Tie the Knot, Krakow Style!
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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 spring and summer, Krakow is the perfect setting for a beautiful wedding - or even in winter if your idea of a perfect honeymoon is snowboarding in Zakopane! But if organizing a wedding is difficult enough on its own, organizing a wedding in another country (especially one with a language as difficult as Polish) can be overwhelmingly stressful. Luckily, we at Local Life can help you with all the tricky details so that all you have to do is show up, put on that beautiful white dress, and enjoy the day you've been waiting for for ages!
Wedding Ceremony Venues
Churches
There are over 120 churches in Krakow, so there’s no shortage of choice of places to get married. These are almost exclusively Catholic churches, of course, though there are one or two of other denominations. Visitors from overseas who want to get married in Krakow will generally have to show some good reason for doing so (either one of the parters is Polish or from Krakow, or there is a historical family connection to the city). If you wish to get married in one of these churches, you will need to contact the church directly and arrange it. Please be aware that most correspondence in this case will need to be done in Polish.
Civil Court Wedding
The alternative, of course, is a civil wedding in Krakow. You would need to book a date at one of the courthouses (generally at least 6 months in advance). Again, it is much easier if at least one of the partners is resident in Poland in order to make this application process as easy as possible.
Alternative venues
Apart from a civil wedding at one of the court houses, there are of course other locations you could have your civil wedding, and here are a few in Krakow that you could consider. Some are able to provide both the wedding ceremony and the reception in the same place.
Willa Decjusz
Garden in the Museum of Archeology in Krakow
Wedding Reception venues
Wedding reception outside Krakow at Marcy
Wedding reception outside Krakow at Marcy in the evening
Pretty much every restaurant in Krakow is able to provide for wedding receptions, but if you are looking for something a bit different, you could try Marcy, which is located in the countryside about 40 kms from Krakow, less than an hour away. A rustic cottage located on the edge of a forest and in a typical Polish village, Marcy is a great location to enjoy freshly-prepared Polish food in a relaxed, countryside atmosphere. More at marcy.pl
Wedding cake cutting time at Marcy
Krakow Wedding Planner
Whether you'd like a grand church wedding or a small private ceremony, a reception for half the city or just your closest friends, whilst we can't do everything, we can certainly help you basic advice about finding a location for your wedding service, booking a location for a reception, booking a hotel in Krakow for you and your guests (or an apartment in Krakow for the in-laws and distant cousins), advising on where to find a cake and flowers, or even organizing custom tours for you and your guests - just about anything you need! Want to go on a romantic hot air balloon ride on the Big Day? No problem! Just send us an e-mail with your wedding dreams and we'll help make them a reality!
Stag and Hen nights in Krakow
And don't forget, Krakow is also the perfect place to stage your stag or hen night - with more bars per square metre than any city in Europe - and our friends at Crazy Stag do 'em better than anyone!
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Me & my fiancé come to krakow the end of October… what’s the legalities of getting married whilst we are there
Replymyself and my partner are going to krekow on 9th July 2023 we want to get married in civil ceremony there can you help me?
ReplyMy fiancee and I would like to marry in Krakow in May 2023. We need someone to assist with our documents, and a translator. My fiancee is Czech and I am an American. Do you organize these things? Thank you.
ReplyHello! Me and my fiance are coming to Krakow this September and we wish to get married in a civil wedding. How can we arrange everything in advance, so when we visit Krakow, we just come to the civil ceremony?
ReplyLooking to renew vows .Finding it difficult to book anything for 11 guests
ReplyHi good morning, me and my fiancé have booked our wedding for next September as we fell in love with this beautiful city and all it has to offer. We’ve booked the amazing Stary hotel and plan to marry on the roof top, any advice regarding booking the ceremony and how we go about would be most helpful. As too with organising a cake and entertainment. I look forward to your reply and wish you a good day. Jill.
