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Let’s be honest. Kraków wasn’t my first choice when I decided to study abroad. Normally, I was supposed to go in Australia, to improve my english and take a bit of sun (or maybe because I always secretely wanted to adopt a little baby kangourou, I really can’t remember !). But actually, there had been some problems and I had to make another choice in one day. I really wanted to go somewhere very different from Paris, where I will discover another culture. So in 10 mn I decided to go to Kraków. Mostly because I knew that I will be able to learn some old techniques we don’t have in our school and then, of course, to improve my resistance at vodka. (i’m just kidding right ?). Now I’m here since a moment, and I just can say that I made a very good choice, because this city is really amazing ! Beautiful and vibrant. So, this is what’s about this little book : a good, funny and untypical guide of Kraków like I discovered it. I really hope it will makes you want to come. And if not, it’s just because you are definitely not in off cool to read it.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE POLISH P. 22
BEST PLACES TO EAT ! P. 32
BEST PLAES TO DRINK ! P.44
WHAT IS GOO TO SEE ? P. 58
PICTURES, JUST PICTURES ! P. 78
CRACOVIA ! CRACOVIA !
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A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 760,000, AND 8 MILLILON PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN 100 KM
Kraków is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland’s most important economic hubs. It was the capital of Poland from 1038 to 1569. It’s now the capital of Lesser PolandVoivodeship. The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland’s second most important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was already being reported as a busy trading centre of Slavonic Europe in 965. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków trully reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and artistic centre. After the invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, Kraków became the capital of Germany’s General Government. The Jewish population was moved into a walled zoneknown as the Kraków Ghetto, from which they were sent to German extermination camps like Auschwitz and the concentration camps as Paszów.
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In 1978, Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Kraków was elevated to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, the first Slavic pope ever, and the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. Also that year, UNESCO approved the first ever sites for its new World Heritage List, including the entire Old Town in inscribing Cracow’s Historic Centre Kraków is classified as a global city by GaWC, with the ranking of High sufficiency Cited as one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, its extensive cultural heritage across the epochs of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture includes the Wawel Cathedral and the Royal Castle on the banks of the Vistula river, the St. Mary’s Basilica and the largest medieval market square in Europe, the Rynek Glówny. Kraków is home to Jagellonian University, one of the oldest universities in the world and Poland’s most reputable institution of higher learning. In 2000, Kraków was named European Capital of Culture. In 2016, the city will also host the very famous World Youth Day.
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The weather in Kraków is quite the same than in Paris, Berlin or London (Typical borring continental climate) except that its a little bit colder and that you can have –15°C during the winter. But when it happens, it doesn’t last so long, so don’t freak out if you are in it. You will loose just few fingers and maybe your nose. So yes, it’s the typical weather which can be very good in April and after that, rainy during all May if you see what I mean. So, basically, if you want to have a good advice, check the weather every day ! Because it changes all the time ! I don’t know if it’s because people working for these things are so bored that they drink during all the day but watching the weather for all the week is quite useless. Keep in mind too that there is a lot of humidity here ! So even if it’s 20°C, you feel it lesser. Especially the night. Cover you up good, I know that vodka makes you warmer but believe me, it doesn’t protect you against the cold you will have the day after. But the good thing about it, it’s that you can have nights with a lot of fog, and the city is really beautiful when it’s like this !
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I think that everybody like me, who came in Poland for few months, thought naively that he would be able to learn another language. Let’s be clear : Polish is one of the most difficult language to learn on this planet so don’t think you will can learn it so fastly. The problem is that, even if you want to try to read something, it’s fucking impossible ! And even if you learn it good, polish people prefear to speak with you in english because your accent is too bad to understand it well. Yes, it’s a little bit sad. But the thing you have to know it’s that most of people can talk in english (mostly young generation, the old fashion one, it’s more difficult). So, you just have to learn few phrases to actually survive and after that, you can talk in english, with your hands or whatever, be creative ! And if you’re staying a little bit longer than a week, I think It will be much easier to learn it after have been used to hear it during few months. But obviously, you will need more than this book, like a professor for exemple...
