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Krakow Nightlife Guide
What happens when you take an ancient Polish capital, fill it to the brim with cafs, bars and clubs, mix in roughly 120,000 students and then shake…
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Krakow Poland - A Survivor's Guide!
Krakow - Poland's stunning second city, is a captivating place both to travel to and live in. With Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004…
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Krakow for Everyone...
Being gay in Poland is like being a Michael Bolton fan at a metal concert: it's looked down on, not something you announce in a crowd of skinheads…
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Annual Festivals in Krakow
When some people hear the word "festival," they picture sweaty crowds of youngsters listening to music on a huge grassy field, downing brewskies as…
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The John Paul II International Airport
Fly John Paul II Throughout your stay, monuments and buildings dedicated to Krakow's most famous son will be inescapable, so what better way to…
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Krakow Glowny
Strolling into Krakow, Dr Zhivago style... There's more than one way to reach the city of Prince Krak. Sure you can fly to Krakow's airport, but…
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Auschwitz
To an unsuspecting motorist, the sleepy, slightly run-down town of Oswiecim might seem like many others in this part of southern Poland. Yet sixty…
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Krakow Sport
More commonly known as Poland's cultural capital than its sporting one, Krakow can also boast a fine sporting pedigree and some decent facilities for…
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Discover Katowice
Many people come to Katowice by chance - their low-fare flight happens to fly to the Katowice Airport, or they have a few hours to kill between…
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Wieliczka Salt Mines
The idea of a fun trip to a salt mine may sound a little dubious. And as you head out through the suburbs you may wonder just why you are leaving the…
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Cracow - Kazimierz
Kazimierz, which lies to the south of the Royal Castle, was once a town in its own right. With its labyrinthine streets and low-standing houses, it…
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Map of Krakow Parking Zones
Krakow Parking and Traffic. We'll save you money on tickets... Buy us a beer! Getting around Krakow by car can be frustrating. Some signs have…
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Jewish Ghetto in Cracow
The Jewish Ghetto that the Nazis created in Cracow is often mistakenly thought to have been located in the Kazimierz district, which lies to the…
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The Rynek (Market Square)
The Rynek was laid out in 1257 after the Mongol hordes swept through Cracow. At two hundred metres squared, it became the largest market place in…
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Auschwitz 1 - The Death Camp
Unless you are on a specially organized coach tour, most visitors will approach Auschwitz from Cracow. The simplest way of getting to the museum is…
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Krakow Tour Bus - All Aboard!
The Krakow Tour Bus is on the scene! It seems that no city can take itself seriously as a tourist destination without one of these open-topped…
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Language Schools
If you plan on taking lessons, these are generally available either as part of a class, or privately. Prices vary dramatically, but expect to pay…
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Krakow for Kids
While the scores of bars and clubs lining Krakow's streets might give the impression that Krakow is a city for adult revelries, in reality Krakow is…
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Katowice International Airport
Katowice International Airport ("Miedzynarodowy Port Lotniczy Katowice-Pyrzowice: in Polish, airport code KTW), is located in the town of Pyrzowice…
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Business Accommodation, Conferences and More
Tourists come to Krakow for the culture and the night life - and increasingly the city is a destination for international companies of all sizes…
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Cracow - The Old Town
The Old Town is where most visitors will begin their tour of the city, and where many of the key landmarks are to be found. Since 1989, it has…
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The Sukiennice (Cloth Hall)
The Sukiennice is one of Cracow's most distinctive buildings. It is best approached from Florianska street - down the Royal Way. On arriving at the…
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God Gave Rock and Roll to Us...
The Krakow live music scene, after years of relative inactivity, is finally on the rise. Despite being a city of artists, Krakow has traditionally…
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Amber, The Gold of the Baltic
For most of us, it's a certain film scene that comes to mind at the mention of the word amber. Yes, a diligent worker is chiselling away, deep in…
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Wawel - Spiritual home of the Nation
As you head south through the Old Town the streets begin to taper until you arrive at the foot of Wawel Hill, seat of the Royal Castle and Cathedral.…
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Birkenau (Auschwitz II)
Buses leave Auschwitz I for Birkenau at a half past the hour, every hour. It costs two zloty and takes no more than five minutes. The experience of…
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Cracow's Christmas Market
Whilst those of us from Albion might pride ourselves on our fine fish and chips, our real ale and our increasingly promising cricket team, there's no…
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It's All Mapped Out - for Free!