ReplyHi, im absolutely in love with krakow centre and would love to get married here. We would like to have a reception in a church if possible, i am catholic my partner is not so a non religious ceremony is also an option! We would like to hire a location that can enable all our guests to have food and then have a party after with a DJ/karaoke if possible. Guest wise we would probably have around 130. Thankyou :)
ReplyHello. We are looking to get married in krakow in July this year and are wishing to know more about the legalities of it all and possible church/civil venues/restaurants that would be able to accommodate us. Many thanks.
ReplyHi there. I would like more information on the legalities of getting married in Krakow as this is an option for me and my partner. Thankyou.
ReplyMy partner and I are hopefully going to be able to travel next year and of so Krakow is 2 years in waiting now..seeing that were both polish, myself Canadian born and him born in Krakow we would love to have a small ceremony about 20-30 people and something with gardens etc...any ideas?
ReplyMy partner and I, are thinking of coming to Krakow in March/April to get married, just the two of us. Have you got any advise or ideas please? Any paperwork required? Thank you
ReplyHi, I am looking for some information regarding weddings in Krakow. Would you be able to advise on paperwork and wedding planners? Thanks
ReplyHi myself and my partner are going to Krakow in November looking to get married can you help us please about paper work
ReplyHello there me and my partner are coming to krakow in March and was looking into a persona little ceremony quick in and out and wondering how we would go about that
ReplyEmail address is, office@cracowweddins.com
ReplyFantastic recommendation
ReplyHi...my partner & I fly out on the 8th of november for the weekend can you help with a small registery office or hotel wedding??
ReplyI am looking for a dj for my wedding next year from 7.30pm to 1am What is the cost
ReplyI would like to get married in a registry office in krakow me and my partner are both British we can arrange hotel and flights but need to know about paperwork
ReplyYou need to get paperwork from your local registry, and have that handed back to them 2 months before you plan on wedding then if has to be handed in to krakow registry personally 6 weeks before your date would you be thinking about doing it all yourself? Ann.
ReplyYes I would be doing it myself
ReplyMy advice would be absolutely krakow wedding was our dream and loved every moment of it and all went perfectly to plan everyone said it was well planned and beautiful, but I would recommend you have a polish wedding planner as she kept us right with the law on paper work and by law you need a translator to make sure you understand and sign papers and on the day it is done in polish and translated to English, I organized my flowers, restaurant, cake, hotel, photographer without planner and I would definitely recommend them but the planner kept me right with making sure it was all legal I couldn't have done that without her! She got us the translator and kept us right with time scale and apoitments with registry they are really strict! Ann.
ReplyI would send you photos of our restaurant, cake, flowers, car, , registry, and was all really very good price comparison to here,!!! Ann Marie.
ReplyPhotos and prices would be lovely thank you
ReplyWe were £30 to get registry paperwork here and £85 for paperwork in krakow. I don't know if i can send photos, the registry is about 20 minutes away from the main square have you visited krakow often? Ann.
ReplyAnd for a translator we had at the registry and wedding day was for everything legal 570 zlotys Ann.
ReplyHi I’ve been krakow 4 times love it there that’s why I would like to get married there but we don’t want any thing else just the registry office then we will go do something together
ReplyYes it is a beautiful place that is why we choose to go there and have no regrets, :) I don't think we could have done it without Angelica to help us with what we needed to do officially with the paperwork and timing and getting us a translator Halina helped me with flowers and she did an amazing job at a very cheap price when do you plan on getting married remember 6 weeks before wedding you have to go over with papers and sign at the registry Ann.
ReplyWe were thinking of April 2020 I’m just concerned about the translation of the paperwork
ReplyYes that is the only thing that you would need help with as it has to be a registered translator, and the registry is strict the address is, urzad stanu cywilnego , Lubelska 29, 30-003 Krakow i hope i have been of some help Ann.
