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Pictures and Informations Krakow

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Marienkirche at night
Marketplace
Tuchhallen
historic district
UNESCO-World-Culture-inheritance - Cultural Capital of Europe 2000
One of the last undiscovered destinations in Europe: the former Capital is today the most beautiful City in Poland.
The architecture of the City could be described as the "Florence of the Weichsel". Krakow is a lively "academical" City, famous for its underground Bars, with live Jazz and Cabaret.
The Cuisine is the best in Poland - simple traditional Food for only a few Zloty as well as delicious meals and dinner.Here, everyone will find something of his taste. In the Summertime one can sit at the restaurants in the marketplace and watch the citylife during day and night.

Ines' favourite restaurants are the "Milkbars" where you can get fabulous Pirogi and several traditional meals for a few Zloty. Krakow is full of these restaurants. There are also a few that has specialized on jewish cuisine and provide international food, too.

A mediterranean Flair is given by the numerous Flower-Sellers offering real garden flowers we never get to see under "normal circumstances".

Wawel (Burganlage)
Trumpeteer in Krakow

Every hour you can here a Trumpet-Solo from the top of the tower of the Marienkirche, the »hejnal«. This is played live and into every cardinal point. Amid the Melody it stops immediately at the fourth side.
It remembers the "Tartar-Attack", an assault on the city in 1241, which took an advance Notice by the Tower-Trumpetors and was well defended then. Certainly the fourth guy on the fourth side was hit by an arrow into his neck.
Since then the »hejnal« was never ever played until its end.
If you wander over the empty place by night you will experience a special feeling/Flair by hearing to that sound!

The Jewish Quarter Kazimierz is very interesting, and increasingly authentically renewed.
In here the motion picture "Schindlers Liste" was filmed.
Today it's the meeting place for younger People, with many clubs, original Pubs; and anyone who likes Klezmer-Music will be very pleased about this part of the City with many markets and bars.


 
Informations Krakow  
Café Jama Michalika some Information here as well as a small movie about this famous Café
Advisor for travelling from the MDR

all-embracing Tour Guide (pdf).
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Krakow-Journeys and Hints general Informations about Post, Banks, Restaurants and other important Adresses
Saltmine Wieliczka a nice trip, the very appealing Salt-Mine