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Indie Rock Party in Krakow
Another academic year and another season of parties begins. But where will the cool cats be hanging out this semester? Well our guess is at the hip alternative ... | Art and Culture |
Honour For Polish Director
Polish film director Roman Polanski is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the European Film Academy.
Polanski, whose behaviour off set has g... | Art and Culture |
Baltic Breakthrough
After weeks locked up in our cyber-dungeon, with only a one-eyed crow and a hunch-backed pit bull for comfort, we've returned to the land of the living - hopefu... | Comment |
Cracow lad races into the record-books
Cracovian racing-driver Robert Kubica has smashed all national records by becoming the first ever Pole to mount a Formula One podium.
21 year old motorman Ku... | Comment |
Miss England And The Missing Luggage
Poland's capital is abuzz with showbiz glamour at the moment as Miss World 2006 gets underway. But alas - it seems that things have gotten off to a rather shaky... | Comment |
Will Small Be Beautiful?
Plans have been unveiled for the remodelling of one of Cracow' most picturesque plazas, the much-loved Maly Rynek ('The Little Market Square). The key manoeuvre... | City Focus |
Rap Legend To Play Cracow
One of the biggest stars of the US Hip Hop scene is due to perform in Cracow next month. Brooklyn scion Jay-Z will kick off his world tour in Poland's Royal Cap... | City Focus |
Middle Eastern Perspectives
A rare chance to hear the lowdown from the horse's mouth comes today as the Israeli ambassador will be giving a speech at Kazimierz's Galicia Museum. Ambassador... | City Focus |
Coffin' Up The Cash
The old joke is that people are literally dying to end up there. After all, what more could one ask for? There are the beautiful surroundings, the distinguished... | City Focus |
Dumpling underdog takes the crown
A new dumpling shack on the block ran away with both prizes at this year's Pierogi Festival. 'Krolestwo Pierozka', (The Kingdom of the Pierog), was celebrating ... | City Focus |
The Fourth Pierogi Festival!
Cracow's chefs are gearing up for a much-loved and hotly contested annual event - that's right, the dumpling festival is upon us once more.
Now, if you're n... | City Focus |
Mass grave uncovered in Ukraine
Today, sixty years after the tragedy was perpetrated, the 'Katyn Affair' is gathering more and more attention in the West. However, the sad truth is that the th... | Current Affairs |
Cracow Ace Disqualified!
I just don't know what it is when it comes to sport. Whenever we champion the achievements of some gallant ace, he or she - and sometimes an entire team - will ... | Comment |
Pole Position For Cracow Racer
Cracow's very own racing demon will make sporting history on Friday, being the first ever Pole to start a Formula One race. Twenty-one year old Robert Kubica ha... | Comment |
Black Cloud Over Silver Mountain
One of Poland's most remarkable monasteries has been shamed this week following the arrest of a former monk. The longstanding abbot of the Camaldolese monastery... | City Focus |
The Shock Of The New
Cracow may be full of artists and intellectuals but that doesn't mean that it's easy to erect a modern monument in the city. Far from it. Even such diminutive a... | City Focus |
Available Art Returns!
A couple of weeks ago the cosmetics giant Ronald Lauder shelled out 135 million dollars for a Klimt painting. Now don't get us wrong here - Klimt was a highly a... | Art and Culture |
Next time for Polish ace!
Barely had we mentioned Cracow girl Agnieszka Radwanska's success in this year's Wimbledon when cruel fate intervened and dashed the young Pole's hopes. Radwans... | Comment |
Cracovian Girl Advances!
It seems that whenever we celebrate a Polish sporting triumph, the player/team in question promptly suffers a catastrophic defeat in the next clash. With this i... | Comment |
Augurs Of The Waters
British rockers Marillion took centre stage on Saturday for the annual Wianki ('Floating of the Wreaths') extravaganza. Those of us who used to have plastic wal... | Comment |
About Turn On Informer Policy
Archbishop of Cracow Stanislaw Dziwisz has made a sharp reversal in his policy towards the issue of Communist-era informers within the Polish Church.
Father... | Current Affairs |
Confucius In Cracow
An increasing number of foreign cultural centres have opened in Cracow in recent years, and the city is close to rivalling the capital for the variety of its in... | City Focus |
Dudek Down In The Dumps
A theft at football star Jerzy Dudek's English house has added insult to injury after the twin disappointments of this year's World Cup.
Dudek returned this ... | Comment |
US Lawyer Fires At Poland
Maverick American lawyer Ed Fagan has filed a high profile case against Poland over pre-war debts to private individuals. Fagan, who was a central figure in t... | Current Affairs |
What are you doing on Saturday night?
