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Krakow Ghetto, Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków, The Eagle Pharmacy, Remember with us 2015

„Remember with us” is a project realised annually by The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków and it’s three branches, The Eagle Pharmacy, Oskar Schindler’s Factory and Pomorska Street. All 3 museums could be visited with a guide for free. There was also a possibility of...

Easter time in Krakow

30 Mar 2015

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Easter Palms Contest, Rekawka, Cross Road, Misteria Paschalia, Easter Monday, Easter, Easter Market, cracow, krakow

Easter Palms Contest It is in Lipnica Murowana during Palm Sunday. A contest for the tallest Easter palm. The current record-breaking palm is 30 meters tall. Easter Market It takes place between 27.03- 05.04.2014. One of the most colourful events in Krakow. The Main Market Square...

First anniversary of canonization of Pope John Paul II

26 Mar 2015

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John Paul II, Rome, pope, poland, cracow, krakow, Have No Fear, Wadowice, canonization, John Paul II Centre

On 27 April 2014 in Rome Canonization Mass of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II was celebrated by Pope Francis. At least 500,000 Catholics attended the mass in St. Peter’s Square and 300,000 others were watching it from screens placed around Rome. 2015 is a Pope John...

Easter in Poland

20 Mar 2015

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Easter Monday, Smigus Dyngus, Palm Sunday, pisanki, Good Friday, Easter, poland

Easter is major holiday in Poland, and Easter celebrations are not limited to Easter Sunday. Easter-related traditions take place for more than a week in Poland. From Palm Sunday to Wet Monday, this period is marked with religious rites and practices with their origins in pagan...

The Bell of the drowned

09 Mar 2015

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Zwierzyniec, Bell of the drowned, bell, Legend, cracow, krakow

There used to be a ferry moored by the Premonstratensian convent in Zwierzyniec distroct where the trading route crossed the Vistula river. On one winter night, the rope broke, and the ferry went down the river. The sisters, naturally, ordered a new one, yet before it arrived,...

Exploring Polish cuisine

02 Mar 2015

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Polish cuisine, knedle, cheesecake, cakes, soup, rosół, dumplings, food, kotlet schabowy, poland

If you want to try traditional Polish food, you must stop counting calories. Polish cuisine is rich in meat of all kinds, sour cabbage, cereals, dried mushrooms, sour rye as well as different kinds of noodles and dumplings. Generally speaking, Polish cuisine is hearty, filling...

World Youth Days 2016

02 Mar 2015

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World Youth Days 2016, Pope Francis, cracow, krakow

31st World Youth Days will be held in Krakow on 25 July till 1 August 2016. It is an international Catholic event for the young. It will be the second World Youth Day celebrated in Poland. It is going to be a tribute to Saint John Paul II, canonized on 27 April 2014. There are...

27 Reasons You Should Never Visit Poland

02 Mar 2015

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27 Reasons You Should Never Visit Poland

1. So some people like to believe Poland is beautiful. Via Jacek Kadaj / Getty Images Old Town, Warsaw 2. But the sad truth is, it’s not. Via Flickr: polandmfa Ojcowski National Park 3. It’s a country that should be avoided at all costs. Via Flickr: polandmfa 4. There’s...

Turkish house among the Catholic churches

24 Feb 2015

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Commander, Artur Rayski, Russian Empire, Turkish house, cracow, krakow, muezzin

On the corner of Dluga and Pedzichow streets stands a town house called the Turkish House. It was erected in the late 19th century. It features three minarets, one of which ends with a moon crescent. The voice of the muezzin is nowhere to be heard, no one uses the minarets for...

The Remuh Cemetery

19 Feb 2015

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Renaissance, Miodowa, sarcophaguses, Moses Isserles, synagogue, rabbi, Kazimierz, Jews, Jewish cemetery, Remuh, cracow, krakow

In 1533 the Jewish municipality Kazimierz (back then a separate city rather than a district of Krakow) bought a parchment of land between Szeroka and Jakuba streets and turned it into a graveyard. Twenty years later Izrael Isserles, an emigrant from Regensburg, banker for King...

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