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2008 in Krakow – neo-Bohemia thrives During the 1990s, Prague was an expatriate Among the many to be seen is St. Mary’s of days wandering through Krakow. In fact, haven, being often compared to Paris in the Church, with its world famous wooden altar one JU alumnus is none other than Nicolaus 1920s. Now, travellers are looking for the next carved by Wit Stwosz, Czartoryski Museum Copernicus, the guy who came up with that Prague. And Krakow is the next big thing in housing ancient European artefacts and idea about the Earth revolving around the sun. European travel. Unlike most other Polish cities, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Lady with an Since last year, Krakow is also ranked among Krakow (or Cracow) came through the last war Ermine, the Royal Castle Wawel with beautiful world’s most fashionable cities after its recent unscathed, so it has retained much of the history 16th century tapestries, klezmer sessions in the emergence as centre of ’neo-Bohemian guarded in its walls, works of art and traditions. Jewish Quarter, and a real wonder Wieliczka influence’, with a vibrant arts and music scene Since 1978 this quaint, friendly and affordable Salt Mine, an incredible underground museum and flourishing café society. Warsaw may city is recognized by UNESCO as a World featuring lakes and churches carved out of sale, be the political capital of Poland, but raise a glass Heritage site. Krakow’s Main Market Square, located 15 kms from Krakow. instead to Krakow, the undisputed pub capital! the largest such a square in the world, With its massive student population attending There are over 300 pubs, cafes and bars in the is a medieval wonder. Jagiellonian University, your IQ could possibly Old Town alone. Enjoy! rise considerably just by spending a couple

Krakow basics most famous world heritage sites, including Time zones the Egyptian pyramids and the Great Wall Poland is among countries using Central of China. Today the list contains almost European Time (GMT + 01:00). This time 700 sites. Krakow Milestones: zone applies for Spain, France, Germany, Customs Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Approx. 4th century AD or Hungary and many other countries. The Wawel Dragon is killed. The Polish people are very hospitable, warm- Prince Krak establishes the hearted and they have a very high opinion of Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles city on the Wawel Hill. foreigners who know at least one word in time: -9h Polish. Chicago time: -7h 966 Roman Catholicism plays an important role in New York, Toronto time: -6h First mention daily life and criticism or jokes about religion of Krakow in writing are not appreciated, despite the general good Buenos Aires time: -5h (by Ibrahim-ben-Jacob, humour of the people. Music and art are also Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo time: -4h a merchant from Cordoba). important aspects of Polish culture. Shaking London, Dublin, Lagos, Lisbon time: -1h Krakow (['krakuf]; variant English spelling hands is the normal form of greeting. Women 1038 Cracow; in full Royal Capital City of Krakow) have to be prepared for the old Polish custom Helsinki, Moscow, Athens, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Krakow becomes is one of the oldest and largest cities of being kissed on the hand. Smoking is Johannesburg: +1h the capital of Poland and of Poland, with a 2007 population of 760,000 restricted in public buildings. Polish monarchs take (1.4 million, counting adjacent communi- Abu Dhabi, Yerevan: +2h up their residence ties). This historic city is situated on the The Polish people are used to eating early in Beijing, Manila: +7h in its Wawel Royal Castle. Vistula River (Wisla) at the foot of Wawel Hill the morning. Breakfasts are served between Tokyo, Adelaide: +8h in Little Poland region (Malopolska). 7 and 9 a.m., lunches between 12 and 2 p.m. and dinners usually between 6 and 8 p.m. Sydney, Canberra: +9h 1257 Krakow has traditionally been one of the The location of the city leading scientific, cultural and artistic centres Money Auckland time: +10h according to the Magdeburg of the country, the former residence of the law, which gave it a new Poland’s national currency is zloty (PLN). One Food Polish kings and a national capital, considered zloty equals 100 groszy. layout with a centrally by many to remain the spiritual heart Nowadays, the standard of the network of situated marketplace. of Poland due to its history of more than Banknotes come in denominations of 10, 20, fast-foods, restaurants, and cafes is similar to a thousand years. Krakow is also a major 50, 100, 200 zloty and there are 1, 2 and 5 the European one except for cheap street 1978 centre of local and international tourism, zloty, and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 groszy coins bars. UNESCO places Krakow in circulation. attracting seven million visitors per year. In the most expensive restaurants you can on the first World Heritage Site, Average exchange rates in Poland in the expect to pay over 100 PLN for a meal for while the city’s archibishop The earliest known settlement on the present second half of 2007 were as follows: 1 PLN = one. If you want something cheaper, go to is elevated to the papacy. site of Krakow was established on Wawel Hill, and dates back to the 4th century. Legend 3.7 EUR, 1 PLN = 2.6 USD, 1 PLN = 5.5 GBP. a small restaurant or bar, or have a pizza (from attributes the town’s establishment to the 2000 mythical ruler Krak, who built it above a cave Holidays – The following days all institutions, offices and shops are closed. Krakow becomes 1st January – New Year’s Day occupied by a ravenous dragon. European Capital of Culture. 24th March – Easter Monday A visit to Krakow is a meeting with the most 1st May – Labour Day 2007 glorious era in our history. Krakow’s Old 3rd May – the 3rd May Constitution Day Krakow emerges as centre Town with Wawel and the Kazimierz district 22nd May – Corpus Christi of ‘neo-Bohemian influence’ with were placed on the first World Heritage List, 15th August – Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady a vibrant arts and music scene created by the UNESCO in 1978. It should be 1st November – All Saints’ Day and flourishing café society. remembered that this prestigious recognition 11th November – Independence Day had then been awarded to only 12 of the 25th and 26th December – Christmas