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Sometimes it can be useful to know how to count in polish. To tell your address to a taxi driver or obviously, to order a certain account of drinks in a club. Keep in mind that you still have your fingers in case you’re too drunk.
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HOW OLD ARE YOU ? ILE MASZ LAT ? I’M 23 YEARS OLD MAM 23 LATA WHERE DO YOU LIVE ? GDZIE MIESZKASZ ?
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING ? JAKI MASZ ZAWÓD ?
WHERE ARE YOU FROM ? SKĄD JESTEŚ ? REPEAT PLEASE POWTÓRZ TO I DON’T KNOW NIE WIEM GOOD, THANK YOU ! WSPANIALE, DZIĘKI !
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CHEERS ! NA ZDROWIE !
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GOOD LUCK ! POWODZENIA!
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LOVE KROVE
the vegeterian options. The service is friendly, making Moa Burger a really popular place both to eat in or take away.
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The staff warmly welcomed us into their burger bar, offering us an extensive menu where we were able to choose amongst 21 gastronomic burgers with exotic names ranging from Napoleon to Elvis. These burgers taste absolutely. DELICIOUS ! The meat is well prepared and the combination of toppings matched perfectly with the burger. All burgers vary from 150 to 200 grams. So make sure you have a nice appetite when you visit these lovers of cows.
ul. Brzozowa 17, Kazimierz Mon-Sun : 10h30-19h30
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Kraków’s Battle of the Burgers is officially underway and this small feed station makes a very strong argument for itself. With a few elements of Americanalaminated menus, classic chequered tablecloths the simple interior stops short of achieving any retro-chic appeal it might be trying for, thanks in part to amateurish paitings of J. Winfield declaring ‘Tasty Burger !’ We certainly wouldn’t disagree with that, though : requiring two hands and enough concentration to kill any mealtime conversation you could have.
ul. Brzozowa 17, Kazimierz Mon-Sun : 10h30-19h30
MOABURGER
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This New Zealand style burger bar is a family firm with a passion for good food. Using fresh ingredients they serve generous portions of burgers and thickcut chips. Their inspiration for this joint was born during their time in New Zealand where they lived and worked. Choose between beef, lamb or chicken, or
ul. Dajwór 25, Kraków Open 11:00-22:00 Fri, Sat : 12:00-23:00
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Love Krove’s interior is funky, fresh and unique. Amazingly artistic and colorfull wall murals immediately catch your attention and the collection of unique atistic chairs invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy a burger.
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YELLOW DOG
ving music, art, etc... A lot of people think that it’s the best sushies of the town, so don’t hesistate one minute !
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If you like asian food, this restaurant is certainly a place where you can eat as many times as you want. You’ll be never disappointed! You can eat vienamiese japanese, indian, thailandese food. Every plate is absolutely delicisous ! From the starters, to the desert. I really recommend the spring rolls, the Pad Thai, the duck Udon, and of course the green tea cheesecake with ibiscus flower jam.
This sushi joint is located in a courtyard located in the back of a passage ul. Szczepańska 7, Stare Miasto Fri-Sun : 13:00-22:00 Mon-Thu : 13:00-21:00
POD NORENAMI
ul. Krupnicza 9, Stare Miasto Mon-Sat : 12:00-22:00 Sunday : 12:00-21:00
YOUMIKO SUSHI
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Practised in the art of Asian vegetarian cuisine and the metamorphic powers of the soybean like no other place we’ve seen in PL, the long menu of Pod Norenami (too long if we’re honest) features tofu, mock chicken and mock beef prepared in an astounding variety of traditional dishes from the kitchens of Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and China. Do Kraków’s vegetarians have it hard ? Hardly.
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Hidden away down an alley right off of the busy city center you will find the small hidden restaurant that's Youmiko Sushi. The fish is always fresh and never frozen. The staff is very acommodating and you can have your sushi almost any way you like it. The place has a hipstervibe with frequent events invol-
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ul. Krupnicza 6, Stare Miasto Thur-Sun : 10:00-23:00 Mon-Wed : 10:00-22:00 (Go eat a burger after...)
with prosecco and lemon sorbet) are more than okay, they are excellent. The Italian community call this place their second home. So don't wait...
