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Police find Auschwitz sign, arrest 5

Dec.21.2009

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...

Sign stolen from Auschwitz Death Camp

Dec.14.2002

"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...

Student Attempts World's Longest Lecture

Dec.14.2009

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...

Make Your Own Gingerbread Men

Dec.11.2009

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,...

Bonarka City Centre draws crowds

Dec.07.2009

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...

Christmas Market Open

Nov.28.2009

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...

English Pigeon Lobbers Fined In Krakow

Nov.18.2009

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...

Wild Boar Runs Wild in Cracow

Nov.16.2009

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...

John Paul: A New Saint For Krakow?

Nov.3.2009

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...

All Souls Approaches

Oct.28.2009

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...

Polanski Tracked Like Tiger

Oct.22.2009

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...

Dog Killer Cleared By Cracow Court

Oct.22.2009

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 ...

First Snows Fall

Oct.14.2009

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 ...

Poles Back Polanski

Sept.28.2009

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...

Enter The Coke Dragon

Sept.25.2007

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...

Cracow Hosts Congress of Polish Culture

Sept.22.2009

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...

King Of The Woofers

Sept.8.2009

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...

Russian Virtual Reality Upsets Poles

Aug.28.2009

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...

Coke Live Brings Stars To Cracow

Aug.17.2009

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...

I Want To Ride My Tricycle

July.30.2009

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...

No More Horsing Around The Rynek

July.24.2009

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 ...

Unidentified Driving Object: The Robots Have Landed

July.22.2009

To the unsuspecting tourist, being approached by a four-wheeled, camouflaged robot might seem a little unnerving. Especially given that this particular machine ...

Hedgehogs Overhead

July.7.2009

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...

Jewish Festival Returns to Kazimierz

June.25.2009

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...

ArtBoom Fest Starts With A Boom

June.16.2009

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...

All Hail The Cockerel King

June.10.2009

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...

All Eyes On Cracow For 89 Anniversary

June.2.2009

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...

Countdown To The Krakow Film Festival

May.21.2009

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...

Row Over Freedom Film

May.21.2009

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...

Old School Dress for Diplomats?

May.18.2009

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...

Krakow Misses The Ball

May.14.2009

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...

The Students Have The Keys To The City

May.8.2009

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...

Photomonth's Cool Video

May.7.2009

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. ...

Polish "Schindler" Hits The Small Screen

Apr.22.2009

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...

Tolerance In Town

Apr.15.2009

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...

Beware: It's Smigus Dyngus

13.04.2009

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...

Pillow Fight Madness

07.04.2009

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...

Twitter Your Way To a Holiday

Apr.1.2009

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 ...

Krakow Solves Pigeon Problem

Apr.01.2009

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...

Krakow Is Wanderlust Winner

March.10.2009

Readers of one the UK's finest travel magazines have voted Krakow as amongst the top destinations in the world. Krakow notched up fourth position in the Wanderl...

Poland Seeks Help To Renovate Auschwitz Museum

March.4.2009

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has appealed to EU countries for much needed help in maintaining the museums of the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and B...

Police Protest On Doughnut Day

March.19.2009

Not only is Krakow chockablock with security convoys for the current NATO conference, but it seems that policemen from across Poland have decided to choose Thur...

Papal Train Will Boogie This Weekend

Feb.17.2009

The Pociag Papieski, a special train that takes pilgrims on the Pope John Paul II trail, will be given a new lease of life this weekend for the Lotos Jazz Festi...

Streamlined Service to Lviv

Feb.9.2009

Travellers curious about heading east to Ukraine should have a smoother run this spring owing to investment for the forthcoming Euro 2012 Cup. Getting to Lvi...

Skeletor To Be Made Flesh At Last

Jan.19.2009

Cracow's tallest building - or rather construction site - is finally on the brink of rebirth. Dubbed "Szkieletor" after the bony villain in cult cartoon He-Man,...

Toy Story

Jan.15.2009

Marek Sosenko, dubbed "the king of collectors", hopes to launch a Museum of Toys in Cracow. Mr Sosenko, who owns one of Cracow's finest antique shops, began...

Cracow Life Featured on TVN Fakty

Jan.13.2009

Just when the buzz had died down on our partner site Warsaw Life's fifteen minutes (or two and a half to be exact) of fame on CNN, it's Cracow Life's turn in t...

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity

Jan.2.2009

A record number of revellers descended on Cracow for the Sylwester celebrations. As many as 160,000 made it to the market square, a large proportion of them for...

Christmas Market Welcomes Wayfarers

Dec.2.2008

Cracow's Christmas Market is in full swing, and it's been doing a roaring trade since opening last Friday. As always, travellers in search of folksy clobber ...

Krakow Aquarium Opens

Nov.28.2008

After many stops and starts, Krakow's aquarium re-opened for business in late November. Occupying the same nineteenth century building that provided its previou...

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