Sites you cannot miss! Florentine, Bartolomeo Berrecci (who, when his work was completed, placed the following inscription over the entrance gate “Si Deus WAWEL HILL nobiscum quis contra nos” (If God is with us, who will be against us?)). At the turn of the Wawel Royal Castle and the Cathedral 16th century some of the castle rooms were The Wawel Cathedral, the national temple refashioned in the early Baroque style. built after the bishopric of Cracow was Following the third partition of Poland in established in 1000, has witnessed most of 1795, the former royal castle was converted the royal coronations and funerals. Its place into Austrian army barracks for the greater was chosen to be the Wawel (‘Vah-vel’) Hill. part of the 19th century. The army did not Nowadays, the Cathedral features: leave Wawel until 1905. During the Second Sigismund Chapel, which is the pearl of World War Wawel was the seat of the Renaissance architecture and art; Royal occupation authorities of the Government Tombs; Sigismund Bell, popularly called General and the residence of Hans Frank. “Zygmunt”, heavier (twelve people are There are some permanent exhibitions in the needed to put it in motion) and 350 years castle on Wawel Hill. If you visit the State 20 PLN). “Bar mleczny” (milk bar) offers the also a good country for fish (ryba) such as older than its famed London cousin, the Big Rooms you will take part in the travel to the cheapest food (5 to 9 PLN). A cake in carp served in sweet-and-sour jellied sauce, Ben; Poets’ Crypt (where two great Romantic past. The historical interiors are furnished in a Krakow café will cost you 3-10 PLN, a cup and poached pike with horseradish in cream. poets, Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz the Renaissance style, what is more, there is a of coffee 4-10 PLN. The price of a beer in a Herring (sledz) is particularly popular and is Slowacki, are buried) and Black Christ’s unique and famous collection of the tapestry pub varies from 6 to 12 PLN. The majority of served up in countless different ways. Crucifix, which is a 650-year-old, 13-foot-tall of Sigismund August, royal portraits, Italian remarkable sculpture. larger restaurants accept credit cards. Pastries (ciastka) are also very good. Table and Dutch painting of the 14th to 17th Do not forget to try the Polish specialities: service is the norm in restaurants. The Wawel Castle was the residence of Polish centuries. You may also visit Royal Private kings from the mid-11th to the early 17th Apartments, Crown Treasury and Armoury, bigos, made with sauerkraut, fresh cabbage, There are a few kinds of good Polish vodkas onions and any variety of leftover meat. century. The present image of the castle has where are shown the precious examples of worth recommending, e.g., zubrowka (bison Romanesque fragments and Gothic parts. arms, armours, horse trappings from Poland Polish meals start with przekaski (starters), grass), tarniowka (sloe plum), sliwowica They are visible signs of the reign of the kings and West Europe. Finally, tourists may visit a such as pike in aspic, marinated fish in sour (prune) and pieprzowka (vodka with ground Alexander (1501-1506) and Sigismund I the room dedicated to the Oriental Art with cream, salted and rolled herring fillets with white pepper). Western drinks, such as Old (1506-1548) of the Jagiellonian dynasty. Turkish tents, banners, weapons, carpets, and pickles and onions, kulebiak (a large whisky, gin or brandy, can be obtained in The Renaissance architecture of the castle is a Chinese and Japanese ceramics. To complete mushroom and cabbage pastry) or Polish most bars but are expensive. Wine is available work of Master Eberhard Rosemberger and your Wawel trip, you should visit the sausages such as the long, thin and highly but, again, is imported and expensive. The Francesco the Florentine. Their work was Dragon’s Den, former home of the legendary spiced kabanos or the hunters' sausage best bottled beer is Zywiec, a fairly strong finished by Master Benedykt and another Wawel Dragon, located just outside the (mysliwska) made with pork and game. lager-type beer. Soups play an important part at mealtimes Tipping and are usually rich and very thick. Soups In restaurants, service is normally included in such as barszcz (beetroot soup, excellent with the price so you just pay what is on the bill. sour cream) or rosol (beef or chicken Tipping is up to you and there don't seem to boullion) are often served in cups with small be any hard and fast rules about it. In low- hot pasties stuffed with meat or cabbage. priced eateries customers rarely leave a tip; Popular dishes include pierogi (ravioli), zrazy they might, at most, round up the total up to zawijane (mushroom-stuffed beefsteak rolls the nearest whole figure. In up-markest in sour cream) served with boiled kasza establishments it’s customary to tip 10% of (buckwheat) and pig’s knuckles. Poland is the bill.

Accession Bed and Breakfast is located in a beautifully restored fin-de-siecle Krakovian townhouse, in a quiet neighbourhood within 5 minutes walk of Krakow’s historic medieval market square. Email us at [email protected] to check availability. THE MAIN MARKET SQUARE The ground floor continues to be a trading St Adelbert’s Church centre, now for crafts and souvenirs, while In the southern corner of the square is the The Main Market Square Measuring the upper floor has been taken by a museum 200x200m, Krakow’s Rynek Glowny (Main small St Adelbert’s Church. The oldest of the Polish Art of the 19th century, featuring fragments of the Church date back to the Market Square) is the largest medieval town works by Jozef Chelmonski, Jacek square in Europe and reputedly in all of the 10th century. Traditionally, it is thought that Malczewski and the leader of monumental St Adelbert, who evangelised Poland, used to world. It’s considered to be the finest urban historic painting, Jan Matejko. design of its kind. Its layout was drawn up in give here his sermons. The present shape is 1257 and has been retained to this day, Town Hall Tower baroque. You can see the original foundations although some of the buildings have changed From the Town Hall of Krakow remained only in the basement, where a small exhibition a bit. The most recent addition is the the Tower and the first floor, which is now also presents archaelogical finds excavated from the Rynek. Once inside, one should not monument of Adam Mickiewicz, designed in covered by the ground. This Gothic building miss a look at the figure of Christ crucified on 1898 by Teodor Rygier; today it is the most dates back to 1316, but after several fires it the rood-screen. popular meeting place for young people. was rebuilt several times. The height of the St Mary’s Church tower is about 70 m. In the past, it contained MAIN SQUARE SURROUNDS the city dungeon with a torture chamber as St Mary’s Church is not located well as a popular beer house. Today, it is a The Barbican perpendicularly to the Main Square which Historical Museum of the City with a café and It is one of the greatest achievements of the proves that it was constructed before the a theater. architecture of fortifications of the 15th location of the city. It was firstly mentioned in century due to the fact that it was the first of the chronicle of John Dlugosz in 1222. The that type in Poland. It is round, made of brick oldest Romanesque fundaments has and has seven turrets and 130 loopholes. Its remained as an underground part of the Castle, next to the fire-spitting bronze high walls are three meters thick. The church (2.60 cm under the present floor). The Dragon’s monument. However, the entrance Barbican was connected with the Florianska new Gothic edifice has been built in the place to the cave is next to the Thieves’ Tower at the Gate by a drawbridge and a walled passage. of the old one between 1287 and 1320. western edge of the hill. Its mission was to obstruct the first attack of During the reign of Jadwiga and Jagiello it The Chakra the enemy. The Florianska Gate was converted into a basilica. The famous The Wawel Castle museums may be Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz) altar, the jewel of the Dated to the turn of the 13th/14th century, forgettable. But the complex has one “sight” basilica, was created from 1477 to 1489. It is along the neighbouring walls and tree which – while