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  • Dining and Drinking, Krakow

    1. Dining and Drinking

    You will notice people walking around eating a long sandwich covered with pasta sauce and cheese. In actuality, it is a baguette, split in half. cooked in the oven until the cheese is melted. It...   more
  • A lot of priests and nuns, Krakow

    2. A lot of priests and nuns

    It is not at all uncommon to see priests and nuns and you will see a lot of them in Krakow. People seemed to routinely treat them with deference. It shouldn't...   more
  • Easter, Krakow

    3. Easter

    I make no pretence to knowing much detail about how Easter is traditionally celebrated in Poland. But I found my visit in 'Holy Week' (the week leading up to...   more
  • Delicious!, Krakow

    4. Delicious!

    I don't know if this is a local Krakowian thing or a general-Polish thing, but the most delicious thing I tasted when I was in Krakow was 'oscypek z grilla'....   more
  • Obwarzanki, Krakow

    5. Obwarzanki

    Obwarzanki are bread rings, flavoured with poppy seeds or salt, sold from small street-side stalls all over Krakow's city centre. The stalls are most often...   more
  • Polish beer, Krakow

    6. Polish beer

    Poland is famous for a vodka-drinking tradition. Nevertheless, there are some popular Polish beers. One famous brewery is Zywiec which was founded in 1852 and...   more
  • Public toilets, Krakow

    7. Public toilets

    It is customary in Poland that ladies toilets show a circle or the words "dla pan", whereas gents toilets show a triangle or the words "dla panow". This can be...   more
  • New Years Eve, Krakow

    8. New Years Eve

    Krakow seems to become one of the popular European cities to celebrate New Years Eve. The large medieval Market Square (Rynek Glowny) with its dimensions of 200...   more
  • Polish Money, Krakow

    9. Polish Money

    Even though Poland joined the Euopean Union (EU) on the 1st of May 2004, they don't have the EURO as currency. Poland's currency is still the Zloty. 1 Zloty is...   more
  • local guides, Krakow

    10. local guides

    Usually when you visit a major tourist city in Europe you will most likely have a young, energetic guide that speaks your language perfectly and is invariably...   more
  • Pod Adamem" - "Bajo Adam" - " Under Adam', Krakow

    11. Pod Adamem" - "Bajo Adam" - " Under Adam'

    In the center of Krakow, in the "Market Square" is the " meeting point" for young people under the statue of Adam Mickiewicz He was one the great Romantic poets...   more
  • Juan Pablo II / Joun Paul II / Jan Pavel II, Krakow

    12. Juan Pablo II / Joun Paul II / Jan Pavel II

    Karol Wojtyla was elected pope in October 1978 while holding the office of cardinal-archbishop of Krakow, so even in Poland it is loved and venerated in Krakow...   more
  • El Cuchillo / The knive, Krakow

    13. El Cuchillo / The knive

    Tradition says that the two towers of St. Mary was entrusted to two brothers. Soon the competition began and both of them wanted to make the tallest tower. The...   more
  • Hejnal -, Krakow

    14. Hejnal -

    In the watchtower (Hejnal) of the Church of Santa Maria the watcher saw that the Tartars were attacking , warned the population playing the trumpet until an...   more
  • "Matura" maturity examination celebrations., Krakow

    15. "Matura" maturity examination celebrations.

    When we were walking on the Planty gardens near the St. Anne church close to the Jagiellonian University colleges we saw a lot of young people about 18-19 years...   more
  • St Mary's Tower and Hejnal, Krakow

    16. St Mary's Tower and Hejnal

    Also known as the Watch Tower, Wake, Alarm or Bugle Tower, it is the only tower in the world at which a bugle has been played every hour for six hundred years...   more
  • Debowe Mocne, Krakow

    17. Debowe Mocne

    Now we start talking about real beers, not just the standard lagers that I had around the city during the day. This Debowe Mocne is brown strong beer full of...   more
  • Christmas chandelier, Krakow

    18. Christmas chandelier

    I was enchanted with this primitive chandelier which hung in the gallery we visited in Kazimierz. They can also be found in the Cloth Market. There are places...   more
  • Light a candle or put flowers there, Krakow

    19. Light a candle or put flowers there

    READ THIS PLEASE!As I said in previous tip some locals put flowers and/or light candles by sad water well in Krakow's Main Square. As for me it's a special...   more
  • Baltic Sea amber, Krakow

    20. Baltic Sea amber

    Krakow was located on so called Amber Truck in the past. The truck connected Baltic Sea in northern Poland with southern Europe. Amber was very expensive and...   more
  • There is no halloween in Krakow, Krakow

    21. There is no halloween in Krakow

    There is no Halloween in Krakow but there are a few national holidays:1 Jan - New Year's Day1 May - May Day 3 May - Constitution Day 15 August - Assumption 1...   more
  • Mezuzah, Krakow

    22. Mezuzah

    In the Kazimierz Jewish quarter you kan see a Mezuzah at some door posts. A mezuzah is is a piece of parchment in a decorative case inscribed with specified...   more
  • The Trompet Player, Krakow

    23. The Trompet Player

    Each hour a trompet player plays the hejnal from the four sides of the Maria Church, Kosciól Mariacki. That tune is suddely interrupted to commemorated the fact...   more
  • Public toilets., Krakow

    24. Public toilets.

    I'm always surprised when American friends use the word "rest room" for places where on this continent we are not used to rest. In Poland they use the word...   more
  • Veit Loss' altarpiece, Krakow

    25. Veit Loss' altarpiece

    This is the main highlight of St. Mary Basilica. It was carved by a famous sculptor named Veit Loss between 1477 and 1489. It is made of four panels that...   more

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