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Nigel Plays Footsie, Polish Style
Eccentric violinist Nigel Kennedy is being let loose on London this May. The Krakow-based virtuoso will be handed over the South Bank Centre, Europe's largest a... | Art and Culture |
Chopin Bicentenary Set To Launch
Cracow is preparing for the official launch of Chopin Year, which will begin at the Royal Castle on Sunday 28th February.
Chopin's visit to the city may have... | Art and Culture |
Polanski's Ghost Transfixes Critics
He was unable to attend the launch, but it seems that troubled director Roman Polanski has a hit on his hands with new film The Ghost Writer. After the premiere... | Comment |
Sex Scandal Sends Minister To Jail
A former Deputy Prime Minister has been sentenced to over two years in prison following a protracted sexual harassment case.
Andrzej Lepper, leader of the c... | Current Affairs |
Fat Thursday: Nuts About Doughnuts
Wayfarers with a sweet tooth will find that they've got a treat in store this week, as Thursday 11th is Tłusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday).
Traditionally a ... | City Focus |
Polanski Unbowed By Legal Setback
On Friday 22nd January, U.S. judge Peter Espinoza ruled that film director Roman Polanski cannot conclude his legal wrangle by video link-up.
The Los Angeles... | Comment |
Cracow Airport Set To Expand
Cracow's airport is on the cusp of change. Some 800 million zloty are set to be pumped into the enterprise, bringing it firmly into the 21st century. Amongst va... | Business |
Millions Raised For Charity
Krakow played its part in notching up over 30 million zloty for charity last weekend. The annual Great Orchestra for Christmas Charity, the largest fund-raisin... | Comment |
Last Chance To Visit the Czartoryski Museum
Poland's oldest museum is about to close for a major revamp, and a special round of events will herald the hibernation.
The Princes Czartoryski Museum was or... | Art and Culture |
Squaring up for New Year In Cracow
As always, thousands will be descending on Cracow for some New Year revelry. In Poland, the toasting often starts around lunchtime, and you can guarantee that t... | Comment |
Police find Auschwitz sign, arrest 5
After a weekend of searching, police have recovered the iconic sign stolen last week from the gates to Auschwitz I, and have arrested five people on charges rel... | Comment |
Sign stolen from Auschwitz Death Camp
"Arbeit Macht Frei," or "Work Makes (you) Free," greeted the Nazi regime's victims upon their entry to the infamous Auschwitz compound. Sometime during the nigh... | Comment |
Student Attempts World's Longest Lecture
A law student in Krakow is attempting to carry out the world's longest continuous lecture. 130 hours is his goal.
Errol Muzawazi began his epic oration on W... | City Focus |
Make Your Own Gingerbread Men
It seems that at Cracow's Christmas Market, parents get all the fun, what with all the tasty mulled wine which youngsters aren't allowed to enjoy.
That said,... | City Focus |
Bonarka City Centre draws crowds
It seems many Cracovians waited a bit to see if the engineering of the massive Bonarka City Centre would hold up. The city's newest galeria, or shopping mall, o... | Comment |
Christmas Market Open
There may not be much sign of snow, but Cracow's Christmas Market is open for business.
The stalls opened on Friday 27th November under a perfect blue sky. A... | Art and Culture |
English Pigeon Lobbers Fined In Krakow
Two twenty-four-year-olds from the U.K have been fined for cruelty to animals after injuring pigeons on Cracow's Market Square.
The initial incident occurred... | City Focus |
Wild Boar Runs Wild in Cracow
In a scene that seemed more redolent of the film American Werewolf in London than a typical afternoon in Krakow, a wild boar was shot down on Friday after attac... | City Focus |
John Paul: A New Saint For Krakow?
Gianni Alemmano, the mayor of Rome, expressed in Cracow last week that the late Pope John Paul II may well be beatified by 2010 "at the latest."
Beatificatio... | City Focus |
All Souls Approaches
Over the next few days, Poland will be bathed in lagoons of multi-coloured lights. November 1st and 2nd mark the holidays of All Souls and All Saints, and grave... | City Focus |
Polanski Tracked Like Tiger
A public records request carried out by the Associated Press has revealed that the pounce on Polanski was carefully prepared by American prosecutors.
The Pol... | Comment |
Dog Killer Cleared By Cracow Court
A man who used dogs to make lard has been cleared by a Krakow Court in a decision that has angered animal rights activists.
The judge ruled that as the dogs ... | Comment |
First Snows Fall
Cracovians woke up to a snowy surprise on Wednesday morning, a development that was echoed across Poland.
