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• The Obwarzanek

  Any culinary journey through Kraków is likely to start with the obwarzanek. A chewy dough ring sprinkled (usually extremely unevenly) with salt, poppy or sesame seeds, obwarzanki are sold from rolling carts on every other street corner in Kraków, and are so inescapable they’ve become an unofficial symbol of the city....

• Polish Vodka

  Proven masters of make-do with the potato as their primary resource, the Poles have been producing and drinking vodka since the early Middle Ages, distilling their skill into some of the best vodka blends available in the world, many of which date back centuries....

• Młoda Polska

  In the late 18th century Poland was suffering a little bit of a crisis: it didn’t exist. At least not on the map, anyway....

• Local Likes & Dislikes

  In June 2011, Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper invited 21 journalism students from City University London to visit the country’s largest cities and chronicle their experiences as tourists – using Polish services, interacting with Poles, and travelling around each city....

• Eating history

  Undamaged by the Nazi cyclone Kraków’s old town is one of the few town centres in Poland which remains in its original form, and as such represents a breathing history lesson....

• The Vistula/Wisła

  The legendsThe villagers had limited options. The dragon beneath a nearby hill was waiting to consume their sheep and the last of their daughters....

• Not a Queue

  A seemingly straightforward concept, while standing in an orderly line is probably as unconsciously ingrained where you come from as staying to the right while passing in a narrow corridor, here in Poland, queuing is a cutthroat game of cunning and sabotage....

• Stained Glass in Kraków

  Stained glass enthusiasts will have an absolute field day in Kraków, which has many fine examples of the craft – arguably some of the best in Europe – thanks to a proliferation of ancient churches and being the home city of resident geniuses Stanisław Wyspiański and Józef Mehoffer....

• Cracovian Cuisine, P-Z

  PierogiDoughy dumplings traditionally filled with potato (Ruskie), sweet cheese, meat, mushrooms and cabbage, strawberries or plums, though you will find plenty of maverick fillings like broccoli, chocolate or liver as the possibilities are truly limitless....

• Hot Beer?

  There are a number of ways to survive the winter in Poland, and we’ve tried them all, from dressing up like an Eskimo to staying in bed and refusing to get dressed at all....

• Cracovian Cuisine, A-O

  Polish food is famous for being simple, hearty and almost uniformly off-white in colour. You simply haven’t had a thorough sampling of it until you’ve tried all the traditional dishes below....

• Wyspiański’s Wawel

  It’s already a century since Kraków’s creative genius Stanisław Wyspiański passed away, yet his presence remains almost everywhere you look in the city....

• The Zbruch Idol

  If you’re admiring Wawel Castle, you might notice the strange, battered sculpture in front of it at Plac Bernardyński (C-5)....

• Where to find Krakow In Your Pocket

  
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