The cafe has different sections: snug, antique corners with wing-backed chairs, a larger tunnel-like greenhouse affair and an outside terrace facing on to the park. Where we Americans take pride in roasting marshmallows, Poles take pride in roasting sausage over a fire. Karakter focuses on making gourmet food out of parts of the animal you wouldn’t otherwise normally see on the menu — all the parts that are usually thrown out. You’ll also be close to Kazimierz’s kosher and Jewish restaurants, one of which, Hamsa, offers an enormous Middle Eastern buffet on weekend mornings.

Shots and Snacks Bars: Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa Modeled after life in the Communist era, traditional bar snacks of the time period with the cheapest beers and shots you’ll find in the city. I first discovered Ciuciu when I visited the Christmas Market in Krakow in 2013, and now that I live here, I stop in at least once a month for a little bag of delicious candies. There are seasonal discounts from September to October as well for the Dragon’s Den, Sandomierska Tower, and the Church of St.In 2007, it was declared a pedestrian zone and redone with cobblestones, benches and a small fountain depicting the 750th anniversary of Kraków obtaining its city rights. The original Czarna Madonna is held here, and the monastery is also an end-point for thousands of people on pilgrimages, my mother-in-law included.

In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. For a small admission fee, you can make your way up the tower for some breathtaking views across Kraków. It was carved between 1477 and 1484 by the German sculptor Veit Stoss and in 1941, during Nazi Germany occupation, the dismantled altarpiece was shipped to the Third Reich.The building, designed by Stefan Borzęcki and Antoni Hajdecki in 1965, is one of Poland’s few examples of brutalist architecture and was the first modern building within Kraków’s old town.

The Museum of Contemporary Art is one of Krakow’s most recent additions and has a vast and varied collection of contemporary art. Getting to and from the Airport by Train, Bus, or Taxi The easiest, cheapest option is to take the train- but if you’re with a group, splitting an Uber can be just as cheap; so check the pricing when you arrive and go from there. It represented unprecedented luxury in Poland at the time, and featured a swimming pool, mini golf and a casino.But visit soon: the city has voted to redevelop the site for recreation, and although it will reintroduce bathing, it’s sure to lose its sense of wilderness. The Nazis began building it in 1941 on the site of the village of Brzezinka, three kilometers from Oswiecim. Following the swift invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II, Hitler made Kraków the capital of the Germany General Government due to its prime central location within Europe. These are the opening lines of Wisława Szymborska’s poem “Nothing Twice” that can now be viewed in Polish on the side of the newly opened Szymborska Park. I can imagine this is even more fun under the influence, but it is what it says on the package — crazy golf in neon lights.