's a place you create, wherever you are.
For too long, diaspora culture meant looking backward: nostalgic, melancholic, frozen in time. But we are not ghosts of a homeland. We are builders of something new. We take the old recipes and add new ingredients. We honor tradition while creating our own. We pass down the language, the stories, the songs, and we add our own verses.
Home is:
- The group chat where you send memes only other Slavs understand
- The kitchen where you teach your friends how to fold pierogi, haluΕ‘ky, or sarma
- The playlist that goes from folk songs to contemporary Slavic hip-hop
- The tattoo of Slavic symbols you wear with pride in a foreign city
- The community you find: online, in person, across oceans
We create home every time we gather. Every time we share a story. Every time we refuse to let distance diminish who we are.
Who We Are
SiemaHej isn't just a brand. It's a gathering place.
We're for:
- Slavs living anywhere - whether you're Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Macedonian, or any Slavic soul navigating life abroad or at home
- The diaspora who left but never really left - carrying your homeland in your heart across oceans
- The next generation rediscovering roots - third-gen kids learning babcia's or baba's language, exploring where they come from
- Partners who married in - the boyfriend learning to pronounce "Grzegorz BrzΔczyszczykiewicz," the wife mastering pierogi folds, the spouse navigating imieniny and slava
- Friends of Slavs - you've been adopted by a Slavic family, been to enough celebrations, understand why shoes come off at the door
- The culturally curious - you fell in love with Slavic mythology, learned the language for fun, got hooked on the history
- Anyone with Slavic blood or roots - maybe it's your grandmother, a great-grandfather, a family name you can't quite pronounce but feel deeply connected to
- Anyone who feels the pull - you don't know why, but something about this culture calls to you
We don't gatekeep. We don't measure "how Polish" or "how Slavic" you are. We don't check genealogy. If you feel it, you belong here.
You don't need to speak perfect Polish, perfect Slovak, or perfect any Slavic language. You don't need a passport from any Slavic country. You don't even need Slavic blood.
You just need to feel it.
Born from a love story that crosses borders (a Polish woman and a Slovak man, both living abroad), SiemaHej was created to bridge the gap between old country and new country, between Slavic nations and the wider world, between heritage and innovation, between nostalgia and hope.
We are living proof that Slavic culture is bigger than any single flag. The girl from Poland understands the guy from Slovakia. The Serb knows why the Czech laughs. The Ukrainian and the Pole share the same eye-roll. We share the same humor, the same resilience, the same deep connection to heritage, even when our languages make us laugh trying to communicate with our in-laws.
We design products that let you wear your identity with pride, decorate your space with meaning, and connect with others who understand. Whether they grew up in KrakΓ³w, Bratislava, Belgrade, Kyiv, or Prague. Whether they learned Polish from their dziadek in Chicago or Slovak from their starΓ‘ mama in Toronto. Whether they married a Slav and got adopted by the family, or simply fell in love with a culture that isn't theirs by birth but feels like home anyway.
What We Make
From ancient Slavic mythology to PRL-era nostalgia. From sarcastic humor to beautiful traditions. From apparel that makes statements to home goods that tell stories.
Every design honors where we come from while celebrating where we're going.
We work with artists, historians, and community members to create products that are:
- Culturally authentic (not costumes)
- Actually funny (not cringe)
- High quality (not cheap tourist shop merch)
- Thoughtfully designed (beautiful enough to be part of your daily life)
Whether it's a t-shirt with a cheeky saying in any Slavic language, a mug decorated with Slavic gods, or art prints of folk patterns reimagined for modern walls, everything we make is designed to help you carry, share, and create home.
Our Promise
We will never:
- Reduce our culture to cheap stereotypes
- Gatekeep who gets to participate
- Forget that humor and heritage can coexist
- Stop believing that home is something we build together
We will always:
- Honor the depth and complexity of Slavic cultures
- Welcome everyone who feels connected to this heritage
- Balance respect for tradition with space for innovation
- Celebrate the resilience, humor, and heart of our people
Join the Tribe
You don't need permission to belong. You don't need perfect language skills or a family tree that traces back centuries. You don't need to prove anything.
Ancient wisdom reminds us: Slavs are not born, they are sown.
This isn't modern inclusivity. It's our oldest tradition. For over a thousand years, Slavic lands welcomed those who came, learned the language, shared the customs, and chose to stay. Vikings became Rus'. Celts became Slavs. Entire peoples were "sown" into Slavic soil and took root.
If you feel it, you're in. Not because we're being generous, but because that's how it's always been.
This is your invitation to:
- Slavs everywhere - wear your heritage with pride, wherever you are
- Friends of Slavs - celebrate the culture you've learned to love
- Partners who married in - embrace the beautiful chaos you've joined
- Distant relatives - reconnect with roots that call to you
- The culturally curious - dive deeper into mythology, history, humor
- Anyone with love for this world - share the jokes only we understand
Connect with others across the world. Pass something meaningful to the next generation. Create home wherever you are.
Be sown. Take root. Grow with us.
SiemaHej means "hello" and "what's up" at the same time. It's casual and warm. It's how you greet family. It's the beginning of every good conversation.
So... siema, hej. Welcome home.
We've been waiting for you.
Connect With Us
- Instagram: [@siemahej] β Memes, stories, and community
- Facebook: [SiemaHej Community] β Join the conversation
- Email: info@siemahej.comΒ β Share your story
Founded with love by a Polish-Slovak couple living abroad, for Slavs everywhere and everyone who loves them, learns from them, lives with them, or simply feels the pull of this ancient, resilient, absurdly beautiful culture.
Heritage We Carry β’ Humor We Share β’ Home We Create
Your tribe. Worldwide.