As a teenager, did you ever cringe as your dad unrolled a…
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Cinemas
Poland has a proud tradition in cinema, and figures such as Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski and Krzyszstof Kieslowski are counted amongst the most…
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The Royal Castle
Whilst few would argue that this is amongst the most beautiful royal houses of Europe, it can certainly hold its own in terms of romance. For this…
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Tourist Card
Slogans like 'Poland's 'cultural capital' get bandied about a lot when pundits are trying to plug Cracow. However, in this particular case, there's…
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International Festival of Jewish Culture
This tremendous festival has been held in Cracow for over fifteen years now, and the former Jewish district of Kazimierz has itself steadily regained…
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Krakow Best Places 2012
When our Ten Best Places of 2006 turned out to be such a hit, we decided that the city's top quality places should be rewarded every year, so for the…
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Tarnow - A Galician Treasure
Travellers pulling into Tarnow station will be met by a voluptuous turn-of-the-century building from the times of Habsburg Galicia. This lovely old…
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Krakow's Boutique Hotels
It's usually Warsaw that gets the reputation for brazen modernity, whilst Krakow tends to be celebrated for its old world charm. Things were just the…
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Museums
Whether it's Egyptian mummies, Samurai warriors or the indigenous (yet no less exotic!) winged horsemen, all can be tracked down at one or another of…
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The Lady With An Ermine
Leonardo da Vinci left hundreds of drawings to posterity, detailing everything from bicycles to flying machines. His sketches reveal one of the most…
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Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986)
An Exhibition at the Czartoryski Museum (Arsenal), ul. Pijarska 8, April 19th - June 17th 2007. One of the first photographs in this exhibition…
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Cracow - Further Afield
Cracow is by no means a jewel in isolation. And whilst the countryside may have taken something of a tumble since the inter-war years, there are…
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Krakow vs. Cracow
What's in a name? When Shakespeare asked that question, he had something more romantic in his mind than the name of a city, and yet the Krakow vs.…
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Bed Down in the Old Town
The merits of bagging a bed in Krakow's Old Town are manifold. Landing yourself in the UNESCO-listed core will place you amidst princely palaces and…
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St. Mary's Church
By nightfall, the Church of St. Mary's is lit up, and it dominates the Cracow skyline. Its steeple, much like a crown of black icicles, thrusts up to…
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Nowa Huta
If you want to get away from the ice-cream-and-carriages jollity of the Old Town, then Nowa Huta may well do the trick. It is certainly one of the…
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Ojcow & The Jura Uplands
A writer who had walked from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople during the 1930's was shocked when he returned to Eastern Europe twenty years ago.…
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The Trumpeter of Krakow
Straining his eyes, the old watchman looked out onto the horizon for a trace of the signal fire. But somehow, he felt that as had happened before…
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John Paul The Great
There is something of a syndrome that great Poles are cut down in their prime. There was Napoleon's dashing marshal, Jozef Poniatowski, who drowned…
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Szeroka Street
Szeroka, which is really more a square than it is a street, represents the heart of the old Jewish district. It was around here, back in the…
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Krakow's Kantor
Though Polish artist, writer, actor, stage designer, and theatre director Tadeusz Kantor was not born in Krakow, he developed ties to the city, and…
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Cross the River!
Across the Vistula River from Wawel Castle lies the quiet neighbourhood of Podgorze (literally, "under/next to the hill"). Though until very recently…
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Legendary Krakow
Many Polish cities have their legends (Warsaw has some interesting legends in particular), but it's only appropriate that a city as magical as Krakow…
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The Dragon's Lair
As you ascend the stairs to Wawel Cathedral, you may notice a curious selection of bones that are chained to the wall on your left. One of these…
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Join our team!