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Great italian restaurant where you can find all the classics with great ingredients. All pizzas are really great because of the thin paste (They do it like this in Italy, it’s for a reason : it’s better !). The atmosphere is quite pleasant and warm, even if the music, like in every italian restaurant is very cliché !
ul. Wiślna 5/10, Stare Miasto Mon-Sat : 12:00-22:45 Sunday : 13:00-22:00
TRATTORIA LA CAMPANA
Planted on the beautfiul picturesque Kanonicza Street, La Campana Trattoria is a completely different restaurant in summertime when it’s worth visiting just to relax in the gorgeous ivy-green garden and cobbled patio ; full of sunlight and singing birds, it may be the best dining environment in Kraków. In winter, retreat to the romantic cellars and dream of better weather. The food is really really good ! I especially recommend you the raviolis with goat cheese and truffle inside, it’s just amazing !
ul. Brzozowa 17/ ul. św. Tomasza 19, Stare Miasto Mon-Sun: 10h30-19h30
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You won’t be able to eat a Pizza in this restaurant. But there is a lot of others dishes which are very good. True Venetian owners Roberto and Francesco believe in a handson approach to running their restaurant, so they are nearly always present taking orders, chatting with customers, and checking to make sure that everything is okay. Moreover, the homemade pastas, tiramisu, and sgroppino cocktails (made
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ul. Kanonicza 7, Stare Miasto Mon-Sat : 12:00-22:00 Sunday : 12:00-21:00
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TRATTORIA LA FAMIGLIA
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The restaurant can be found along the «Royal Way» leading from Wawel Castle to the Rynek, in a splendid 13th Century building. It’s genuine Old Cracow, with its medieval courtyard with a mosaic fountain to prove it.
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Pod Baranem, open since 1997 and situated just a couple hundred metres from Wawel Castle is fine example of proper Polish cuisine. Inside, Pod Baranem has five rooms that can seat up to around 100 people. Antique furniture and linen table-cloths give a late 19th century bourgeois feel offset by plenty of natural light. Dishes are cooked fresh to order and the uniformed service is friendly. The bill will come as a revelation to anyone used to western European prices, but perhaps most telling is the popularity of Pod Baranem with Kraków natives a sure sign of quality and value
ul. Grodzka 35, Stare Miasto Mon-Tues : 13:00-23:00 Friday, Saturday : 13:00-00:00
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Crowded with barrels of mead, bear skins and even a winged Hussar, the timber interior is a masterpiece. But the history is not only confined to the décor, the recipes were researched in the local Jagiellonian Library. Essentially a feast of meat with roast pig on a spit and 1L steins of beer being the specialties, this medieval theme restaurant is far enough off the tourists to feel completely authentic.
ul. Gertrudy 21, Stare Miasto Monday-Sun : 12:00-22:00
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Without doubt one of the top restaurants in Cracow, and with a whole raft of awards to prove it, Pod Aniolami is famous for its marinated meats, cooked on an elm wood-fired grill, as well
ul. Serkowskiego 7, Kazimierz Mon-Tues : 12:00-22:00 Friday, Saturda y : 13:00-23:00
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delicious and the highest quality. What is more important you can drop in here any time you wan.
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Koko restaurant is a small place, decorated modestly but with taste : orange walls, wooden furniture. On the walls, funny drawings with a chicken in the lead role. But menu is not only dishes with poultry, but a large selection of traditional Polish meals. Dinner sets are not expensive, really big and filling. If less hungry you can order a half. KoKo is a perfect place for a good, quick and cheap meal at almost any time.
Pl. Szczepański 6, Stare Miasto ul. Estery 12, Kazimierz Open 24 h/7
CHIMERA
This beautiful courtyard buffet has been sealed off from the elements and now overflows with ambience year round. Full of potted plants, climbing ivy, natural sunlight and surrealistic murals, Chimera’s Salad Bar may be the most pleasant budget dining environment in town ; Even in winter, you’ve got the impression to be in summer if there is sun. Unfortunately it tends to overshadow the food a bit. Choose a plate for four or six potions, say proszę and point at your pick of the salads, quiche, stuffed peppers and more. It’s not the best veggie fare in town, but it’s fast, easy, cheap.