invisible – attracts travelers 13 metres high and 11 metres wide and is the towers, the gate is part of the powerful from around the world: the chakra. Hindus largest medieval wooden altar in all Europe. fortification system which once surrounded Krakow with a 3-km long band. It was believe the chakra is part of a powerful Every hour from the higher tower (81 m) of reinforced with 47 towers, eight gates and a energy field which connects all living things. the church a Bugle Call (hejnal) is played to moat. The Florianska Gate opened the Royal There are seven points on the surface of the the four quarters of the world in turn. In the Route which royal and envoy processions earth where this chakra energy is most medieval a melody, which now is a musical took on their way to Wawel. In the 19th concentrated. These points include symbol of the city, was played as a warning century, city walls were demolished and Jerusalem, Mecca, Rome...and Krakow’s call. The hejnal is broadcast on Polish Radio replaced by the Planty Park. Wawel Hill. Look for peaceful people with every day at noon. their eyes closed. One thing’s for sure: The Collegium Maius The history of the Polish The Cloth Hall they’re not thinking of Kazimierz the Great. oldest University starts in the year 1364 when The Wawel administration seems creeped out The creation of the Cloth Hall dates back to the king Casimir the Great established a by all this. They’ve done what they can to the 14h century. Then in 1555 the building, Studium Generale. In 1400 the restoration discourage this ritual, but believers still designed as a centre for the cloth trade, was and modernization was possible thanks to the gravitate from far and wide to hug the wall in rebuilt after a fire. The present image is legacy left by the Polish queen-saint Jadwiga. the castle courtyard. a reconstruction from 1875-1879. The Jagiellonian University has got its present

Accession Bed and Breakfast is located in a beautifully restored fin-de-siecle Krakovian townhouse, in a quiet neighbourhood within 5 minutes walk of Krakow’s historic medieval market square. Email us at [email protected] to check availability. The Franciscan Church and Monastery Kanonicza street Gothic, single-nave church established in This peaceful and sheltered street, which 1237. Interior decoration, including Europe’s turns gracefully towards Wawel Hill, is largest stained glass window (“God the Krakow’s oldest street with an unique Father – Let it Be”), from around 1900 by historical value which cannot be Stanis³aw Wyspianski. The stations of the Via underestimated. The principal approach to Dolorosa were painted by Jozef Mehoffer. the Wawel ran along this street in the Middle St. Andrew’s Church Ages. The street took its name from the canons of the Krakow Chapter who resided The Romanesque church dates from the 12th here in the 14th-century. All the buildings century and is one of the oldest buildings in date to Medieval times, while their portals all over Europe had to face the prejudice, Poland. Its thick walls (1.5 m) and narrow and arcaded courtyards come from teh persecutions and finally, the exile. They found windows prove that it also had a defensive Renaissance period, a good reason to have a a safe shelter in Krakow. Due to the fact that name after her royal husband, King Ladislav II function. Its small interior is stunning with its look at what is hidden behind the gateways. they were mainly rich and well educated; splendid Baroque decor; its rococo boat- Jagiello. It became famous all over the Europe The Divine Mercy Sanctuary Lagiewniki moreover, they belonged to the intellectual for its high level of mathematics, astronomy, shaped pulpit is especially noteworthy. elite of Europe, the Kazimierz Jewish District astrology, geography and legal studies. The The Slowacki Theatre Up until the 2nd World War, the Convent of soon became eminently prosperous. most famous Polish student of the the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Kazimierz became the world of philosophers The eclectic building, modelled after the Paris Jagiellonian University are Nickolaus Mercy in Krakow’s Lagiewniki was an and thinkers. In 1812 the Jews were given a Opera, was designed by Jan Zawiejski and Copernicus (1491-95) and Pope John Paul II institution which was closed to the public and law to settle in all of Kralow. Finally, the walls built in 1893. The most outstanding Polish which served exclusively the sisters and those (1938-39, 1942-46). Today, the building of were destroyed in 1822, which is linked to the actors – Helena Modrzejewska, Aleksander entrusted to their care. Today it houses the Collegium Maius has been converted into a incorporation of the city into Krakow. The Zelwerowicz and Ludwik Solski performed on sanctuary of the Divine Mercy with its museum. tragedy of the Second World War and the its stage. The stage is adorned with a fine famous, grace-working image of Merciful “Plus ration quam vis” (Reason over force) extermination of Jews by Nazi invaders curtain by Henryk Siemiradzki, who painted Jesus and the relics of the Blessed Sr. Faustina. reads an inscription on the wall of the caused falling into a desolate ruin. However, on it various allegorical and symbolic figures The place is visited by some two million Ceremonial Room of the Collegium Maius. at the turn of the 1980s heirs of former connected with theatrical art. pilgrims from all over the world each year. The Czartoryski Museum inhabitants started the renovation. Today, the On August 17, 2002 Pope John Paul II devastated buildings are continuously A branch of the National Museum containing consecrated the sanctuary’s majestic 1,600- restored, so that the district becomes more Poland’s most valuable paintings: Leonardo sq.m. brand-new basilica. Pope, previously and more attractive. Steven Spielberg shot da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” and the Krakow archbishop Karol Wojtyla, is said here “Schindler’s List”. Rembrandt’s “Landscape with the Good to be once a driving force behind the Samaritan”. On display are also works of worldwide Catholic movement to worship The enchanting atmosphere of Kazimierz is European painting, mementoes connected the Lord’s Mercy with its center in the created by its narrow streets, the abundance with Polish kings, hetmans and generals, and Lagiewniki sanctuary. of markets, the small tenements, synagogues an exquisite collection of china, goldwork and kirkuts – Jewish cemeteries. It is a real and arms. JEWISH QUARTER OF THE treasure of Jewish culture and an important part of their history. Furthermore, thanks to The Kosciuszko Mound KAZIMIERZ DISTRICT its numerous cafés and pubs, Kazimierz has This symbolic mound is the effect of work of Kazimierz was established by King Casimir become a popular place of meeting. It has volunteers who in this way honored a great (Kazimierz) the Great as a separate town. In also a marketplace of antiques and second- Polish patriot and a 1794 leader of the nation 1494 an autonomous Jewish district was hand jumble. Its historic centre is Wolnica Tadeusz Kosciuszko. But above all, it is an established here to protect the Jews from the Square but social and cultural life focuses ideal place to admire a magnificent numerous persecutions and a rout that took around Plac Nowy (New Sqaure) and Szeroka panoramic view of Cracow. place in Krakow. In the 16th century the Jews Street.