ReplyYes thank you for all your help x
ReplyHi Ann Marie- so you booked a planner just for the legal stuff? I'd love her details if you have them, we're hoping to elope to Krakow next year to marry -)
ReplyHi I shall send you the information you need, you won't regret it we loved every moment! The wedding planner can provide more but I found cheaper flowers, restaurant, photographer, cake. ect,, myself surprisingly cheaper than anything here! Give me a shout if you need any advice. We used Cracow weddings and her name is Angelica and she couldn't do more to help and keep us right with documentation and timing and translation good luck and congratulations. Ann Marie.
ReplyThe email address is, office@cracowweddins.com
ReplyI would like to say we got married in Krakow on the 3rd of April 2019 and we had a fantastic wedding everything went to plan beautiful day I can give lots of information and advice to anyone and photos:) Ann.
ReplyCongratulations, Ann! We wish you a long and happy marriage, filled with unconditional love, support and nurturing... combined with lots of laughter and joy!
ReplyThank you, I have visited krakow many times and I love the place every thing is beautiful and friendly I would definitely recommend getting married there we had a fantastic time, :) Ann.
ReplyHey Anne, Maybe you can help the Ann who's commented above you? I have no idea about the paperwork involved
ReplyMay I please know what are the documents required from the couple for a quick Civil marriage in Krakow? Thankyou
ReplyHi did you find out what documents you need for a civil marriage?
ReplyHi me and my partner are hoping to get married this winter either 9th / 10th December this yer. They will only be the 2 or us ... any help is very much appreciated
Replylike we recommended to people below, if you wanna talk to a planner these guys are good: themessyweddings@gmail.com - if you wanna do a civil ceremony in somewhere pretty and cheap: dworek białoprądnicki - h t t p s : / / d w o r e k . e u /
ReplyHi. Me and my partner are looking to get married Krakow on 4th Dec?? There's just us!! So looking for a cheap and cheerful way to do a little ceremony and me and him can go off.. any help on what our steps are to achieve this?? We are from England
Replydworek białoprądnicki - h t t p s : / / d w o r e k . e u / - gorgeous civil registry office, cheap or free. You should call and ask them if they have a space and what documentation you will need to provide. Also, ask if they can provide witnesses. Good luck & congratulations!
ReplyHi can you tell me how much notice is needed to organize a wedding?
ReplyWell, that depends on the company and your requirements as every wedding is different, even a simple registry office wedding might be available for the next week but might be booked for months. Plus you need to sort your paperwork. It can be totally spontaneous and happen the next day or it can take a year to organize. it depends on you, Anne.
ReplyThank you for getting back to me there is a small group of us 5 at the moment could be more so looking for something small but special and the date is for 3rd of April next year so any help and advice would be appreciated from you! Ann.
ReplyHi Ann, No problem. Well, as I suggested above there is a beautiful civil ceremony "office" which is more like a little palace on beautiful grounds. Dworek białoprądnicki - h t t p s : / / d w o r e k . e u / - it's cheap or free. If you prefer a more elaborate wedding or one in a church, then we reccommend talking to the experts: biuro@ceremonyconcept.pl Ask for Natalia Woźniak ;)
ReplyThank you for information I will look into that Ann.
ReplyHi there My fiancé and I love Krakow (we have been there a few times) and are thinking about getting married there next May or June. As we are both 50 years old and have been previously married, we want a small wedding in a registry office followed by a meal at our favourite restaurant. Does anybody have current contact details of the Registry Office. Thanks in advance
Replymy friends recently got married in a registry office wedding BUT there is a serious registry wedding hack! Most of them are in not so pretty offices but there's this one registry place which happens to be in a beautiful palace. with very pretty grounds and lots of big leaft trees. Its the exact same kinda place and system and everything... just happens to also be gorgeous! it's called... dworek białoprądnicki (https://dworek.eu/)
ReplyHi me and my fiance are looking to get married in Cracow and are looking at where to get married. Any reccomendations? There will be a small group of us for the wedding. Also for reception and entertainment.