ul. Gołębia 8, Stare Miasto Mon-Sun : 8:00-3:00
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If you love simplicity this is a place for you. The rules are straightforward : only two prices for everything. You can drink everything starting from flavored vodka shots (do not miss the delicious Polish cherry flavored vodka “Wiśniówka”, whiskey and beer only for one Euro. You can also have a bite of famous Polish herring, bigos
ul. Św. Anny 3, Stare Miasto Open 09:30-22:00 Friday, Saturday : 10:00-23:00
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A normal restaurant in Kraków will never be expensive for someone who’s not from here. (Well only if you go in a really fancy one). And even if you are a student, you can afford it in a easy way and that is what I love here. I’m not feeling poor like in Paris or London where a beer costs 5 euros when you are very lucky. But obviously, even if it’s cheap, we are not yet oil kings. Lucky us, there is a lot of places where you can eat for very very cheap (like 2 euros) and it’s not like you will be hungry after !
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1 MASSOLIT BOOKS & CAFE
open, while in the winter the cafe is wrapped in protective plastic and the many heaters ensure that the elements can’t get to you.
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This a place where you can find a book, used or not, in english or in polish. You can obviously buy it, or you can read it when you’re drinking a coffee, eating delicious american baked patisseries. This is a place to relax and just enjoy your free time !
pl. Szczepanski 3a, Stare Miasto Open 9:00-12:00 Thu, Fri, Sat : 09:00-02:00 Sunday : 10:00-23:00
MLECZARNIA
ul. Krupnicza 9, Stare Miasto Mon-Sat : 12:00-22:00 Sunday : 12:00-21:00
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In summer this is the most glorious beer garden in Kraków, and right next to an easily recognisable film set from The List of Shindler. If that parade gets rained on, or you find yourself here during the dregs of winter, take solace in the cross-street interior with its Old World atmosphere of candlelight, rickety furniture, murky portraits, wooden floors and wideopen, floor to ceiling street-side windows. A great place for a great evening conversation or afternoon coffee with a good book.
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"Kraków’s Bunkier Sztuki modern art gallery" is known for two things : hosting the best exhibitions of contemporary art by national and international artistsand their cafe. Summer or winter, rain or shine, you can sit «outside» in this cafe in the Planty and observe passer by while sipping a cappuccino or a glass of wine In the summer, the clear plastic coverings are removed and the cafe is truly
ul. Meiselsa 20, Kazimierz Mond-Tues : 10:00-02:00 Friday, Sat : 10:00-4:00 Sunday : 10:00-23:00
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rials and the coffee is fair trade. Finka offers a very tasty modern and colorful option to the other bars on Plac Nowy. In the summertime have a seat outside and people watch, in the winter you can enjoy the fireplace upstairs.
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There’s no logical reason that we can think of why putting a bar upstairs on the first floor should make it cool. And yet make it cool it most certainly does, as this natty little number proves. Of course there’s the funky art work, superb layout and streetwise crowd, but they would just look out of place on the obvious and frankly boring plane of street level. Added the cool factor aside, it makes a nice change to be relaxing with a beer upstairs in a town that seems to determined to do most of its drinking underground. It’s cool to come by the day to drink a coffee but also the night to drink before going to party !
ul. Warszauera 1, Kazimierz Mon-Tues : 10:00-01:00, Fri, Sat : 12:00-03:00
BETEL
In the warm months this large, open courtyard under a leafy green tree presents a great place to relax with an afternoon coffee or arrange an evening rendez-vous before it begins filling up with students and artists drinking tasty Czech and Polish microbrews. A slightly modern interior doubles like a great local gallery, the playlist sounds like it’s been selected by Syd Barrett himself, and any place that serves Kozel Cerny is going to get very high marks and surely repeated visits !
ul. Florianska 18, Stare Miasto Open all week : 10:00-02:00 Fri, Sat : 10:00-04:00
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Less crowded than neighboring bars and with a friendly staff, Finka’s upstairs offers couches and lounge chairs to enjoy.
Pl. Szczepański 3, Stare Miasto Open 10:00-02:00
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PAUZA BAR
Interior of the bar Pauza which is quite special with all these pictures glued in the wall. There is always an exhibition of photographies in the non-smoker room too.
