Anyone who has visited Kraków even once has surely come across the characteristic blue, glass-fronted carts selling round bread rings sprinkled with poppy seeds or sesame. Not everyone – even…

Everyone has heard the legend of the Wawel Dragon – the creature that, centuries ago, long before Poland even existed, terrorized the inhabitants of Kraków. Medieval legends often originated from…

Recently I wrote about small craft service points and shops offering quality products, and today I’d like to continue that thought. I believe it’s worth buying products and services locally,…

Just as the wolf is drawn to the forest, I am drawn to Nowa Huta. I’ll return to this favorite topic of mine more than once. The title may seem…

I’ve already written about sightseeing in Kraków with a dog, but today I want to tell you about an extraordinary, four legged story commemorated in the city of kings with its…

Nach dem großen Erdbeben, das Krakau und die Umgebung im 15. Jahrhundert heimsuchte, stürzte das Gewölbe der Marienkirche ein und begrub den alten Hochaltar unter seinen Trümmern. Wie auch heute…

After the great earthquake that struck Kraków and its surroundings in the 15th century, the vault of St. Mary’s Basilica collapsed, burying the old high altar under the rubble. As…

General information about the most magnificent of Kraków’s churches — the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as St. Mary’s Basilica — can be found on…

“What a horse is, everyone can see,” wrote the 18thcentury encyclopedist Fr. Benedykt Chmielowski under the entry “horse.” The same could be said about Kraków’s St. Mary’s Basilica. Anyone who…

Recently we reflected on the globally unique urban planning of Nowa Huta; today, let’s look at another remarkable aspect – Nowohuta design. Nowa Huta – the devil is in the…