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Rediscovering Judaism in Poland
This weekend, a unique event will take place in Kazimierz, Krakow's historic Jewish quarter. A prayer with songs and dance in the Kupa synagogue will begin a we... | Art and Culture |
A New POland
A high turnout (for Poland) was just one of the main differences between this year's election, which took place this Sunday the 21st of October, and the one in ... | Current Affairs |
New Old Art in the Old Town
This afternoon will feature the opening ceremony of the Bishop Erazm Ciolek Palace, the newest branch of the National Museum in Cracow. Fans of medieval art wil... | Art and Culture |
Jagiellonian Honours Dalai Lama
Krakow's prestigious Jagiellonian University has decided to award the Dalai Lama an honorary degree. The decision was made by the Faculty of Philosophy Dean Pro... | Art and Culture |
Peter Greenaway in Krakow
This Saturday, the 13th of October, famed director and VJ (that's video DJ for all those over 30) Peter Greenaway will be performing live on Plac Wszystkich Swi... | Art and Culture |
A World Before A Catastrophe
One of the most evocative exhibitions of the year has been extended for another fortnight, so if you were curious about catching it, don't miss the chance befor... | History |
Palin's Polish Adventure
Michael Palin and Lech Walesa face to face certainly has comic potential, and UK viewers will be treated to this intriguing encounter later in the month in the ... | Art and Culture |
Katyn Film Selected For Oscars
Andrzej Wajda's film Katyn will represent Poland at next year's Academy Awards. The film, which is the first to focus on the 1940 massacre of Polish officers by... | Art and Culture |
New Branch Of The National To Open
A palace at the foot of the Royal Castle is about to open its doors after a decade of plans and counter-plans. The so-called Bishop Ciolek Palace, raised by its... | Art and Culture |
European Day of Languages 2007
Music and language will combine this weekend in a lively one-off event under the patronage of the Mayor of Krakow. The loquacious festival kicks off at 11am thi... | City Focus |
The Seven Wonders of Poland
Poland's most highbrow newspaper, Rzeczpospolita, published today a golden list of the seven wonders of Poland.
82,000 voters made their mark on the survey, ... | Comment |
Katyn Comes To The Screen
It took sixty years to happen, but last night a film about the Katyn Affair finally got its premiere. The eighty-one year-old director who made the film, Andrze... | Art and Culture |
It's A Free World
A film largely about the plight of Polish immigrants in London has won an award at this year's Venice Film Festival.
Ken Loach's It's a Free World won the be... | Comment |
Attention All Edinburghers!
In spite of all the attention on the recent influx of youngsters, Poles have lived in Edinburgh for centuries now. Some have even been granted the keys to the c... | Comment |
Boisterous Bison Bowls Over Woman
A lone bison emerged from the Bialowieza Forest in northeast Poland on Thursday and proceeded to wreak havoc in a number of villages. The cantankerous beast, on... | Comment |
Dapper Dogs Put On Their Togs
It will take more than a drop of rain to dissuade Cracow's dachshund community from strutting their stuff this Sunday. Several hundred four-legged fellows are e... | Comment |
Havel Meets Wawel
On Monday, Polish Czechophiles got a rare treat, as not only was Czech former president and esteemed writer and commentator Vaclav Havel in Krakow, legendary Cz... | Current Affairs |
Cracovian Tennis Star Tops U.S. Open
Were eighteen-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska in her hometown of Krakow today, she might be starting another school year like all of the nicely-dressed young stude... | Current Affairs |
Storm of the Summer
If anyone in central Krakow was awake, or God forbid outside, last night at around 1:30 am, they probably got a good scare, and possibly a good soaking if not a... | City Focus |
Wawel Beefs Up Security
Starting this week, if you want to storm Wawel Castle, you'll have to take a wooden sword instead of a metal one, because security has just gotten tighter at th... | City Focus |
Poland's Disputed Treasures
The library of the Jagiellonian University holds thousands of historic manuscripts as well as several very important Polish cultural artefacts; however, it's th... | Art and Culture |
Celebrating a Miracle
You may notice that on Wednesday, the 15th of August most shops are closed and a fair amount of people are grilling outside, having picnics in parks, or in gene... | History |
Miracle Member Rescue by Polish Doctors
After seven hours of surgery, doctors in a Krakow hospital have performed what seems like a miraculous feat of reattaching a man's member. A young man from the ... | Comment |
Chris Schwarz (1948-2007)
Ten years ago, Cracow's Kazimierz district, erstwhile hub of the city's Jewish community, was a woefully forlorn labyrinth of crumbling houses and lifeless syna... | City Focus |
Nazi Labour Camp Victims Found
Sixty miles east of Krakow lies the small city of Debica, the closest city to the village of Pustkow. But it is the village itself that is the site of the forme... | History |
A Weekend of Traditional Music
Today is the official inauguration of the Rozstaje ("Crossroads") Festival of Traditional Music, which will begin with a kick off on Plac Szczepanski at 3 pm th... | Art and Culture |
Three Days Of Mourning
President Lech Kaczynski has declared a period of national mourning following the fatal bus crash in France yesterday.