Because there's something a little different happening this weekend in Krakow! A very special party is being organised on Saturday 17th by the good folk at Beat... | Art and Culture |
Grand Prix For 'Blokada'
Russian director Sergei Loznitsa picked up a surprise win in this year's Cracow Film Festival. His work was unusual in that all the footage used was shot over 5... | Art and Culture |
Priest Silenced In Quest For Truth
The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Poland last week bolstered the country's strong Catholic Church, yet an old ghost has returned to haunt the institution.
Ea... | Current Affairs |
Mucha Exhibition Open
Lovers of Art Nouveau should head over to the Szolajski House this summer for one of the season's star exhibitions, a glimpse into the world of Alfons Mucha.
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A Feast For Film Lovers!
The poster may have already grabbed your eye if you've just arrived in town - a skewered strip of celluloid is raised on a fork, as if ready to be gobbled up by... | Art and Culture |
Lavish Hotel Opens Doors
A contender for the crown of the most luxurious Krakow hotel opened this week just off the Main Market Square. Hotel Stary is the latest enterprise from the Lik... | City Focus |
Pope Benedict XVI in Poland
Despite the fact that Poland is an overwhelmingly Catholic country, last weekend's visit was never going to be a walkover. How does one follow in the footsteps ... | Current Affairs |
No alcohol this weekend in Krakow!
Yes, that's right - on Saturday and Sunday of this weekend Krakow will be a dry city, as a gesture of honour to the visiting Pope.
Whereas Pope Benedict XVI ... | Comment |
Soccer Hero Passes On
A hero of Polish football passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with illness. Kazimierz Gorski, who was 85 this year, saw the Polish team through the glory... | Current Affairs |
'Black Tie & White Stripes' Rocks On...
Great news for the indie kids of Krakow - after a storming inaugural session, DJ Analog's indie-rock night 'Black Tie & White Stripes' is set to become a regula... | Art and Culture |
Queen Tallulah!
After a light dash of torture and the odd bribe here and there, Cracow Life walked away with bronze medal for this year's International Soup Festival. We will b... | Comment |
5th International Soup Festival!
Will Polish cuisine be the next hot thing after the invigorating vogues for Basque, Fusion and Tasmanian cuisine? OK, we made up the last one, but we're going t... | City Focus |
Days Of Heritage
Some of the region's lesser known architectural treasures will be opening their doors this weekend for the 8th edition of 'Malopolska Heritage Days'. Castles, m... | Art and Culture |
Night of Museums 2006
Any culture vulture flying into Cracow for a few days will be faced with the same dilemma - what to squeeze in during a short stay?
Although Varsovians and ... | Art and Culture |
Writer and Resistance Fighter Passes On
Jerzy Ficowski, one of the most intriguing literary figures in post-war Poland, passed away last week in Warsaw aged 82.
Ficowski is known in the West largel... | Art and Culture |
Poles A Hit In Britain
Back in 2004, when Britain opened her borders to the ten new EU countries, the Home Office predicted that between 5,000 and 13,000 Eastern Europeans would give ... | Comment |
Poland Prepares For Papal Visit
Poland will be cutting all alcohol advertisements during Pope Benedict's visit later this month. Similarly, lingerie adverts with suggestive scenes will be jett... | Comment |
Return To The 19th Century
The cordons are finally being removed today on Florianska, one of Cracow's most historic streets. By the looks of things, the authorities have done their best t... | City Focus |
Russian Circus
The 4th Month of Photography in Cracow.
A Russian circus may not sound like the most original idea in the world for an exhibition, but Reiner Riedl's images ... | Art and Culture |
Juvenalia Japes
Besides New Year's Eve, today is the only day of the year when a group of Stag-Nighters will not stick out like a sore thumb. That's right, Juvenalia has return... | City Focus |
Exhibition of Heroes
A new exhibition will be unveiled next week at the Galicia Museum by Father Stanislaw Dziwisz, current Archbishop of Cracow and former personal secretary to Pop... | Art and Culture |
Cracovia Marathon 2006
Running twenty-four miles in the midday sun may not be everyone's idea of how to spend a Saturday. But many stout fellows - and ladies too - rose to the challen... | City Focus |
Collection is Castle-bound
One of Cracow's finest art collections will be packed up and removed from the city this July. The Gallery of Nineteenth Century Polish Art, which is housed in t... | Art and Culture |
The Procession Of St.Stanislas
A riot of colour will transform the streets of Kazimierz this Sunday with the coming of the Feast of St. Stanislas. The annual procession, which is amongst the ... | City Focus |
Tragic Toll Of Long Weekend
It has often been acknowledged that Poland has the worst road accident rate in Europe, and this week's public holidays have revealed that matters are still a lo... | Current Affairs |
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