Cracow Life is constantly on the look out for motivated and talented people to join our team and help us achieve our business aims. Read below for…
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All Saints' Day and All Souls
On November 1st and 2nd, virtually the entire country will decamp to cemeteries across Poland. Day and night, candles and flowers will be laid on the…
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Krakow Churches
Even respected Polish art historians confess that they have not visited all of Cracow's churches. There really are a lot of them. So rather than…
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Cracow galerias and shopping malls
If you love to shop, then Krakow offers the visitor a wealth of opportunities. From small shops on the Rynek to large shopping centres, here called "g
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Krakow Rynek Glowny
Krakow's Rynek Glowny is considered one of the most beautiful squares in the entire world. Known as the "Market Square" or the "Main Square" in…
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Poland's Pre-War Panache
'Nie Tylko Art Deco' (Not Only Art Deco) May 18th - September 2nd 2007 National Museum, ul, 3 Maja 1 Art Deco usually conjures images of a…
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Zoom In On Zamosc
So much attention is given to Krakow, Warsaw and Zakopane that travellers could be forgiven for thinking that there simply are no other worthwhile…
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Krakow's Annual Events
When is the best time to visit Cracow? It's a difficult question. The charms of Spring and Summer need little introduction, whilst Autumn, when the…
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The Prince, the Pigeons and a Putrid Hag
Long, long ago, there lived a king called Boleslas, and he was known as 'The Wrymouth'. He was a clever man, but in his old age he made one fatal…
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Cracow's Hallowed Humps
Why on earth would anyone want to build a fake hill? And not just one - five of the blighters. Well, Cracovians will assert that building such mounds…
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Habsburg Krakow: 1795-1809 & 1846-1918
In September 1683, the Polish King Jan Sobieski swept down from the heights of Kahlenburg and beat the Turks from the Gates of Vienna. It was a nail…
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The Planty
One of the great joys about living in Cracow is in watching the play of the seasons. They are more distinct here than in other parts of Europe, and…
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Lajkonik
Maiden-chomping dragons, enchanted pigeons, sorcerers who fly about on giant cockerels - Cracow is not short of the odd legend or two. And every…
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Unsound Festival
Krakow's Unsound Festival has, over the years, established itself as a mainstream event in the city's cultural calendar while at the same time…
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Wild Times On The River!
Just when you thought Krakow's reputation as a party town couldn't be enhanced any further, some smart Alec comes up with the simple yet brilliant…
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The Mighty Philharmonic Hall
Cracow has had a proud history of classical music, with a symphonic orchestra playing concerts in the city from as early as 1909 until the outbreak…
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Napoleon and the Poles
An Exhibition at the Czartoryski Museum, Cracow: October 23rd 2004 - January 15th, 2005. This colourful exhibition has been given the title…
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Tempel Synagogue
The Tempel synagogue is one of Cracow's unexpected treasures. It seems to fit so snugly amidst the surrounding buildings that one can walk by for…
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Wawel Cathedral
It is over two hundred years since the last king of Poland was unceremoniously booted from power with Russian connivance, but the cathedral at Wawel…
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Theatres
From the baroque sweep of its gables down to the gargoyles and Madonnas that peep out of the street corners, Cracow is a resoundingly theatrical city.
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Off Festival
When Poland first made its entry on the summer European music festival scene, it started with Heineken Open'er Festival in the north. And while…
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Culture For Tolerance Festival
It's never easy to swim against the current, and so the first quality we should ascribe to the participants in this festival is bravery. Poland…
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New Year's Eve 2008 in Krakow
While some brave the cold and snow and venture to Krakow in December just to experience the beautiful Christmas Market, those looking for a different…
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The Magic of Mushrooms
If, like Cracow Life, you often feel the pull of nature to the forests, particularly for a madcap dawn adventure, there is one time of year to go…
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Cheap Flights to Krakow
With the range of budget airlines offering cheap flights all over Europe, how do you know which one can get you to Krakow? Well, we've compiled a…
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Remuh Synagogue
Though an elegant building, and not the jewel in the crown of Kazimierzs synagogues, Remuh's historical resonance outstrips many of the others.…
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Easter in Krakow
Largely thanks to its term behind the Iron Curtain, Poland is often perceived as an overwhelmingly grey country where rainbows fear to tread. But the…
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The Barbican
For those pilgrims, merchants and travellers that were bound for Cracow in times gone by, that first glimpse of a steeple or cupola must have been a…
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The National Museum in Krakow
Krakow has an embarrassment of riches on the museum front. But before we get into some of the highlights, you might wonder how so much treasure got…
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Rozstaje Festival of Traditional Music
The Rozstaje ("Crossroads") Festival has been filling Cracovian ears with traditional music since 1999. While in the first years of the festival the…
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Art Nouveau in Krakow
In the Spring of 1897, Gustav Klimt co-founded the legendary Secession Group: 'To every age its art' they proclaimed, 'and to art its freedom'.…
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Discover Krakow's Finest Treasures!
