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Skeletor To Be Released From Purgatory
For children growing up in Cracow during the 1980s, the half-built tower was known simply as Skeletor. It loomed over the eastern part of the city with all the ... | City Focus |
Cracow Photomonth Opens!
One of the most cherished cultural events of the year opens today in Cracow. The Month of Photography, now in its fourth year, will be hosting exhibitions by sc... | Art and Culture |
Erotic TV ads banned for Pope's visit
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Pope Benedict XVI, in his first trip as pontiff to the homeland of his predecessor, will meet with clergy and religious, visit ... | Current Affairs |
Skinheads attack Polish Pride marchers
Riot police were called in as ultra-conservative youths attacked gays and lesbians while they marched in a parade for tolerance in Poland’s second largest city,... | Current Affairs |
Nowa Huta Nugget Up For Grabs
It used to be the scourge of the city, but now the district is emerging as a quirky option for a day out from the Old Town.
Nowa Huta was founded in 1948 as... | City Focus |
Ibiza comes to Krakow
Last weekend saw the latest arrival from the White Isle touch down in town to work some Balearic magic on Krakow's party people in Cien Club. And it was no ordi... | Comment |
Chagall at the National
'Time will show what will become of my work,' wrote the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, 'a brilliant butterfly, or a maggot.' For some artists (... | Art and Culture |
Kitsch Caryca Days
Up and until a year ago, Cracow's nightlife was divided between the upbeat Old Town and arty Kazimierz. Then one day, a couple of bright sparks decided to inva... | City Focus |
A River Of Possibilities
A major new landmark - or watermark to be more precise - is set to appear on Cracow's horizon next month. A sleek vessel will be moored on the bend in the Vistu... | City Focus |
Long Live Radio!
We know that in this day and age you can download the A to Z of music in the blink of an eye, and that you can put a million and one songs onto a minidisc and n... | Art and Culture |
Art Action!
It's all very last minute, hush-hush, mysterious etc. And in the light of the accompanying 'Rekawka Revelry', it may even be tempting fate to plug something so ... | Art and Culture |
Rekawka Revelry
A wise Polish friend always advises us to expect the unexpected when it comes to this fair country. And that's especially true when it comes to events. A classi... | Comment |
Misteria Paschalia 2006
The third Misteria Paschalia Festival kicks off tonight, and if you're lucky, you may just be able to snatch one of the last tickets.
The popular festival of... | Art and Culture |
Easter Angles
Cracow's museums will shut up shop from Saturday through until Tuesday morning, so if you're in town at the moment, here are some tips on what you might catch b... | City Focus |
Words Hurt
The Polish government has sparked controversy by prodding the UN to rename the 'Auschwitz concentration camp' (as it is currently listed), 'Former Nazi German E... | Current Affairs |
Ryanair Seeks Expansion in Poland
Budget airline Ryanair wants the Polish government to ease the country's competition rules to allow expansion of the passenger airline market.
Michael O'Lear... | Comment |
15 Years of Princes' Foundation
A new exhibition opens this Tuesday at the Czartoryski Museum, famed home of Leonardo's 'Lady with an Ermine' and a hoard of treasures relating to Poland's hist... | Art and Culture |
Cracow Life on Dzien Dobry TVN
Marta Firlet Bradshaw of www.cracow-life.com appeared today as an expert guest on TVN's popular breakfast show, Dzien Dobry TVN. The show highlighted the growin... | City Focus |
The 1st Hucul Festival!
A hundred years ago, Poland's artists and poets were head-over-heels for their country folk, and some of the most sparkling geniuses of the day married peasant ... | Art and Culture |
Palm Pageants
If you've had enough of the city, adventurers should head for the quaint rural town of Lipnica Murowane this Palm Sunday, where a much-loved - and decidedly fan... | Comment |
Easter Market Opens
The Easter Market opened today on Cracow's Maly Rynek (Little Market Square). Renovation works prevented the event from taking place at it's usual spot, the Mai... | City Focus |
Tragic Loss Of Polish Consul
Ryszard Badon-Lehr, Poland's vice-consul to the Belarusian city of Grodno has died, shortly after being evacuated from the country last week.
The tragic dea... | Current Affairs |
Miraculously Reunion Of Lost Cousins
Two Jewish women here have been miraculously reunited with their cousin 66 years after all three survived the Holocaust.
