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Krakow In Your Pocket

Krakow In Your Pocket
Few things have as unjustifiably poor a reputation as the Polish winter. Tell your friends you’re shipping off to PL in February, and you’ll quickly discover they know absolutely nothing about the country, except for the fact that it’s Siberia this time of year. You’ll freeze to death. You’ll get lost in the snow. How will you survive the nights on your hard straw mattress with just a thin blanket, a crust of bread in your belly and a weak cup of tea?

Though the ceaseless suffering that most foreigners subconsciously associate with Poland is beginning to wear off as more and more people visit this exciting country, mention the winter and their minds immediately wander back to whatever misinformed impressions they have of what a gulag or extreme Soviet economic depression must have been like. So while your friends and parents try to worry you silly, it’s our job to let you know that communism is over and had no lasting effect on Poland’s climate. Poland has a temperate climate - - the same as most of mainland Europe (Germany, France) and much of the US (New York, Chicago). So if you’re visiting Kraków this winter, yes, you are brave (congrats), and yes, you will see your loved ones again. Put a hat and mittens on and you’ll be fine.

Today’s Kraków is a lot different than it was under communism regardless of the weather. This city has always been the architectural showpiece of the country, and now all the history and culture that makes up the Polish identity (which Kraków has passionately protected and defended over the centuries) has been brought to the surface and is on display like at no other time since the mid-18th century. If you want to learn what Poland is all about, now is the time. The country is back on its feet and in Kraków’s Old Town you’ll find some of its best museums and cultural attractions (including a medieval castle that looks great under a dusting of snow), plus a diverse restaurant scene and more cafes, bars and clubs per capita than anywhere in the world. There’s detailed information about all of it right here in your hands, and thanks to silly myths about the weather, you’ll have the whole place to yourself. Let us know what you think via editor_poland@inyourpocket.com and enjoy Kraków.


A little bit about Krakow to start with:

A city forged in battle, war, conquest and fate, Kraków is in many respects the most Polish of all this great nation’s cities. The ancient seat of kings and intelligentsia comes steeped in legend and myth, and evokes the most fanciful of images, from dragons occupying the catacombs of Wawel, to Tartar hordes repelled at the gates, to an earnest Vladimir Lenin plotting revolution while sitting in the city’s cafes. Kraków’s history is the stuff of fantasy.

Back to the future. The budget flight boom confirms this nation’s transition from a country people are queueing to leave, to a country people are queueing to enter – the crowds that rotate around Wawel and fall out of the Irish pubs later on are all the evidence you need.

By day it is easy to drown in culture. The city is an A-Z of architectural styles, and its museums and galleries the home of everything from works by DaVinci to Japanese comics. The district of Kazimierz, once home to one of the most important Jewish communities in the world, is enjoying a renaissance; even the suburb of Nowa Huta, the sooty legacy of the communist system, is now emerging as an off-beat tourist site. Our website features all the tourist sites and museums you could wish for.

As dusk settles the city becomes a haven for hedonists. As you will no doubt learn for yourself, it is all too easy to descend the stairs into one of the Gothic cellar bars, and emerge at daybreak missing both your memory and friends. On these pages you’ll find everything you need to know about Kraków’s restaurants, pubs, clubs and hotels.

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