Cracow is a city of wonderful relics and monuments, and also of renowned specialists who are capable of saving them from decay. Restorers of works of art at the National Museum faced an exceptional task recently. They were entrusted with the task of conserving one of the most important symbols of...

This evening is traditionally the last opportunity to have a good time before Advent. On the eve of St Andrew’s Day girls were engaged in fortune-telling as they wanted to know the answers to such important questions as when they would get married and who the groom would be. This custom...

Rynek Główny, the large market square in Cracow’s old town, will soon be enriched by yet another attraction. It will be a museum, where it will be possible to see literally into the depths of the square’s history, as it will be laid out in cellars hidden beneath the surface of the...

Europe celebrates the end of the First World War in 1918 on November 11th. However, Poland has another reason for celebrating. November 11th, 1918 is regarded as the moment at which Poland re-gained its statehood 123 years after the partitions imposed by the neighbouring powers of Russia, Prussia,...

This was one of the first buildings constructed at the time of the incorporation of Cracow in 1257, and it was home to many successive magnate families during its long history. And as often happens in Cracow, the house has its own legend. The inhabitants of the city believed for many years that...

The business attractiveness of Cracow has been confirmed by another big investment. Construction of a complex of four 14-storey A-class office blocks, which has been named Quattro Business Park, has started in the northern part of the city at a very significant city road – Al. Generała...

Tourists just love such places. The real life of the places they visit can be seen best at bazaars and markets. Zakopane is no exception. The largest market there is situated at the foot of Gubałówka next to the lower station of the funicular to the top of the mountain. The best way to get there is...

Villa Atma, a building nearly a century old that houses a department of the National Museum in Cracow, is located in one of the oldest streets in Zakopane – ul. Kasprusie. It is the only museum in the world dedicated to the life and works of Karol Szymanowski. Recitals of piano...

It appeared at the turn of the 20th century, but is still a model of good taste in architecture in Zakopane. It is called the Zakopane style. It was created thanks to the great talent of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, who was able with great skill to reconcile the traditional highland way of...

Astrologers tell us that certain conjunctions of the planets are particularly auspicious. This year we commemorate three important dates which will dominate the program of Bajit Hadash, the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Center for Jewish Culture, the fifth anniversary of the death of...