A group of Polish pilgrims had been vi... | Current Affairs |
Fashionable Cracovians
It's fashionable to be a Cracovian - but we've been saying that for years. Now, fashion experts finally agree with us, as Cracow has made the list of the 25 mos... | Art and Culture |
Winged Rats Or Enchanted Knights?
Polish Daily Gazeta Wyborcza has announced that a new 'interactive' statue could be about to grace Cracow's Old Town. The idea for the project is that it should... | Comment |
Sing For Fun This Weekend
When most people hear the word "karaoke", they picture themselves on a stage, either drunk or terrified or both, making a fool of themselves as they wail off ke... | Art and Culture |
Polish Wizardry Propels Potter
Slawomir Idziak, the Polish cinematographer of the latest Harry Potter movie, The Order of the Phoenix', has won acclaim for his contribution to the summer bloc... | Art and Culture |
Changing the Name of Auschwitz
Even after over fifty years have passed since the atrocities of the Holocaust, the Second World War is still a touchy subject for Poles, and the Auschwitz Conce... | Current Affairs |
New Music This Weekend
The New Music Festival (Festiwal "Nowa Muzyka") is taking place this weekend in Cieszyn, a city about 140 km from Krakow on the Czech border. The event is the b... | Art and Culture |
Foreigners Rocking for Krakow Tonight
Tonight, Cracovians and visitors in the Old Town will get a unique treat on Plac Szepanski. A special concert called "Toast & Jam" will start at 7:30 pm, with s... | City Focus |
Polish Resolve Burns Paris
By writing this story we're technically breaking our self-imposed ban on mentioning Paris Hilton. But in this case we think you'll agree that the cause is worth... | Comment |
Parties on the Beach!
Can't face the squash on Szeroka Street this Saturday? Well don't worry, as partiers who prefer Mother Nature have a brand spanking new alternative this weekend... | Comment |
Peculiar Polish Portraits
Malopolska. Photographs. Unclarified.
(Malopolska Instytut Kultury)
Coffee table books about Cracow and Poland have been multiplying at a rate of knots of l... | Art and Culture |
Cracow Life all over Krakow
You may have noticed that Krakow got a bit greener today - and we don't mean the beautiful summer grass or the trees in the Planty! Today Cracow Life unveiled e... | City Focus |
Jewish Festival About to Kick Off
Starting this weekend, Cracovians will hear a lot of klezmer music coming from Kazimierz, as well as spectacles and special exhibitions set up all around the di... | City Focus |
At Last, Something New (in Art)
The National Museum of Krakow, together with the modern art gallery Bunkier Sztuki have organized a new exhibition titled At Last, Something New!. Not only is t... | Art and Culture |
This Just In: Books Dangerous to Poland
...Or so the Polish Minister or Education, Roman Giertych (of the significantly disturbing League of Polish Families party), would have you believe. So Giertych... | Art and Culture |
Booze Cruise Hits Krakow
The good citizens of Krakow have hardly been short-changed in the past when it comes to places to party and let loose. Depending on which source you trust there... | City Focus |
750 Years Of A Princely Plan
A fortnight of celebrations is about to kick off as Cracow recalls a seminal moment in her history. 750 years ago the city was in a supremely sorry state. The M... | City Focus |
Cracow Life PDF Now Available!
Have you been thinking lately, "Gee, Cracow Life's online guide sure is helpful, but I wish I could take it with me on my trip to Cracow!"? Well fear not, we ha... | City Focus |
Wajda at Cannes
The famous Cannes film festival has kicked off, and today a star of Polish cinema will be making a special appearance, along with a film classic. Director Andrz... | Art and Culture |
Night at the Museums
No, not the cheesy Ben Stiller movie - this night at the museum(s) involves an experience that will actually stimulate your mind! For one night every year for t... | Art and Culture |
Cracow Photomonth 2007
Cracow's Month of Photography is now underway, offering image conscious travellers a banquet of stuff to savour. It's one of our favourite events of the year, a... | Art and Culture |
Soviet monuments to go
In the wake of last week's riots in Tallinn, Poland has given the go ahead for a string of communist era monuments to be removed from towns and cities across th... | Current Affairs |
Reviewer of the Year 2006
Another year and another round of voting has taken place in the hallowed halls of the Cracow Life offices. But this was not the democratic voting of Cracow's Te... | Comment |
Cracow Goes Modern
Anyone strolling through Cracow over the last few weeks will have noticed that something unusual is emerging in central town. We say unusual, but by internation... | City Focus |
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