Although the old Royal Capital is hardly knee-deep ... | Comment |
Poles Back Polanski
Polish Defence Minister Radek Sikorski will be making a joint appeal for clemency with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner regarding the arrest of film-make... | Current Affairs |
Enter The Coke Dragon
Custom-designed Coca Cola cans have hit Cracow's streets following a major poll on the city's website.
The winning design comes courtesy of local artist Seba... | Business |
Cracow Hosts Congress of Polish Culture
Some of Poland's most distinguished figures in the arts are descending on Cracow this week for the worthy Congress of Polish Culture, a once in a blue moon even... | Art and Culture |
King Of The Woofers
That's right, Cracow has a new canine king (or rather pharaoh), as the results of the annual Dachshund Parade (Parada Jamnikow) are in. Every year, on the first... | City Focus |
Russian Virtual Reality Upsets Poles
With the lead up to the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in full flow, a Russian state TV station has aired a documentary claiming that Poland w... | Comment |
Coke Live Brings Stars To Cracow
Some of the hottest names in rap and rock are set to hit Cracow. 50 Cent, The Killers, James, Shaggy and Gentleman are amongst the stars in store for this weeke... | City Focus |
I Want To Ride My Tricycle
After a crack training session, several of our men are about to be unleashed across the city on a new three-wheeled wonder.
The Cracow Life Trike, a luminou... | Comment |
No More Horsing Around The Rynek
Owing to a recent spate of accidents - none of which was fatal we hasten to add - horse-drawn carriages have been banned from Cracow's Market Square.
We say ... | Comment |
Hedgehogs Overhead
Badgers, hedgehogs and rabbits heaved a sigh of relief on Monday when it was announced that Poland's first 'wildlife bridge' will be constructed.
The corrido... | Comment |
Jewish Festival Returns to Kazimierz
Whether or not we'll be singing in the rain like Gene Kelly remains to be seen (the forecasters keep on saying that sun will break through in the end - we so w... | City Focus |
ArtBoom Fest Starts With A Boom
A brand new art festival is underway in Krakow, and organizers have high hopes that it will become an annual fixture in the city's cultural calendar.
Some o... | Art and Culture |
All Hail The Cockerel King
Krakow has a new king. OK, he may not be descended from King Jan Sobieski himself, but a time-honoured coronation took place on the Market Square on Saturday 6t... | City Focus |
All Eyes On Cracow For 89 Anniversary
Heads of state from across Europe will be descending on Cracow this Thursday when Poland remembers the fall of communism in 1989.
Poland was the first countr... | Current Affairs |
Countdown To The Krakow Film Festival
The 49th Krakow Film Festival is set to kick off on Friday 29th May, and it looks like 2009 will be a vintage year.
Poland's oldest film festival sees cellul... | Art and Culture |
Row Over Freedom Film
A short film commissioned by the EU to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Europe has angered Polish MPs and laymen alike.
The 3 minut... | Current Affairs |
Old School Dress for Diplomats?
Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has long been noted for his snappy dress sense. The dapper diplomat, who was once a member of Oxford University's most aristocra... | Comment |
Krakow Misses The Ball
There were tears at the top on Thursday when the final announcement was made about the host cities of Euro 2012.
Although Krakow was previously billed as a r... | City Focus |
The Students Have The Keys To The City
The keys to the city have been temporarily turned over to throngs of students, who have descended on the city centre for the weekend-long festival known as Juwe... | Comment |
Photomonth's Cool Video
Photomonth starts this week in Cracow. We've got the latest video for you right here. Get the schedule and more info from Cracow-life here.
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Polish "Schindler" Hits The Small Screen
A film about Irena Sendler, the lady who saved about 2500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, was aired in the U.S. last week.
The Courageous Heart of Irena... | History |
Tolerance In Town
No details about a march have been released as of yet, but the annual Tolerance Festival is going ahead as planned. The event, which champions gay rights and cu... | City Focus |
Beware: It's Smigus Dyngus
If you plan to roam Cracow's streets 13th April, and find yourself drenched in water, just go with it and look for your opportunity to return the favor. It's Sm... | Comment |
Pillow Fight Madness
Thousands of spectators watched hundreds, if not a thousand or more, students do battle on Saturday in Cracow's Rynek.
Fighting in a style best known as freest... | Comment |
Twitter Your Way To a Holiday
Fancy a free holiday in Amsterdam? HostelBookers is offering just that for all avid internauts out there. Log on to HostelBookers Easter Egg Competition on the ... | Comment |
Krakow Solves Pigeon Problem
In a bold move, Krakow's city council has implemented a programme designed to reduce the city's winged menace: pigeons. Often a subject of complaint amongst loc... | City Focus |
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