Anyone who has spent even a few days in Krakow knows how much the city has to offer; so much so that in fact most tourists leave the city with the…
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Books about Krakow and Poland
Friends often ask about books that we might recommend, and it gives us a great excuse to switch on the kettle and ponder the congenial world of…
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Shutterbugs, Rejoice!
The Month of Photography in Krakow has established itself as one of Europe's leading photography festivals, since beginning life in 2002. Featuring…
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See Your Future...
Andrzejki (pronounced an-dzey-ki) is the day of St. Andrew, who is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, and Russia. In Poland, the holiday is…
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Corpus Christi Church
Many hundreds of years ago, when Kazimierz was little more than marshland, there was a theft at the Collegiate Church of All Saints. A crafty villain…
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Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869-1907)
It would be nice to think that there were scores of talented artists on the verge of rediscovery. And perhaps it's true. For if anything can…
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The Royal Way
The Royal Way, which leads right through the heart of the city, was once the route of Royal processions and funerals. Even after the capital moved to…
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Cracow Poland - everything you need to know!
Still haven't been to Cracow, Poland? Get with the program! This beautiful mecca of art, culture and nightlife draws millions throughout the year.…
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Cultural Centres
Well to be quite frank, there are some superlative places in Cracow to stay abreast of life in the world at large. Whether you're perusing the…
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Rakowicki Cemetery
An afternoon at the cemetery may not sound like the jolliest option for a nice day out, but if you never quite gave up listening to The Cure, or you…
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Learn Polish in Krakow
No one can deny that spending the weekend in Krakow is a delightfully pleasant experience, and one bound to entail plenty of adventure, excitement…
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Euro 2012 in Krakow
Yes, against all the odds, Poland and Ukraine will be hosting the European Football Championships in 2012! After the announcement by UEFA chief…
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Galloping Into Oblivion: Piotr Michalowski and the Napoleonic Dream
'Tell all the ladies' wrote Napoleon's flamboyant Marshal, Joachim Murat, after sustaining a pistol shot to the jaw, 'that even if Murat has lost…
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The Slowacki Theatre
For many travellers arriving in Cracow, the Slowacki theatre will be the first building that strikes them on entering the Old Town. It lies directly…
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Golden Oldie on the Square
Back in the year of our Lord 1364, Nicholas Wierzynek (a flamboyant Cracovian merchant who was noted for his flair for throwing tremendous parties)…
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Suggested Itineraries & Tours
There's no perfect plan for everyone on a Krakow city break, but we've come up with some suggestions for trips in and around Krakow that will help…
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Feel the Green!
Cracow Life has twice spotted hedgehogs pottering around the Old Town. Whether these spiky characters were sightseeing or whether they actually live…
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Likus & The Return of High Life
Before the war, Cracow boasted a cornucopia of elegant shops and hotels. Even today, many of the city's elder residents can recall the charms of…
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The Great Dragon Parade
The legend of Krakow's dragon, which once live in a cave beneath Wawel Castle and was vanquished by a quick-thinking shoemaker by way of a sheep…
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Coke Live Music Festival 2011
Coming in at the end of August to make the summer seem that much longer, the Coke Live Music Festival is that one last hurrah before it's back to…
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Chopin: Prince of the Polonaise
With his fair share of dodgy movie tributes (even Hugh Grant has had a bash at playing the part) and scandals over steamy affairs, Chopin has all the…
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About Love Among Others
A Festival of Gay Films at Kino Pod Baranami 9th May until 15th May Following on the heels of Cracow's Festival for Tolerance, Kino Pod Baranami…
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Summer Organ Concerts Festival
Cultural Centre Dworek Bialopradnicki invites you to experience classical music in a whole new way this summer. Instead of seeing an orchestra in the…
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New Music Festival
The Reporter New Music Festival strives to promote new sounds from independent and fresh artists in the genres of electronic, jazz, experimental, or…
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Tie the Knot, Krakow Style!