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I warn you. The music of this club is lame, and very oldschool. But this is what I love about it ! You can dance on musics of Mickael Jackson, Abba or Lipps ! The alcohol is very cheap for a club and people are not in the
mood «I’m in a club I have to be dressed». They just have fun ! That’s why I’ve been here a lot of time ! You should try it too. BEST PLACES TO DRINK
Entrance FREE, 18:00-5:00 Mały Rynek 4, Old Town
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This club is completely different. It’s known as the club where you can find the best electro music in Kraków so obviously, it’s more select and the alcohol is more exepensive. But I have to recognize the fact that yes, it’s a good club ! There is 3 different rooms, so you can just pick your favorite with the music you like. Entrance 10 zł, 02:00-11:00 pl. Dominikański 6, Old Town
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Located in the background of the bar, this club is very very cool too ! There is not so much space where you can dance but it’s never to much crowded. The thing that I like in this club is the music because they play
mostly Hip-Hop, Rn’b mixed with electro music and dupstep. The price of alcohol is avarage.
COCON
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Entrance 10 zł, 18:00-5:00 ul. Florianska 18/3, Old Town
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Always good music and busy, Cocon is the largest gay club in Kraków and in Southern Poland. Although it is gay, the doors are open to all different types of people. They have two
separate dance floors with different music with DJs, live music, and drag shows. Entrance FREE, 21:00-05:00 ul. Gazowa 21, Kazimierz
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even trying. It's like, natural ! The owners have simply added dozens of bean bags, sofas and a bit of graffiti art to the original interior, assembled a competent kitchen to create stellar sandwiches, salads and pizzas, stocked the bar with lot of good beer, and watched the talented, tattooed post-college crowd turn this vast riverside bar into the trendiest place to be day or night. With great views and plenty of space, in warm months their huge riverside terrace is sprawling with beach chairs. DJ parties and other events are a constant, making Forum one of the most un predictable and exciting venues.
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One of Kraków’s most evocative bars, the aptlynamed Alchemia perfectly captures the candlelight, forgotten photographs and antique intrigues of the former Jewish district. A dim bohemian cafe by day, in the evenings Alchemia’s murky mystique metamorphoses blood into beer for the ruddy regulars and excitable tourists queuing before the bar staff. The cellar, plays host to some of the best concerts in town and is a prime participant in annual jazz and klezmer festivals. But most of time, It’s a place where you can dance all the night !
Or Forum Przestrzenie ul. Marii Konopnickiej 28 Open Mon-Sun : 10:00-4:00
ul. Estery 5, Kazimierz. Open 09:00-03:00, Fri, Sat : 09:00-04:00 Sun 09:00-02:00.
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Everyone who knows Kraków knows ‘The Beautiful Dog,’ whether they lived here 15 years ago or just arrived. Now wearing out its third location, this cult drink tank for unwashed artists as such
In the former lobby of the abandoned Sovietera Forum Hotel, Forum Przestrzenie is one of Kraków’s most original, intriguing and hip locales, without
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as cougar vampires, counterculture cuties and hard-living expats features a cramped front room, beyond which you will find a second bar, stage, DJ station and dancefloor where chainsmoking is entirely acceptable. The same great playlist of classic rock, indie hits, post-punk and new wave keeps the dancing spontaneous rather than obligatory throughout the week, while the weekends are often given over to concerts and DJ sets. One of the best choices in Kraków if you want a late night but not a nightclub.
of Plac Szczepański, the solid playlist rotates funk and soul, electro, dub-step, hip-hop and pop. Really good to dance ! Pl. Szczepański 2, Stare Miasto Open Mon-Sat : 10:00-04:00
This Dutch cargo barge dates back to 1889 and was once significant enough to the history of water transport to be featured on a Dutch postage stamp. Since then it has been modernised by Polish craftsmen with thrilling results. All the year, you can eat and take a drink on this boat. But sometimes, parties are organised and it just becomes an amazing place with good electro music ! But try not to come too late if your really want to enjoy the party when it's not so crowded (There is only two toilets for everybody...)
ul. Bożego Ciała 9, Kazimierz Open Mon-Thur 16:00-03:00, Fri, Sat : 16:00-05:00.
