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CONFRONTING the CRISIS the Spy Who Loved Poland Or a Time Machine FREE FEBRUARY 2009 Edition 52 krakow POST ISSN 1898-4762 www.krakowpost.com Troubled “Time Krakow Machine” Polish school system set for reform >> page 4 Krakow scientists survey Large Hadron Collider Poland Will Poland’s Foreign Minis- Grażyna Zawada ter be new head of NATO? >> page 6 The Polish press has written re- Feature peatedly that Polish scientists, including Krakow-based experts, Zakopane: a guide to were going to the Swiss Euro- the slopes pean Organisation for Nuclear >> page 10, 11 Research (CERN) to repair “the machine of death,” as some of Property the world’s media has called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). High-rise skeleton to be The Krakow Post explains what fleshed out exactly local scientists will do in >> page 13 CERN. Sport “’Machine of death,’ that’s ridicu- Above: Installing the ATLAS calorimeter. Krakow scientists are working on the Large Hadron Collider lous,” chuckles Professor Michal in Switzerland (story left) / photo CERN Will Boruc bounce back Turala from Krakow’s Nuclear from troubled season? Physics Institute of the Polish >> page 14 Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), who works on a LHC experiment Culture called ATLAS. “We’d rather call the Collider a giant microscope, CONFRONTING THE CRISIS The spy who loved Poland or a time machine. To find out >> page 15 some details concerning the structure of the universe we want to celebrate the New Year in Krakow in to accelerate particles so they Krakow’s financial year under the comparison to previous years. emit radiation, then collide them inside and observe the effects.” microscope The report compiled by the Małopolska Tourist Organization (MTO) summaris- The LHC is a gigantic scientific ing last year reveals that Krakow was visit- instrument near Geneva, Swit- Beata Michalik ed by 7.5 million people, which is less than zerland, located about 100 metres in 2007, when 8 million visitors arrived in underground. It was conceived Krakow. According to MTO, the number with the aim of revolutionis- he world economic crisis, kow ceased to be competitively cheap in of foreign tourists decreased by 14 percent ing human understanding of the which fully manifested itself comparison with other cities. As a result, due to substantial currency fluctuations, an material world’s structure. It is a on the global market last year, the number of Germans, Americans, Ital- increase in fuel prices and difficulties for round particle accelerator (over has been the source of much- ians and French visitors, to mention just Eastern European tourists in getting visas. 16 miles in diameter) composed Theated debate. The Polish economy, which a few nationalities, diminished. The most of superconducting magnets fro- until recently was experiencing an unprec- frequent visitors were still the British, who Adrian Tomasik, the manager of Academ- zen to a temperature colder than edented boom, is nowadays entering a constituted 20 percent of the total number ic Hotel Centre confirms this information: in outer space. Using super grid slowdown. The first symptoms of the ag- of foreign guests, but even this group, “Last year we evidently experienced the computers, physicists want to gravating situation can be noticed in wide- which has become notorious for “stag crisis from both directions – the West and use the LHC to study the small- spread redundancies, restrictions on pro- parties” and booze weekends, slightly lost the East. Tourists from the West did not est known particles, and possibly duction, limited possibilities of promotion, its enthusiasm due to high prices for such come because the currency conversion rate new particles created in the colli- an increase in prices and the weakness of essentials as beer, coffee, taxis or hotel ac- was not profitable for them. Therefore they > spotlight sions, using special detectors in a the Polish złoty. commodation. were choosing the countries of Southern number of experiments dedicated Europe where conversion rates were more Best Places of 2008 to the Collider. In the second half of last year, signs of the Grażyna Leja, a representative for the Tour- beneficial. We also had fewer Russian visi- crisis began to be felt in Polish cities, in- ism Affairs and Marketing Board of Kra- tors due to the introduction of Schengen At the beginning of January five cluding Krakow. The 2008 economic bal- kow, commented on the existing situation: visas,” he says. > posted scientists from Krakow’s IFJ ance of the city has turned out to be gener- “The fall in tourist activity can be observed PAN went to the CERN Institute, ally unfavourable. Tourism – a significant in the whole world. This branch is usually Since the British are the largest group of Events for February