Krakow has long held a reputation as a city of romance. Home of the majestic Wawel Castle, and situated on the lovely Vistula River, in the months of…
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The Last Mazurka
The Last Mazurka: A Tale of War, Passion and Loss, by Andrew Tarnowski For the English reader, memoirs or novels that relate to Cracow are few and…
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St. Florian's Gate
By 1500 Cracow was not only one of the richest cities in Europe but also one of the best fortified. The Old Town was ringed by a great wall, and this…
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Remuh Cemetery
It is said that the foundation of this cemetery came about in a rather unexpected manner. It is a curious tale. A house once stood in the place of…
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The Altarpiece of St. Mary's
In Cracow, the worlds of history and legend often seem to blur into each other, and there are few finer illustrations of this than the tale of Veit…
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Audio Art Festival 2007
The Audio Art Festival, now in its 15th instalment, covers an array of audio and visual experiences in one festival. The 2007 edition will take place…
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Krakow Best Places 2011
When our Ten Best Places of 2006 turned out to be such a hit, we decided that the city's top quality places should be rewarded every year, so for the…
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The Festival of Polish Music
Poland won plaudits across the globe with 20th century composers such as Szymanowski, Gorecki and Penderecki, not to mention classics such as the…
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Pauline Church on the Rock
It was late in the year of our Lord 1079 that the King gave the command. This meddlesome bishop would trouble him no longer. So, wasting little time…
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Ladies who lived on the edge
In Autumn 2005, two extraordinary books were made available to an English-speaking public. One is a biography that was penned thirty years ago, the…
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The Krakow Film Festival
The oldest film festival in Poland, the Krakow Film Festival has been an annual event in the city's calendar since as far back as 1961. Comprised of…
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Reader-Chosen Best Places of 2008!
When our Ten Best Places of 2006 and Best Places of 2007 turned out to be such a success, we decided that the city's top quality places to eat…
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Festival of Music in Old Cracow
We all remember the painful experience of listening to our childhood schoolmates attempting to play something pretty on the piano at the end of term…
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Consulates & Embassies
Cracovians are apt to point out that there is no official document cementing the transference of capital status to Warsaw from back in the days of…
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Spend Spring in Krakow!
There's no better time to visit Poland's most stunningly beautiful city than during the Spring season. As the city shakes off the frosty mantle of…
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Tango Days: The Music of Piazzolla in Cracow (10th - 13th May 2007)
It's fifteen years now since Astor Piazzolla, the King of Tango, passed on. But his electrifying legacy has never been more popular. And if you've…
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Etiuda & Anima Film Festival
In the olden days, budding geniuses picked up a paintbrush or sharpened their quill. But judging by the preponderance of short films at the Turner…
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Sport
When it comes to sport, you probably fall into one of three camps - active participant, armchair enthusiast, or couldn't care less. If you're in the…
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Uwaga Afganistan!
The Polish presence in Afghanistan seems to be all about the war. There's hardly any cultural co-operation between the two countries. However, the…
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Rafal Malczewski and the Zakopane Myth
An Exhibition at the National Museum, Krakow November 17th 2006 - January 14th 2007 Zakopane.... That little highland haven shot to stardom in…
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The Franciscan Church
Every year on Good Friday a procession takes place at this church that transports the viewer right back to the age of fire and brimstone. On that…
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New Cemetery
Whilst not as ancient as the Remuh, the New Cemetery is equally as atmospheric, and some would say more so. It was founded in the early nineteenth…
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King Kong's Polish Connection
Many film directors can't resist an amusing cameo in their movies. Roman Polanski took great pleasure in roughing up Jack Nicholson in Chinatown…
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Krakow - the perfect vacation destination!
You've made a great choice! Krakow is exploding in popularity and it's easy to see why. Over a thousand years of history, plenty of tourist…
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A Place to Skate
Krakow is certainly not lacking entertainment options in the city centre, but while those who like to go to the cinema or theatre, or watch a…
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Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
Every year for the past 17 years, the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy, or WOSP) has raised money…
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Krakow Best Places 2010
When our Ten Best Places of 2006 turned out to be such a hit, we decided that the city's top quality places should be rewarded every year, so for the…
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Jan Stanislawski (1860-1907)
Centenary Exhibition at the Szolajski House, ul. Szczepanska 11 January 6th - March 25th 2007 A stone's throw from Cracow's medieval gate is a…
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In The Garden Of Memory
In The Garden of Memory: A Family Memoir, by Joanna Olczak-Ronikier How lucky we are not to have been faced with the choices that dogged the…
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Summer Of Arts At The Kossaks
Travellers escaping Cracow at this time of year tend to head for Zakopane and the Tatras. It's a natural choice. That said, it often seems that half…
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The Votes for 2007 Are In!
