Kraków
When visiting Kraków, Pope John Paul II used to address his followers from this window of the Bishop's Palace, overlooking ul Franciszkańska. The area is…
Must-see attractions in Kraków
Kraków
This former home of the Stanisław Wyspiański Museum is now used to house rotating exhibitions of art and culture. Check the website to see what's showing…
Kraków
Southwest of the Cloth Hall, this soaring tower is all that is left of the 15th-century town hall which was dismantled in the 1820s. The 70m-tall tower…
Kraków
Next to St Mary’s Basilica, this branch of the Kraków City History Museum contains faithful recreations of townhouse interiors from the 17th to early 19th…
Podgórze
Just south of Plac Bohaterów Getta are the remains of the wartime Jewish ghetto wall from WWII, with a plaque marking the site.
Kraków
This sprawling square and tram stop serves as the centrepoint of the Nowa Huta workers' housing estate. The square dates from 1949, and the buildings here…
Podgórze
Across the river in Podgórze, Bednarski Park may lack for picture-perfect quality but makes up for it with wild greenery fit for adventurous wanders…
Podgórze
More interesting than it looks at first glance, this museum tells the story of the district of Podgórze, which for centuries operated as an independent…
Manggha Centre of Japanese Art & Technology
Kraków
This museum is the brainchild of the late Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, who donated the Kyoto Prize money he received in 1987 to fund a permanent…
Kraków
This large 19th-century prayer room serves as a leading venue for lectures, films, art presentations and discussions concerning local Jewish life and…
Kraków
The retro-modern Arka Pana was the first church in Nowa Huta, built from 1967 to 1977 after much controversy. Authorities had intended the workers' suburb…
Kraków
The small, shingled Church of St Bartholomew dates from the mid-15th century, which makes it Poland’s oldest surviving three-nave timber church. It was…
Kraków
This understated park offers a quiet place for walkers, joggers, readers, families and anyone else to enjoy the greenery on a sunny day. Winter time also…
Kraków
Two blocks north of Plac Centralny, the Nowa Huta Museum is more like a glorified tourist office, but there is a small, well-curated exhibit space…
Podgórze
This fortress was built by the Austrians in the 1850s to defend the city's strategic bridge over the Vistula. The interior is closed to visitors, but you…
Kraków
This spot at the end of Grodzka has been a place of worship since the 14th century, and possibly even centuries before that. Now it's part of the…
Kraków
Art gallery that works on behalf of disabled artists and visitors. The gallery hosts regular exhibitions and maintains helpful information on its website…
Kraków
Old aircraft, engines and other aviation equipment exhibited on the grounds of one of Europe's oldest military airports that traces its roots to the days…
Podgórze
This broad square marks the heart of the Podgórze district. The most distinctive building here is the early-20th century, neo-Gothic Church of St Joseph.
Kraków
This graceful, park-like avenue runs through the centre of the Nowa Huta workers' housing estate.
Kraków
This imposing monument celebrates the epic 1410 Battle of Grunwald, when a joint army of Poles and Lithuanians defeated the Teutonic Knights. This statue…
Eastern Kraków
Possibly the oddest branch of the Kraków Historical Museum, the permanent exhibition here tells the story of the Fowler Brotherhood of Kraków, a medieval…
Kraków
This abandoned limestone quarry was used by the occupying Germans during WWII as a labour camp. It was later employed extensively in the film Schindler's…
Podgórze
This largely forgotten burial ground dates from the late 18th century and was once Podgórze's most prestigious cemetery. The Germans destroyed much of it…
Kraków
Nowa Huta's socialist-realistic architectural aesthetic extends to the area's main theatre, which was built in 1955. Early shows may have been dedicated…