Accession Bed and Breakfast is located in a beautifully restored fin-de-siecle Krakovian townhouse, in a quiet neighbourhood within 5 minutes walk of Krakow’s historic medieval market square. Email us at [email protected] to check availability. Calendar of annual ! Afternoon with Strauss (Courtyard of the Salt Mine Museum in Wieliczka) events in Krakow ! Tyniec Organ Recitals (Tyniec Abbey) ! Lajkonik Hobby-Horse – traditional parade January through the streets of Krakow (Main Market ! New Year Concert in the Philharmonic Hall Square) (1 Zwierzyniecka street) ! “Another Cinema” SMOFI International Film ! The Great Holiday Aid Jazz Orchestra Festival (Paradox Cinema) ! The Old Synagogue (Belfry), and Baroque (side chapels). In its Wawel Evenings – Classical Concerts at the ! International Military Orchestra Festival (Main Situated in Szeroka street, the former atmospheric interior one can admire Castle Market Sqaure, WKS Wawel Stadium) masterworks of sculptors’ art – the 17th- commercial centre of Kazimierz, the ! “Wianki” – Laying of the Wreths (banks of the century stalls in the chancel and the 18th- February synagogue was built in the 15th century by ! Shanties – the International Festival of Sea Vistula River at the foot of the Wawel Hill) Czech Jews and is the oldest synagogue in century pulpit. ! Shanties (Korona Sports Club, Kalwaryjska International Festival of Jewish Culture Poland. During WWII it was plunged and St Catherine’s Church street, Wisla Sports Club, Reymonta street, (Kazimierz – the Jewish quarter) devastated by the Nazis. After the war, the The Augustinian church, funded by Casimir ! Summer Organ Recitals (various locations) synagogue has been renovated to serve as a Rotunda Club, 1 Oleandry street) the Great, represents the Krakow Gothic style ! Intimate Summer Concerts (Dworek Jewish history museum. at its best. The great structure of the church March ! Bialopradnicki, 2 Papiernicza street) Remuh Synagogue and Cemetery looks particularly impressive after the recent Bach Days (Florianka Music Academy Hall, 8 Basztowa street) It is the smallest of Kazimierz synagogues, renovation. The high-altar, a work of Krakow ! International Theatre Festival – Krakow built in the 16th century and still used for carvers from the 17th century, ornamental religious worship. It may be visited outside stalls and a 15th century figure of Madonna Theatrical Reminiscensces (Rotunda Club, service hours. Next to it extends a beautiful with Child and wall paintings in the chancel 1 Oleandry street) with scenes from the life of St Augustine, Renaissance cemetery with numerous historic April tombstones. The most venerated site is the attract the viewer’s attention in the church’s ! bright interior. Misteria Paschalia Festival (Philharmonic Hall, tomb of Rabbi Moses Isserless (Remuh) which Main Market Square, Franciscan’ Basilica) draws Jewish pilgrims from all over the world. Pauline Church on Skalka ! National Cabaret Review PAKA (Rotunda Club, Isaac’s Synagogue The origins of the church date back to the 1 Oleandry street) ! A large Baroque synagogue was built in the 10th century. It is traditionally believed to International Festival “Old and Young, or Jazz mid-17th century. It was commissioned by have been the site where St Stanislaus was in Krakow” (jazz clubs) beheaded by Boleslaus the Bold. In the left Izaak Jakubowicz, a rich merchant and May banker. Its arcaded portal and fine stucco- aisle is an altar with a scene of the death of ! Cracow Screen Festival (city’s squares) work adorn the building. Destroyed by the the saint. The interior of the church is a real jewel of the Baroque style – pastel colours, ! Soup Festival (Plac Nowy Square) Nazis during the WWII, has been gradually ! renovated since the 1980s. Inside, visitors gift ornaments, sculptures of angels and Cracovia Marathon (Blonia) ! may watch two films about Jewish saints. In the Crypt of the Meritorious below Krakow Museum Night (Krakow museums) martyrdom. Interesting 17th-century in the church rest J. Dlugosz, J.I. Kraszewski, ! Krakow Film Festival (34 Krasinskiego Avenue) K. Szymanowski, A. Asnyk, S. Wyspianski, J. inscriptions on the walls are worthy of note. ! Krakow Ballet Spring (Juliusz Slowacki Theatre) Malczewski and H. Siemiradzki. In front of Corpus Christi Church the church is a pond with the statue of St June ! One of the greatest churches in Krakow, Stanislaus – legend has it that the quartered Krakow’s City Festival funded by Casimir the Great. Various body of the martyr was thrown into that ! The Grand Dragon Parade „Wawel Dragon architectural styles blend together here – late pond. Festival” (Main Market Square, banks of the Gothic (top of the facade), Renaissance Vistula River at the foot of the Wawel Hill)

Accession Bed and Breakfast is located in a beautifully restored fin-de-siecle Krakovian townhouse, in a quiet neighbourhood within 5 minutes walk of Krakow’s historic medieval market square. Email us at [email protected] to check availability. July November your car has foreign number plates it may be a ! International Festival of Street Theatres (Main ! All Saints and All Souls Days (1st-2nd Arriving to and getting good idea to use the ‘Security Parking’ or Market Square) November at Krakow cemeteries) ‘Parking Strzezony’ facilities widely available. ! Summer Jazz Festival in the Pod Baranami ! Independence Day of 11th November around Krakow The normal cost of this service is 4 to 5 PLN per hour. (Piwnica Pod Baranami, 27 Main Market ! Zaduszki: All Souls Jazz Festival (jazz clubs) Square) ! Audio Art Festival (Bunkier Sztuki Art Gallery, Getting around Krakow The public transport system within Krakow is ! very efficient and there is no problem International Summer Jazz Academy (the final 3a Plac Szczepanski Square) Princess Wanda of Polish legend threw herself travelling from A to B by bus or tram. The concert in the Courtyard of Krakow Radio) ! KRAKFFA Krakow Independent Film Festival to a watery death in the river Wisla. After tickets are identical for both forms of ! “Crossroads” Festival of Traditional Music (Mikro Cinema, 5 J. Lea street) living in Krakow for many years we can well transport and can be bought at kiosks. One ! ! understand why. Apparently she had some Old Jazz in Krakow Festival (Kornet Jazz Club International Film Festival “Etiuda & Anima” standard ticket is used for one journey and is problems with her boyfriend, but we could and Planty park in front of Bunkier Sztuki, (Kijow cinema, 34 Krasinskiego Avenue / called a ‘Bilet Normalny’ (2.5 PLN). There are suspect that her genuine reason may have 3a Plac Szczepanski Square) Rotunda Club, 1 Oleandry street) often inspectors aboard trams and buses to been frustration caused by the traffic check tickets and it is unwise to travel without August December situation here. The roads of Krakow seem not ! one. “Cracovia Danza” Festival of Courtly Dance ! International Jazz Juniors Competition to have been repaired since medieval times ! “Music in Old Krakow” International Festival (Rotunda Club, 1 Oleandry street) and it could be cheaper and safer to travel by With the exception of the inter-city express (Krakow churches) ! Christmas Market (Main Market Square) donkey. trains, the Polish rail system is slow. Rail travel ! ! is, however, a good way to explore Poland The Cracow Pierogi Festival (Little Market “Szopki” – Christmas Cribs (Historical The unwary traveller should be prepared for and see the picturesque countryside. It may Square) Museum, 35 Main Market Square) pot holed minor roads and deeply rutted not be a great idea to travel with valuable ! major roads. The damage