which operates the LHC, to work contributor to the overall local economy the first one to suffer the consequences of all the nationalities coming to the city, one on the Collider. However, they - was clearly most affected. any financial crises.” must also consider their country’s eco- were not supposed to repair it, nomic situation. The crisis of the financial as many media outlets suggested, The tourist industry noted a significant de- This was especially noticeable in Decem- system that hit Great Britain last year has but to inspect the repairs carried cline in the number of visitors to Krakow ber. Christmas stalls did not attract such ended 16 years of continuous economic out on the magnetic elec- as of last summer. A strong zloty com- a large number of customers as they used growth and has severely af- trical circuits’ connec- >> 4 bined with high prices for basic services to. During New Year’s Eve some hotels had fected British consumers. Many >> 3 tions by another group of associated with tourism meant that Kra- spare rooms since fewer foreigners decided households were forced to re- 2 Krakow Post FEBRUARY 2009 www.krakowpost.com News Krakow “ Now imagine a city without graffiti. Without some illegible scribbling Letters on the walls of public buildings, parks, or tourist attractions. Imagine To the editor a clean city, with its buildings as beautiful outside as well as inside. Dear Editor, on the walls of public buildings, parks, or tourist“ spaces. There should be laws that protect the 18th These are primarily services run by foreigners attractions. Imagine a clean city, with its buildings and 19th-century buildings in the centre from for foreigners. The onslaught of stag parties to Krakow is a wonderful European city, both to visit, as beautiful outside as well as inside. This alone cheap renovations in which their beauty is lost, but Krakow have meant an increase in strip bars, etc., or raise a family in. It is a beautiful unique flower could be an asset to everyone living here and an there are not, unfortunately, and Krakow’s cultural and to think that this increase in the sex trade here within the full bouquet known as Europe. If there attraction for those that would like to visit. heritage is in the hands of people who have their is caused by anything other than the presence of is a dark side to this wonderland, it can be summed Let us imagine the city of Krakow as a priceless greedy eyes on making some quick money from the English is very foolish. As for Polish women up in one word. ‘Graffiti!’ jewel, in a fine jewelry store. Let us take pride the recent influx of foreigners. Just stroll around being sucked into the sex trade in Britain, where This amateur form of self-expression puts an in our city and help out as much as we can, by the Old Town and see how many buildings are prostitution is nearly legal and brothels abound, it’s ugly coat on an otherwise beautiful city. Even cleaning up the graffiti around our neighborhood. currently advertising private apartments and rooms a sad reality, and it’s unfortunate that you simply the buildings with missing pieces of cement Let us help out the police by reporting vandals for rent by the day. As the original inhabitants, want to turn a blind eye to it. and old worn-out paint add character; looking when we see them, not turning the other way, students, and average people of Krakow are pushed more beautiful than this form of seemingly gang hoping someone else takes care of the problem. out of the centre of the city and replaced by tourists Annoyed influenced art. Finally, lets all work together to save the city we and foreign companies (the only ones who can ********** When I arrived here in Krakow four months love, and keep Krakow beautiful for generations to afford the inflated rent prices), this city will lose all ago I was anxious to get to know my new home. come. of its soul, and a lot of its gorgeous architectural To the Editor: There’s Hope Yet However, I was disappointed to see all the graffiti heritage. on just about every building I passed. I thought I Mark Adamson For the first time ever, a Polish head of state had left this kind of nonsense back in the U.S. ********** Natalia Wołkowa attended a religious service in a synagogue. Poland’s It is not just the old buildings that are being President Lech Kaczyński entered Warsaw’s Nozyk attacked by this form of vandalism. For example, Dear “Disgusted of Scotland,” ********** synagogue as the congregation and a group of the new construction in the underpass under Jewish children sang ‘Shalom Alecheim’ (peace be Rondo Mogilskie has recently been ruined with It was clear in the December letter that it was Dear Anna Maria Borek, with you). President Kaczyński lit a candle to mark graffiti by some moron and his spray-can of paint.
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