ReplyI would suggest looking at all the charming historical villages surrounding Krakow, there is so much ancient forest, river, valley... and it's pretty common to rent one of the gorgeous wooden villa/cottage/homesteads for the 2 day wedding/wedding party so that you have the wedding in the garden then feast & drink & make merry all night and everyone sleeps there together. There are also plenty of castles/palaces around for wedding pics & possibly even to rent for the wedding. The weather is absolutely perfect for an outdoor wedding in the spring summer and it really just does not get any more beautiful than the countryside here. Or if you're planning on doing it in winter - The Tatra mountains are very close by & it just oozes romance. If you're thinking more of a city wedding then many people take a horse carriage ride around the old town afterwards.
ReplyCan you get married in a Catholic Church during lent
ReplyHello Everybody! I planned with my fiance the wedding in Sheraton Hotel in Cracow on 18/08/2018. Unfortunately we splitted and we need cancel the wedding plans... Its very pretty place, amazing food, wonderful place...It was just my dream... Any interesting? Best regards Paulina
ReplyHi myself and my partner (Both Catholics) want to have a church wedding in Krakow on 6th March 2018 i am loooking for a wedding planer and is there going to be an issue with it being lent we are both irsh so english speaking
ReplyHi Teresa, last month I have organized my friend's wedding. Bride is Polish but Groom is Irish and wedding day was amazing. I am able to help you with planning your wedding day in Cracow. regards
ReplyI confirm !! We had our wedding in Cracow and it was marvellous! Any time we meet our friends and fsmily members who participated in the event refer to our wedding as the best ever. I realise it may be just their courtesy but honestly it was amazing. We loved the city, the venue the wedding was held (Hotel Stary), the old church, the live band (forgot their name), the photographer David and Marry Me Studio wedding film crew who captured the entire event ( we followed Amy's recommendation). Jana check the wedding studio as they recommended us the bilingual dj who played music when food was served as I can' remind his name right now. Yeap, I strongly recommend Cracow for your wedding!
ReplyHi Ann, I saw your comment and was wondering which church did you get married in? We both are native English speakers and are looking for church that can conduct our ceremony in English. It would be great, if you can tell me the name of it and any contacts that you have. Thank you, Katie
ReplyHi, my fiance and I are getting married in Krakow. We gonna have a mix of German, Polish and Russian speeking guests. We don't want the typical polish wedding style music and looking for a DJ who is willing to handle song request from 4 diffrent languages. Any ideas about good dj?
ReplyHi Jana, have you already found a good DJ? Thanks Michaela
ReplyHI ! When we were getting married in Cracow we booked the place first and the manager of the wedding venue in Cracow recommended us the wedding film crew Marry Me Studio they were based in Cracow so we could meet and discuss. I remember the name well as they helped us finding not only amazing live band but lighting company for our wedding and also one of Cracow best wedding photographers ( I think :)). It's like a chain, you find one good company and they can help you out organising your wedding even though you have no wedding planner :) So again, get Cracow wedding film studio I wrote about and they will do it for you for free, thatis how it was with me and Michael.
ReplyHi, my fiancé is from Ireland and we're getting married in Krakow- can anybody recommend a great wedding band?? Looking for a bilingual band/dj that can keep both sides well entertained! Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
ReplyHi My fiance and I are getting married in Krakow in September 2011. We are looking for information on Car hire and a band for the wedding. We are looking for a band/dj that will play all genres of music
ReplyMy fiance and I are getting married in Krakow in July 2011. We are looking for a DJ who can speak english, announce our arrival, keep guests entertained and not take any extra cash for song requests....if you know anyone please let me know as we are now looking to use our Ipod if we can't find anyone Thanks! Rheanna
ReplyHmmmmm. My fiancee is Polish and we're thinking of a castle in Poland. Thanks for the info, will be in touch.
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