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In almost no time at all, this small bar has managed to establish itself as a cult hangout thanks to a simple concept few places follow anmore : good music and good people equals good times. Unpretentious with an interior of unfinished wood, brick walls and a small upstairs balcony level with a great view
Bulwar Kurlandzki 9, Kazimierz Open Mon–Sun : 10:00-22:00 During parties : 10:00-5:00
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BARKA FOOD. LIFE. MUSIC
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Polish people are use to drink strong alcohol. We are not ! I know that you will be tempted to say that you’re really resistant, but don’t try ! Believe me or not, I just warn you. If you don’t want to finish face to face with the floor, just don’t try to make the proud guy if you see what I mean...(And actually, don’t try with the slovakians neather).
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IT’S BEAUTIFUL BUT YOU SEE IT ONE TIME AND AFTER THAT I THINK YOU’RE GOOD FOR ALL YOUR LIFE
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Wawel is a fortified architectural complex erected over many centuries atop a limestoneoutcrop on the left bank of the Vistula river at an altitude of 228 metres above sea level. The complex consists of many buildings and big fortifications ; the largest and best known of these are the Royal Castle and the Wawel Cathedral which is the Basilica of St Stanisław and St Wacław). Some of Wawel’s oldest stone buildings, such as the Rotunda of the Virgin Mary can be dated to 970AD There are also wooden parts of the complex which date to about the 9th century. The castle itself has been described as “one of the most fascinating of all European castles. The first time I saw the this Castle, it was winter and there were snow everywhere. Honestly, I think it’s great if you can see it like that because, it’s really beautifull. It worths enduring the cold, believe me ! But obviously, it’s cool to visit it when it is sunny too. You have a great view on the Wisla river and a big part of Kraków. You can go then make a walk just next to the river and enjoy you’re day quietly. Just a detail, I don’t know what they have done with the decoration of the church, but obviously the outside is much better than the inside ! You’ll be able to see so much better in the city...
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The Vistula (Wisła) is the longest and largest river in Poland, at 1,047 kilometres in length The watershed area of the Vistula is 194,424 km² of which 168,699 km² lies within Poland (splitting the country in half). The remainder is in Belarus and the Ukraine.
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The Vistula, in polish Wisła is a really good place to go when there is sun on the weekends, just to relax. You will see, as soon as the sun is coming, there is a lot of people there, just enjoying. Because obviously few month ago, the river was frozen and the ducks were just in pain. However, it’s beautiful to see it like this too, but the thing is that when the Wisla is frozen, your feets too ! (I think you can stay outside an hour if your brave before crying thinking you just have lost your hands). So, obviously it’s quite better when the weather become a little bit warmer. Because the good thing about it, it’s that there is grass by the river. Grass where you can just lay on with your sunglasses during all the afternoon. With the Wawel Castle next to you. It's quite priceless. In paris you just have concrete for exemple (it’s a bit less cumfortable). You have a little road, where you can just walk, make bicycle, rollerskates, or ride a sweet unicorn. I am pretty sure you will enjoy it a lot !
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SALT MINE REACHES A DEPTH OF 327 MET AND IS OVER 287 KM LONG !!!
The Wieliczka Salt Mine (Kopalnia soli Wieliczka) located in the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland, lies within the Kraków metropolitan area. The mine, built in the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 2007, as one of the world’s oldest salt mines still in operation. From its beginning and throughout its existence, the Royal mine was run by the Żupy Krakówskie Salt Mines. Commercial mining was discontinued in due to low salt prices and mine flooding. I really recomend you to visit it, because it’s completely surrealistic ! You'e got the impression to be in The Lord Of the Ring when you’re in it. You’re gonna see few things that you didn’t even know it was possible to built, espacially so soon in the history. The mine’s attractions include dozens of statues, three chapels and an entire cathedral that has been carved out of the rock salt by the miners. The oldest sculptures are augmented by the new carvings by contemporary artists. There is few tourist point in the center where you can buy tickets for approximatively 100 zl if you choose the visit in english, including the transport and tickets with a complete audio guide visite.