is often caused by September Silent Film Festival (Pod Baranami Cinema, items and you should keep a close eye on heavily overloaded lorries. The inside lanes of ! Dachshund Parade (usually second Sunday of 27 Main Market Square) your luggage. Ticket inspectors on trains here ! OFAFA National Festival of Animated Films Polish motorways are particularly hazardous in generally don’t speak English. At the rail the month) the rain, when the ruts fill with pools of water. ! International Race-Walking Meeting “March (Wrzos Cinema, 50 Zamoyskiego street) information service in Krakow you may find ! Major roads and motorways here are seldom to the Market Squar” (Main Market Square) New Year’s Eve Party on the Main Market an English speaker, but in smaller local lit at night, and ‘cats’ eyes’ to reflect the light stations certainly not. There is a buffet ! “Young Artists in Krakow” Festival (Golden Square from your headlights are unheard of. There is a carriage on faster inter-city trains, but never Hall of the Philharmonic Hall, Krakow toll to pay for the use of the A4 motorway on the normal, slower trains and passengers churches) between Katowice and Krakow (6.5 PLN one- should take their own food and drink. ! The “Sacrum-Profanum” Festival way). The official speed limit, (widely Beware of travel by taxi as you may be taken (Philharmonic Hall, Rolling Mill of the Nowa disregarded), on motorways is 110km/h by a rather scenic and indirect route to your Huta Steel Mill) (68mph). On major roads the limit is 90km/h (55mph) and on minor roads 60km/h destination at great expense. Obtaining the October (35mph). highest fee possible from bewildered tourists ! Student Song Festival (Cracow University is a time honoured tradition amongst taxi Parking on the street in Krakow may be drivers here and you should exercise great of Economics, Juliusz Slowacki Theatre) difficult as the roads are generally ! caution if placing yourself in their hands. International Festival of Ancient Music overcrowded. Krakow streets are divided into (historical halls and churches) three zones, A, B and C, with zone A being the Unexpected hazards for pedestrians include ! Organ Festival (Krakow churches) most central. Parking in zone C is possible with deep snow and ice on the pavements during the winter. Outside the city there are usually ! Bajit Chadasz – Jewish Culture Month hourly (3 PLN) or half-hourly (1 PLN) tickets. no pavements and pedestrians walk in the (Kazimierz – the Jewish quarter) You can purchase the tickets from kiosks or from the parking attendants who work in the road. ! “Photo Month in Krakow” Festival (galleries, streets wearing luminous yellow vests over Main Market Square) Runners in the city tend to congregate their normal clothes. Circumspection is to be around the Blonia area near Jordan Park, advised with regard to the safety of your car. If close to the Orbis hotel. This area is the

Accession Bed and Breakfast is located in a beautifully restored fin-de-siecle Krakovian townhouse, in a quiet neighbourhood within 5 minutes walk of Krakow’s historic medieval market square. Email us at [email protected] to check availability. starting point for the Cracovia Marathon (the cycling. A high level footpath connects the The Airport is located to the west of Krakow, building. Ticket fare: 6 PLN. Travel time: seventh edition is to take place this year in viewpoint at Kopiec Kosciuszki with Las at a distance of 11 km from the city centre, in approx. 15 min. Train arrives at the Krakow’s May). The long flat path alongside the river Wolski. a Balice village. The airport can be reached Main Railway Station (five minute walk to the Wisla is also a good location for running as Arriving by plane from the centre of Krakow by four different Main Market Square) well as roller skating. There are cycle paths on roads as well its own exit ramp from the Getting to and from the airport by taxi: central pavements in Krakow and there are Krakow Airport, also known as the John Paull A4 motorway. some good long distance cycle routes to II International Airport, is relatively small but Individual passenger transport on a round- Getting to and from the airport by bus: locations close to Krakow such as Ojcow. The dynamically expanding airport. Currently the-clock basis is offered by Radio Taxi 9191 - area around the zoo, a forest called Las it offers regular, direct connections with The bus stop (lines #192 and #208 – the official partner of the Krakow Airport. Wolski, is also a great area for running or 36 cities: timetables available at www.mpk.krakow.pl) Approximately 20 minute ride to the city is located directly at the roundabout, in front centre should cost around 60 PLN. City (country) Airline(s) Average flight time of the passenger terminal. Bus fare is Arriving by train Athens (Greece) Centralwings 2hrs 30min 2.50 PLN (one-way). Tickets may be Barcelona/Girona (Spain) Centralwings 2hrs 50min purchased at newspaper stands in the Because train travel is relatively inexpensive Belfast (Northern Ireland) Easyjet 2hrs 55min passenger terminal and from the driver (with and therefore crowded, you should consider Birmingham (United Kingdom) bmibaby 2hrs 35min upgrading to first class on longer trips. Bologna (Italy) Centralwings 1hr 45min an additional payment). Travel time to the Bournemouth (United Kingdom) Easyjet 2hrs 40min centre: 35-40min. The cost of one-way ticket from Krakow to Bristol (United Kingdom) Easyjet 2hrs 40min Getting to and from the airport by train Warsaw (2hrs 40 min) is about 100 PLN Brussels (Belgium) Brussels Airline 2hrs 10min (Balice Express): (EUR 25). Chicago (USA) LOT 10hrs 40min Cologne/Bonn (Germany) Germanwings 1hr 45min The Krakow-Balice Station is located approx. Selected international train connections Copenhagen (Denmark) Sterling.dk 1hr 25min 200 m from the passenger terminal, you can include destinations such as: Berlin, Cork (Ireland) Centrlawings 3hrs get there by foot (around 5 min. walk) or take Bucharest, Budapest, Hamburg, Kiev, Kosice, Dortmund (Germany) Easyjet 1hr 40min a free shuttle bus service which operates to Lviv, Odessa, Prague and Vienna. Dublin (Ireland) Aerlingus, Centralwings, Ryanair 3hrs and from Krakow-Balice Station, this is Complete timetable is available at East Midlands (United Kingdom) Ryanair 2hrs 35min a 3 minute trip from the airport terminal http://rozklad.pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en. Edinburgh (United Kingdom) Easyjet 2hrs 40min Frankfurt (Germany) LOT/Lufthansa 1hr 40min Glasgow (United Kingdom) Ryanair 3hrs Leeds Bradford (United Kingdom) Jet2.com 2hrs 40min Liverpool (United Kingdom) Easyjet, Ryanair 2hrs 40min London (United Kingdom) British Airways, Centralwings, Easyjet, Ryanair 2hrs 35min Manchester (United Kingdom) Centralwings 2hrs 45min Milan (Italy) Ryanair, Allitalia 1hr 50min Munich (Germany) Lufthansa 1hr 30min Newcastle (United Kingdom) Jet2.com 2hrs 35min Oslo (Norway) Norwegian 2hrs 15min Paris (France) LOT, Easyjet, Transavia 2hrs 10min Prague (Czech Republic) CSA 1hr 20min Rome (Italy) Centralwings 2hrs 05min Shannon (Ireland) Ryanair 2hrs 55min Stockholm (Sweden) Norwegian 2hrs Stuttgart (Germany) Germanwings 1hr 30min Tel Aviv (Israel) LOT/EL-AL 3hrs 35min Torino (Italy) Meridiana 2hrs Vienna (Austria) LOT, Sky Europe 1hr 10min Warsaw (Poland) LOT 45min Krakow Airport contact phone: +48 12 295-58-00