Ella Friedvald, 82, and her sister ... | Current Affairs |
Dignified Farewell To Lem
The celebrated writer Stanislaw Lem was laid to rest at midday yesterday at Cracow's Salwator Cemetery. In contrast to the funerals of other national luminaries... | Comment |
One Year On
Tens of thousands of Cracovians gathered outside the Archbishop's palace yesterday in commemoration of the passing of Pope John Paul II. Hymns were sung and can... | City Focus |
New Flights To Krakow
Budget airline Sky Europe is launching two new services to Krakow. The chosen link cities are Brussels and Turin, the latter having gained a burst of interest w... | Comment |
Author To Be Laid To Rest At Salwator
The funeral of the renowned writer Stanislaw Lem will be held at midday tomorrow at Cracow's Salwator Cemetery.
It is expected that thousands will come to pa... | City Focus |
Flame Of Remembrance
Polish athletes are taking a torch lit from a candle near Pope John Paul II's tomb to his native land on the occasion of the first anniversary of his death.
... | Current Affairs |
Coup de Grace Of Medal Farce
Earlier this week an infamous communist leader was awarded a medal for surviving an act of Soviet repression. The news sparked a public outcry, and barely had t... | Comment |
Poles Seek New Name For Auschwitz Camp
In an attempt to guarantee historical clarity, Poland wants the official name of Auschwitz-Birkenau changed from Unesco world heritage site to "Former Nazi Germ... | Current Affairs |
Alcohol Ban During Papal Visit
Alcohol will be banned from sale from all shops and bars in the Krakow and Warsaw regions during the first visit to Poland of Pope Benedict in late May.
Pop... | City Focus |
Report Exposes Warehouse Faults
Faulty construction and excessive snow on the roof were responsible for the collapse of the Trade Hall in Katowice, the capital of southern Silesia. A report of... | Current Affairs |
CNN View Of Pope's Last days
A CNN two-hour documentary takes viewers inside the Vatican to reveal some of the untold stories of the last days of Pope John Paul II.
CNN faith and values ... | Current Affairs |
Stanislaw Lem Remembered
Tributes have been flooding in from across the world to Stanislaw Lem, the outstanding Polish writer who passed away this Monday.
Britain's 'The Times' descr... | Art and Culture |
Embittered Honour
Following Stalin's invasion of Eastern Poland in September 1939, the Soviets deported hundreds of thousands of Poles to Siberia and Kazakhstan. Judges, doctors,... | Current Affairs |
Polish Captives Carry On Trekking
Many feared the worst when news broke that a group of Polish trekkers had been abducted by Nepalese Maoists earlier this month. Nepal has teetered on the brink ... | Comment |
An Invigorating Dip
The snows and ice were melting as Spring reared its head, and that spelt alarm for a particular Pole with a penchant for swimming - ice swimming that is. But ju... | Comment |
Kanye West To Headline Festival
Kanye West has been announced as one of the main draws at a festival in Poland this summer.
The hip hop superstar will play this year's Heineken Open'er Fest... | Art and Culture |
Poles Jailed After Belarus Protests
Poland’s former ambassador to Belarus, Mariusz Maszkiewicz, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for taking part in an illegal rally in Minsk last week. Jour... | Current Affairs |
Champion Is Back
Otylia Jedrzejczak, Polish Olympic gold-medal swimmer is back in the swimming pool. Eight months after a car crash in which her brother was killed, she has take... | Comment |
Poles Prepare For Anniversary
Catholics across Poland are preparing to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II with public processions, liturgical celebrations an... | Current Affairs |
Katowice honours composer Kilar
The prominent Polish composer Wojciech Kilar has received an honorary citizenship of the city of Katowice in Silesia. Born in Lviv, now in Ukraine, Kilar has be... | Comment |
Journey To The Interior
New art galleries are as commonplace here as new sausage shops, but the arrival of Turlej has added a fantastic new feather to Cracow's cultural cap. If you hav... | Art and Culture |
Once more unto the breach
Poland's ruling conservatives said on Saturday they would file a motion to dissolve parliament, their most serious threat yet to bring forward elections they ho... | Current Affairs |
Party with Paddy
Revelers are preparing to paint the town green as St. Patrick's Day is with us once again. Cracow and Dublin might seem a long way apart, but that won't stop Po... | City Focus |
Walesa backs Belarusian freedom
Former Polish and Czech presidents, Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel have called on the international community to support the opposition candidate in Sunday’s pres... | Current Affairs |
Poles Recall Ghetto Tragedy
Observances of the 64th anniversary of the liquidation of the Lublin Jewish ghetto have been held in that eastern Polish city.
On the night of March 16th, 1... | Current Affairs |
Arrests Over Stabbing
Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a man for killing a rival soccer fan after a match in southern Poland.
A man identified only as Piotr B. faces ... | Current Affairs |
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