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evaanna Says: The Regional Museum of Krokowa is situated next to the castle and park, but it was closed when we were there on Easter Saturday. Fortunately, part of its collection is housed in the castle itself and is well worth seeing. You can even do that while you are waiting for your...
evaanna Says: Krokowa is an old Kashubian village with records of it dating back to 1288. The oldest building in the village is a 14th century castle/palace re-built in 1784 and again in the 19th century, formerly with fortifications and a moat with a bridge. The moat and the bridge are...
evaanna Says: Zarnowiec is a village situated 4 km west of Krokowa, best known for the planned construction of a nuclear power station, which has now been abandoned partly due to protests from the local, and not only local, people. The current plans speak of a gas power station in the...
The sea, oh the sea! Baltic beaches.
Ekaterinburg Says: From Krokowa , the nearest and best beach is Debki ( pronounced Demki). Many people consider this the finest beach in Poland and of the 7 or 8 I saw while I was there, I would see no reason to disagree. It's a long beach with some pretty inlets like the one in the photograph...
von Krokow Museum aka Archivum Crocovianum
Ekaterinburg Says: This small museum, situated in one of the side wings of the castle is only of interest if you want to know more about the family who lived here for seven centuries and were more or less reponsible for the entire village. The name 'Archivum Crocovianum' is very relevant as...
Restaurant and Cafe in the Castle: Excellence in every detail
evaanna Says: The restaurant and cafe are located on the ground floor of the castle and furnished with wonderful period furniture. As this floor is also a museum, waiting for your meal, you can stroll around admiring the great pictures, Gdansk wardrobes, cabinets and the like.You may have...
Krokowa Castel: Don't miss the delicious pastries
LRADZIO Says: The atmosphere is felted you will enjoy the restaurant. Most of the dishes are Polish, I can't remember the names.
Cafe at Zamek Krokowa: Deserts to die for
Ekaterinburg Says: There is an indoor restaurant at the castle in Krokowa but they serve drinks, coffees and deserts seperately in what they describe as the Cafe. In fine weather you can avail of this service out of doors and have desert and drinks in the beautiful setting of the garden....
Poaeidon: Beachbar par Excellence
Ekaterinburg Says: Posiedon is the most frequented bar/restaurant along the strip at Debki and after you've eaten there once you will understand why. The food, mainly fish ( although there are other options)is fresh and wholesome and the chef seems tohave a magic touch with evrything he cooks....
Ekaterinburg Says: The nearest airport to Krokowa is Lech Walesa Airport, Gdansk, about one hour's drive away. The easiest way to get to Krokowa from Gdansk is obviously by car but you could take the train to Wejherowo and catch a bus from there. To get to Gdansk from Cork we flew to Warsaw...
Ekaterinburg Says: The bus service in Krokowa was excellent. From the local stop you could go to Debki or Wejherowo at very regular intervals and to Hel, twice daily. The route to Hel is an excellent one for sightseeing and takes you through practically every beach resort in Northern Kashubia...
Helpfulness
This shop is in the same building as the Regional Museum and the Krokowa Tourist office.
You don't have to go to the museum to access the shop though, you can just walk in off the street.
The shop has a fine selection of carved wooden objects also some books and textiles.
Most of the carvings are representations of people, carved in the traditional Polish fashion but there are also lots of children's toys
What to buy: I bought two large carvings of people: a woman with a cat dressed in red with a white headscarf and a small gnarled old man, knotty as the wood he's carved from, carrying a lantern. I also bought some paiintings of the ocean on wood carved from pine trees . A little twee perhaps, but acceptable souvenir type gifts. I also bought some carved miniature wooden animals for the children in my life.
What to pay: Very little. My purchases in total cost me around EUR 30
Updated Sep 28, 2007
Address: Ul. Zamkowa
Phone: 0048 58 6735729
Website: www.krokowa.pl
evaanna Says: Many of the local people in the area of Krokowa are the descendants of the Kashubians, the autochthonous population of Pomerania. As I have already shown on my Hel and Jastarnia pages, streets are given dual names in those places, Polish and Kashubian. But the inhabitants of...
Krokowa - Historical & Cultural Contexts
Ekaterinburg Says: Krokowa is situated in Pomerania, an area of Poland which has seen large parts of it treated like 'pass the parcel' over many centuries. This is par for the course in Poland where 'Partition' has been a term used and abused since 1792 when Russia divided the territory...
Helpfulness
Close to the Krokowa's castle/palace there is a very, very small museum. Its character is regional (limited number of the old tools on the exposition) and artistic (but dominated by the local authors). In my opinion nothing interestining - and the tickets are not so cheap. But - on the other side - the next to this museum is a little shop where you can buy souvenirs or handicrafts looking prettier and sometimes even more original.
Updated Sep 4, 2004
Sahara on the Baltic - Leba's shifting dunes
Ekaterinburg Says: From Krokowa there are several interesting trips you can take, some more off the beaten path then others. On my Poland page I have given detailed descriptions of all these places so I won't repeat the details here. To briefly recap: the beaches at Debki and Bialogora are...
evaanna Says: Lighthouse Stilo is situated near Sasino, which is also worth visiting for the great restaurant (see my restaurant tips). The Lighthouse was built when the area belonged to Germany in 1904-1906. Its name may derive from the German word 'stille', meaning peace or silence.But...
evaanna Says: They send shivers down some people's spines but I simply love them and always have. My mother still remembers me putting them with my hand into my little bucket when I was just a toddler because she thought it was a disgusting thing to do. I didn't care. I may have...
Ekaterinburg Says: The bus trip between Krokowa and Debki was another aspect of this trip that gave me endless pleasure. I've already spoken of how much I loved the conifer forests in the area but almost equally beautiful was the open countryside before we reached the forest and the sea. In...
Ekaterinburg Says: One of my fondest memories of Krokowa is the many opportunities it gave me to walk in the forest.This may not seem very exciting to someone who has regular access to forests but for me it was a five star treat. The forests around Krokowa were every bit as dark and deep as...
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Krokowa is a village near the Baltic coast, about an hour north-west of Gdansk. It's not a big place and apart from Germany, not very many people outside of Poland would have heard of it. In 2004 some...
Krokowa (pronounced krockova) is a place northwest of Puck and south of Karwia. Private property of the von Krockow family for over 700 years, it is now the seat of the local authorities. The most...
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