Best places Market Square of Krakow. smoking. Hotel is equipped with an elevator, Hostel Delta is centrally located in the midst of Old Facilities: air-conditioning, internet access in every laundry room, safe, and monitored parking lot. Krakow, within walking distance of most of the city’s attractions, like the Florian Gate or the Rynek, as well in Krakow room, fitness club, swimming-pool, sauna, salt cave. Saski*** Hotel as the Main Train Station. Best of all, you get all of City centre Pod Roza**** Hotel the comforts of a budget hotel at hostel prices. Each Address: 3 Slawkowska street City centre room includes its own bath room as well as satellite Hotels Phone number: +48 12 421 42 22 Address: 14 Florianska street TV, Wi-Fi and can fit 1 to 4 people, on free-standing Fax number: +48 12 421 48 30 Copernicus**** Phone number: +48 12 424 33 00, +48 12 424 33 01 Email address: [email protected] beds (none of that bunk bed business here!). Hotel Relais & Chateaux member Fax number: +48 12 424 33 51 WWW: www.hotelsaski.com.pl The hostel itself also offers a kitchen, a large lobby City centre Email address: [email protected] Number of rooms: 60 with 24 hour reception and free internet access, and Address: 16 Kanonicza street WWW: www.hotel.com.pl Price per double room per night: 85-114 EUR even a dart board and foosball table. Phone number: +48 12 424 34 00, +48 12 424 34 01 Number of rooms: 57 Fax number: +48 12 424 34 05 Price per double room per night: 170 EUR Welcome to our hotel in the centre of Cracow. Our Centrum Hostel priority is to make your stay pleasant and relaxing. Email address: [email protected] Beautiful neo-classic tenement-house hides quiet, Address: 10 Sw. Gertrudy street WWW: www.hotel.com.pl charming, the oldest in Krakow Hotel Pod Roza. After The Saski Hotel has a 200-year tradition of service, Phone number: +48 12 429 11 57 Number of rooms: 29 it’s last renovation every floor has unique decor: and is situated in a sixteenth-century building, just Fax number: +48 12 429 11 62 Price per double room per night: 210 EUR individually arranged rooms and modern bathrooms steps away from the Main Market Square. Email address:[email protected] faced with natural stone present the ideal combination WWW: www.centrumkrakow.pl Located in Renaissance building on beautifully of tradition and modernity. Number of beds: 204 restored Kanonicza Street, the oldest in ancient town Price per bed per night: from 9 EUR with breakfast The bright, spacious Restaurant Pod Roza located in the of Krakow, the Copernicus takes its name from the Hostels Hostel Centrum located in a city centre, offers historic yard, decorated with beautiful, renaissance Polish astronomer. It offers a splendid change of scene comfortable accommodation for groups and individuals and is imbued with history and elegance: the vaulted portals, serves excellent Polish and International cuisine Totu Hostel in 2-, 4-, 6-, 8-, 10- and 12-bedded rooms with fully cellars with the sauna and swimming pool, the terrace under a glass-covered atrium. Menu is changed 4 City centre equipped kitchen and bathroom at each floor. Bed linen with its panoramic view of Wawel Castle. Period times a year – according to the season. Address: 21 Sw. Gertrudy street & towel, lockers, free tea & coffee all day, TV lounge, frescos decorate the specious rooms. Renaissance Phone number: + 48 12 505 105 102 Batory*** Hotel free of charge internet, tourist info, 24h reception. ceiling of the hotel’s restaurant has been lovingly Fax number: + 48 12 429 29 33 City centre Email: [email protected] restored to its former grandeur. The warm intimacy of The Secret Garden Hostel Address: 19 Soltyka street WWW: www.totuhostel.pl the restaurant invites one to linger and savor Address: 7 Skawinska street Phone number: +48 12 294 30 30 Number of rooms: 7 marvelous culinary delights prepared in tradition of Phone number: +48 12 430 54 45 Fax number: +48 12 294 30 33 Price per double room per night: 33 EUR Polish manor kitchens. Facilities: lift, air-condition, Email: [email protected] Fax number: + 48 12 430 54 45 internet connection in every room, indoor swimming WWW: www.hotelbatory.pl Totu Hostel is a small, cosy hostel with helpful staff. Email address: [email protected] pool, fitness, sauna. Number of rooms: 29 Located in the centre of Krakow gives you an easy WWW: www.thesecretgarden.pl access to everything you may want to see Number of rooms: 18 Stary***** Hotel Price per double room per night: 95 EUR or do in Krakow. It is just a short walk to all tourist Price per double room per night: 36 EUR Cite centre We are honored to invite you to our hotel situated sites as well as restaurant and pubs, which Krakow is Address: 5 Szczepanska street within beautiful downtown of Krakow at the You can find us in the city centre at one of secluded full of! We offer only private rooms (double rooms, Phone number: +48 12 384 08 07, +48 12 384 08 08 corner of Lazarza and Soltyka streets and just streets of the old Kazimierz – thus indicating that all triple rooms and a room for five people). We offer Fax number: +48 12 384 08 09 minutes from the Main Market. Our hotel is known is not far away! Secret Graden Hostel is an excellent free breakfast, all day-servings of free coffe and tea , Email address: [email protected] for its unforgettable ambiance and family choice for people looking for a moderately priced free set of linen, free towels, free city map with WWW: www.stary.hotel.com.pl atmosphere. Our friendly and discreet staff comfort rooms. We are located in an antique essential information and free internet access. Just Number of rooms: 53 believes in pampering guests. building that after renovation allows us to arrange come and make yourself at home! interiors in so interesting order closely connected Price per double room per night: 220 EUR Some of our features: close proximity to the Main with our name? We offer you accommodation in Modernity and comfort have been combined to create Market as well as Bus and Railway Stations, unique Delta Hostel closed-circle atmosphere single,double, triple and family character, modern, elegant, and ecologically an extraordinary atmosphere for our guests. Unique City centre for 4 and 5 persons rooms. The rooms are assigned friendly interiors, free parking, Wi Fi high speed furniture design, discrete decorations, different kinds of Address: 6 Mazowiecka street its own names corresponding to its interior internet access, excellent Polish cousin. exotic wood, best quality marble, oriental carpets, natural Phone number: + 48 12 633 21 11 decorations instead of numbers. silk have all been used to create an unforgettable interior. Our 29 rooms are equipped with bathroom,TV, Fax number: + 48 12 633 21 11 There is also an excellent coffee-shop with home-made radio, and internet connection. All bathrooms Email address: [email protected] delicacies right on the ground floor, as well as two bars, have: shower, WC, wash-basin, bidet, hair dryer. WWW: www.deltahostel.pl one of them a summer bar on the terrace, on the highest The hotel is handicap accessible as well as friendly Number of rooms: 16 floor of the hotel with a magnificent view of the Main to people with allergies. All of the rooms are non- Price per double room per night: 35-45 EUR The Kadetus Hostel Accession Apartments Eva Apartments City centre City centre, Kazimierz, the Jewish quarter Address: 3b Sienkiewicza street Shopping venues Address: 25 Zwierzyniecka street Address: various locations Email address: [email protected] Price: approx. 