When our Ten Best Places of 2006 turned out to be such a success, we decided that the city's top quality places to eat, sleep, drink, shop and get…
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Landscapes of Taiwan
The National Museum of Krakow is proud to host the exhibition Transitions: Highlights of the landscape collection of the National Taiwan Museum of…
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First Step...
The National Museum has put on some sensational shows over the last two years, but if there's a string that's been missing from the bow, it's…
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Jozef Pankiewicz,1866-1940: Life and Work
An exhibition at the National Museum, Cracow: 14th June - 13th August 2006 Art dealers in search of the next big thing could do a lot worse than…
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Krakow Guide Books
How do the Poles see their second city? Well, a new series of guides is exploding stereotypes and treading on the hooves of a few holy cows. A team…
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Centenary Show For Wyspianski
Stanislaw Wyspianski 1869-1907: "Monumental Theatre" National Museum, Cracow November 28th 2007 - March 2nd 2008 Celebrating the centenary…
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Cracow Screen Festival
Traditionally, the first week of May is one of the most ecstatic times of the year for Cracovians. After the long Winter haul, Spring finally busts…
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Festivals & Exhibitions: Spring 2006
By the time you read this, we hope that the birds will have finally returned from their tropical adventures, that it's possible to abandon what you…
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Krakow Residences
Krakow has plenty to offer the discerning tourist in search of a bed, from elegant five star hotels to some of the world's top-rated (and much…
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Fin-de-Siecle In Krakow
An Exhibition at the National Museum, Krakow July 14th - October 15th 2006 For many summers now, the main attraction of the National Museum has…
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Mumerus Theatre
Theatre Mumerus, founded in 1999 by Wieslaw Holdys, is an association where professional actors, directors, musicians and painters can get together.…
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Polish Translations
In general, there are two types of Polish translation services available - general and technical/legal translation. Bear in mind that if you decide…
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For Your Freedom And Ours
For Your Freedom and Ours The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II By Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud Last week, while waiting…
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Reader-Chosen Best Places of 2009!
Our annual list of the Best Places is back. After Ten Best Places of 2006 turned out to be a hit, we have kept finding the city's top quality places…
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Krakow Opera: On The Up
Opera has been performed in Krakow for almost four hundred years. Over the last century, operas were staged in the Slowacki Theatre - itself a…
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An Artistic Undertaking
'You Yourself Shall Raise a Pyre' An Exhibition At The Wyspianski Museum, ul. Szczepanska 11 December 8th 2007 - March 9th 2008 As part of the…
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Available Art
Are you one of these people who enjoys expressing disdain for the arts but harbours a secret intrigue to know more? Do you usually enjoy visiting…
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Palac Bonerowski
Every mansion on the market square has its stories to tell. Amorous intrigues have been hatched, poets and pianists have weaved their magic, and…
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A Playful Pageant
'Cracow Enchanted With Toys' Ethnographic Museum, ul. Krakowska 46 December 7th 2007 - June 15th 2008 Cracow has plenty of tricks up its sleeve…
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Jacek Sroka
National Museum, Cracow March 7th 2007 - May 4th 2008 The titles are certainly not boring: Evil Woman, SwampThing, Rats in the Newest BMW, The…
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Piwnica Pod Baranami
There are a lot of funny looking fellows in Cracow. In fact, the city wouldn't quite be the same without these funny looking fellows. As many…
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At Last, Something New!
While the Sukiennice is an amazing icon of Krakow's glorious Renaissance past, and the National Museum's collection of 19th century Polish art is…
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Italian Late Summer Colours
After a great reception in May in Turyn, the spectacle Stalker Teatro is returning to Krakow this August. Laznia Nowa, a prestigious independent…
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New Year at Hotel Stary!
Hip hotel of the moment Hotel Stary is gearing up for its second New Year's Eve bash, so if you want to push the boat out, this is the one to pencil…
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Horror Fest 2007!
If Halloween doesn't come round often enough for you gentle souls out there, an early Christmas present - or rather early Halloween present - is…
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Poland In Old Photographs
There has been something of an eruption of coffee-table books of late, with publishers queuing up to deluge us with lush pictures of mountains…
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Hotel Kossak
Magnes Bistro
Galeria Plakatu