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Kraków’s Market Square. Kraków’s Rynek Główny (Central Square) is the nerve centre of the city’s medieval Old Town. Forever a hive of activity, this 40,000 square foot medley of café’s, museums, clubs, pubs, music bars, souvenir shops, historical landmarks, hotels and hostels, is punctuated with some of the most magnificent middle ...
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January 1: New Year’s Day– New Year’s Day is a public holiday in Poland and many things are closed. However, many venues have a tradition of a special concert to kick off the year.January 6: Three Kings / Epiphany: Three Kings Day ends the Christmas festivities, and is traditionally celebrated with three parades, congregating on Kraków’s main square shortly after 11am – see...Shanties – Every February, for over 30 years, Kraków’s Shantieshas entertained the city with songs of the sea.
Misteria Paschalia – Misteria Paschaliais one of Europe’s most important festivals of early music, which takes place to coincide with Easter every year.
Photomonth – Kraków Photomonthis an annual, four-week photography festival, starting at the end of May. It ranges across the entire city, with a fringe event running alongside. 2020 was the festiva...
June 8: Corpus Christi– Corpus Christi is an important religious festival in the Polish calendar with an impressive morning procession from Wawel Cathedral through the Old Town.Dragon Parade – Every year, the dragon escapes its lair under Wawel Castle and kicks off this weekend of pageant and parade. There are river floats and spectacular puppets, and lots of music and no...Kraków Film Festival – From the end of May, Kraków Film Festivalis just over a week of the best contemporary international and Polish cinema.Jewish Culture Festival – Since 1988, the Jewish Culture Festivalhas been one of the world’s biggest, with artists from all over the Diaspora.Summer Jazz Festival Kraków – Jazz has a huge heritage in Poland. Summer Jazz Festival Krakówfeatures artists from around the world at the Kabaret Piwnica Pod Baranami in the Old Town.Wawel at Dusk – The castle courtyard provides an iconic setting for Wawel at Dusk, a series of weekend classical performances.Kraków Live Festival – One of Kraków’s big pop events of the year, Kraków Live Festivaltakes place over nights on two stages.Pierogi Festival– The second week of August is when the annual competition to find the tastiest Polish dumpling takes place. It’s a chance to taste hundreds of varieties.Dachshund Parade – On the first or second Sunday of September, dozens of well-dressed dachshunds take to the streets of Kraków for the Marsz Jamnikow, vying to become king and queen of the festival.Kraków Film Music Festival – With previous visits from Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, and Cliff Martinez, the Kraków Film Music Festivalcelebrates the art of the score.Sfogato Festival – Kraków’s annual tribute to Frederic Chopin, the Sfogato Festivaltakes place over four days every September.Sacrum Profanum – Sacrum Profanumis an experimental music festival with contemporary classical composition mixed with other modern genres.International Royal Cracow Piano Festival – The International Royal Cracow Piano Festivalshowcases some of the world’s greatest piano masters and prodigies.Unsound Festival – Unsound Festivalfeatures electronic, experimental, and dance music at a number of venues across Kraków, alongside other art events.Conrad Festival – Some of literature’s biggest names assemble each year at the Conrad Festival. The festival coincides with Kraków Book Fair.Jazz Autumn – Taking place across a number of locations, Jazz Autumnis a festival with the best of contemporary and improvisatory music.November 1: All Saints’ Day: A day for remembering the departed with candlelit vigils in Kraków’s cemeteries. All Saints’ Day is an intensely atmospheric experience.Jazz All Souls’ Day – Jazz All Souls’ Dayis the oldest jazz festival in Kraków.November 11: Independence Day: This is a public holiday with parades and a show of patriotism.Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival – Etiuda & Animaaims to highlight the work of film students around the world and to bring the best in animation to the city.People also ask
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The Main Square, also known as Main Market Square, is the biggest Medieval plaza in Europe. Its 40,000 square meters are truly astonishing. The Main Market Square (Rynek Glówny in Polish), designed in 1257, is considered Kraków’s city center and has an important historical, cultural and social significance.
Description. Information. This is the place of the most “mosts”: the most important public space in Kraków, the most expansive Market Square of medieval Europe, it gathers everything most characteristic of the city and has its most distinctive hallmarks, and last but not least: the most beautiful, the most important, the most charming, the ...
Krakow is the second-largest city in Poland and is hailed as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It has been one of the country’s hubs for finance, arts, culture, and education. Cradling thousands of historical and cultural monuments, its historic center, Stare Miasto, is one of the first entries in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage ...
Feb 10, 2021 · Planty Park. Planty Park is one of the largest city parks in all of Kraków. The entire park surrounds the Stare Miasto (Old Town), where the Medieval city walls once stood until the early 19th century. The green space was established in place of the medieval walls between 1822–1830 during a revitalization of Kraków.