25 EUR per person per night in a double Phone number: +48 12 422 36 17 Phone: +48 661 180 824 Likus Concept Store Fax number: +48 12 422 36 17 Email: [email protected] room City centre Email: [email protected] WWW: www.accessionapartments.com The apartments are located very close to the city Address: 13 Main Market Square WWW: www.kadetus.com Price per apartment per night (based on four people center and the Old Town (15 minutes on foot). Phone number: +48 12 617 02 50 Number of beds: 40 sharing): from 100 EUR Fax number: +48 12 617 02 28 Price per person per night: 10-20 EUR We are a family business providing a personal service LFC is located in the basement of a historical Nice arranged rooms, kitchen and common room and catering for guests looking for a professional, B&B building which now houses a premier, elite will make your stay in Krakow unforgettable. Price caring and authentic Krakow experience – whether shopping complex Pasaz 13. The store which includes linen, towels, free internet, WiFi internet you are staying with us for several months or just & Guest Houses access, breakfast, all time coffee and tea, luggage a few days. comprises LFC Boutique (Fashion brands such as: storage, use of washing machine, use of phone. Bed & Breakfast Wislna 10 Diesel Denim Gallery, Dsquared2, Gianfranco Villa Eva Address: 10 Wislna street Ferre, Martin Margiela), Delikatesy 13, Vinoteka City Hostel Address: 136 Krolowej Jadwigi street Phone number: +48 12 421 98 71 13, and a Bar 13, is geared towards a sophisticated City centre Phone number: +48 602 466 165 Fax number: +48 12 421 98 71 clientele which knows that this is one of the places Address: 21 Sw. Krzyza street Email address: [email protected] Email address: [email protected] where that special something might be found. Number of beds: 85 Number of rooms: 4 WWW.accommodation.com.pl Price per person per night: 16 EUR Price per double room per night: 32 EUR Number of rooms: 40 Galeria Kazimierz The City Hostel is located 100 m from the main Villa Eva apartments are located about 1800 meters Price per double room per night: 68 EUR Kazimierz the former Jewish quarter railway station, in the very heart of Krakow, away from Old Town. Villa Eva consists of 4 rooms, We would like to offer you a peaceful haven, Address: 34 Podgorska street 3 minutes walk to the Old Market Square. In the 2 bathrooms, and fully equipped kitchen. We have comfort and rest in a pleasant, cosy atmosphere. Number of shops: over 200 18th century palace you’ll find the three-stars hotel also a garden and a parking for 4 cars. We are situated in the very centre of Old City, quality at hostel prices. The modern design of the which makes sightseeing more enjoyable and less Galeria Krakowska interior combined with the building's history Live in Cracow tiring. We organize tours to Auschwitz-Birkenau, City centre creates the unique atmosphere and inspires to Address: 4 Wolnica Square, 48/30 Dluga street Wieliczka, Zakopane and Wadowice as well as Address: 5 Pawia street discover the old and new Krakow. Phone number: +48 606 670 222 airport transfers. Take advantage of the reception Number of shops: over 270 Email address: [email protected] which is open 24 hours a day, giving you the WWW: www.liveincracow.com freedom and independence to enjoy your stay as Number of apartments: 5 big apartments and 1 studio- Serviced Apartments you wish. Restaurant & Cafes apartment Price per apartment per night: from 70 to 85 EUR Red Brick Apartments Accession Bed & Breakfast Copernicus Restaurant for two people City centre City centre City centre Address: 8/4 Garncarska street Address: 3 Kurniki Street Live in Cracow offers you comfortable apartments Address: 16 Kanonicza street Phone number: +48 661 180 824 Phone number: + 48 12 628 66 00, located in the heart of Cracow's city centre (10-15 Phone number: +48 12 424 34 21 + 48 12 628 66 20 Email address: [email protected] minutes on foot to Market Square). All apartments Fax number: +48 12 424 34 05 Fax number: + 48 12 415 97 16 w.115 WWW: www.accessionkrakow.com are fully furnished and equipped with individual Email address: [email protected] Email address: [email protected] Number of rooms: 4 kitchens and en-suite bathrooms. Opening hours: 12am-11pm WWW: www.redbrick.pl Price per person per night: 28 EUR Cuisine: Polish court cuisine Number of rooms: 16 Discover Cracow Apartments Our Bed and Breakfast is located in a quiet Price per double room per night: 79 EUR Address: 60/7 Dluga street neighbourhood within 5 minutes walk of Krakow’s The restaurant’s cosy interior melds subtle Red Brick Apartments offer you a great alternative Phone number: +48 12 631 05 50 historic medieval market square. Set in a beautifully modernity with its Renaissance period ceiling and to staying in a hotel. Our guests may enjoy more Fax number: +48 12 383 46 85 restored fin-de-siecle Krakovian townhouse,our its original frescoes, a direct reflection of how the Email address: [email protected] space and privacy, but with all advantages of 4 bedrooms sleep up to a maximum of 10 people. menu has been fashioned. The menu changes with WWW: www.DiscoverCracow.com a high-class hotel. All our rooms have been All rooms have en-suite bathrooms and breakfast the rhythms of the season, purveying its delights in Number of apartments: 50 furnished and equipped to meet the expectations included for as little as 28 EUR per head. the form of succulent meats, pates, mushroom Price per double room per night: from 35 EUR of both the tourist guests who come for leisure and dishes, lobster, fresh . water fish and the foie gras. those who come for business purposes. There Comfortable, individual apartments situated in the is a restaurant and a pub on the ground floor. very centre of Krakow, in the vicinity of the Main Should someone wish to eat in their kitchen, meals Market Square, Wawel Castle and the old district of can be delivered to the apartment. Kazimierz. Green Way – Vegetarian Bar Paparazzi City centre City centre Transportation and Dental and medical Address: 14 Mikolajska street Address: 9 Mikolajska street Phone number: +48 12 431 10 27 Opening hours: 11am-1am car rental services treatment Email address: [email protected] Pauza Krakow Advisor Dental Travel Agency (Poland) WWW: www.greenway.pl City centre Address: 108a Krolowej Jadwigi street Address: 5-10 minutes walk from the Main Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-10pm, Address: 18/3 Florianska street Phone number +48 501 020 940 Market Square Sat-Sun 11am-9pm Opening hours: 10am-12pm, Sun 12am-12pm Fax number: +48 665 102 106 Phone number: +48 514 68 68 28 Cuisine: vegetarian, vegan Cien (The Shadow) Email address: [email protected] Fax number: +48 12 429 15 36 Tasty and healthy vegetarian dishes from all over City centre WWW: krakowadvisor.com Email address: [email protected] the world. 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By using our the high standard of our services so our clients are Regular Krakow Tours Cuisine: International service you will visit the most fascinating places in provided with the finest dental care. & Private Luxury Krakow Tours and aroud Cracow in a fast and easy way. We will Paese licensed Tour Operator since 1990 be waiting for you at the hotel door and we will City centre Address: 2 Przy Rondzie street (Chopin Hotel) drive you wherever you want. Address: 24 Poselska street Phone number: +48 12 421 84 33 Opening hours: Mon-Sun 11am-the last guest Fax number: +48 12 411 55 17 Cuisine: Corsican, French Email address: [email protected] WWW: www.krakow-poland.eu, www.krakowtours.eu Da Pietro City centre Everyday regular Krakow tours by coach and Address: 17 Main Market Sqaure private luxury Krakow tours by car in Krakow and Opening hours: Mon-Sun 12am-12pm its environs. 