Top Things To Do
18 top things to do in Kraków for someone who visits Kraków for the first time
I’ve curated, by order, a selection of the 18 best attractions, monuments, parks, neighborhoods, museums, buildings, events and other things to see in Kraków.
Museum
Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The location of Au…
Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The location of Auschwitz wasn't chosen by chance, it was chosen for three reasons: the train … + More
Monument
Wawel Castle
Located on a hill near Vistula river, Wawel Castl…
Located on a hill near Vistula river, Wawel Castle is the most representative castle of Kraków. You can take a tour throu… + More
Monument
Remuh Synagogue
Built in the 16th Century, it's the smallest …
Built in the 16th Century, it's the smallest synagogue in Kazimierz. The walls on the inside are white so that people who are… + More
Museum
Fabryka Oskara Schindlera
Oskar Schindler was a Polish businessman who help…
Oskar Schindler was a Polish businessman who helped over a thousand of Jews to avoid being sent to Concentration Camps. These peo… + More
Monument
Bazylika Mariacka
St. Mary's Basilica was built in the 13th Cen…
St. Mary's Basilica was built in the 13th Century, but it was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt into what it is today, in gothi… + More
Viewpoint
Rynek Główny
Rynek Główny means "Main Market Squar…
Rynek Główny means "Main Market Square". With 40.000 squared meters, it's the biggest medieval square of Eur… + More
Viewpoint
Plac Bohaterów Getta
Located in the district of Podgórze, which…
Located in the district of Podgórze, which in 1941 was converted into the ghetto of Kraków, the old Plac Zgody was … + More
Museum
Muzeum Apteka Pod Orłem
"Apteka Pod Orlem" means "Pharmacy…
"Apteka Pod Orlem" means "Pharmacy under the Eagle". The name was given because of the Eagle statue that can … + More
Monument
Barbakan
The barbican is a gothic structure that's loc…
The barbican is a gothic structure that's located in the North corner of the Planty Park and through which Kings and imp… + More
Green
Planty Park
This park is one of the largest ones in Krak&oacu…
This park is one of the largest ones in Kraków. It starts and ends at the bottom of Wawel Castle, 'containing'… + More
Monument
Brama Floriańska
St. Florian's Gate is one of the most famous …
St. Florian's Gate is one of the most famous towers in the city, it's where the Royal Road of Kraków begins. Not o… + More
Monument
Sukiennice
The Market. It's the main building of the squ…
The Market. It's the main building of the square, it has 2 floors and it was founded in the 13th century. In its interior you… + More
Monument
Wieża Ratuszowa
This is the tower of the Old City Hall. It's …
This is the tower of the Old City Hall. It's 70 meters high. In the undergrounds there used to be a prison, a torture room a… + More
Monument
Kościół Św. Wojciecha
This small church was built in the XI century wit…
This small church was built in the XI century with romanesque style. It was built before the rest of the city was layed out, that… + More
Other
Collegium Maius
The Collegium Maius (in Latin "Great College…
The Collegium Maius (in Latin "Great College") is the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków i… + More
Other
Ulica Grodzka
This is one of the main streets in the Old Town o…
This is one of the main streets in the Old Town of Kraków. It connects Rynek Główny, the main square, with Waw… + More
Monument
Old Synagogue
The Old Synagogue was built in the 15th century, …
The Old Synagogue was built in the 15th century, around 1407. It's the oldest and best preserved synagogue in Kraków. … + More
Monument
Father Bernatek's Pedestrian Bridge
This bridge was inaugurated in 2010 and it's …
This bridge was inaugurated in 2010 and it's a pedestrian and bike bridge. It's often used to exhibit sculptures of diff… + More
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