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THE WIELICZKA
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AMAZING !
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OPENING HOURS TUESDAY - SUNDAY 11:00-19:00 YOU CAN’T BUY A TICKET AFTER 6:00
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MOCAK, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, opened to national acclaim in early 2011, and even the president of Poland was in attendance. Such a grand opening was a hard act to follow, but the museum has succeeded in delivering on all its promises of providinga showcase for the best art of the past two decades. It boasts an impressive permanent collection, including worksof international artists such as Tomasz Bajer, Edward Dwurnik, Kriztof Kintera, Ragnar Kjartansson, Jarosław Kozłowski, Robert Kuśmirowski, Lars Laumann or Bartek Materka...There are also regular temporary exhibitions, and the museum is home to Poland’s only specialist con-servation workshop for contemporary art. Set alongside the exhibitions, next too and partly within the workshops at the former Schindler factory, are a library, bookshop and cafe. From my point of you, it’s not the best modern museum I saw in my life. But it is maybe because it’s a little bit hard to appreciate the works when you don’t like so much conceptual art. But, despite of everything, the building is amazing and worths to come even if you don’t appreciate what’s in the museum... ul. Lipowa 4, 30-702, Kraków
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YOU CAN BUY TICKETS IN THE CENTER FOR 70 ZL INCLUDING THE TRIP AND THE HOLE VISIT.
For centuries the town of Oświęcim has been a quiet backwater commu nity, largely bypassed by world events. Ichanged with WWII when Oświęcim, known as ‘Auschwitz’ under German occupation, became the chosen site of the largest death camp in the Third Reich. Around 1.3 M of people were exterminated here, etching the name of Auschwitz forever into the history books ; countless films, books, and survivor accounts have since burned it into the collective consciousness. The Auschwitz Museum and tour present one of the most horrific acts in human history with a level of tact, passion, poinancy and professionalism that is so profound, it almost makes as lasting an impression as the site itself. Without being heavy-handed, the history of the site ispresented in all of its contexts and guestsare perhaps spared from fully surrendering to their emotions only by the sheer relentlessness of the information. It's doesn't matter how much you think you know on the subject, It is a site of human concern. I trully believe everyone should visit. Open Sept-March : 08:00-16:00 From April : 08:00-17:00, from May : 08:00-18:00, from June : 08:00-19:00
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«Arbeit macht frei» is a German phrase meaning «work makes you free». The slogan is known for having been placed over the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps.
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MARKET FLEA ALL THE SUNDAYS (8:00-12:00) NORMAL MARKET THE REST OF THE WEEK (10:00-19:00) WHAT IS GOOD TO SEE ?
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Built between around 1938 and situated just 10 mn walk from the Main Square, The Hala Targowa is a shopping market with different faces. From Monday to Saturday morning it is a vivid food and clothing shopping market. But at night it is famous spot for quick eat of famous sausage and bun from a bar on the wheel. But on Sunday morning it becomes this huge open-air flea market. The real flea market where you can get everything from religious souvenirs, crockery, postcards, clothes, jewellery, books and antiques. The locals say that if you were robbed, the first place you can go to flea market and there is a chance you will find there your stuff. Needless to say, it is the best place if you are looking for unique, antique stuff for a goodprice. If you want to bring with you authentic piece of Polish history, just forget shitty souvenir shops, an dvisit Hala Targowa onSunday morning. (It's better to come from partying directly if you want to be completely to be able to come early !) Hala Targowa flea market ul. Daszynskiego 31, Kazimierz
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PICTURES ! JUST PICTURES !
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1. Frontage of the Hotel Forum 2. Window of an antique 3. Old taxi in a little courtyard 4. One of the old tramway of Kraków
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Painting of the street artist Blu Street in Kazimierz the night Piece of a wall near Karmelicka Vodka in the street...
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A TRIP TO POLAND IS ABOVE ALL A CHANCE TO REST, RELAX AND HAVE FUN. HOWEVER, ANYWHERE YOU GO YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SITUATIONS WHICH TURN OUT TO BE LESS PLEASANT. SO THIS COULD BE USEFULL FOR YOU.
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