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excavation is still used as a treatment for the restaurants). Picturesque views and the The Neighbourhoods diseases of respiratory tracks. charming culture of Polish highlanders are of Krakow Wadowice long and pleasantly remembered. The home city of Karol Wojty³a: the Pope Tyniec John Paul II, Wadowice is an attraction for Benedictine Abbey overlooking the Vistula Oswiecim – The Auschwitz-Birkenau tourists and pilgrims alike. The city abounds River from its rocky promontory. Soon after Memorial and Museum both with places related to the life of Karol the Benedictine monks arrived in Poland The Museum commemorates the Nazi death Wojty³a and with references to the Great (ca. 1044), a Romanesque basilica-type camp that was located in the town during the Pole: names of streets and squares, and church was built here (only relics have Second World War. The first transport of specific initiatives resulting from the teaching survived). The new church and monastery Polish political prisoners arrived in Auschwitz of the Pope. were built in the 15th century. on June 14, 1940. Following victims of the Czestochowa camp were: the Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Niepolomice Primeval Forest The Monastery of the Pauline Fathers at Gypsies, and prisoners of other nationalities. The favourite hunting grounds of Polish Bright Hill (Jasna Gora) is a world widely From the year 1942 started the Hitler’s plan kings; today a vast stretch of protected known pilgrimage center. It is due to the of the total extermination of the European landscape with bison reserve near Proszow. presence of the Holy Virgin Mary embodied Jews – the Holocaust. Men, women and Rich flora and fauna, invigorating air, and the children were murdered in gas chambers, and in the icon of the Black Madonna. According climate of a truly primeval forest help to relax. then their bodies were burnt in crematoria. to specialists the icon dates between the 6th The overall number of victims in the years and 9th centuries. The most known event in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 1940-1945 is estimated at between the history of Jasna Gora is a heroic defend of Registered by UNESCO World Heritage 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 people. At the end the monastery from the Swedish invaders Cultural Landscape Site (in 1999), Kalwaria of the war the SS intended to remove the thanks to the decision of its Prior Augustine houses Poland’s second most important signs of their enormous crime by dismantling Kordecki in 1655. It is believed that the sanctuary, and one of the most important the gas chambers, crematoria and by Mother of God herself helped to protect this Polish heritage sites. The Sanctuary consists destroying documents. The liberation of the holy place. After the Jasna Gora victory, of the Church of Our Lady of the Angels, the camp by the Red Army took place on January the whole country rose up against the Bernardine Monastery, and more than 27, 1945. The site was converted into a Swedish army. 40 chapels composed into the picturesque museum in 1947. This monastery is visited by 4-5 million landscape, situated along the so-called The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and pilgrims every year, about 200,000 of them “paths of Calvary”. Museum was added to the UNESCO World come to Czestochowa participating in so Ojcow Heritage List in 1979. called on-foot pilgrimages. They start in A beautifully situated spa town with mineral Wieliczka Salt Mine different cities of Poland and the longest springs; the hub of Ojcowski National Park. The 750-year old mining plant, which was route measures 600km. The pilgrims gather Preserved of the castle erected by Casimir the included in UNESCO’s first World Heritage on August 26, to celebrate the day of The Great (Kazimierz Wielki) are the tower, List in 1978, is a unique attraction. The Holy Mother of Czestochowa. remnants of the gate, chapel, walls, and bridge. A charming chapel was built over the historic Salt Mine lies on nine levels. Its Zakopane longitudinals, traverses, chambers, lakes, as waters of the Pradnik Stream. well as lesser and major shafts stretch for the Zakopane, Poland’s largest mountain city and total of 300 kilometers reaching the depth of a winter capital, within a walking distance to 327 meters. There are some magnificent salt any place in the Tatra Mountains, offers sculptures that show the methods of mining. plenty marked tourist trails and superb tourist The specific microclimate of the underground infrastructure (accommodation, cafes and

Polish your Polish cultural, scientific, and military influence of native speakers are generally unable to the southwest. Mazovian shares some the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. distinguish among them easily. The features with the Kashubian language. Today, Polish is spoken by over 38.5 million differences are slight compared to different Polish language is awfully difficult to master, Polish is the official language of Poland. It has native speakers in Poland and it is spoken as dialects of English, for example. The regional the second largest number of speakers however, learning a few key phrases will a second language in western parts of the differences correspond mainly to old tribal among Slavic languages after Russian. Polish definitely smooth your time in Krakow. Belarus, Lithuania, and Ukraine. Because of divisions from around a thousand years ago; is the main representative of the Lechitic Crucial to achieve this will be learning how to the emigration from Poland during various the most significant of these in terms of branch of the West Slavic languages. pronounce each letter or combination of time periods, millions of Polish speakers can It originated in the areas of present-day numbers of speakers are Great Polish (spoken letters, especiall those which don’t exist in Poland from several local Western Slavic be found in countries including Australia, in the west), Lesser Polish (spoken in the your alphabet. Many letters represent the dialects, most notably those spoken in Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, United south and southeast), Mazovian (Mazur) same sounds as they do in English. Listed Greater Poland and Lesser Poland. It shares States, and so on. There are over 46 million spoken throughout the central and eastern below are those particular to Polish. some vocabulary with the languages of the Polish language speakers around the world. parts of the country, and Silesian spoken in neighboring Slavic nations, most notably with “Standard” Polish is still spoken somewhat Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian. differently in different regions of the country, Polish language was once known as a lingua although the differences between these franca in various regions of Central and broad “dialects” are slight. There is never any Eastern Europe, mostly due to the political, difficulty in mutual understanding, and non-

Polish letter/combination of letters Pronounciation similar to “¹” “on” in the French “bon” “ê” “en” in the French “bien” “ó” “oo” in “boot” “c” “ts” in “bits” “j” “y” in “yeah” “w” the English “v” “³” “w” in “win” “ñ” “ny” in “canyon” “cz”, “æ” “ch” in “beach” “dz” “ds” in “beds” “rz”, “¿” “su” in “treasure” “sz”, “œ” “sh” in “ship” “drz” “g” in “George”

English Polish (pronounciation) Good day/Good morning/Good afternoon Dzieñ dobry (jen do-bri) Good evening Dobry wieczór (do-bri vyeh-choor) Good night Dobranoc (do-bra-nots) Hi/bye Czeœæ (cheshch) Ye s Tak (tahk) No Nie (nyeh) Please/You’re welcome Proszê (prosheh) Cheers! Na zdrowie (nah zdrove-yeh) Thank you Dziêkujê (jen-koo-ye) Excuse me/Sorry Przepraszam (pshe-prasham) See you Na razie (nah rah-zse)